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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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OH | Governor | Mike DeWine | Republican | 60% |
NA | President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 90% |
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 44% |
TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 33% |
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 100% |
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 89% |
WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 67% |
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 100% |
OK | U.S. House - 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | 0% |
CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 88% |
NC | U.S. House - 10 | Patrick McHenry | Republican | 11% |
WA | U.S. House - 5 | Cathy Rodgers | Republican | 0% |
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 100% |
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 100% |
ID | U.S. House - 2 | Mike Simpson | Republican | 11% |
OH | U.S. House - 10 | Mike Turner | Republican | 11% |
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 100% |
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 78% |
DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 78% |
ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 56% |
TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 0% |
ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 22% |
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 89% |
SC | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 13% |
IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 11% |
KY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mitch McConnell, Jr. | Republican | 11% |
KS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jerry Moran | Republican | 11% |
AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 0% |
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 78% |
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 89% |
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 89% |
MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 89% |
SD | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Thune | Republican | 13% |
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 78% |
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 78% | |||
Lamar Alexander | 0% | |||
Wayne Allard | 0% | |||
George Allen | 0% | |||
Brian Baird | 67% | |||
Roscoe Bartlett | 38% | |||
Max Baucus | 67% | |||
Evan Bayh | 78% | |||
Bob Beauprez | 0% | |||
Bob Bennett | 0% | |||
Jeff Bingaman | 78% | |||
Sherwood Boehlert | 11% | |||
John Boehner | 11% | |||
Kit Bond | 0% | |||
Leonard Boswell | 86% | |||
Rick Boucher | 56% | |||
Barbara Boxer | 78% | |||
Bob Brady | 80% | |||
Sam Brownback | 20% | |||
Jim Bunning | 0% | |||
Conrad Burns | 22% | |||
Richard Burr | 0% | |||
Robert Byrd | 63% | |||
Dave Camp | 0% | |||
Lincoln Chafee | 89% | |||
Saxby Chambliss | 0% | |||
Chris Chocola | 0% | |||
Hillary Clinton | 89% | |||
Thomas Coburn | 0% | |||
Thad Cochran | 11% | |||
Norm Coleman | 20% | |||
Kent Conrad | 71% | |||
Larry Craig | 22% | |||
Jo Ann Davis | 0% | |||
Mark Dayton | 78% | |||
Peter DeFazio | 56% | |||
James DeMint | 0% | |||
Charlie Dent | 0% | |||
Lincoln Diaz-Balart | 22% | |||
Norm Dicks | 78% | |||
Chris Dodd | 100% | |||
Elizabeth Dole | 11% | |||
Pete Domenici, Jr. | 22% | |||
John Doolittle | 0% | |||
Byron Dorgan | 71% | |||
David Dreier | 0% | |||
John Ensign | 11% | |||
Mike Enzi | 13% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 90% | |||
Russ Feingold | 80% | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 75% | |||
Mike Fitzpatrick | 22% | |||
Randy Forbes | 0% | |||
Jeff Fortenberry | 0% | |||
William Frist | 13% | |||
Jim Gerlach | 22% | |||
Wayne Gilchrest | 11% | |||
Paul Gillmor | 0% | |||
Bob Goodlatte | 0% | |||
Judd Gregg | 25% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 89% | |||
Gilbert Gutknecht | 22% | |||
Charles Hagel | 11% | |||
Tom Harkin | 88% | |||
Katherine Harris | 0% |