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State Office Name Party Rating
Ed Pastor 55%
Ron Paul 55%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 55%
David Price 55%
Dana Rohrabacher 55%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 55%
Ed Royce 55%
Bobby Rush 55%
Martin Olav Sabo 55%
José Serrano 55%
Christopher Shays 55%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 55%
Louise Slaughter 55%
Vic Snyder 55%
Ellen Tauscher 55%
John Tierney 55%
Mark Udall 55%
Diane Watson 55%
Randy Neugebauer 53%
Thomas Allen 50%
Charlie Bass 50%
Howard Berman 50%
TN U.S. Senate - Sr Marsha Blackburn Republican 50%
Earl Blumenauer 50%
Kevin Brady 50%
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 50%
Chris Chocola 50%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 50%
Howard Coble 50%
John Conyers, Jr. 50%
Elijah Cummings 50%
Lincoln Davis 50%
Nathan Deal 50%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 50%
John Duncan, Jr. 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Bob Filner 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. 50%
MO U.S. House - 6 Sam Graves Republican 50%
Gilbert Gutknecht 50%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 50%
Joel Hefley 50%
Sheila Jackson Lee 50%
Mark Kennedy 50%
John Lewis 50%
John Linder 50%
Carolyn McCarthy 50%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 50%
George Miller 50%
Jeff Miller 50%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler Democratic 50%
Grace Napolitano 50%
Butch Otter 50%
Mike Pence 50%
Dutch Ruppersberger 50%
Tim Ryan 50%
John Shimkus 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Pete Stark 50%
Lee Terry 50%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 50%
Anthony Weiner 50%
David Wu 50%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic 45%
Marion Berry 45%
Michael Bilirakis 45%
Ginny Brown-Waite 45%
Dennis Cardoza 45%
Jerry Costello 45%
FL U.S. House - 26 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 45%
Sam Farr 45%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 45%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 45%
Jeb Hensarling 45%
Wally Herger, Jr. 45%
Pete Hoekstra 45%
John Hostettler 45%
Dan Lipinski 45%
Don Manzullo 45%
Thaddeus McCotter 45%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 45%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 45%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 45%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran Republican 45%
Marilyn Musgrave 45%
Jim Oberstar 45%
Joe Pitts 45%
Ike Skelton 45%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 45%
Ted Strickland 45%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 45%
Ed Towns 45%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 45%
Pete Visclosky 45%
Neil Abercrombie 40%
Richard Hugh Baker 40%
Leonard Boswell 40%
Dan Burton 40%
Mike Castle 40%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 40%
State Office Name Party Rating
Ed Pastor 55%
Ron Paul 55%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi D 55%
David Price 55%
Dana Rohrabacher 55%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 55%
Ed Royce 55%
Bobby Rush 55%
Martin Olav Sabo 55%
José Serrano 55%
Christopher Shays 55%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 55%
Louise Slaughter 55%
Vic Snyder 55%
Ellen Tauscher 55%
John Tierney 55%
Mark Udall 55%
Diane Watson 55%
Randy Neugebauer 53%
Thomas Allen 50%
Charlie Bass 50%
Howard Berman 50%
TN U.S. Senate - Sr Marsha Blackburn R 50%
Earl Blumenauer 50%
Kevin Brady 50%
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 50%
Chris Chocola 50%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 50%
Howard Coble 50%
John Conyers, Jr. 50%
Elijah Cummings 50%
Lincoln Davis 50%
Nathan Deal 50%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 50%
John Duncan, Jr. 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Bob Filner 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. 50%
MO U.S. House - 6 Sam Graves R 50%
Gilbert Gutknecht 50%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 50%
Joel Hefley 50%
Sheila Jackson Lee 50%
Mark Kennedy 50%
John Lewis 50%
John Linder 50%
Carolyn McCarthy 50%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 50%
George Miller 50%
Jeff Miller 50%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler D 50%
Grace Napolitano 50%
Butch Otter 50%
Mike Pence 50%
Dutch Ruppersberger 50%
Tim Ryan 50%
John Shimkus 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Pete Stark 50%
Lee Terry 50%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 50%
Anthony Weiner 50%
David Wu 50%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley D 45%
Marion Berry 45%
Michael Bilirakis 45%
Ginny Brown-Waite 45%
Dennis Cardoza 45%
Jerry Costello 45%
FL U.S. House - 26 Mario Diaz-Balart R 45%
Sam Farr 45%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 45%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 45%
Jeb Hensarling 45%
Wally Herger, Jr. 45%
Pete Hoekstra 45%
John Hostettler 45%
Dan Lipinski 45%
Don Manzullo 45%
Thaddeus McCotter 45%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 45%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 45%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 45%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran R 45%
Marilyn Musgrave 45%
Jim Oberstar 45%
Joe Pitts 45%
Ike Skelton 45%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 45%
Ted Strickland 45%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 45%
Ed Towns 45%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 45%
Pete Visclosky 45%
Neil Abercrombie 40%
Richard Hugh Baker 40%
Leonard Boswell 40%
Dan Burton 40%
Mike Castle 40%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 40%
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