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State Office Name Party Rating
Evan Bayh 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Barbara Boxer 50%
Ben Cardin 50%
Bob Casey, Jr. 50%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 50%
Artur Davis 50%
John Dingell 50%
Chris Dodd 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Brad Ellsworth 50%
Mike Enzi 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Dianne Feinstein 50%
Jeff Fortenberry 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 50%
Tim Johnson 50%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 50%
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic 50%
Herb Kohl 50%
Jon Kyl 50%
Steve LaTourette 50%
Mary Landrieu 50%
OH U.S. House - 5 Bob Latta Republican 50%
Frank Lautenberg 50%
Patrick Leahy 50%
Carl Levin 50%
Joe Lieberman 50%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
Jim Marshall 50%
Bob Menendez 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
Alan Mollohan 50%
Ben Nelson 50%
Jim Oberstar 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Ron Paul 50%
Ed Perlmutter 50%
Todd Platts 50%
Mark Pryor 50%
Nick Rahall II 50%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 50%
Dave Reichert 50%
Harry Reid 50%
Jay Rockefeller IV 50%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
David Scott 50%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 50%
Zack Space 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Ed Towns 50%
Jim Webb, Jr. 50%
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 50%
VA U.S. House - 1 Rob Wittman Republican 50%
Gary Ackerman 40%
Joe Baca, Sr. 40%
Dennis Cardoza 40%
Tom Carper 40%
James DeMint 40%
Barney Frank 40%
Tom Harkin 40%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 40%
Mike Honda 40%
Daniel Inouye 40%
John Kerry 40%
Ron Klein 40%
Nita Lowey 40%
Carolyn Maloney 40%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 40%
John Olver 40%
Ike Skelton 40%
Rob Andrews 33%
Michael Arcuri 33%
Brian Baird 33%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 33%
Melissa Bean 33%
Howard Berman 33%
Tim Bishop 33%
Leonard Boswell 33%
Bob Brady 33%
Bruce Braley 33%
Corrine Brown 33%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 33%
Lois Capps 33%
Mike Capuano 33%
Russ Carnahan 33%
MO U.S. House - 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 33%
TN U.S. House - 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 33%
Jim Cooper 33%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa Democratic 33%
Jerry Costello 33%
Joe Crowley 33%
Elijah Cummings 33%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 33%
State Office Name Party Rating
Evan Bayh 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Barbara Boxer 50%
Ben Cardin 50%
Bob Casey, Jr. 50%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 50%
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar D 50%
Artur Davis 50%
John Dingell 50%
Chris Dodd 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Brad Ellsworth 50%
Mike Enzi 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Dianne Feinstein 50%
Jeff Fortenberry 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 50%
Tim Johnson 50%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 50%
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar D 50%
Herb Kohl 50%
Jon Kyl 50%
Steve LaTourette 50%
Mary Landrieu 50%
OH U.S. House - 5 Bob Latta R 50%
Frank Lautenberg 50%
Patrick Leahy 50%
Carl Levin 50%
Joe Lieberman 50%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
Jim Marshall 50%
Bob Menendez 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
Alan Mollohan 50%
Ben Nelson 50%
Jim Oberstar 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Ron Paul 50%
Ed Perlmutter 50%
Todd Platts 50%
Mark Pryor 50%
Nick Rahall II 50%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed D 50%
Dave Reichert 50%
Harry Reid 50%
Jay Rockefeller IV 50%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 50%
David Scott 50%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 50%
Zack Space 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Ed Towns 50%
Jim Webb, Jr. 50%
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 50%
VA U.S. House - 1 Rob Wittman R 50%
Gary Ackerman 40%
Joe Baca, Sr. 40%
Dennis Cardoza 40%
Tom Carper 40%
James DeMint 40%
Barney Frank 40%
Tom Harkin 40%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 40%
Mike Honda 40%
Daniel Inouye 40%
John Kerry 40%
Ron Klein 40%
Nita Lowey 40%
Carolyn Maloney 40%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 40%
John Olver 40%
Ike Skelton 40%
Rob Andrews 33%
Michael Arcuri 33%
Brian Baird 33%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin D 33%
Melissa Bean 33%
Howard Berman 33%
Tim Bishop 33%
Leonard Boswell 33%
Bob Brady 33%
Bruce Braley 33%
Corrine Brown 33%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell D 33%
Lois Capps 33%
Mike Capuano 33%
Russ Carnahan 33%
MO U.S. House - 5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 33%
TN U.S. House - 9 Steve Cohen D 33%
Jim Cooper 33%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa D 33%
Jerry Costello 33%
Joe Crowley 33%
Elijah Cummings 33%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 33%
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