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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 62 |
| NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 62 |
| Bobby Rush | 62 | |||
| Tim Ryan | 62 | |||
| Allyson Schwartz | 62 | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 62 |
| Gary Ackerman | 60 | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 60 |
| Colleen Hanabusa | 60 | |||
| Louise Slaughter | 60 | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 60 |
| Joe Walsh | 60 | |||
| Mike Capuano | 58 | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 28 | Judy Chu | Democratic | 58 |
| Lacy Clay, Jr. | 58 | |||
| CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 58 |
| CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 58 |
| Ted Deutch | 58 | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 58 |
| MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 58 |
| Raul Grijalva | 58 | |||
| Rush Holt, Jr. | 58 | |||
| Sheila Jackson Lee | 58 | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 58 |
| OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 58 |
| John Lewis | 58 | |||
| MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 58 |
| MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 58 |
| George Miller | 58 | |||
| Brad Miller | 58 | |||
| WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 58 |
| Ron Paul | 58 | |||
| Bill Posey | 58 | |||
| Dennis Ross | 58 | |||
| John Sarbanes | 58 | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 58 |
| Betty Sutton | 58 | |||
| MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 58 |
| John Tierney | 58 | |||
| Niki Tsongas | 58 | |||
| MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 58 |
| Henry Waxman | 58 | |||
| Todd Akin | 57 | |||
| WY | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Barrasso | Republican | 56 |
| Robert Corker | 56 | |||
| Tom Harkin | 56 | |||
| WI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Johnson | Republican | 56 |
| Patrick Leahy | 56 | |||
| Barbara Mikulski | 56 | |||
| Pat Toomey | 56 | |||
| Ed Towns | 56 | |||
| Sandy Adams | 55 | |||
| WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 55 |
| CA | Mayor - At-Large | Karen Bass | Democratic | 55 |
| Xavier Becerra | 55 | |||
| Diane Black | 55 | |||
| Michael Burgess | 55 | |||
| Steve Chabot | 55 | |||
| MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 55 |
| Mike Conaway | 55 | |||
| Joe Crowley | 55 | |||
| Norm Dicks | 55 | |||
| Eliot Engel | 55 | |||
| Anna Eshoo | 55 | |||
| Sam Farr | 55 | |||
| Jeff Flake | 55 | |||
| NC | U.S. House - 5 | Virginia Foxx | Republican | 55 |
| Barney Frank | 55 | |||
| Scott Garrett | 55 | |||
| Phil Gingrey | 55 | |||
| Trey Gowdy III | 55 | |||
| Tom Graves, Jr. | 55 | |||
| MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 55 |
| Tim Huelskamp | 55 | |||
| MI | U.S. House - 4 | Bill Huizenga | Republican | 55 |
| CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 55 |
| CA | U.S. House - 5 | Tom McClintock | Republican | 55 |
| Patrick McHenry | 55 | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 55 |
| NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 55 |
| MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 55 |
| Randy Neugebauer | 55 | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 55 |
| Mike Pompeo | 55 | |||
| Ben Quayle | 55 | |||
| Cedric Richmond | 55 | |||
| AZ | U.S. House - 1 | David Schweikert | Republican | 55 |
| GA | U.S. House - 8 | Austin Scott | Republican | 55 |
| SC | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tim Scott | Republican | 55 |
| José Serrano | 55 | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 55 |
| IN | U.S. House - 3 | Marlin Stutzman | Republican | 55 |
| FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 55 |
| Mel Watt | 55 | |||
| Lynn Westmoreland | 55 | |||
| Pete Stark | 54 | |||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 50 | |||
| Michele Bachmann | 50 | |||
| Paul Broun | 50 | |||
| SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 50 |