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State Office Name Party Rating
Barbara Boxer 90%
Lois Capps 90%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 90%
Susan Davis 90%
Bill Delahunt 90%
John Dingell 90%
Byron Dorgan 90%
Eliot Engel 90%
Russ Feingold 90%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 90%
Gene Green 90%
Rush Holt, Jr. 90%
Darlene Hooley 90%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 90%
Timothy Johnson 90%
Patrick Kennedy 90%
Ron Kind 90%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 90%
Nita Lowey 90%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 90%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 90%
Dave Obey 90%
Major Owens 90%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 90%
Donald Payne 90%
Jay Rockefeller IV 90%
José Serrano 90%
Ted Strickland 90%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 90%
Pete Visclosky 90%
Mel Watt 90%
Neil Abercrombie 85%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic 85%
Thomas Daschle 85%
Peter Deutsch 85%
Ernest Hollings 85%
John Kerry 85%
Herb Kohl 85%
Jim Langevin 85%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 85%
Joe Lieberman 85%
Michael McNulty 85%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 85%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 85%
Dennis Moore 85%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 85%
Harry Reid 85%
Bobby Rush 85%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 85%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 85%
Ellen Tauscher 85%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 85%
Diane Watson 85%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 85%
Albert Wynn 85%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 80%
Joe Biden, Jr. 80%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 80%
Tom Carper 80%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 80%
Norm Dicks 80%
Chris Dodd 80%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 80%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Dianne Feinstein 80%
Tom Harkin 80%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 80%
Daniel Inouye 80%
Dale Kildee 80%
Dennis Kucinich 80%
John Lewis 80%
Jim Matheson 80%
Carolyn McCarthy 80%
Jim Oberstar 80%
Nick Rahall II 80%
Vic Snyder 80%
John Spratt, Jr. 80%
Bart Stupak 80%
Ed Towns 80%
Henry Waxman 80%
Max Baucus 75%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 75%
Robert Byrd 75%
James Davis 75%
Chet Edwards 75%
Daniel Graham 75%
Steve Israel 75%
William Jefferson 75%
Paul Kanjorski 75%
Nicholas Lampson 75%
Martin Meehan 75%
Alan Mollohan 75%
Silvestre Reyes 75%
James Turner 75%
Evan Bayh 70%
Marion Berry 70%
State Office Name Party Rating
Barbara Boxer 90%
Lois Capps 90%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 90%
Susan Davis 90%
Bill Delahunt 90%
John Dingell 90%
Byron Dorgan 90%
Eliot Engel 90%
Russ Feingold 90%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 90%
Gene Green 90%
Rush Holt, Jr. 90%
Darlene Hooley 90%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 90%
Timothy Johnson 90%
Patrick Kennedy 90%
Ron Kind 90%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 90%
Nita Lowey 90%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 90%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 90%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 90%
Dave Obey 90%
Major Owens 90%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 90%
Donald Payne 90%
Jay Rockefeller IV 90%
José Serrano 90%
Ted Strickland 90%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 90%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 90%
Pete Visclosky 90%
Mel Watt 90%
Neil Abercrombie 85%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley D 85%
Thomas Daschle 85%
Peter Deutsch 85%
Ernest Hollings 85%
John Kerry 85%
Herb Kohl 85%
Jim Langevin 85%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 85%
Joe Lieberman 85%
Michael McNulty 85%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 85%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 85%
Dennis Moore 85%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 85%
Harry Reid 85%
Bobby Rush 85%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 85%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 85%
Ellen Tauscher 85%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 85%
Diane Watson 85%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 85%
Albert Wynn 85%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 80%
Joe Biden, Jr. 80%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell D 80%
Tom Carper 80%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 80%
Norm Dicks 80%
Chris Dodd 80%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 80%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Dianne Feinstein 80%
Tom Harkin 80%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 80%
Daniel Inouye 80%
Dale Kildee 80%
Dennis Kucinich 80%
John Lewis 80%
Jim Matheson 80%
Carolyn McCarthy 80%
Jim Oberstar 80%
Nick Rahall II 80%
Vic Snyder 80%
John Spratt, Jr. 80%
Bart Stupak 80%
Ed Towns 80%
Henry Waxman 80%
Max Baucus 75%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 75%
Robert Byrd 75%
James Davis 75%
Chet Edwards 75%
Daniel Graham 75%
Steve Israel 75%
William Jefferson 75%
Paul Kanjorski 75%
Nicholas Lampson 75%
Martin Meehan 75%
Alan Mollohan 75%
Silvestre Reyes 75%
James Turner 75%
Evan Bayh 70%
Marion Berry 70%
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