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State Office Name Party Rating
Mark Udall 100%
Tom Udall 100%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
Pete Visclosky 100%
FL U.S. House - 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Diane Watson 100%
Mel Watt 100%
Henry Waxman 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
VT U.S. Senate - Jr Peter Welch Democratic 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
John Yarmuth 100%
Max Baucus 66%
Evan Bayh 66%
Tom Carper 66%
Bob Casey, Jr. 66%
Kent Conrad 66%
Dianne Feinstein 66%
Daniel Inouye 66%
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic 66%
Mary Landrieu 66%
Blanche Lincoln 66%
Claire McCaskill 66%
Barbara Mikulski 66%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 66%
Ben Nelson 66%
Mark Pryor 66%
Ken Salazar 66%
Olympia Snowe 66%
Arlen Specter 66%
Jim Webb, Jr. 66%
Jason Altmire 50%
John Barrow 50%
Melissa Bean 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
Nancy Boyda 50%
Dan Burton 50%
Chris Cannon 50%
Mike Castle 50%
Ben Chandler III 50%
Jim Cooper 50%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa Democratic 50%
Robert Cramer 50%
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 50%
Artur Davis 50%
Lincoln Davis 50%
Thomas Davis III 50%
Charlie Dent 50%
Joe Donnelly, Sr. 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Brad Ellsworth 50%
Jo Ann Emerson 50%
Philip English 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Michael Ferguson 50%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 50%
Baron Hill 50%
Tim Holden 50%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa Republican 50%
Tim Johnson 50%
Walter Jones, Jr. 50%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Steve LaTourette 50%
Dan Lipinski 50%
Jim Marshall 50%
Jim Matheson 50%
Mike McIntyre 50%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 50%
Harry Mitchell 50%
Mike Pence 50%
Todd Platts 50%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
Jon Porter, Sr. 50%
Richard Renzi 50%
Ciro Rodriguez 50%
Mike Ross 50%
Paul Ryan 50%
John Salazar 50%
Christopher Shays 50%
Heath Shuler 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Vic Snyder 50%
Zack Space 50%
John Tanner 50%
Fred Upton 50%
MN Governor Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 50%
Frank Wolf 50%
Bob Bennett 33%
Norm Coleman 33%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 33%
State Office Name Party Rating
Mark Udall 100%
Tom Udall 100%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
Pete Visclosky 100%
FL U.S. House - 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 100%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 100%
Diane Watson 100%
Mel Watt 100%
Henry Waxman 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
VT U.S. Senate - Jr Peter Welch D 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 100%
John Yarmuth 100%
Max Baucus 66%
Evan Bayh 66%
Tom Carper 66%
Bob Casey, Jr. 66%
Kent Conrad 66%
Dianne Feinstein 66%
Daniel Inouye 66%
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar D 66%
Mary Landrieu 66%
Blanche Lincoln 66%
Claire McCaskill 66%
Barbara Mikulski 66%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 66%
Ben Nelson 66%
Mark Pryor 66%
Ken Salazar 66%
Olympia Snowe 66%
Arlen Specter 66%
Jim Webb, Jr. 66%
Jason Altmire 50%
John Barrow 50%
Melissa Bean 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
Nancy Boyda 50%
Dan Burton 50%
Chris Cannon 50%
Mike Castle 50%
Ben Chandler III 50%
Jim Cooper 50%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa D 50%
Robert Cramer 50%
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar D 50%
Artur Davis 50%
Lincoln Davis 50%
Thomas Davis III 50%
Charlie Dent 50%
Joe Donnelly, Sr. 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Brad Ellsworth 50%
Jo Ann Emerson 50%
Philip English 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Michael Ferguson 50%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 50%
Baron Hill 50%
Tim Holden 50%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa R 50%
Tim Johnson 50%
Walter Jones, Jr. 50%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Steve LaTourette 50%
Dan Lipinski 50%
Jim Marshall 50%
Jim Matheson 50%
Mike McIntyre 50%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 50%
Harry Mitchell 50%
Mike Pence 50%
Todd Platts 50%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
Jon Porter, Sr. 50%
Richard Renzi 50%
Ciro Rodriguez 50%
Mike Ross 50%
Paul Ryan 50%
John Salazar 50%
Christopher Shays 50%
Heath Shuler 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 50%
Vic Snyder 50%
Zack Space 50%
John Tanner 50%
Fred Upton 50%
MN Governor Tim Walz DFL 50%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 50%
Frank Wolf 50%
Bob Bennett 33%
Norm Coleman 33%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 33%
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