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State Office Name Party Rating
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 60%
Betsy Markey 60%
Brad Miller 60%
Dennis Moore 60%
Patrick Murphy 60%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 60%
Tom Perriello 60%
Collin Peterson 60%
Earl Pomeroy 60%
Nick Rahall II 60%
Silvestre Reyes 60%
Dutch Ruppersberger 60%
John Salazar 60%
Mark Schauer 60%
Allyson Schwartz 60%
David Scott 60%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 60%
NJ Mayor - At-Large Albio Sires Democratic 60%
Ike Skelton 60%
John Spratt, Jr. 60%
Betty Sutton 60%
NY U.S. House - 20 Paul Tonko Democratic 60%
MN Governor Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 60%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 60%
Gary Ackerman 50%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 50%
Max Baucus 50%
Mark Begich 50%
CO U.S. Senate - Sr Michael Bennet Democratic 50%
Marion Berry 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
Tim Bishop 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Barbara Boxer 50%
Bob Brady 50%
Sherrod Brown 50%
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 50%
Ben Cardin 50%
Tom Carper 50%
Bob Casey, Jr. 50%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 50%
Susan Davis 50%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 50%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 50%
Bill Delahunt 50%
Norm Dicks 50%
Chris Dodd 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 50%
Anna Eshoo 50%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 50%
Dianne Feinstein 50%
Jeff Flake 50%
CA U.S. House - 8 John Garamendi Democratic 50%
NY U.S. Senate - Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 50%
Kay Hagan 50%
CT U.S. House - 4 Jim Himes Democratic 50%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
Jay Inslee 50%
Sheila Jackson Lee 50%
GA U.S. House - 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 50%
Timothy Johnson 50%
Walter Jones, Jr. 50%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 50%
Ted Kaufman 50%
Patrick Kennedy 50%
John Kerry 50%
Dale Kildee 50%
Mary Jo Kilroy 50%
Ron Kind 50%
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic 50%
Herb Kohl 50%
Suzanne Kosmas 50%
Mary Landrieu 50%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 50%
Frank Lautenberg 50%
Sandy Levin 50%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 50%
Nita Lowey 50%
Dan Maffei 50%
Carolyn Maloney 50%
Carolyn McCarthy 50%
Claire McCaskill 50%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 50%
Bob Menendez 50%
OR U.S. Senate - Jr Jeff Merkley Democratic 50%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
Walt Minnick 50%
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 50%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 50%
Grace Napolitano 50%
Dave Obey 50%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 50%
Ed Perlmutter 50%
IL U.S. House - 5 Mike Quigley Democratic 50%
State Office Name Party Rating
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 60%
Betsy Markey 60%
Brad Miller 60%
Dennis Moore 60%
Patrick Murphy 60%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 60%
Tom Perriello 60%
Collin Peterson 60%
Earl Pomeroy 60%
Nick Rahall II 60%
Silvestre Reyes 60%
Dutch Ruppersberger 60%
John Salazar 60%
Mark Schauer 60%
Allyson Schwartz 60%
David Scott 60%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 60%
NJ Mayor - At-Large Albio Sires D 60%
Ike Skelton 60%
John Spratt, Jr. 60%
Betty Sutton 60%
NY U.S. House - 20 Paul Tonko D 60%
MN Governor Tim Walz DFL 60%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 60%
Gary Ackerman 50%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 50%
Max Baucus 50%
Mark Begich 50%
CO U.S. Senate - Sr Michael Bennet D 50%
Marion Berry 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
Tim Bishop 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Barbara Boxer 50%
Bob Brady 50%
Sherrod Brown 50%
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 50%
Ben Cardin 50%
Tom Carper 50%
Bob Casey, Jr. 50%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 50%
Susan Davis 50%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette D 50%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro D 50%
Bill Delahunt 50%
Norm Dicks 50%
Chris Dodd 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 50%
Anna Eshoo 50%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 50%
Dianne Feinstein 50%
Jeff Flake 50%
CA U.S. House - 8 John Garamendi D 50%
NY U.S. Senate - Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 50%
Kay Hagan 50%
CT U.S. House - 4 Jim Himes D 50%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
Jay Inslee 50%
Sheila Jackson Lee 50%
GA U.S. House - 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 50%
Timothy Johnson 50%
Walter Jones, Jr. 50%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 50%
Ted Kaufman 50%
Patrick Kennedy 50%
John Kerry 50%
Dale Kildee 50%
Mary Jo Kilroy 50%
Ron Kind 50%
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar D 50%
Herb Kohl 50%
Suzanne Kosmas 50%
Mary Landrieu 50%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 50%
Frank Lautenberg 50%
Sandy Levin 50%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 50%
Nita Lowey 50%
Dan Maffei 50%
Carolyn Maloney 50%
Carolyn McCarthy 50%
Claire McCaskill 50%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 50%
Bob Menendez 50%
OR U.S. Senate - Jr Jeff Merkley D 50%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
Walt Minnick 50%
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy D 50%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 50%
Grace Napolitano 50%
Dave Obey 50%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 50%
Ed Perlmutter 50%
IL U.S. House - 5 Mike Quigley D 50%
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