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State Office Name Party Rating
Barbara Boxer 90%
Lois Capps 90%
Mike Capuano 90%
John Conyers, Jr. 90%
William Coyne 90%
Mark Dayton 90%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 90%
Bill Delahunt 90%
Peter Deutsch 90%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 90%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 90%
Tom Harkin 90%
Jane Harman 90%
Maurice Hinchey 90%
Joseph Hoeffel 90%
Rush Holt, Jr. 90%
Darlene Hooley 90%
Patrick Kennedy 90%
Ron Kind 90%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 90%
William Luther 90%
James Maloney 90%
Carolyn McCarthy 90%
Martin Meehan 90%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 90%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 90%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 90%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Timothy Roemer 90%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 90%
Louise Slaughter 90%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 90%
Ellen Tauscher 90%
Neil Abercrombie 85%
Xavier Becerra 85%
Rod Blagojevich 85%
David Edward Bonior 85%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 85%
Eva Clayton 85%
Hillary Clinton 85%
Jon Corzine 85%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 85%
Norm Dicks 85%
Lane Evans 85%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 85%
Tony Hall 85%
Patrick Leahy 85%
Sandy Levin 85%
Joe Lieberman 85%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 85%
Ed Pastor 85%
David Price 85%
Nick Rahall II 85%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 85%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 85%
Ted Strickland 85%
Karen Thurman 85%
David Wu 85%
Albert Wynn 85%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic 80%
Earl Blumenauer 80%
Corrine Brown 80%
Gary Condit 80%
Joe Crowley 80%
James Davis 80%
John Dingell 80%
Chris Dodd 80%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 80%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 80%
Sheila Jackson Lee 80%
Paul Kanjorski 80%
Karen McCarthy 80%
State Office Name Party Rating
Barbara Boxer 90%
Lois Capps 90%
Mike Capuano 90%
John Conyers, Jr. 90%
William Coyne 90%
Mark Dayton 90%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro D 90%
Bill Delahunt 90%
Peter Deutsch 90%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 90%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 90%
Tom Harkin 90%
Jane Harman 90%
Maurice Hinchey 90%
Joseph Hoeffel 90%
Rush Holt, Jr. 90%
Darlene Hooley 90%
Patrick Kennedy 90%
Ron Kind 90%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 90%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 90%
William Luther 90%
James Maloney 90%
Carolyn McCarthy 90%
Martin Meehan 90%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 90%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 90%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 90%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Timothy Roemer 90%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 90%
Louise Slaughter 90%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 90%
Ellen Tauscher 90%
Neil Abercrombie 85%
Xavier Becerra 85%
Rod Blagojevich 85%
David Edward Bonior 85%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 85%
Eva Clayton 85%
Hillary Clinton 85%
Jon Corzine 85%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 85%
Norm Dicks 85%
Lane Evans 85%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 85%
Tony Hall 85%
Patrick Leahy 85%
Sandy Levin 85%
Joe Lieberman 85%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 85%
Ed Pastor 85%
David Price 85%
Nick Rahall II 85%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 85%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 85%
Ted Strickland 85%
Karen Thurman 85%
David Wu 85%
Albert Wynn 85%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley D 80%
Earl Blumenauer 80%
Corrine Brown 80%
Gary Condit 80%
Joe Crowley 80%
James Davis 80%
John Dingell 80%
Chris Dodd 80%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 80%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 80%
Sheila Jackson Lee 80%
Paul Kanjorski 80%
Karen McCarthy 80%
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