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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 68 |
Phil Hare | 68 | |||
Jane Harman | 68 | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 68 | |||
HI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mazie Hirono | Democratic | 68 |
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 68 |
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 68 |
Dale Kildee | 68 | |||
Jim Langevin | 68 | |||
Dan Lipinski | 68 | |||
Alan Mollohan | 68 | |||
Barack Obama II | 68 | |||
Ed Pastor | 68 | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 68 | |||
Bobby Rush | 68 | |||
MD | U.S. House - 3 | John Sarbanes | Democratic | 68 |
Allyson Schwartz | 68 | |||
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 68 |
Joe Sestak, Jr. | 68 | |||
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Hilda Solis | 68 | |
Betty Sutton | 68 | |||
MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 68 |
NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 68 |
Pete Visclosky | 68 | |||
William Jefferson | 67 | |||
GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 67 |
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 67 | |||
Dave Loebsack | 67 | |||
Brad Miller | 67 | |||
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 67 |
Dave Obey | 67 | |||
Steve Rothman | 67 | |||
GA | U.S. House - 13 | David Scott | Democratic | 67 |
Carol Shea-Porter | 67 | |||
Louise Slaughter | 67 | |||
John Spratt, Jr. | 67 | |||
Howard Berman | 66 | |||
Bob Filner | 66 | |||
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 66 | |||
Tom Lantos | 66 | |||
Frank LoBiondo | 66 | |||
CA | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 66 |
Neil Abercrombie | 65 | |||
Gary Ackerman | 65 | |||
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 65 | |||
Jason Altmire | 65 | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 65 | |
Rick Boucher | 65 | |||
Bruce Braley | 65 | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 65 |
Lois Capps | 65 | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 65 |
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 65 | |||
CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 65 |
Artur Davis | 65 | |||
Norm Dicks | 65 | |||
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 65 | |||
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 65 |
Eliot Engel | 65 | |||
Sam Farr | 65 | |||
Russ Feingold | 65 | |||
John Hall | 65 | |||
Mike Honda | 65 | |||
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 65 |
Steve Kagen | 65 | |||
John Kerry | 65 | |||
MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 65 |
WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 65 |
CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 65 |
Frank Lautenberg | 65 | |||
CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 65 |
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 65 |
Jerry McNerney | 65 | |||
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 65 |
Barbara Mikulski | 65 | |||
Harry Mitchell | 65 | |||
Dennis Moore | 65 | |||
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 65 |
Bill Nelson, Sr. | 65 | |||
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 65 | |||
David Price | 65 | |||
Nick Rahall II | 65 | |||
Ciro Rodriguez | 65 | |||
Tim Ryan | 65 | |||
Albio Sires | 65 | |||
Bart Stupak | 65 | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 65 |
MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 65 |
FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 65 |
Diane Watson | 65 | |||
Lynn Woolsey | 65 | |||
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 64 | |||
Gabrielle Giffords | 64 | |||
Nicholas Lampson | 64 | |||
Marion Berry | 63 | |||
GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 63 |
Leonard Boswell | 63 | |||
Dennis Cardoza | 63 | |||
DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 63 |
SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 63 |