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State Office Name Party Rating
John Baldacci 87%
Barbara Mikulski 86%
Carol Moseley Braun 86%
James Barcia 83%
Xavier Becerra 83%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 83%
Robert Borski, Jr. 83%
Rick Boucher 83%
Bill Bradley 83%
Ben Cardin 83%
Jerry Costello 83%
William Coyne 83%
Elijah Cummings 83%
Peter DeFazio 83%
Ronald Dellums 83%
Norm Dicks 83%
John Dingell 83%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 83%
Calvin Dooley 83%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 83%
Eliot Engel 83%
Victor Fazio 83%
Bob Filner 83%
Jonas Frost III 83%
Sam Gejdenson 83%
Henry Gonzalez 83%
Luis Gutiérrez 83%
Willie Hefner 83%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 83%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 83%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 83%
J. Bennett Johnston 83%
Paul Kanjorski 83%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 83%
Dale Kildee 83%
Ronald Klink 83%
Sandy Levin 83%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 83%
Nita Lowey 83%
William Luther 83%
Matthew Martinez 83%
Karen McCarthy 83%
Martin Meehan 83%
Bob Menendez 83%
David Minge 83%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 83%
Jack Murtha 83%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 83%
Dave Obey 83%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 83%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 83%
Ed Pastor 83%
Donald Payne 83%
Earl Pomeroy 83%
Nick Rahall II 83%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 83%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 83%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 83%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 83%
Thomas Sawyer 83%
José Serrano 83%
David Skaggs 83%
John Spratt, Jr. 83%
Pete Stark 83%
Charles Stenholm 83%
Louis Stokes 83%
Bart Stupak 83%
John Tanner 83%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 83%
Karen Thurman 83%
Esteban Edward Torres 83%
Robert Torricelli 83%
Ed Towns 83%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 83%
Bruce Vento 83%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 83%
Bob Wise, Jr. 83%
Albert Wynn 83%
Glen Browder 80%
William Jefferson 80%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 80%
Bill Orton 80%
Bobby Rush 80%
Robert Byrd 71%
Kent Conrad 71%
Byron Dorgan 71%
Russ Feingold 71%
Wendell Ford 71%
Ernest Hollings 71%
John Kerry 71%
Carl Levin 71%
Joe Lieberman 71%
Jay Rockefeller IV 71%
Blanche Lincoln 70%
Rob Andrews 67%
Jim Chapman 67%
Robert Clement 67%
Gary Condit 67%
Peter Deutsch 67%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 67%
State Office Name Party Rating
John Baldacci 87%
Barbara Mikulski 86%
Carol Moseley Braun 86%
James Barcia 83%
Xavier Becerra 83%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 83%
Robert Borski, Jr. 83%
Rick Boucher 83%
Bill Bradley 83%
Ben Cardin 83%
Jerry Costello 83%
William Coyne 83%
Elijah Cummings 83%
Peter DeFazio 83%
Ronald Dellums 83%
Norm Dicks 83%
John Dingell 83%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 83%
Calvin Dooley 83%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 83%
Eliot Engel 83%
Victor Fazio 83%
Bob Filner 83%
Jonas Frost III 83%
Sam Gejdenson 83%
Henry Gonzalez 83%
Luis Gutiérrez 83%
Willie Hefner 83%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 83%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 83%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 83%
J. Bennett Johnston 83%
Paul Kanjorski 83%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 83%
Dale Kildee 83%
Ronald Klink 83%
Sandy Levin 83%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 83%
Nita Lowey 83%
William Luther 83%
Matthew Martinez 83%
Karen McCarthy 83%
Martin Meehan 83%
Bob Menendez 83%
David Minge 83%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 83%
Jack Murtha 83%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 83%
Dave Obey 83%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 83%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 83%
Ed Pastor 83%
Donald Payne 83%
Earl Pomeroy 83%
Nick Rahall II 83%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed D 83%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 83%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 83%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 83%
Thomas Sawyer 83%
José Serrano 83%
David Skaggs 83%
John Spratt, Jr. 83%
Pete Stark 83%
Charles Stenholm 83%
Louis Stokes 83%
Bart Stupak 83%
John Tanner 83%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 83%
Karen Thurman 83%
Esteban Edward Torres 83%
Robert Torricelli 83%
Ed Towns 83%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 83%
Bruce Vento 83%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 83%
Bob Wise, Jr. 83%
Albert Wynn 83%
Glen Browder 80%
William Jefferson 80%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 80%
Bill Orton 80%
Bobby Rush 80%
Robert Byrd 71%
Kent Conrad 71%
Byron Dorgan 71%
Russ Feingold 71%
Wendell Ford 71%
Ernest Hollings 71%
John Kerry 71%
Carl Levin 71%
Joe Lieberman 71%
Jay Rockefeller IV 71%
Blanche Lincoln 70%
Rob Andrews 67%
Jim Chapman 67%
Robert Clement 67%
Gary Condit 67%
Peter Deutsch 67%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 67%
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