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State Office Name Party Rating
James Turner 36%
Howard Berman 33%
Harold Ford, Jr. 33%
Barbara Mikulski 33%
Arlen Specter 33%
Robert Torricelli 33%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 30%
Matthew Martinez 30%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 30%
Ciro Rodriguez 30%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 30%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 29%
Jeff Bingaman 29%
Barbara Boxer 29%
Lois Capps 29%
Kent Conrad 29%
Thomas Daschle 29%
Chris Dodd 29%
Byron Dorgan 29%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 29%
Dianne Feinstein 29%
Daniel Inouye 29%
Timothy Johnson 29%
Bob Kerrey 29%
Frank Lautenberg 29%
Patrick Leahy 29%
Carl Levin 29%
Joe Lieberman 29%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 29%
Harry Reid 29%
Charles Robb 29%
Jay Rockefeller IV 29%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 29%
Neil Abercrombie 27%
Gary Ackerman 27%
Thomas Allen 27%
John Baldacci 27%
Rod Blagojevich 27%
David Edward Bonior 27%
Julia Carson 27%
Eva Clayton 27%
Robert Clement 27%
Jerry Costello 27%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 27%
Norm Dicks 27%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 27%
Calvin Dooley 27%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 27%
Anna Eshoo 27%
Sam Farr 27%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 27%
Jonas Frost III 27%
Sam Gejdenson 27%
Tony Hall 27%
Tim Holden 27%
Dale Kildee 27%
Gerald Kleczka 27%
Ronald Klink 27%
Nicholas Lampson 27%
Tom Lantos 27%
Sandy Levin 27%
Nita Lowey 27%
William Luther 27%
Carolyn Maloney 27%
Frank Mascara 27%
Karen McCarthy 27%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 27%
Martin Meehan 27%
Bob Menendez 27%
David Minge 27%
Alan Mollohan 27%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 27%
Jim Oberstar 27%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 27%
Ed Pastor 27%
David Price 27%
Silvestre Reyes 27%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 27%
Steve Rothman 27%
Thomas Sawyer 27%
Norman Sisisky 27%
Vic Snyder 27%
Debbie Stabenow 27%
Ted Strickland 27%
Karen Thurman 27%
Bruce Vento 27%
Bob Wise, Jr. 27%
Lynn Woolsey 27%
Albert Wynn 27%
Corrine Brown 22%
Ben Cardin 20%
Julian Dixon 20%
Eliot Engel 20%
Sheila Jackson Lee 20%
Eddie Johnson 20%
John LaFalce 20%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 20%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 20%
John Olver 20%
Earl Pomeroy 20%
State Office Name Party Rating
James Turner 36%
Howard Berman 33%
Harold Ford, Jr. 33%
Barbara Mikulski 33%
Arlen Specter 33%
Robert Torricelli 33%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 30%
Matthew Martinez 30%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 30%
Ciro Rodriguez 30%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 30%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 29%
Jeff Bingaman 29%
Barbara Boxer 29%
Lois Capps 29%
Kent Conrad 29%
Thomas Daschle 29%
Chris Dodd 29%
Byron Dorgan 29%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 29%
Dianne Feinstein 29%
Daniel Inouye 29%
Timothy Johnson 29%
Bob Kerrey 29%
Frank Lautenberg 29%
Patrick Leahy 29%
Carl Levin 29%
Joe Lieberman 29%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 29%
Harry Reid 29%
Charles Robb 29%
Jay Rockefeller IV 29%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 29%
Neil Abercrombie 27%
Gary Ackerman 27%
Thomas Allen 27%
John Baldacci 27%
Rod Blagojevich 27%
David Edward Bonior 27%
Julia Carson 27%
Eva Clayton 27%
Robert Clement 27%
Jerry Costello 27%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro D 27%
Norm Dicks 27%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 27%
Calvin Dooley 27%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 27%
Anna Eshoo 27%
Sam Farr 27%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 27%
Jonas Frost III 27%
Sam Gejdenson 27%
Tony Hall 27%
Tim Holden 27%
Dale Kildee 27%
Gerald Kleczka 27%
Ronald Klink 27%
Nicholas Lampson 27%
Tom Lantos 27%
Sandy Levin 27%
Nita Lowey 27%
William Luther 27%
Carolyn Maloney 27%
Frank Mascara 27%
Karen McCarthy 27%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 27%
Martin Meehan 27%
Bob Menendez 27%
David Minge 27%
Alan Mollohan 27%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 27%
Jim Oberstar 27%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 27%
Ed Pastor 27%
David Price 27%
Silvestre Reyes 27%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 27%
Steve Rothman 27%
Thomas Sawyer 27%
Norman Sisisky 27%
Vic Snyder 27%
Debbie Stabenow 27%
Ted Strickland 27%
Karen Thurman 27%
Bruce Vento 27%
Bob Wise, Jr. 27%
Lynn Woolsey 27%
Albert Wynn 27%
Corrine Brown 22%
Ben Cardin 20%
Julian Dixon 20%
Eliot Engel 20%
Sheila Jackson Lee 20%
Eddie Johnson 20%
John LaFalce 20%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 20%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 20%
John Olver 20%
Earl Pomeroy 20%
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