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State Office Name Party Rating
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 33%
Dave Loebsack 33%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 33%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 33%
Jim McDermott 33%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 33%
Mike McIntyre 33%
CA State Senate - 5 Jerry McNerney Democratic 33%
George Miller 33%
Brad Miller 33%
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 33%
Patrick Murphy 33%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler Democratic 33%
Dave Obey 33%
John Olver 33%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 33%
Dave Reichert 33%
Ciro Rodriguez 33%
Bobby Rush 33%
Tim Ryan 33%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 33%
José Serrano 33%
Louise Slaughter 33%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 33%
Betty Sutton 33%
Gene Taylor 33%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 33%
John Tierney 33%
Mark Udall 33%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 33%
Pete Visclosky 33%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 33%
Diane Watson 33%
VT U.S. Senate - Jr Peter Welch Democratic 33%
Robert Wexler 33%
Lynn Woolsey 33%
David Wu 33%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 25%
Barbara Boxer 25%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 25%
Bob Casey, Jr. 25%
Byron Dorgan 25%
Tom Harkin 25%
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic 25%
Patrick Leahy 25%
Claire McCaskill 25%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 25%
Ron Paul 25%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 25%
Harry Reid 25%
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 25%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 25%
Bob Brady 20%
Dennis Kucinich 20%
Ed Pastor 20%
Steve Rothman 20%
John Yarmuth 20%
Jason Altmire 16%
Christopher Carney 16%
John Conyers, Jr. 16%
CT U.S. House - 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 16%
Peter DeFazio 16%
Bill Delahunt 16%
Bob Filner 16%
Raul Grijalva 16%
Maurice Hinchey 16%
Paul Hodes 16%
GA U.S. House - 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 16%
Steve Kagen 16%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 16%
Dan Lipinski 16%
Frank LoBiondo 16%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 16%
Grace Napolitano 16%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 16%
State Office Name Party Rating
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 33%
Dave Loebsack 33%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 33%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey D 33%
Jim McDermott 33%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern D 33%
Mike McIntyre 33%
CA State Senate - 5 Jerry McNerney D 33%
George Miller 33%
Brad Miller 33%
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy D 33%
Patrick Murphy 33%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler D 33%
Dave Obey 33%
John Olver 33%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 33%
Dave Reichert 33%
Ciro Rodriguez 33%
Bobby Rush 33%
Tim Ryan 33%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky D 33%
José Serrano 33%
Louise Slaughter 33%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 33%
Betty Sutton 33%
Gene Taylor 33%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 33%
John Tierney 33%
Mark Udall 33%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 33%
Pete Visclosky 33%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 33%
Diane Watson 33%
VT U.S. Senate - Jr Peter Welch D 33%
Robert Wexler 33%
Lynn Woolsey 33%
David Wu 33%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 25%
Barbara Boxer 25%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell D 25%
Bob Casey, Jr. 25%
Byron Dorgan 25%
Tom Harkin 25%
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar D 25%
Patrick Leahy 25%
Claire McCaskill 25%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 25%
Ron Paul 25%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed D 25%
Harry Reid 25%
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 25%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 25%
Bob Brady 20%
Dennis Kucinich 20%
Ed Pastor 20%
Steve Rothman 20%
John Yarmuth 20%
Jason Altmire 16%
Christopher Carney 16%
John Conyers, Jr. 16%
CT U.S. House - 2 Joe Courtney D 16%
Peter DeFazio 16%
Bill Delahunt 16%
Bob Filner 16%
Raul Grijalva 16%
Maurice Hinchey 16%
Paul Hodes 16%
GA U.S. House - 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 16%
Steve Kagen 16%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 16%
Dan Lipinski 16%
Frank LoBiondo 16%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 16%
Grace Napolitano 16%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 16%
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