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State Office Name Party Rating
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 90%
Paul Simon 90%
David Skaggs 90%
Louise Slaughter 90%
Gerry Studds 90%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 90%
Mel Watt 90%
Henry Waxman 90%
Albert Wynn 90%
Gary Ackerman 85%
Tom Barrett 85%
Max Baucus 85%
Xavier Becerra 85%
Bill Bradley 85%
Richard Bryan 85%
Dale Bumpers 85%
Kent Conrad 85%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 85%
Chris Dodd 85%
Byron Dorgan 85%
Anna Eshoo 85%
Thomas Foglietta 85%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 85%
Daniel Graham 85%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 85%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 85%
Daniel Inouye 85%
William Jefferson 85%
Patrick Kennedy 85%
Bob Kerrey 85%
Carl Levin 85%
Sandy Levin 85%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 85%
Carolyn Maloney 85%
Robert Matsui 85%
Martin Meehan 85%
Carrie Meek 85%
Bob Menendez 85%
Ed Pastor 85%
Harry Reid 85%
Jay Rockefeller IV 85%
Ed Towns 85%
Pete Visclosky 85%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 85%
Sidney Yates 85%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 83%
John Baldacci 80%
Joe Biden, Jr. 80%
Robert Borski, Jr. 80%
William Clay, Sr. 80%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 80%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 80%
Victor Fazio 80%
Floyd Flake 80%
Harold Ford, Sr. 80%
Elizabeth Furse 80%
Henry Gonzalez 80%
Tom Harkin 80%
Eddie Johnson 80%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 80%
John LaFalce 80%
William Luther 80%
Matthew Martinez 80%
Karen McCarthy 80%
Jim Oberstar 80%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 80%
Charles Robb 80%
Pat Schroeder 80%
Pete Stark 80%
Michael Ward 80%
Earl Blumenauer 78%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 75%
Ben Cardin 75%
Jim Exon 75%
State Office Name Party Rating
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 90%
Paul Simon 90%
David Skaggs 90%
Louise Slaughter 90%
Gerry Studds 90%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 90%
Mel Watt 90%
Henry Waxman 90%
Albert Wynn 90%
Gary Ackerman 85%
Tom Barrett 85%
Max Baucus 85%
Xavier Becerra 85%
Bill Bradley 85%
Richard Bryan 85%
Dale Bumpers 85%
Kent Conrad 85%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro D 85%
Chris Dodd 85%
Byron Dorgan 85%
Anna Eshoo 85%
Thomas Foglietta 85%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 85%
Daniel Graham 85%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 85%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 85%
Daniel Inouye 85%
William Jefferson 85%
Patrick Kennedy 85%
Bob Kerrey 85%
Carl Levin 85%
Sandy Levin 85%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 85%
Carolyn Maloney 85%
Robert Matsui 85%
Martin Meehan 85%
Carrie Meek 85%
Bob Menendez 85%
Ed Pastor 85%
Harry Reid 85%
Jay Rockefeller IV 85%
Ed Towns 85%
Pete Visclosky 85%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 85%
Sidney Yates 85%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 83%
John Baldacci 80%
Joe Biden, Jr. 80%
Robert Borski, Jr. 80%
William Clay, Sr. 80%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 80%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 80%
Victor Fazio 80%
Floyd Flake 80%
Harold Ford, Sr. 80%
Elizabeth Furse 80%
Henry Gonzalez 80%
Tom Harkin 80%
Eddie Johnson 80%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 80%
John LaFalce 80%
William Luther 80%
Matthew Martinez 80%
Karen McCarthy 80%
Jim Oberstar 80%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed D 80%
Charles Robb 80%
Pat Schroeder 80%
Pete Stark 80%
Michael Ward 80%
Earl Blumenauer 78%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 75%
Ben Cardin 75%
Jim Exon 75%
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