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State Office Name Party Rating
Bill Young 66%
Donald Young 66%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 60%
Roy Blunt 60%
Henry Brown, Jr. 60%
Ben Chandler III 60%
Mike Conaway 60%
Artur Davis 60%
Vern Ehlers 60%
Jeff Flake 60%
Lindsey Graham 60%
Pete Hoekstra 60%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 60%
Bill Owens 60%
Mike Pence 60%
Pat Roberts 60%
Mike Rogers 60%
John Sullivan 60%
Pete Visclosky 60%
Zach Wamp 60%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 60%
John Adler 50%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 50%
Lamar Alexander 50%
Michael Arcuri 50%
WY U.S. Senate - Sr John Barrasso Republican 50%
Max Baucus 50%
Mark Begich 50%
CO U.S. Senate - Sr Michael Bennet Democratic 50%
Bob Bennett 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Barbara Boxer 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
Sherrod Brown 50%
Sam Brownback 50%
Richard Burr 50%
Roland Burris 50%
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 50%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 50%
Ben Cardin 50%
Dennis Cardoza 50%
Christopher Carney 50%
Tom Carper 50%
Bob Casey, Jr. 50%
Saxby Chambliss 50%
NY U.S. House - 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 50%
Thomas Coburn 50%
Thad Cochran 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Robert Corker 50%
TX U.S. Senate - Sr John Cornyn Republican 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 50%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 50%
James DeMint 50%
Ted Deutch 50%
Charles Djou 50%
Chris Dodd 50%
Joe Donnelly, Sr. 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 50%
Donna Edwards 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Brad Ellsworth 50%
Mike Enzi 50%
Russ Feingold 50%
Dianne Feinstein 50%
IL U.S. House - 11 Bill Foster Democratic 50%
Al Franken 50%
NY U.S. Senate - Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 50%
Carte Goodwin 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 50%
Judd Gregg 50%
Kay Hagan 50%
Debbie Halvorson 50%
Phil Hare 50%
Tom Harkin 50%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 50%
Orrin Hatch 50%
Kay Hutchison 50%
Jim Inhofe 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
Johnny Isakson 50%
Mike Johanns 50%
Timothy Johnson 50%
Ted Kaufman 50%
John Kerry 50%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 50%
Mark Kirk 50%
Ann Kirkpatrick 50%
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic 50%
Herb Kohl 50%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. 50%
Jon Kyl 50%
Leonard Lance 50%
Frank Lautenberg 50%
State Office Name Party Rating
Bill Young 66%
Donald Young 66%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 60%
Roy Blunt 60%
Henry Brown, Jr. 60%
Ben Chandler III 60%
Mike Conaway 60%
Artur Davis 60%
Vern Ehlers 60%
Jeff Flake 60%
Lindsey Graham 60%
Pete Hoekstra 60%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 60%
Bill Owens 60%
Mike Pence 60%
Pat Roberts 60%
Mike Rogers 60%
John Sullivan 60%
Pete Visclosky 60%
Zach Wamp 60%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 60%
John Adler 50%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 50%
Lamar Alexander 50%
Michael Arcuri 50%
WY U.S. Senate - Sr John Barrasso R 50%
Max Baucus 50%
Mark Begich 50%
CO U.S. Senate - Sr Michael Bennet D 50%
Bob Bennett 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 50%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Barbara Boxer 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
Sherrod Brown 50%
Sam Brownback 50%
Richard Burr 50%
Roland Burris 50%
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 50%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell D 50%
Ben Cardin 50%
Dennis Cardoza 50%
Christopher Carney 50%
Tom Carper 50%
Bob Casey, Jr. 50%
Saxby Chambliss 50%
NY U.S. House - 9 Yvette Clarke D 50%
Thomas Coburn 50%
Thad Cochran 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Robert Corker 50%
TX U.S. Senate - Sr John Cornyn R 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 50%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 50%
James DeMint 50%
Ted Deutch 50%
Charles Djou 50%
Chris Dodd 50%
Joe Donnelly, Sr. 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 50%
Donna Edwards 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Brad Ellsworth 50%
Mike Enzi 50%
Russ Feingold 50%
Dianne Feinstein 50%
IL U.S. House - 11 Bill Foster D 50%
Al Franken 50%
NY U.S. Senate - Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 50%
Carte Goodwin 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 50%
Judd Gregg 50%
Kay Hagan 50%
Debbie Halvorson 50%
Phil Hare 50%
Tom Harkin 50%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 50%
Orrin Hatch 50%
Kay Hutchison 50%
Jim Inhofe 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
Johnny Isakson 50%
Mike Johanns 50%
Timothy Johnson 50%
Ted Kaufman 50%
John Kerry 50%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 50%
Mark Kirk 50%
Ann Kirkpatrick 50%
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar D 50%
Herb Kohl 50%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. 50%
Jon Kyl 50%
Leonard Lance 50%
Frank Lautenberg 50%
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