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State Office Name Party Rating
Joe Crowley 80%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 80%
Bill Delahunt 80%
Byron Dorgan 80%
Rahm Emanuel 80%
TX U.S. House - 9 Al Green Democratic 80%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 80%
Brian Higgins 80%
Darlene Hooley 80%
Daniel Inouye 80%
Steve Israel 80%
Sheila Jackson Lee 80%
Eddie Johnson 80%
Timothy Johnson 80%
Walter Jones, Jr. 80%
Dale Kildee 80%
Herb Kohl 80%
Mary Landrieu 80%
Jim Langevin 80%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 80%
Michael McNulty 80%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 80%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 80%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 80%
Brad Miller 80%
Alan Mollohan 80%
Dennis Moore 80%
Jim Moran, Jr. 80%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 80%
Jim Oberstar 80%
Dave Obey 80%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
David Price 80%
Mark Pryor 80%
Nick Rahall II 80%
Harry Reid 80%
Dutch Ruppersberger 80%
Bobby Rush 80%
Ken Salazar 80%
David Scott 80%
Gordon Smith 80%
Vic Snyder 80%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 80%
Ed Towns 80%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 80%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 80%
Mel Watt 80%
Albert Wynn 80%
William Jefferson 75%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 75%
Ron Paul 75%
Bart Stupak 67%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 60%
Leonard Boswell 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
Robert Byrd 60%
Ben Chandler III 60%
Norm Coleman 60%
Jerry Costello 60%
Artur Davis 60%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 60%
Bob Etheridge 60%
Jim Gerlach 60%
Bart Gordon 60%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 60%
Orrin Hatch 60%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 60%
Tim Holden 60%
Tim Johnson 60%
Paul Kanjorski 60%
Dan Lipinski 60%
Trent Lott, Sr. 60%
Dick Lugar 60%
Jim Matheson 60%
State Office Name Party Rating
Joe Crowley 80%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 80%
Bill Delahunt 80%
Byron Dorgan 80%
Rahm Emanuel 80%
TX U.S. House - 9 Al Green D 80%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 80%
Brian Higgins 80%
Darlene Hooley 80%
Daniel Inouye 80%
Steve Israel 80%
Sheila Jackson Lee 80%
Eddie Johnson 80%
Timothy Johnson 80%
Walter Jones, Jr. 80%
Dale Kildee 80%
Herb Kohl 80%
Mary Landrieu 80%
Jim Langevin 80%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 80%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 80%
Michael McNulty 80%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 80%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 80%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 80%
Brad Miller 80%
Alan Mollohan 80%
Dennis Moore 80%
Jim Moran, Jr. 80%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 80%
Jim Oberstar 80%
Dave Obey 80%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
David Price 80%
Mark Pryor 80%
Nick Rahall II 80%
Harry Reid 80%
Dutch Ruppersberger 80%
Bobby Rush 80%
Ken Salazar 80%
David Scott 80%
Gordon Smith 80%
Vic Snyder 80%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 80%
Ed Towns 80%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 80%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 80%
Mel Watt 80%
Albert Wynn 80%
William Jefferson 75%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 75%
Ron Paul 75%
Bart Stupak 67%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 60%
Leonard Boswell 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
Robert Byrd 60%
Ben Chandler III 60%
Norm Coleman 60%
Jerry Costello 60%
Artur Davis 60%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 60%
Bob Etheridge 60%
Jim Gerlach 60%
Bart Gordon 60%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 60%
Orrin Hatch 60%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 60%
Tim Holden 60%
Tim Johnson 60%
Paul Kanjorski 60%
Dan Lipinski 60%
Trent Lott, Sr. 60%
Dick Lugar 60%
Jim Matheson 60%
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