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State Office Name Party Rating
Charlie Rangel 50%
Dave Reichert 50%
AL U.S. House - 3 Mike Rogers Republican 50%
IN Attorney General Todd Rokita Republican 50%
Tom Rooney 50%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 50%
CA U.S. House - 25 Raul Ruiz Democratic 50%
Jon Runyan 50%
Dutch Ruppersberger 50%
Tim Ryan 50%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 50%
John Sarbanes 50%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 50%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff Democratic 50%
IL U.S. House - 10 Brad Schneider Democratic 50%
Aaron Schock 50%
Kurt Schrader 50%
David Scott 50%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 50%
José Serrano 50%
AL U.S. House - 7 Terri Sewell Democratic 50%
Carol Shea-Porter 50%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 50%
John Shimkus 50%
Bill Shuster 50%
Kyrsten Sinema 50%
NJ Mayor - At-Large Albio Sires Democratic 50%
Louise Slaughter 50%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 50%
MO U.S. House - 8 Jason Smith Republican 50%
CA Supervisor - 1 Jackie Speier Democratic 50%
Eric Swalwell 50%
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House - 39 Mark Takano Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 50%
John Tierney 50%
NV U.S. House - 1 Dina Titus Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House - 20 Paul Tonko Democratic 50%
Niki Tsongas 50%
OH U.S. House - 10 Mike Turner Republican 50%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House - 52 Juan Vargas Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House - 33 Marc Veasey Democratic 50%
Filemon Vela, Jr. 50%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 50%
Pete Visclosky 50%
MN Governor Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
Henry Waxman 50%
VT U.S. Senate - Jr Peter Welch Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House - 24 Frederica Wilson Democratic 50%
John Yarmuth 50%
Bill Young 50%
NC U.S. House - 12 Alma Adams Democratic 0%
Dave Brat 0%
Corrine Brown 0%
Bradley Byrne 0%
MA U.S. House - 5 Katherine Clark Democratic 0%
Curt Clawson 0%
Thomas Coburn 0%
Thad Cochran 0%
CT U.S. House - 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 0%
John Dingell 0%
Eliot Engel 0%
TX U.S. House - 9 Al Green Democratic 0%
Raul Grijalva 0%
Luis Gutiérrez 0%
Brian Higgins 0%
Rush Holt, Jr. 0%
Mike Johanns 0%
WI U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Johnson Republican 0%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
John Lewis 0%
Vance McAllister, Sr. 0%
Carolyn McCarthy 0%
WI U.S. House - 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 0%
State Office Name Party Rating
Charlie Rangel 50%
Dave Reichert 50%
AL U.S. House - 3 Mike Rogers R 50%
IN Attorney General Todd Rokita R 50%
Tom Rooney 50%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 50%
CA U.S. House - 25 Raul Ruiz D 50%
Jon Runyan 50%
Dutch Ruppersberger 50%
Tim Ryan 50%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 50%
John Sarbanes 50%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky D 50%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff D 50%
IL U.S. House - 10 Brad Schneider D 50%
Aaron Schock 50%
Kurt Schrader 50%
David Scott 50%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 50%
José Serrano 50%
AL U.S. House - 7 Terri Sewell D 50%
Carol Shea-Porter 50%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 50%
John Shimkus 50%
Bill Shuster 50%
Kyrsten Sinema 50%
NJ Mayor - At-Large Albio Sires D 50%
Louise Slaughter 50%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 50%
MO U.S. House - 8 Jason Smith R 50%
CA Supervisor - 1 Jackie Speier D 50%
Eric Swalwell 50%
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez D 50%
CA U.S. House - 39 Mark Takano D 50%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 50%
John Tierney 50%
NV U.S. House - 1 Dina Titus D 50%
NY U.S. House - 20 Paul Tonko D 50%
Niki Tsongas 50%
OH U.S. House - 10 Mike Turner R 50%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 50%
CA U.S. House - 52 Juan Vargas D 50%
TX U.S. House - 33 Marc Veasey D 50%
Filemon Vela, Jr. 50%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 50%
Pete Visclosky 50%
MN Governor Tim Walz DFL 50%
Henry Waxman 50%
VT U.S. Senate - Jr Peter Welch D 50%
FL U.S. House - 24 Frederica Wilson D 50%
John Yarmuth 50%
Bill Young 50%
NC U.S. House - 12 Alma Adams D 0%
Dave Brat 0%
Corrine Brown 0%
Bradley Byrne 0%
MA U.S. House - 5 Katherine Clark D 0%
Curt Clawson 0%
Thomas Coburn 0%
Thad Cochran 0%
CT U.S. House - 2 Joe Courtney D 0%
John Dingell 0%
Eliot Engel 0%
TX U.S. House - 9 Al Green D 0%
Raul Grijalva 0%
Luis Gutiérrez 0%
Brian Higgins 0%
Rush Holt, Jr. 0%
Mike Johanns 0%
WI U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Johnson R 0%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 0%
John Lewis 0%
Vance McAllister, Sr. 0%
Carolyn McCarthy 0%
WI U.S. House - 4 Gwen Moore D 0%
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