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State Office Name Party Rating
Olympia Snowe 50%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Debbie Stabenow 50%
Ted Strickland 50%
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 50%
Ellen Tauscher 50%
John Tierney 50%
Tom Udall 50%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 50%
Mel Watt 50%
Anthony Weiner 50%
Lynn Woolsey 50%
David Wu 50%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 40%
Max Baucus 40%
Evan Bayh 40%
Jeff Bingaman 40%
Lincoln Chafee 40%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 40%
Kent Conrad 40%
Mark Dayton 40%
Tom Harkin 40%
Daniel Inouye 40%
Barbara Mikulski 40%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 40%
Neil Abercrombie 38%
Gary Ackerman 38%
Spencer Bachus 38%
J. Gresham Barrett 38%
Tim Bishop 38%
Earl Blumenauer 38%
Sherwood Boehlert 38%
Rick Boucher 38%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 38%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito Republican 38%
Lois Capps 38%
Mike Capuano 38%
Joe Crowley 38%
Bill Delahunt 38%
Norm Dicks 38%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 38%
John Duncan, Jr. 38%
Vern Ehlers 38%
Philip English 38%
Sam Farr 38%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 38%
Tom Feeney 38%
Michael Ferguson 38%
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