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State Office Name Party Rating
Lincoln Davis 33%
Susan Davis 33%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 33%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 33%
Norm Dicks 33%
Joe Donnelly, Sr. 33%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 33%
MN Attorney General Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 33%
Eliot Engel 33%
Anna Eshoo 33%
Sam Farr 33%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 33%
Gabrielle Giffords 33%
Charlie Gonzalez 33%
TX U.S. House - 9 Al Green Democratic 33%
Gene Green 33%
Luis Gutiérrez 33%
John Hall 33%
Phil Hare 33%
Jane Harman 33%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 33%
Brian Higgins 33%
HI U.S. Senate - Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 33%
Rush Holt, Jr. 33%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 33%
Steve Israel 33%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 33%
Sheila Jackson Lee 33%
Eddie Johnson 33%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 33%
Patrick Kennedy 33%
Dale Kildee 33%
Ron Kind 33%
Jim Langevin 33%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 33%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson Democratic 33%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 33%
Sandy Levin 33%
John Lewis 33%
Dave Loebsack 33%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 33%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 33%
Jim Matheson 33%
CA U.S. House - 7 Doris Matsui Democratic 33%
Carolyn McCarthy 33%
Claire McCaskill 33%
MN U.S. House - 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 33%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 33%
Mike McIntyre 33%
CA State Senate - 5 Jerry McNerney Democratic 33%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 33%
George Miller 33%
Brad Miller 33%
Harry Mitchell 33%
Dennis Moore 33%
WI U.S. House - 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 33%
Jim Moran, Jr. 33%
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 33%
Patrick Murphy 33%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 33%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 33%
Dave Obey 33%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 33%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 33%
Ed Pastor 33%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 33%
Collin Peterson 33%
Earl Pomeroy 33%
David Price 33%
Charlie Rangel 33%
Silvestre Reyes 33%
CA State Senate - 35 Laura Richardson Democratic 33%
Dutch Ruppersberger 33%
Bobby Rush 33%
Tim Ryan 33%
John Salazar 33%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 33%
John Sarbanes 33%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 33%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff Democratic 33%
Allyson Schwartz 33%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 33%
NJ Mayor - At-Large Albio Sires Democratic 33%
Louise Slaughter 33%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 33%
Vic Snyder 33%
Debbie Stabenow 33%
Bart Stupak 33%
Betty Sutton 33%
Ellen Tauscher 33%
Gene Taylor 33%
Jon Tester 33%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 33%
John Tierney 33%
Niki Tsongas 33%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 33%
State Office Name Party Rating
Lincoln Davis 33%
Susan Davis 33%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette D 33%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro D 33%
Norm Dicks 33%
Joe Donnelly, Sr. 33%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 33%
MN Attorney General Keith Ellison DFL 33%
Eliot Engel 33%
Anna Eshoo 33%
Sam Farr 33%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 33%
Gabrielle Giffords 33%
Charlie Gonzalez 33%
TX U.S. House - 9 Al Green D 33%
Gene Green 33%
Luis Gutiérrez 33%
John Hall 33%
Phil Hare 33%
Jane Harman 33%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 33%
Brian Higgins 33%
HI U.S. Senate - Jr Mazie Hirono D 33%
Rush Holt, Jr. 33%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 33%
Steve Israel 33%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 33%
Sheila Jackson Lee 33%
Eddie Johnson 33%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 33%
Patrick Kennedy 33%
Dale Kildee 33%
Ron Kind 33%
Jim Langevin 33%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 33%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson D 33%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 33%
Sandy Levin 33%
John Lewis 33%
Dave Loebsack 33%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 33%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey D 33%
Jim Matheson 33%
CA U.S. House - 7 Doris Matsui D 33%
Carolyn McCarthy 33%
Claire McCaskill 33%
MN U.S. House - 4 Betty McCollum DFL 33%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern D 33%
Mike McIntyre 33%
CA State Senate - 5 Jerry McNerney D 33%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 33%
George Miller 33%
Brad Miller 33%
Harry Mitchell 33%
Dennis Moore 33%
WI U.S. House - 4 Gwen Moore D 33%
Jim Moran, Jr. 33%
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy D 33%
Patrick Murphy 33%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler D 33%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 33%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 33%
Dave Obey 33%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 33%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 33%
Ed Pastor 33%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi D 33%
Collin Peterson 33%
Earl Pomeroy 33%
David Price 33%
Charlie Rangel 33%
Silvestre Reyes 33%
CA State Senate - 35 Laura Richardson D 33%
Dutch Ruppersberger 33%
Bobby Rush 33%
Tim Ryan 33%
John Salazar 33%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 33%
John Sarbanes 33%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky D 33%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff D 33%
Allyson Schwartz 33%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 33%
NJ Mayor - At-Large Albio Sires D 33%
Louise Slaughter 33%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 33%
Vic Snyder 33%
Debbie Stabenow 33%
Bart Stupak 33%
Betty Sutton 33%
Ellen Tauscher 33%
Gene Taylor 33%
Jon Tester 33%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 33%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 33%
John Tierney 33%
Niki Tsongas 33%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 33%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 33%
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