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State Office Name Party Rating
John Duncan, Jr. 50%
Donna Edwards 50%
MN Attorney General Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
MN U.S. House - 6 Tom Emmer Republican 50%
Mike Enzi 50%
IA U.S. Senate - Jr Joni Ernst Republican 50%
Blake Farenthold 50%
Sam Farr 50%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 50%
NE U.S. Senate - Sr Deb Fischer Republican 50%
Mike Fitzpatrick 50%
Jeff Flake 50%
Trent Franks 50%
NA Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard 50%
Chris Gibson 50%
Trey Gowdy III 50%
Lindsey Graham 50%
Garret Graves 50%
Alan Grayson 50%
TX U.S. House - 9 Al Green Democratic 50%
VA U.S. House - 9 Morgan Griffith Republican 50%
Raul Grijalva 50%
Richard Hanna 50%
Gregg Harper 50%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 50%
Orrin Hatch 50%
Jaime Herrera Beutler 50%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 50%
George Holding 50%
Mike Honda 50%
Johnny Isakson 50%
Sam Johnson 50%
MS U.S. House - 1 Trent Kelly Republican 50%
Doug Lamborn 50%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 50%
UT U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Lee Republican 50%
John Lewis 50%
CA U.S. House - 36 Ted Lieu Democratic 50%
GA U.S. House - 11 Barry Loudermilk Republican 50%
Mia Love 50%
Alan Lowenthal 50%
Kenny Marchant 50%
John McCain III 50%
CA U.S. House - 5 Tom McClintock Republican 50%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 50%
Jeff Miller 50%
Alex Mooney 50%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 50%
Rich Nugent 50%
Steven Palazzo 50%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 50%
AL U.S. House - 6 Gary Palmer Republican 50%
Don Payne, Jr. 50%
David Perdue 50%
ME U.S. House - 1 Chellie Pingree Democratic 50%
WI U.S. House - 2 Mark Pocan Democratic 50%
CO Governor Jared Polis Democratic 50%
Rob Portman 50%
Bill Posey 50%
Charlie Rangel 50%
NA Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Ratcliffe Republican 50%
Pat Roberts 50%
Phil Roe 50%
AL U.S. House - 3 Mike Rogers Republican 50%
Keith Rothfus 50%
Dutch Ruppersberger 50%
Bobby Rush 50%
Loretta Sanchez 50%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 50%
SC U.S. Senate - Jr Tim Scott Republican 50%
José Serrano 50%
Jeff Sessions III 50%
NE U.S. House - 3 Adrian Smith Republican 50%
MO U.S. House - 8 Jason Smith Republican 50%
Chris Stewart 50%
IN U.S. House - 3 Marlin Stutzman Republican 50%
CA U.S. House - 39 Mark Takano Democratic 50%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 50%
NC U.S. Senate - Sr Thom Tillis Republican 50%
Pat Toomey 50%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 50%
David Vitter 50%
Mark Walker 50%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House - 12 Bonnie Watson Coleman Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House - 11 Daniel Webster Republican 50%
Brad Wenstrup 50%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker Republican 50%
TX U.S. House - 25 Roger Williams Republican 50%
Rob Woodall 50%
Justin Amash 0%
Roy Blunt 0%
Dave Brat 0%
Mo Brooks 0%
Curt Clawson 0%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
TN U.S. House - 4 Scott DesJarlais Republican 0%
Jeff Duncan 0%
State Office Name Party Rating
John Duncan, Jr. 50%
Donna Edwards 50%
MN Attorney General Keith Ellison DFL 50%
MN U.S. House - 6 Tom Emmer R 50%
Mike Enzi 50%
IA U.S. Senate - Jr Joni Ernst R 50%
Blake Farenthold 50%
Sam Farr 50%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 50%
NE U.S. Senate - Sr Deb Fischer R 50%
Mike Fitzpatrick 50%
Jeff Flake 50%
Trent Franks 50%
NA Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard 50%
Chris Gibson 50%
Trey Gowdy III 50%
Lindsey Graham 50%
Garret Graves 50%
Alan Grayson 50%
TX U.S. House - 9 Al Green D 50%
VA U.S. House - 9 Morgan Griffith R 50%
Raul Grijalva 50%
Richard Hanna 50%
Gregg Harper 50%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 50%
Orrin Hatch 50%
Jaime Herrera Beutler 50%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 50%
George Holding 50%
Mike Honda 50%
Johnny Isakson 50%
Sam Johnson 50%
MS U.S. House - 1 Trent Kelly R 50%
Doug Lamborn 50%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 50%
UT U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Lee R 50%
John Lewis 50%
CA U.S. House - 36 Ted Lieu D 50%
GA U.S. House - 11 Barry Loudermilk R 50%
Mia Love 50%
Alan Lowenthal 50%
Kenny Marchant 50%
John McCain III 50%
CA U.S. House - 5 Tom McClintock R 50%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern D 50%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 50%
Jeff Miller 50%
Alex Mooney 50%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 50%
Rich Nugent 50%
Steven Palazzo 50%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 50%
AL U.S. House - 6 Gary Palmer R 50%
Don Payne, Jr. 50%
David Perdue 50%
ME U.S. House - 1 Chellie Pingree D 50%
WI U.S. House - 2 Mark Pocan D 50%
CO Governor Jared Polis D 50%
Rob Portman 50%
Bill Posey 50%
Charlie Rangel 50%
NA Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Ratcliffe R 50%
Pat Roberts 50%
Phil Roe 50%
AL U.S. House - 3 Mike Rogers R 50%
Keith Rothfus 50%
Dutch Ruppersberger 50%
Bobby Rush 50%
Loretta Sanchez 50%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky D 50%
SC U.S. Senate - Jr Tim Scott R 50%
José Serrano 50%
Jeff Sessions III 50%
NE U.S. House - 3 Adrian Smith R 50%
MO U.S. House - 8 Jason Smith R 50%
Chris Stewart 50%
IN U.S. House - 3 Marlin Stutzman R 50%
CA U.S. House - 39 Mark Takano D 50%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune R 50%
NC U.S. Senate - Sr Thom Tillis R 50%
Pat Toomey 50%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 50%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 50%
David Vitter 50%
Mark Walker 50%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 50%
NJ U.S. House - 12 Bonnie Watson Coleman D 50%
FL U.S. House - 11 Daniel Webster R 50%
Brad Wenstrup 50%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker R 50%
TX U.S. House - 25 Roger Williams R 50%
Rob Woodall 50%
Justin Amash 0%
Roy Blunt 0%
Dave Brat 0%
Mo Brooks 0%
Curt Clawson 0%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 0%
TN U.S. House - 4 Scott DesJarlais R 0%
Jeff Duncan 0%
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