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State Office Name Party Rating
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 17%
Robert Wexler 17%
SC U.S. House - 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 17%
David Wu 17%
Donald Young 17%
Neil Abercrombie 33%
Todd Akin 33%
Thomas Allen 33%
Spencer Bachus 33%
Brian Baird 33%
Michael Bilirakis 33%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 33%
Tim Bishop 33%
Ginny Brown-Waite 33%
Chris Cannon 33%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito Republican 33%
Steve Chabot 33%
Saxby Chambliss 33%
Kent Conrad 33%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 33%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 33%
John Dingell 33%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 33%
Elizabeth Dole 33%
Rahm Emanuel 33%
Jo Ann Emerson 33%
Philip English 33%
Tom Feeney 33%
Dianne Feinstein 33%
Michael Ferguson 33%
Jim Gerlach 33%
Phil Gingrey 33%
Bart Gordon 33%
MO U.S. House - 6 Sam Graves Republican 33%
Mike Honda 33%
Darlene Hooley 33%
Sheila Jackson Lee 33%
Eddie Johnson 33%
Richard Keller 33%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 33%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 33%
Ron Kind 33%
Steve LaTourette 33%
Jim Langevin 33%
Patrick Leahy 33%
John Lewis 33%
Nita Lowey 33%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas Republican 33%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 33%
Carolyn McCarthy 33%
Thaddeus McCotter 33%
Jim McDermott 33%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 33%
John Mica 33%
Barbara Mikulski 33%
Candice Miller 33%
AK U.S. Senate - Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 33%
Tim Murphy 33%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 33%
Devin Nunes 33%
Dave Obey 33%
John Olver 33%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
Ron Paul 33%
Steve Pearce 33%
Tom Petri 33%
Todd Platts 33%
Jon Porter, Sr. 33%
Nick Rahall II 33%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 33%
Ralph Regula 33%
Richard Renzi 33%
Jay Rockefeller IV 33%
AL U.S. House - 3 Mike Rogers Republican 33%
Mike Rogers 33%
Mike Ross 33%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 33%
Ed Royce 33%
Dutch Ruppersberger 33%
Loretta Sanchez 33%
Jim Saxton 33%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 33%
David Scott 33%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 33%
Jeff Sessions III 33%
Bill Shuster 33%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson Republican 33%
Ike Skelton 33%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 33%
Olympia Snowe 33%
Arlen Specter 33%
Cliff Stearns 33%
Mark Udall 33%
George Voinovich 33%
Zach Wamp 33%
Mel Watt 33%
Henry Waxman 33%
Frank Wolf 33%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 33%
Lamar Alexander 50%
State Office Name Party Rating
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 17%
Robert Wexler 17%
SC U.S. House - 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 17%
David Wu 17%
Donald Young 17%
Neil Abercrombie 33%
Todd Akin 33%
Thomas Allen 33%
Spencer Bachus 33%
Brian Baird 33%
Michael Bilirakis 33%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 33%
Tim Bishop 33%
Ginny Brown-Waite 33%
Chris Cannon 33%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito R 33%
Steve Chabot 33%
Saxby Chambliss 33%
Kent Conrad 33%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 33%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 33%
John Dingell 33%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 33%
Elizabeth Dole 33%
Rahm Emanuel 33%
Jo Ann Emerson 33%
Philip English 33%
Tom Feeney 33%
Dianne Feinstein 33%
Michael Ferguson 33%
Jim Gerlach 33%
Phil Gingrey 33%
Bart Gordon 33%
MO U.S. House - 6 Sam Graves R 33%
Mike Honda 33%
Darlene Hooley 33%
Sheila Jackson Lee 33%
Eddie Johnson 33%
Richard Keller 33%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 33%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 33%
Ron Kind 33%
Steve LaTourette 33%
Jim Langevin 33%
Patrick Leahy 33%
John Lewis 33%
Nita Lowey 33%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas R 33%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 33%
Carolyn McCarthy 33%
Thaddeus McCotter 33%
Jim McDermott 33%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 33%
John Mica 33%
Barbara Mikulski 33%
Candice Miller 33%
AK U.S. Senate - Sr Lisa Murkowski R 33%
Tim Murphy 33%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 33%
Devin Nunes 33%
Dave Obey 33%
John Olver 33%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
Ron Paul 33%
Steve Pearce 33%
Tom Petri 33%
Todd Platts 33%
Jon Porter, Sr. 33%
Nick Rahall II 33%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed D 33%
Ralph Regula 33%
Richard Renzi 33%
Jay Rockefeller IV 33%
AL U.S. House - 3 Mike Rogers R 33%
Mike Rogers 33%
Mike Ross 33%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 33%
Ed Royce 33%
Dutch Ruppersberger 33%
Loretta Sanchez 33%
Jim Saxton 33%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 33%
David Scott 33%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 33%
Jeff Sessions III 33%
Bill Shuster 33%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson R 33%
Ike Skelton 33%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 33%
Olympia Snowe 33%
Arlen Specter 33%
Cliff Stearns 33%
Mark Udall 33%
George Voinovich 33%
Zach Wamp 33%
Mel Watt 33%
Henry Waxman 33%
Frank Wolf 33%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 33%
Lamar Alexander 50%
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