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State Office Name Party Rating
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 86%
Thomas Allen 83%
Rob Andrews 83%
Brian Baird 83%
Rick Boucher 83%
Bob Brady 83%
Corrine Brown 83%
Sherrod Brown 83%
Ben Cardin 83%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 83%
Joe Crowley 83%
Elijah Cummings 83%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 83%
Susan Davis 83%
Bill Delahunt 83%
Peter Deutsch 83%
Chet Edwards 83%
Eliot Engel 83%
Lane Evans 83%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 83%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 83%
Charlie Gonzalez 83%
Gene Green 83%
Luis Gutiérrez 83%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 83%
Joseph Hoeffel 83%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 83%
Jay Inslee 83%
Steve Israel 83%
Eddie Johnson 83%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 83%
Patrick Kennedy 83%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 83%
Gerald Kleczka 83%
Jim Langevin 83%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson Democratic 83%
Sandy Levin 83%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 83%
Carolyn McCarthy 83%
Michael McNulty 83%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 83%
Bob Menendez 83%
Dennis Moore 83%
Jim Oberstar 83%
John Olver 83%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 83%
Ed Pastor 83%
Donald Payne 83%
David Price 83%
Nick Rahall II 83%
Silvestre Reyes 83%
Bobby Rush 83%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 83%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 83%
Mel Watt 83%
Albert Wynn 83%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 80%
Ron Kind 80%
Ed Towns 80%
Evan Bayh 71%
Kent Conrad 71%
Byron Dorgan 71%
John Edwards 71%
Daniel Graham 71%
Ernest Hollings 71%
Carl Levin 71%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 71%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 71%
Jeff Bingaman 67%
Leonard Boswell 67%
Jerry Costello 67%
Thomas Daschle 67%
John Dingell 67%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 67%
Bart Gordon 67%
Jane Harman 67%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 67%
Tim Holden 67%
Paul Kanjorski 67%
Dale Kildee 67%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 67%
Jim Matheson 67%
Alan Mollohan 67%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 67%
Dave Obey 67%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 67%
Earl Pomeroy 67%
Mike Ross 67%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 67%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 67%
Ted Strickland 67%
Bart Stupak 67%
Ellen Tauscher 67%
Pete Visclosky 67%
William Lipinski 60%
Ron Paul 60%
Max Baucus 57%
Robert Byrd 57%
Tom Carper 57%
Lincoln Chafee 57%
State Office Name Party Rating
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 86%
Thomas Allen 83%
Rob Andrews 83%
Brian Baird 83%
Rick Boucher 83%
Bob Brady 83%
Corrine Brown 83%
Sherrod Brown 83%
Ben Cardin 83%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 83%
Joe Crowley 83%
Elijah Cummings 83%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 83%
Susan Davis 83%
Bill Delahunt 83%
Peter Deutsch 83%
Chet Edwards 83%
Eliot Engel 83%
Lane Evans 83%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 83%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 83%
Charlie Gonzalez 83%
Gene Green 83%
Luis Gutiérrez 83%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 83%
Joseph Hoeffel 83%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 83%
Jay Inslee 83%
Steve Israel 83%
Eddie Johnson 83%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 83%
Patrick Kennedy 83%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 83%
Gerald Kleczka 83%
Jim Langevin 83%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson D 83%
Sandy Levin 83%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 83%
Carolyn McCarthy 83%
Michael McNulty 83%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 83%
Bob Menendez 83%
Dennis Moore 83%
Jim Oberstar 83%
John Olver 83%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 83%
Ed Pastor 83%
Donald Payne 83%
David Price 83%
Nick Rahall II 83%
Silvestre Reyes 83%
Bobby Rush 83%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 83%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 83%
Mel Watt 83%
Albert Wynn 83%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 80%
Ron Kind 80%
Ed Towns 80%
Evan Bayh 71%
Kent Conrad 71%
Byron Dorgan 71%
John Edwards 71%
Daniel Graham 71%
Ernest Hollings 71%
Carl Levin 71%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 71%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 71%
Jeff Bingaman 67%
Leonard Boswell 67%
Jerry Costello 67%
Thomas Daschle 67%
John Dingell 67%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 67%
Bart Gordon 67%
Jane Harman 67%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 67%
Tim Holden 67%
Paul Kanjorski 67%
Dale Kildee 67%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 67%
Jim Matheson 67%
Alan Mollohan 67%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 67%
Dave Obey 67%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 67%
Earl Pomeroy 67%
Mike Ross 67%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 67%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 67%
Ted Strickland 67%
Bart Stupak 67%
Ellen Tauscher 67%
Pete Visclosky 67%
William Lipinski 60%
Ron Paul 60%
Max Baucus 57%
Robert Byrd 57%
Tom Carper 57%
Lincoln Chafee 57%
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