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Rating Group: Alliance for Retired Americans

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State Office Name Party Rating
Ed Towns 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
Mark Udall 100%
Tom Udall 100%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
Pete Visclosky 100%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Diane Watson 100%
Mel Watt 100%
Henry Waxman 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
Neil Abercrombie 90%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 90%
Rick Boucher 90%
Robert Byrd 90%
Lois Capps 90%
Ben Cardin 90%
Jon Corzine 90%
Jerry Costello 90%
James Davis 90%
Chris Dodd 90%
Russ Feingold 90%
Dianne Feinstein 90%
Baron Hill 90%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 90%
Tim Holden 90%
Rush Holt, Jr. 90%
Darlene Hooley 90%
James Merrill Jeffords 90%
Timothy Johnson 90%
Nicholas Lampson 90%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 90%
Blanche Lincoln 90%
Carolyn McCarthy 90%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 90%
Dennis Moore 90%
Jim Moran, Jr. 90%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 90%
Ike Skelton 90%
Vic Snyder 90%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 90%
Harold Ford, Jr. 89%
Zell Bryan Miller 89%
Jack Murtha 89%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 89%
William Jefferson 88%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 86%
Max Baucus 80%
Evan Bayh 80%
Marion Berry 80%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Brad Carson 80%
Bart Gordon 80%
Jane Harman 80%
Steve Israel 80%
Christopher John 80%
Mary Landrieu 80%
Mike McIntyre 80%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
Mike Ross 80%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 80%
John Tanner 80%
James Turner 80%
Chet Edwards 78%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
Tom Carper 70%
Jim Matheson 70%
Charles Stenholm 70%
Gene Taylor 70%
State Office Name Party Rating
Ed Towns 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
Mark Udall 100%
Tom Udall 100%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
Pete Visclosky 100%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 100%
Diane Watson 100%
Mel Watt 100%
Henry Waxman 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
Neil Abercrombie 90%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley D 90%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 90%
Rick Boucher 90%
Robert Byrd 90%
Lois Capps 90%
Ben Cardin 90%
Jon Corzine 90%
Jerry Costello 90%
James Davis 90%
Chris Dodd 90%
Russ Feingold 90%
Dianne Feinstein 90%
Baron Hill 90%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 90%
Tim Holden 90%
Rush Holt, Jr. 90%
Darlene Hooley 90%
James Merrill Jeffords 90%
Timothy Johnson 90%
Nicholas Lampson 90%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 90%
Blanche Lincoln 90%
Carolyn McCarthy 90%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 90%
Dennis Moore 90%
Jim Moran, Jr. 90%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 90%
Ike Skelton 90%
Vic Snyder 90%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 90%
Harold Ford, Jr. 89%
Zell Bryan Miller 89%
Jack Murtha 89%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 89%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 89%
William Jefferson 88%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 86%
Max Baucus 80%
Evan Bayh 80%
Marion Berry 80%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Brad Carson 80%
Bart Gordon 80%
Jane Harman 80%
Steve Israel 80%
Christopher John 80%
Mary Landrieu 80%
Mike McIntyre 80%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
Mike Ross 80%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 80%
John Tanner 80%
James Turner 80%
Chet Edwards 78%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
Tom Carper 70%
Jim Matheson 70%
Charles Stenholm 70%
Gene Taylor 70%
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