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State Office Name Party Rating
Dick Lugar 60%
John McCain III 60%
Rob Andrews 59%
Charlie Bass 59%
Susan Davis 59%
Jeff Flake 59%
Mike Honda 59%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 59%
Gerald Kleczka 59%
John LaFalce 59%
Carolyn Maloney 59%
Carolyn McCarthy 59%
Karen McCarthy 59%
Jim McDermott 59%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 59%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 59%
Major Owens 59%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 59%
Donald Payne 59%
Dana Rohrabacher 59%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 59%
Thomas Sawyer 59%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 59%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 59%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 59%
David Wu 59%
Robert Borski, Jr. 55%
Ben Cardin 55%
Joe Crowley 55%
Bill Delahunt 55%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 55%
Bob Filner 55%
Jane Harman 55%
Maurice Hinchey 55%
Joseph Hoeffel 55%
Darlene Hooley 55%
John Hostettler 55%
Nancy Johnson 55%
Jim Langevin 55%
William Lipinski 55%
Constance Morella 55%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 55%
Ed Royce 55%
Loretta Sanchez 55%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 55%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 55%
John Sununu 55%
Tom Tancredo 55%
Ellen Tauscher 55%
State Office Name Party Rating
Dick Lugar 60%
John McCain III 60%
Rob Andrews 59%
Charlie Bass 59%
Susan Davis 59%
Jeff Flake 59%
Mike Honda 59%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 59%
Gerald Kleczka 59%
John LaFalce 59%
Carolyn Maloney 59%
Carolyn McCarthy 59%
Karen McCarthy 59%
Jim McDermott 59%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern D 59%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 59%
Major Owens 59%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 59%
Donald Payne 59%
Dana Rohrabacher 59%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 59%
Thomas Sawyer 59%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 59%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 59%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 59%
David Wu 59%
Robert Borski, Jr. 55%
Ben Cardin 55%
Joe Crowley 55%
Bill Delahunt 55%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 55%
Bob Filner 55%
Jane Harman 55%
Maurice Hinchey 55%
Joseph Hoeffel 55%
Darlene Hooley 55%
John Hostettler 55%
Nancy Johnson 55%
Jim Langevin 55%
William Lipinski 55%
Constance Morella 55%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 55%
Ed Royce 55%
Loretta Sanchez 55%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky D 55%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 55%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 55%
John Sununu 55%
Tom Tancredo 55%
Ellen Tauscher 55%
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