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State Office Name Party Rating
Charlie Gonzalez 33%
Alan Grayson 33%
TX U.S. House - 9 Al Green Democratic 33%
Gene Green 33%
Raul Grijalva 33%
Luis Gutiérrez 33%
John Hall 33%
Jane Harman 33%
NM U.S. Senate - Sr Martin Heinrich Democratic 33%
Brian Higgins 33%
Baron Hill 33%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 33%
HI U.S. Senate - Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 33%
Paul Hodes 33%
Rush Holt, Jr. 33%
Mike Honda 33%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 33%
Steve Israel 33%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 33%
Sheila Jackson Lee 33%
Eddie Johnson 33%
Steve Kagen 33%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Patrick Kennedy 33%
Dale Kildee 33%
Mary Jo Kilroy 33%
Ron Kind 33%
Suzanne Kosmas 33%
Jim Langevin 33%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 33%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson Democratic 33%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 33%
Sandy Levin 33%
Dan Lipinski 33%
Dave Loebsack 33%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 33%
Nita Lowey 33%
NM U.S. Senate - Jr Ben Luján, Jr. Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 33%
Carolyn Maloney 33%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House - 7 Doris Matsui Democratic 33%
MN U.S. House - 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 33%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 33%
Michael McMahon 33%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 33%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 33%
George Miller 33%
Brad Miller 33%
Harry Mitchell 33%
Dennis Moore 33%
WI U.S. House - 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 33%
Scott Murphy 33%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler Democratic 33%
Grace Napolitano 33%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 33%
Ben Nelson 33%
Jim Oberstar 33%
Dave Obey 33%
John Olver 33%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 33%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 33%
Ed Pastor 33%
Ed Perlmutter 33%
MI U.S. Senate - Sr Gary Peters Democratic 33%
ME U.S. House - 1 Chellie Pingree Democratic 33%
David Price 33%
IL U.S. House - 5 Mike Quigley Democratic 33%
Charlie Rangel 33%
Silvestre Reyes 33%
CA State Senate - 35 Laura Richardson Democratic 33%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 33%
Dutch Ruppersberger 33%
Tim Ryan 33%
John Salazar 33%
John Sarbanes 33%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 33%
Mark Schauer 33%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff Democratic 33%
Allyson Schwartz 33%
David Scott 33%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 33%
José Serrano 33%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 33%
Carol Shea-Porter 33%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 33%
NJ Mayor - At-Large Albio Sires Democratic 33%
Louise Slaughter 33%
Vic Snyder 33%
CA Supervisor - 1 Jackie Speier Democratic 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Pete Stark 33%
Betty Sutton 33%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 33%
John Tierney 33%
NV U.S. House - 1 Dina Titus Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House - 20 Paul Tonko Democratic 33%
Ed Towns 33%
Niki Tsongas 33%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 33%
State Office Name Party Rating
Charlie Gonzalez 33%
Alan Grayson 33%
TX U.S. House - 9 Al Green D 33%
Gene Green 33%
Raul Grijalva 33%
Luis Gutiérrez 33%
John Hall 33%
Jane Harman 33%
NM U.S. Senate - Sr Martin Heinrich D 33%
Brian Higgins 33%
Baron Hill 33%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 33%
HI U.S. Senate - Jr Mazie Hirono D 33%
Paul Hodes 33%
Rush Holt, Jr. 33%
Mike Honda 33%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 33%
Steve Israel 33%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 33%
Sheila Jackson Lee 33%
Eddie Johnson 33%
Steve Kagen 33%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Patrick Kennedy 33%
Dale Kildee 33%
Mary Jo Kilroy 33%
Ron Kind 33%
Suzanne Kosmas 33%
Jim Langevin 33%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 33%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson D 33%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 33%
Sandy Levin 33%
Dan Lipinski 33%
Dave Loebsack 33%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 33%
Nita Lowey 33%
NM U.S. Senate - Jr Ben Luján, Jr. D 33%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 33%
Carolyn Maloney 33%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey D 33%
CA U.S. House - 7 Doris Matsui D 33%
MN U.S. House - 4 Betty McCollum DFL 33%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern D 33%
Michael McMahon 33%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 33%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 33%
George Miller 33%
Brad Miller 33%
Harry Mitchell 33%
Dennis Moore 33%
WI U.S. House - 4 Gwen Moore D 33%
Scott Murphy 33%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler D 33%
Grace Napolitano 33%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 33%
Ben Nelson 33%
Jim Oberstar 33%
Dave Obey 33%
John Olver 33%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 33%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 33%
Ed Pastor 33%
Ed Perlmutter 33%
MI U.S. Senate - Sr Gary Peters D 33%
ME U.S. House - 1 Chellie Pingree D 33%
David Price 33%
IL U.S. House - 5 Mike Quigley D 33%
Charlie Rangel 33%
Silvestre Reyes 33%
CA State Senate - 35 Laura Richardson D 33%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 33%
Dutch Ruppersberger 33%
Tim Ryan 33%
John Salazar 33%
John Sarbanes 33%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky D 33%
Mark Schauer 33%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff D 33%
Allyson Schwartz 33%
David Scott 33%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 33%
José Serrano 33%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 33%
Carol Shea-Porter 33%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 33%
NJ Mayor - At-Large Albio Sires D 33%
Louise Slaughter 33%
Vic Snyder 33%
CA Supervisor - 1 Jackie Speier D 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Pete Stark 33%
Betty Sutton 33%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 33%
John Tierney 33%
NV U.S. House - 1 Dina Titus D 33%
NY U.S. House - 20 Paul Tonko D 33%
Ed Towns 33%
Niki Tsongas 33%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 33%
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