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State Office Name Party Rating
Thomas Allen 90%
Rob Andrews 90%
John Baldacci 90%
Jeff Bingaman 90%
Earl Blumenauer 90%
Corrine Brown 90%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
Thomas Daschle 90%
Peter DeFazio 90%
Peter Deutsch 90%
Julian Dixon 90%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 90%
Byron Dorgan 90%
Eliot Engel 90%
Anna Eshoo 90%
Lane Evans 90%
Russ Feingold 90%
Harold Ford, Jr. 90%
Luis Gutiérrez 90%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 90%
Daniel Inouye 90%
William Jefferson 90%
Eddie Johnson 90%
Timothy Johnson 90%
Patrick Leahy 90%
Sandy Levin 90%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 90%
Robert Matsui 90%
Karen McCarthy 90%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 90%
Michael McNulty 90%
Carrie Meek 90%
Bob Menendez 90%
Barbara Mikulski 90%
John Moakley 90%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 90%
Dave Obey 90%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Jay Rockefeller IV 90%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 90%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 90%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 90%
Robert Torricelli 90%
Ed Towns 90%
Robert Wexler 90%
Howard Berman 85%
Joe Biden, Jr. 85%
Rod Blagojevich 85%
Robert Borski, Jr. 85%
Ben Cardin 85%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 85%
Kent Conrad 85%
John Dingell 85%
Chris Dodd 85%
Dianne Feinstein 85%
Jonas Frost III 85%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 85%
Darlene Hooley 85%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 85%
Bob Kerrey 85%
Ron Kind 85%
John LaFalce 85%
Nicholas Lampson 85%
James Maloney 85%
Matthew Martinez 85%
Carolyn McCarthy 85%
Jim Oberstar 85%
Ed Pastor 85%
David Price 85%
Harry Reid 85%
Ciro Rodriguez 85%
Steve Rothman 85%
Loretta Sanchez 85%
Vic Snyder 85%
State Office Name Party Rating
Thomas Allen 90%
Rob Andrews 90%
John Baldacci 90%
Jeff Bingaman 90%
Earl Blumenauer 90%
Corrine Brown 90%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 90%
Thomas Daschle 90%
Peter DeFazio 90%
Peter Deutsch 90%
Julian Dixon 90%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 90%
Byron Dorgan 90%
Eliot Engel 90%
Anna Eshoo 90%
Lane Evans 90%
Russ Feingold 90%
Harold Ford, Jr. 90%
Luis Gutiérrez 90%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 90%
Daniel Inouye 90%
William Jefferson 90%
Eddie Johnson 90%
Timothy Johnson 90%
Patrick Leahy 90%
Sandy Levin 90%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 90%
Robert Matsui 90%
Karen McCarthy 90%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 90%
Michael McNulty 90%
Carrie Meek 90%
Bob Menendez 90%
Barbara Mikulski 90%
John Moakley 90%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 90%
Dave Obey 90%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Jay Rockefeller IV 90%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 90%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 90%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 90%
Robert Torricelli 90%
Ed Towns 90%
Robert Wexler 90%
Howard Berman 85%
Joe Biden, Jr. 85%
Rod Blagojevich 85%
Robert Borski, Jr. 85%
Ben Cardin 85%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 85%
Kent Conrad 85%
John Dingell 85%
Chris Dodd 85%
Dianne Feinstein 85%
Jonas Frost III 85%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 85%
Darlene Hooley 85%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 85%
Bob Kerrey 85%
Ron Kind 85%
John LaFalce 85%
Nicholas Lampson 85%
James Maloney 85%
Matthew Martinez 85%
Carolyn McCarthy 85%
Jim Oberstar 85%
Ed Pastor 85%
David Price 85%
Harry Reid 85%
Ciro Rodriguez 85%
Steve Rothman 85%
Loretta Sanchez 85%
Vic Snyder 85%
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