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State Office Name Party Rating
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 44%
Frank Wolf 44%
Lynn Woolsey 44%
David Wu 44%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 43%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 43%
Loretta Sanchez 43%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 43%
Ben Campbell 40%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 40%
John Edwards 40%
Russ Feingold 40%
Patrick Leahy 40%
Harry Reid 40%
Terry Everett 38%
Dave Obey 38%
Joe Scarborough 38%
Tom Udall 38%
Neil Abercrombie 33%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 33%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 33%
James Barcia 33%
Michael Bilirakis 33%
David Edward Bonior 33%
Bob Brady 33%
Sherrod Brown 33%
Richard Burr 33%
Robert Byrd 33%
Michael Collins 33%
Peter DeFazio 33%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 33%
Eliot Engel 33%
Benjamin Gilman 33%
Lindsey Graham 33%
Joel Hefley 33%
Van Hilleary 33%
Stephen Horn 33%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 33%
Dale Kildee 33%
Pete King 33%
Jack Kingston 33%
Dennis Kucinich 33%
Frank Mascara 33%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 33%
Bob Menendez 33%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 33%
Bob Riley 33%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 33%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 33%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 33%
Bob Smith 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Cliff Stearns 33%
Ted Strickland 33%
Tom Tancredo 33%
Strom Thurmond 33%
Robert Torricelli 33%
David Weldon 33%
Paul Wellstone 33%
Robert Wexler 33%
Jim Bunning 29%
Dan Burton 29%
Bill Delahunt 29%
Olympia Snowe 27%
Luis Gutiérrez 25%
Alan Mollohan 25%
Bart Stupak 25%
Howard Coble 22%
Nathan Deal 22%
Randy Forbes 22%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 22%
Jim Gibbons 22%
Robert Hayes 22%
Frank LoBiondo 22%
Mike McIntyre 22%
State Office Name Party Rating
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 44%
Frank Wolf 44%
Lynn Woolsey 44%
David Wu 44%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 43%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 43%
Loretta Sanchez 43%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 43%
Ben Campbell 40%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 40%
John Edwards 40%
Russ Feingold 40%
Patrick Leahy 40%
Harry Reid 40%
Terry Everett 38%
Dave Obey 38%
Joe Scarborough 38%
Tom Udall 38%
Neil Abercrombie 33%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 33%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin D 33%
James Barcia 33%
Michael Bilirakis 33%
David Edward Bonior 33%
Bob Brady 33%
Sherrod Brown 33%
Richard Burr 33%
Robert Byrd 33%
Michael Collins 33%
Peter DeFazio 33%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 33%
Eliot Engel 33%
Benjamin Gilman 33%
Lindsey Graham 33%
Joel Hefley 33%
Van Hilleary 33%
Stephen Horn 33%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 33%
Dale Kildee 33%
Pete King 33%
Jack Kingston 33%
Dennis Kucinich 33%
Frank Mascara 33%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 33%
Bob Menendez 33%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 33%
Bob Riley 33%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 33%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 33%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 33%
Bob Smith 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Cliff Stearns 33%
Ted Strickland 33%
Tom Tancredo 33%
Strom Thurmond 33%
Robert Torricelli 33%
David Weldon 33%
Paul Wellstone 33%
Robert Wexler 33%
Jim Bunning 29%
Dan Burton 29%
Bill Delahunt 29%
Olympia Snowe 27%
Luis Gutiérrez 25%
Alan Mollohan 25%
Bart Stupak 25%
Howard Coble 22%
Nathan Deal 22%
Randy Forbes 22%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 22%
Jim Gibbons 22%
Robert Hayes 22%
Frank LoBiondo 22%
Mike McIntyre 22%
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