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State Office Name Party Rating
Barney Frank 55%
Trent Franks 55%
Charlie Gonzalez 55%
Luis Gutiérrez 55%
Darlene Hooley 55%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 55%
Steve Israel 55%
Walter Jones, Jr. 55%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 55%
Patrick Kennedy 55%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 55%
Tom Lantos 55%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson Democratic 55%
James Leach 55%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 55%
Sandy Levin 55%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 55%
Nita Lowey 55%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 55%
Robert Matsui 55%
Bob Menendez 55%
Gary Miller 55%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 55%
Major Owens 55%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 55%
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%
State Office Name Party Rating
Barney Frank 55%
Trent Franks 55%
Charlie Gonzalez 55%
Luis Gutiérrez 55%
Darlene Hooley 55%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 55%
Steve Israel 55%
Walter Jones, Jr. 55%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 55%
Patrick Kennedy 55%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 55%
Tom Lantos 55%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson D 55%
James Leach 55%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 55%
Sandy Levin 55%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 55%
Nita Lowey 55%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 55%
Robert Matsui 55%
Bob Menendez 55%
Gary Miller 55%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 55%
Major Owens 55%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 55%
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%
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