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State Office Name Party Rating
Allyson Schwartz 56%
Heath Shuler 56%
Bart Stupak 56%
Gene Taylor 56%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 56%
Ed Towns 56%
Niki Tsongas 56%
VT U.S. Senate - Jr Peter Welch Democratic 56%
Lynn Woolsey 56%
Robert Wexler 54%
Earl Blumenauer 53%
IN U.S. House - 7 André Carson Democratic 53%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 53%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 53%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 53%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler Democratic 53%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 53%
Pete Visclosky 53%
Diane Watson 53%
Neil Abercrombie 50%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 50%
Brian Baird 50%
Xavier Becerra 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 50%
John Conyers, Jr. 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
CT U.S. House - 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 50%
Elijah Cummings 50%
Peter DeFazio 50%
Chris Dodd 50%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
Tom Harkin 50%
Maurice Hinchey 50%
Mike Honda 50%
Steve Kagen 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 50%
Patrick Leahy 50%
John Lewis 50%
Jim McDermott 50%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 50%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 50%
George Miller 50%
WI U.S. House - 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 50%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 50%
Ed Pastor 50%
Collin Peterson 50%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 50%
Jeff Sessions III 50%
Carol Shea-Porter 50%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 50%
Debbie Stabenow 50%
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 50%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 50%
MN Governor Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 50%
David Wu 50%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 50%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 47%
Bob Filner 47%
GA U.S. House - 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 47%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 47%
Ron Paul 47%
Donald Payne 47%
Louise Slaughter 47%
Pete Stark 47%
Tom Udall 47%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 47%
Raul Grijalva 44%
Grace Napolitano 44%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 44%
CA Supervisor - 1 Jackie Speier Democratic 43%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 41%
Loretta Sanchez 41%
Dennis Kucinich 39%
José Serrano 39%
Russ Feingold 38%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 38%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 38%
State Office Name Party Rating
Allyson Schwartz 56%
Heath Shuler 56%
Bart Stupak 56%
Gene Taylor 56%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 56%
Ed Towns 56%
Niki Tsongas 56%
VT U.S. Senate - Jr Peter Welch D 56%
Lynn Woolsey 56%
Robert Wexler 54%
Earl Blumenauer 53%
IN U.S. House - 7 André Carson D 53%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 53%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 53%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 53%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler D 53%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 53%
Pete Visclosky 53%
Diane Watson 53%
Neil Abercrombie 50%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 50%
Brian Baird 50%
Xavier Becerra 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell D 50%
John Conyers, Jr. 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
CT U.S. House - 2 Joe Courtney D 50%
Elijah Cummings 50%
Peter DeFazio 50%
Chris Dodd 50%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
Tom Harkin 50%
Maurice Hinchey 50%
Mike Honda 50%
Steve Kagen 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 50%
Patrick Leahy 50%
John Lewis 50%
Jim McDermott 50%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern D 50%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 50%
George Miller 50%
WI U.S. House - 4 Gwen Moore D 50%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 50%
Ed Pastor 50%
Collin Peterson 50%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed D 50%
Jeff Sessions III 50%
Carol Shea-Porter 50%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 50%
Debbie Stabenow 50%
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez D 50%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 50%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 50%
MN Governor Tim Walz DFL 50%
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 50%
David Wu 50%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 50%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 47%
Bob Filner 47%
GA U.S. House - 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 47%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 47%
Ron Paul 47%
Donald Payne 47%
Louise Slaughter 47%
Pete Stark 47%
Tom Udall 47%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 47%
Raul Grijalva 44%
Grace Napolitano 44%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 44%
CA Supervisor - 1 Jackie Speier D 43%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 41%
Loretta Sanchez 41%
Dennis Kucinich 39%
José Serrano 39%
Russ Feingold 38%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi D 38%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 38%
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