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State Office Name Party Rating
Carolyn Maloney 50%
Frank Mascara 50%
Carolyn McCarthy 50%
Paul McHale 50%
Jim Moran, Jr. 50%
Patrick Moynihan 50%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 50%
Ed Pastor 50%
Glenn Poshard 50%
David Price 50%
Harry Reid 50%
Thomas Sawyer 50%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Bob Smith 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Debbie Stabenow 50%
Ellen Tauscher 50%
Pete Visclosky 50%
Corrine Brown 44%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 44%
Sheila Jackson Lee 44%
Thomas Manton 44%
Martin Meehan 44%
Barbara Mikulski 44%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 44%
Ted Strickland 44%
Tom Barrett 40%
Rod Blagojevich 40%
Earl Blumenauer 40%
David Edward Bonior 40%
Rick Boucher 40%
Dale Bumpers 40%
Robert Byrd 40%
Ben Cardin 40%
Eva Clayton 40%
Jerry Costello 40%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 40%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 40%
Anna Eshoo 40%
Sam Farr 40%
Thomas Foglietta 40%
Elizabeth Furse 40%
Sam Gejdenson 40%
John Glenn 40%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 40%
Eddie Johnson 40%
Paul Kanjorski 40%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 40%
Dale Kildee 40%
Pete King 40%
John LaFalce 40%
William Lipinski 40%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 40%
Nita Lowey 40%
Robert Matsui 40%
Carrie Meek 40%
Bob Menendez 40%
Jim Oberstar 40%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 40%
Silvestre Reyes 40%
Steve Rothman 40%
Bobby Rush 40%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 40%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 40%
David Skaggs 40%
Bart Stupak 40%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 40%
Robert Torricelli 40%
Bruce Vento 40%
Robert Wexler 40%
Bob Wise, Jr. 40%
Albert Wynn 40%
State Office Name Party Rating
Carolyn Maloney 50%
Frank Mascara 50%
Carolyn McCarthy 50%
Paul McHale 50%
Jim Moran, Jr. 50%
Patrick Moynihan 50%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 50%
Ed Pastor 50%
Glenn Poshard 50%
David Price 50%
Harry Reid 50%
Thomas Sawyer 50%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 50%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 50%
Bob Smith 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Debbie Stabenow 50%
Ellen Tauscher 50%
Pete Visclosky 50%
Corrine Brown 44%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 44%
Sheila Jackson Lee 44%
Thomas Manton 44%
Martin Meehan 44%
Barbara Mikulski 44%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed D 44%
Ted Strickland 44%
Tom Barrett 40%
Rod Blagojevich 40%
Earl Blumenauer 40%
David Edward Bonior 40%
Rick Boucher 40%
Dale Bumpers 40%
Robert Byrd 40%
Ben Cardin 40%
Eva Clayton 40%
Jerry Costello 40%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 40%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 40%
Anna Eshoo 40%
Sam Farr 40%
Thomas Foglietta 40%
Elizabeth Furse 40%
Sam Gejdenson 40%
John Glenn 40%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 40%
Eddie Johnson 40%
Paul Kanjorski 40%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 40%
Dale Kildee 40%
Pete King 40%
John LaFalce 40%
William Lipinski 40%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 40%
Nita Lowey 40%
Robert Matsui 40%
Carrie Meek 40%
Bob Menendez 40%
Jim Oberstar 40%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 40%
Silvestre Reyes 40%
Steve Rothman 40%
Bobby Rush 40%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 40%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 40%
David Skaggs 40%
Bart Stupak 40%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 40%
Robert Torricelli 40%
Bruce Vento 40%
Robert Wexler 40%
Bob Wise, Jr. 40%
Albert Wynn 40%
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