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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Joe Walsh | 39% | |||
Jeff Flake | 36% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 24 | Frederica Wilson | Democratic | 36% |
DE | Governor | John Carney, Jr. | Democratic | 34% |
CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 34% |
Bob Goodlatte | 34% | |||
Tom Graves, Jr. | 34% | |||
Gene Green | 34% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 34% |
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 34% |
Mick Mulvaney | 34% | |||
Ed Perlmutter | 34% | |||
Collin Peterson | 34% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 8 | Bill Posey | Republican | 34% |
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 34% |
Betty Sutton | 34% | |||
Rob Woodall | 34% | |||
Daniel Inouye | 33% | |||
Mary Landrieu | 33% | |||
UT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Lee | Republican | 33% |
Carl Levin | 33% | |||
WV | U.S. Senate - Sr | Joe Manchin III | Independent | 33% |
David Pryor | 33% | |||
MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 33% |
Sean Duffy | 30% | |||
Charlie Gonzalez | 30% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 9 | Paul Gosar | Republican | 30% |
Nita Lowey | 30% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 30% |
Reid Ribble | 30% | |||
Allyson Schwartz | 30% | |||
Heath Shuler | 30% | |||
Cliff Stearns | 30% | |||
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 27% | |||
Dennis Cardoza | 27% | |||
Brian Higgins | 27% | |||
Gary Ackerman | 26% | |||
Rob Andrews | 26% | |||
Shelley Berkley | 26% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 26% |
Charles Boustany, Jr. | 26% | |||
Corrine Brown | 26% | |||
Susan Davis | 26% | |||
Mike Fitzpatrick | 26% | |||
Scott Garrett | 26% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 26% |
Tim Huelskamp | 26% | |||
MI | U.S. House - 4 | Bill Huizenga | Republican | 26% |
Sandy Levin | 26% | |||
Dan Lipinski | 26% | |||
Brad Miller | 26% | |||
Tom Reed II | 26% | |||
Jim Renacci | 26% | |||
Silvestre Reyes | 26% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 1 | David Schweikert | Republican | 26% |
Scott Tipton | 26% | |||
Greg Walden | 26% | |||
MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 26% |
Connie Mack IV | 23% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 23% |
Russ Carnahan | 22% | |||
ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 22% |
ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 22% |
James DeMint | 22% | |||
Norm Dicks | 22% | |||
Eliot Engel | 22% | |||
Richard Hanna | 22% | |||
Kenny Marchant | 22% | |||
Mike McIntyre | 22% | |||
Ben Nelson | 22% | |||
ID | U.S. Senate - Jr | James Risch | Republican | 22% |
GA | U.S. House - 13 | David Scott | Democratic | 22% |
Olympia Snowe | 22% | |||
Brian Bilbray | 21% | |||
WV | U.S. Senate - Jr | Shelley Capito | Republican | 21% |
LA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bill Cassidy | Republican | 21% |
CO | Mayor - At-Large | Michael Coffman | Republican | 21% |
OK | U.S. House - 4 | Tom Cole | Republican | 21% |
John Dingell | 21% | |||
SC | U.S. House - 3 | Jeff Duncan | Republican | 21% |
Jo Ann Emerson | 21% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 21% |
MD | U.S. House - 1 | Andy Harris | Republican | 21% |
Jeb Hensarling | 21% | |||
Jaime Herrera Beutler | 21% | |||
Robert Hurt | 21% | |||
Dale Kildee | 21% | |||
Jack Kingston | 21% | |||
Jim Langevin | 21% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 21% |
Billy Long | 21% | |||
Jim Matheson | 21% | |||
SD | Governor | Kristi Noem | Republican | 21% |
Bill Owens | 21% | |||
Steve Pearce | 21% | |||
Mike Pompeo | 21% | |||
Phil Roe | 21% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 21% |
Steve Southerland | 21% | |||
Marlin Stutzman | 21% |