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State Office Name Party Rating
Buck McKeon 10%
CA State Senate - 5 Jerry McNerney Democratic 10%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 10%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 10%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 10%
Candice Miller 10%
George Miller 10%
Brad Miller 10%
Harry Mitchell 10%
Alan Mollohan 10%
WI U.S. House - 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 10%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 10%
Patrick Murphy 10%
Tim Murphy 10%
Grace Napolitano 10%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 10%
Jim Oberstar 10%
Dave Obey 10%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 10%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 10%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 10%
Donald Payne 10%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 10%
Ed Perlmutter 10%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 10%
Ted Poe 10%
Earl Pomeroy 10%
Jon Porter, Sr. 10%
George Radanovich 10%
James Ramstad 10%
Charlie Rangel 10%
Ralph Regula 10%
Dave Reichert 10%
Silvestre Reyes 10%
CA State Senate - 35 Laura Richardson Democratic 10%
Ciro Rodriguez 10%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers Republican 10%
Mike Rogers 10%
Dana Rohrabacher 10%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 10%
Peter Roskam 10%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 10%
Tim Ryan 10%
John Salazar 10%
William Sali 10%
Loretta Sanchez 10%
John Sarbanes 10%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff Democratic 10%
Allyson Schwartz 10%
David Scott 10%
José Serrano 10%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 10%
Christopher Shays 10%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 10%
Heath Shuler 10%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson Republican 10%
NJ Mayor - At-Large Albio Sires Democratic 10%
Ike Skelton 10%
Louise Slaughter 10%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 10%
NE U.S. House - 3 Adrian Smith Republican 10%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 10%
Vic Snyder 10%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 10%
Mark Souder 10%
John Tanner 10%
Ellen Tauscher 10%
Gene Taylor 10%
Lee Terry 10%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 10%
Pat Tiberi 10%
John Tierney 10%
Niki Tsongas 10%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 10%
OH U.S. House - 10 Mike Turner Republican 10%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 10%
Pete Visclosky 10%
MI U.S. House - 5 Tim Walberg Republican 10%
Greg Walden 10%
James Walsh 10%
MN Governor Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 10%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 10%
Anthony Weiner 10%
VT U.S. Senate - Jr Peter Welch Democratic 10%
David Weldon 10%
Gerald Weller 10%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 10%
VA U.S. House - 1 Rob Wittman Republican 10%
Frank Wolf 10%
Lynn Woolsey 10%
David Wu 10%
Albert Wynn 10%
Bill Young 10%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
Michele Bachmann 0%
Spencer Bachus 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
State Office Name Party Rating
Buck McKeon 10%
CA State Senate - 5 Jerry McNerney D 10%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 10%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 10%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 10%
Candice Miller 10%
George Miller 10%
Brad Miller 10%
Harry Mitchell 10%
Alan Mollohan 10%
WI U.S. House - 4 Gwen Moore D 10%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran R 10%
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy D 10%
Patrick Murphy 10%
Tim Murphy 10%
Grace Napolitano 10%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 10%
Jim Oberstar 10%
Dave Obey 10%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 10%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 10%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 10%
Donald Payne 10%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi D 10%
Ed Perlmutter 10%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 10%
Ted Poe 10%
Earl Pomeroy 10%
Jon Porter, Sr. 10%
George Radanovich 10%
James Ramstad 10%
Charlie Rangel 10%
Ralph Regula 10%
Dave Reichert 10%
Silvestre Reyes 10%
CA State Senate - 35 Laura Richardson D 10%
Ciro Rodriguez 10%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers R 10%
Mike Rogers 10%
Dana Rohrabacher 10%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 10%
Peter Roskam 10%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 10%
Tim Ryan 10%
John Salazar 10%
William Sali 10%
Loretta Sanchez 10%
John Sarbanes 10%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff D 10%
Allyson Schwartz 10%
David Scott 10%
José Serrano 10%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 10%
Christopher Shays 10%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 10%
Heath Shuler 10%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson R 10%
NJ Mayor - At-Large Albio Sires D 10%
Ike Skelton 10%
Louise Slaughter 10%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 10%
NE U.S. House - 3 Adrian Smith R 10%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 10%
Vic Snyder 10%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 10%
Mark Souder 10%
John Tanner 10%
Ellen Tauscher 10%
Gene Taylor 10%
Lee Terry 10%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 10%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 10%
Pat Tiberi 10%
John Tierney 10%
Niki Tsongas 10%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 10%
OH U.S. House - 10 Mike Turner R 10%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 10%
Pete Visclosky 10%
MI U.S. House - 5 Tim Walberg R 10%
Greg Walden 10%
James Walsh 10%
MN Governor Tim Walz DFL 10%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 10%
Anthony Weiner 10%
VT U.S. Senate - Jr Peter Welch D 10%
David Weldon 10%
Gerald Weller 10%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 10%
VA U.S. House - 1 Rob Wittman R 10%
Frank Wolf 10%
Lynn Woolsey 10%
David Wu 10%
Albert Wynn 10%
Bill Young 10%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
Michele Bachmann 0%
Spencer Bachus 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
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