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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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NY | U.S. House - 20 | Paul Tonko | Democratic | 100% |
Ed Towns | 100% | |||
Niki Tsongas | 100% | |||
Mark Udall | 100% | |||
Tom Udall | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 100% |
Pete Visclosky | 100% | |||
MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
VA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mark Warner | Democratic | 100% |
FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 100% |
Mel Watt | 100% | |||
Henry Waxman | 100% | |||
Jim Webb, Jr. | 100% | |||
Anthony Weiner | 100% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Peter Welch | Democratic | 100% |
RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 100% |
FL | U.S. House - 24 | Frederica Wilson | Democratic | 100% |
Lynn Woolsey | 100% | |||
David Wu | 100% | |||
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 100% |
John Yarmuth | 100% | |||
Richard Hanna | 88% | |||
Jerry McNerney | 88% | |||
Major Owens | 88% | |||
Jason Altmire | 86% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 86% |
Ben Chandler III | 86% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 86% |
Jerry Costello | 86% | |||
Joe Donnelly, Sr. | 86% | |||
Tim Holden | 86% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 86% |
Ron Kind | 86% | |||
Larry Kissell | 86% | |||
Dan Lipinski | 86% | |||
Collin Peterson | 86% | |||
Mark Pryor | 86% | |||
MT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jon Tester | Democratic | 86% |
Michael Grimm | 75% | |||
Joe Lieberman | 71% | |||
John Barrow | 57% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 57% |
Ben Nelson | 57% | |||
Heath Shuler | 57% | |||
Ron Paul | 50% | |||
Mike Ross | 50% | |||
Jim Cooper | 43% | |||
Walter Jones, Jr. | 43% | |||
Jim Matheson | 43% | |||
Donald Young | 33% | |||
Dan Boren | 29% | |||
Steve LaTourette | 29% | |||
Mike McIntyre | 29% | |||
David McKinley | 29% | |||
KY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Rand Paul | Republican | 29% |
Michele Bachmann | 20% | |||
David Dreier | 17% | |||
Connie Mack IV | 17% | |||
Justin Amash | 14% | |||
Paul Broun | 14% | |||
Scott Brown | 14% | |||
Quico Canseco | 14% | |||
ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 14% |
James DeMint | 14% | |||
TN | U.S. House - 4 | Scott DesJarlais | Republican | 14% |
Mike Fitzpatrick | 14% | |||
Jeff Flake | 14% | |||
Louie Gohmert | 14% | |||
VA | U.S. House - 9 | Morgan Griffith | Republican | 14% |
Tim Johnson | 14% | |||
Pete King | 14% | |||
UT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Lee | Republican | 14% |
Frank LoBiondo | 14% | |||
Pat Meehan | 14% | |||
AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 14% |
Denny Rehberg | 14% | |||
Dana Rohrabacher | 14% | |||
Jon Runyan | 14% | |||
Paul Ryan | 14% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 14% |
Olympia Snowe | 14% | |||
Brian Bilbray | 13% | |||
Mary Bono Mack | 13% | |||
Tom Latham | 13% | |||
Sandy Adams | 0% | |||
AL | U.S. House - 4 | Robert Aderholt | Republican | 0% |
Todd Akin | 0% | |||
Lamar Alexander | 0% | |||
Rodney Alexander | 0% | |||
NV | U.S. House - 2 | Mark Amodei | Republican | 0% |
Steve Austria | 0% | |||
Kelly Ayotte | 0% | |||
Spencer Bachus | 0% | |||
Lou Barletta | 0% | |||
WY | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Barrasso | Republican | 0% |
Roscoe Bartlett | 0% | |||
Joe Barton | 0% | |||
Charlie Bass | 0% |