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State Office Name Party Rating
Barney Frank 33%
Maurice Hinchey 33%
Tim Holden 33%
Rush Holt, Jr. 33%
Sam Johnson 33%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 33%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 33%
John Lewis 33%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 33%
Michael McNulty 33%
John Mica 33%
George Miller 33%
Alan Mollohan 33%
Jack Murtha 33%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler Democratic 33%
Jim Oberstar 33%
John Olver 33%
Donald Payne 33%
Collin Peterson 33%
Joe Pitts 33%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 33%
Bobby Rush 33%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 33%
Olympia Snowe 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Pete Stark 33%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 33%
John Tierney 33%
Ed Towns 33%
Mark Udall 33%
Tom Udall 33%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 33%
Pete Visclosky 33%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 33%
Mel Watt 33%
Lynn Woolsey 33%
David Wu 33%
Bill Young 33%
Gary Ackerman 50%
Spencer Bachus 50%
Roy Blunt 50%
John Boehner 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Barbara Boxer 50%
Kevin Brady 50%
Chris Cannon 50%
Tom Carper 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Elijah Cummings 50%
Thomas Davis III 50%
James DeMint 50%
David Dreier 50%
Jo Ann Emerson 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Sam Farr 50%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 50%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 50%
Bob Goodlatte 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
Kay Granger 50%
Judd Gregg 50%
Ralph Hall 50%
Doc Hastings 50%
David Lee Hobson 50%
Pete Hoekstra 50%
Kenny Hulshof 50%
Sheila Jackson Lee 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 50%
Joseph Knollenberg 50%
Herb Kohl 50%
Jon Kyl 50%
State Office Name Party Rating
Barney Frank 33%
Maurice Hinchey 33%
Tim Holden 33%
Rush Holt, Jr. 33%
Sam Johnson 33%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 33%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 33%
John Lewis 33%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey D 33%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern D 33%
Michael McNulty 33%
John Mica 33%
George Miller 33%
Alan Mollohan 33%
Jack Murtha 33%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler D 33%
Jim Oberstar 33%
John Olver 33%
Donald Payne 33%
Collin Peterson 33%
Joe Pitts 33%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 33%
Bobby Rush 33%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky D 33%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 33%
Olympia Snowe 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Pete Stark 33%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 33%
John Tierney 33%
Ed Towns 33%
Mark Udall 33%
Tom Udall 33%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 33%
Pete Visclosky 33%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 33%
Mel Watt 33%
Lynn Woolsey 33%
David Wu 33%
Bill Young 33%
Gary Ackerman 50%
Spencer Bachus 50%
Roy Blunt 50%
John Boehner 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Barbara Boxer 50%
Kevin Brady 50%
Chris Cannon 50%
Tom Carper 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Elijah Cummings 50%
Thomas Davis III 50%
James DeMint 50%
David Dreier 50%
Jo Ann Emerson 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Sam Farr 50%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 50%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 50%
Bob Goodlatte 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
Kay Granger 50%
Judd Gregg 50%
Ralph Hall 50%
Doc Hastings 50%
David Lee Hobson 50%
Pete Hoekstra 50%
Kenny Hulshof 50%
Sheila Jackson Lee 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 50%
Joseph Knollenberg 50%
Herb Kohl 50%
Jon Kyl 50%
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