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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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FL | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | Charles Canady | 67% | |
CO | Commissioner - 2 | Scott McInnis | 44% | |
IN | Council Member - At-Large | John Myers | Republican | 56% |
NA | President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 89% |
TX | State House - 114 | John Bryant | Democratic | 67% |
LA | State Senate - 14 | Cleo Fields | Democratic | 89% |
GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 56% |
CA | U.S. House - 41 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 56% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 78% |
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 78% |
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 78% |
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 78% |
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 78% |
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 89% |
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 78% |
KY | U.S. House - 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 67% |
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 89% |
NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 67% |
MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 78% |
NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 78% |
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 78% |
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 78% | |
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 78% |
ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 22% |
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 78% |
IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 56% |
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 67% |
KY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mitch McConnell, Jr. | Republican | 56% |
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 89% |
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 89% |
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 100% |
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 78% |
Neil Abercrombie | 67% | |||
Gary Ackerman | 67% | |||
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 100% | |||
Wayne Allard | 33% | |||
Rob Andrews | 78% | |||
Bill Archer | 22% | |||
Richard Armey | 33% | |||
Spencer Bachus | 44% | |||
Henry Scott Baesler | 78% | |||
Richard Hugh Baker | 33% | |||
William Baker | 56% | |||
Cass Ballenger | 33% | |||
James Barcia | 78% | |||
Tom Barrett | 89% | |||
Bill Barrett | 67% | |||
Roscoe Bartlett | 33% | |||
Joe Barton | 11% | |||
Herbert Bateman, Sr. | 33% | |||
Max Baucus | 89% | |||
Anthony Beilenson | 78% | |||
Bob Bennett | 44% | |||
Douglas Bereuter | 67% | |||
Howard Berman | 78% | |||
Tom Bevill | 67% | |||
Michael Bilirakis | 78% | |||
Jeff Bingaman | 78% | |||
Thomas Bliley, Jr. | 11% | |||
Peter Blute | 67% | |||
Sherwood Boehlert | 67% | |||
John Boehner | 33% | |||
Kit Bond | 56% | |||
Henry Bonilla | 67% | |||
David Edward Bonior | 78% | |||
Rick Boucher | 78% | |||
Barbara Boxer | 89% | |||
Bill Bradley | 67% | |||
John Breaux | 67% | |||
Corrine Brown | 78% | |||
George Brown, Jr. | 56% | |||
Hank Brown | 22% | |||
Richard Bryan | 89% | |||
Dale Bumpers | 100% | |||
Jim Bunning | 33% | |||
Conrad Burns | 56% | |||
Dan Burton | 44% | |||
Steve Buyer | 56% | |||
Robert Byrd | 89% | |||
Herbert Callahan | 56% | |||
Dave Camp | 44% | |||
Ben Campbell | 78% | |||
Mike Castle | 67% | |||
John Chafee | 67% | |||
William Clay, Sr. | 44% | |||
Eva Clayton | 67% | |||
Dan Coats | 56% | |||
Howard Coble | 33% | |||
Thad Cochran | 44% | |||
William Cohen | 44% | |||
Ronald Coleman | 89% | |||
Barbara-Rose Collins | 56% | |||
Cardiss Collins | 44% | |||
Michael Collins | 33% | |||
Larry Combest | 22% | |||
Gary Condit | 67% | |||
Kent Conrad | 89% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 78% | |||
Jerry Costello | 89% | |||
Paul Coverdell | 44% |