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State Office Name Party Rating
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%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 57%
Timothy Johnson 57%
Herb Kohl 57%
Marion Berry 50%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
Ben Campbell 50%
Brad Carson 50%
Robert Cramer 50%
James Davis 50%
Norm Dicks 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
John Hostettler 50%
Nicholas Lampson 50%
Mike McIntyre 50%
Jack Murtha 50%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
Ike Skelton 50%
Vic Snyder 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
James Turner 50%
John Ensign 43%
Peter Fitzgerald 43%
Mary Landrieu 43%
Blanche Lincoln 43%
John McCain III 43%
State Office Name Party Rating
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%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 57%
Timothy Johnson 57%
Herb Kohl 57%
Marion Berry 50%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 50%
Ben Campbell 50%
Brad Carson 50%
Robert Cramer 50%
James Davis 50%
Norm Dicks 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
John Hostettler 50%
Nicholas Lampson 50%
Mike McIntyre 50%
Jack Murtha 50%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
Ike Skelton 50%
Vic Snyder 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
James Turner 50%
John Ensign 43%
Peter Fitzgerald 43%
Mary Landrieu 43%
Blanche Lincoln 43%
John McCain III 43%
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