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Rating Group: The John Birch Society

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State Office Name Party Rating
Al Franken 7%
CO U.S. Senate - Sr Michael Bennet Democratic 5%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic 5%
Howard Berman 5%
Barbara Boxer 5%
Bruce Braley 5%
Corrine Brown 5%
Dennis Cardoza 5%
FL U.S. House - 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 5%
Kent Conrad 5%
John Dingell 5%
Eliot Engel 5%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 5%
CA U.S. House - 8 John Garamendi Democratic 5%
TX U.S. House - 9 Al Green Democratic 5%
Gene Green 5%
Debbie Halvorson 5%
Tom Harkin 5%
Jane Harman 5%
NM U.S. Senate - Sr Martin Heinrich Democratic 5%
Sheila Jackson Lee 5%
Paul Kanjorski 5%
Mary Jo Kilroy 5%
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic 5%
Mary Landrieu 5%
Dave Loebsack 5%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 5%
OR U.S. Senate - Jr Jeff Merkley Democratic 5%
Dennis Moore 5%
Jim Moran, Jr. 5%
Dave Obey 5%
Harry Reid 5%
Jay Rockefeller IV 5%
John Sarbanes 5%
David Scott 5%
NH U.S. Senate - Sr Jeanne Shaheen Democratic 5%
Louise Slaughter 5%
Jon Tester 5%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 5%
NV U.S. House - 1 Dina Titus Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House - 20 Paul Tonko Democratic 5%
Mark Udall 5%
MN Governor Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 5%
David Wu 5%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 3%
Rob Andrews 3%
Joe Baca, Sr. 3%
Jeff Bingaman 3%
Bob Brady 3%
Sherrod Brown 3%
State Office Name Party Rating
Al Franken 7%
CO U.S. Senate - Sr Michael Bennet D 5%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley D 5%
Howard Berman 5%
Barbara Boxer 5%
Bruce Braley 5%
Corrine Brown 5%
Dennis Cardoza 5%
FL U.S. House - 14 Kathy Castor D 5%
Kent Conrad 5%
John Dingell 5%
Eliot Engel 5%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 5%
CA U.S. House - 8 John Garamendi D 5%
TX U.S. House - 9 Al Green D 5%
Gene Green 5%
Debbie Halvorson 5%
Tom Harkin 5%
Jane Harman 5%
NM U.S. Senate - Sr Martin Heinrich D 5%
Sheila Jackson Lee 5%
Paul Kanjorski 5%
Mary Jo Kilroy 5%
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar D 5%
Mary Landrieu 5%
Dave Loebsack 5%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 5%
OR U.S. Senate - Jr Jeff Merkley D 5%
Dennis Moore 5%
Jim Moran, Jr. 5%
Dave Obey 5%
Harry Reid 5%
Jay Rockefeller IV 5%
John Sarbanes 5%
David Scott 5%
NH U.S. Senate - Sr Jeanne Shaheen D 5%
Louise Slaughter 5%
Jon Tester 5%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 5%
NV U.S. House - 1 Dina Titus D 5%
NY U.S. House - 20 Paul Tonko D 5%
Mark Udall 5%
MN Governor Tim Walz DFL 5%
David Wu 5%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 3%
Rob Andrews 3%
Joe Baca, Sr. 3%
Jeff Bingaman 3%
Bob Brady 3%
Sherrod Brown 3%
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