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State Office Name Party Rating
Lucille Roybal-Allard 67%
Loretta Sanchez 67%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 67%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 67%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff Democratic 67%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 67%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 67%
Ed Towns 67%
Tom Udall 67%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 67%
Diane Watson 67%
Lynn Woolsey 67%
Albert Wynn 67%
John Ensign 64%
Hillary Clinton 55%
Russ Feingold 55%
Jon Kyl 55%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 55%
Thomas Allen 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Corrine Brown 50%
Mike Capuano 50%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 50%
Thomas Davis III 50%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 50%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 50%
Jonas Frost III 50%
Elton Gallegly 50%
Jim Gibbons 50%
Charlie Gonzalez 50%
Jane Harman 50%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 50%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 50%
Joseph Hoeffel 50%
Jay Inslee 50%
Steve Israel 50%
William Jefferson 50%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 50%
Patrick Kennedy 50%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson Democratic 50%
Sandy Levin 50%
Jerry Lewis 50%
Jim Matheson 50%
Buck McKeon 50%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 50%
Bob Menendez 50%
Jim Moran, Jr. 50%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler Democratic 50%
Grace Napolitano 50%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 50%
John Olver 50%
David Price 50%
Silvestre Reyes 50%
Ciro Rodriguez 50%
Bobby Rush 50%
Martin Olav Sabo 50%
José Serrano 50%
Louise Slaughter 50%
Ted Strickland 50%
Bart Stupak 50%
Ellen Tauscher 50%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 50%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 50%
Mel Watt 50%
Henry Waxman 50%
Robert Wexler 50%
Evan Bayh 45%
Barbara Boxer 45%
Jon Corzine 45%
Mike Enzi 45%
Dianne Feinstein 45%
Kay Hutchison 45%
John Kerry 45%
State Office Name Party Rating
Lucille Roybal-Allard 67%
Loretta Sanchez 67%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 67%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky D 67%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff D 67%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 67%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 67%
Ed Towns 67%
Tom Udall 67%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 67%
Diane Watson 67%
Lynn Woolsey 67%
Albert Wynn 67%
John Ensign 64%
Hillary Clinton 55%
Russ Feingold 55%
Jon Kyl 55%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 55%
Thomas Allen 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Corrine Brown 50%
Mike Capuano 50%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 50%
Thomas Davis III 50%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro D 50%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 50%
Jonas Frost III 50%
Elton Gallegly 50%
Jim Gibbons 50%
Charlie Gonzalez 50%
Jane Harman 50%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 50%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 50%
Joseph Hoeffel 50%
Jay Inslee 50%
Steve Israel 50%
William Jefferson 50%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 50%
Patrick Kennedy 50%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson D 50%
Sandy Levin 50%
Jerry Lewis 50%
Jim Matheson 50%
Buck McKeon 50%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 50%
Bob Menendez 50%
Jim Moran, Jr. 50%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler D 50%
Grace Napolitano 50%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 50%
John Olver 50%
David Price 50%
Silvestre Reyes 50%
Ciro Rodriguez 50%
Bobby Rush 50%
Martin Olav Sabo 50%
José Serrano 50%
Louise Slaughter 50%
Ted Strickland 50%
Bart Stupak 50%
Ellen Tauscher 50%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 50%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 50%
Mel Watt 50%
Henry Waxman 50%
Robert Wexler 50%
Evan Bayh 45%
Barbara Boxer 45%
Jon Corzine 45%
Mike Enzi 45%
Dianne Feinstein 45%
Kay Hutchison 45%
John Kerry 45%
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