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State Office Name Party Rating
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 50%
Donna Christensen 50%
MO U.S. House - 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 50%
Thad Cochran 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
Philip English 50%
Eni Faleomavaega 50%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 50%
Russ Feingold 50%
Sheila Jackson Lee 50%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Ron Kind 50%
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic 50%
Betsy Markey 50%
Claire McCaskill 50%
Bob Menendez 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
Alan Mollohan 50%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 50%
Collin Peterson 50%
Tom Petri 50%
Mark Pryor 50%
Charlie Rangel 50%
Kilili Sablan 50%
William Sali 50%
Loretta Sanchez 50%
Richard Shelby 50%
Debbie Stabenow 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
Jon Tester 50%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 50%
Niki Tsongas 50%
Tom Udall 50%
MN Governor Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
John Warner 50%
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 50%
John Yarmuth 50%
CA U.S. House - 28 Judy Chu Democratic 43%
Bill Owens 43%
Charles Boustany, Jr. 40%
Henry Brown, Jr. 40%
TN U.S. House - 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 40%
Gerry Connolly 40%
Jerry Costello 40%
Geoff Davis 40%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 40%
Norm Dicks 40%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 40%
Barney Frank 40%
Al Franken 40%
Charlie Gonzalez 40%
CT U.S. House - 4 Jim Himes Democratic 40%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 40%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 40%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa Republican 40%
Patrick Kennedy 40%
Mary Jo Kilroy 40%
John Lewis 40%
Dan Maffei 40%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 40%
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 40%
CO Governor Jared Polis Democratic 40%
Bart Stupak 40%
John Tanner 40%
NY U.S. House - 20 Paul Tonko Democratic 40%
David Wu 40%
Lamar Alexander 38%
Mark Begich 38%
Jim Bunning 38%
Ben Cardin 38%
Tom Carper 38%
Bob Casey, Jr. 38%
Lindsey Graham 38%
Kay Hagan 38%
Orrin Hatch 38%
Kay Hutchison 38%
Jim Inhofe 38%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. Republican 38%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 38%
Ben Nelson 38%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 38%
Jeff Sessions III 38%
Olympia Snowe 38%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 38%
Mark Udall 38%
David Vitter 38%
George Voinovich 38%
Scott Brown 33%
Scott Murphy 33%
Tim Bishop 30%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 30%
Jim Cooper 30%
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 30%
Elijah Cummings 30%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 30%
Vern Ehlers 30%
Bob Etheridge 30%
State Office Name Party Rating
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell D 50%
Donna Christensen 50%
MO U.S. House - 5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 50%
Thad Cochran 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 50%
Philip English 50%
Eni Faleomavaega 50%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 50%
Russ Feingold 50%
Sheila Jackson Lee 50%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Ron Kind 50%
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar D 50%
Betsy Markey 50%
Claire McCaskill 50%
Bob Menendez 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
Alan Mollohan 50%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 50%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi D 50%
Collin Peterson 50%
Tom Petri 50%
Mark Pryor 50%
Charlie Rangel 50%
Kilili Sablan 50%
William Sali 50%
Loretta Sanchez 50%
Richard Shelby 50%
Debbie Stabenow 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
Jon Tester 50%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 50%
Niki Tsongas 50%
Tom Udall 50%
MN Governor Tim Walz DFL 50%
John Warner 50%
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 50%
John Yarmuth 50%
CA U.S. House - 28 Judy Chu D 43%
Bill Owens 43%
Charles Boustany, Jr. 40%
Henry Brown, Jr. 40%
TN U.S. House - 9 Steve Cohen D 40%
Gerry Connolly 40%
Jerry Costello 40%
Geoff Davis 40%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro D 40%
Norm Dicks 40%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 40%
Barney Frank 40%
Al Franken 40%
Charlie Gonzalez 40%
CT U.S. House - 4 Jim Himes D 40%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 40%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 40%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa R 40%
Patrick Kennedy 40%
Mary Jo Kilroy 40%
John Lewis 40%
Dan Maffei 40%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 40%
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy D 40%
CO Governor Jared Polis D 40%
Bart Stupak 40%
John Tanner 40%
NY U.S. House - 20 Paul Tonko D 40%
David Wu 40%
Lamar Alexander 38%
Mark Begich 38%
Jim Bunning 38%
Ben Cardin 38%
Tom Carper 38%
Bob Casey, Jr. 38%
Lindsey Graham 38%
Kay Hagan 38%
Orrin Hatch 38%
Kay Hutchison 38%
Jim Inhofe 38%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. R 38%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 38%
Ben Nelson 38%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 38%
Jeff Sessions III 38%
Olympia Snowe 38%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune R 38%
Mark Udall 38%
David Vitter 38%
George Voinovich 38%
Scott Brown 33%
Scott Murphy 33%
Tim Bishop 30%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 30%
Jim Cooper 30%
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar D 30%
Elijah Cummings 30%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette D 30%
Vern Ehlers 30%
Bob Etheridge 30%
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