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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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William Jefferson | 40% | |||
Dennis Cardoza | 38% | |||
Rick Boucher | 36% | |||
Lincoln Chafee | 36% | |||
Jim Cooper | 36% | |||
Mary Landrieu | 36% | |||
Harry Reid | 36% | |||
Olympia Snowe | 36% | |||
Pete Visclosky | 36% | |||
Joe Crowley | 32% | |||
Artur Davis | 32% | |||
John Dingell | 32% | |||
Gene Green | 32% | |||
Darlene Hooley | 32% | |||
James Kolbe | 32% | |||
Dennis Moore | 32% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 32% |
Silvestre Reyes | 32% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 13 | David Scott | Democratic | 32% |
Ted Strickland | 32% | |||
DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 31% |
Kent Conrad | 29% | |||
Byron Dorgan | 29% | |||
Steve Israel | 29% | |||
Nancy Johnson | 29% | |||
Blanche Lincoln | 29% | |||
Carolyn McCarthy | 29% | |||
James Davis | 27% | |||
David Wu | 27% | |||
Dave Obey | 26% | |||
Julia Carson | 24% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 24% |
Nita Lowey | 24% | |||
Louise Slaughter | 24% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 9 | Adam Smith | Democratic | 24% |
Tim Bishop | 23% | |||
Robert Byrd | 23% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 23% |
Tom Udall | 23% | |||
Evan Bayh | 21% | |||
Peter DeFazio | 21% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 21% |
Timothy Johnson | 21% | |||
Patrick Leahy | 21% | |||
Major Owens | 21% | |||
NA | President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 20% |
Corrine Brown | 20% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 20% |
Joe Baca, Sr. | 19% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 19% |
SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 19% |
Ron Kind | 19% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 19% |
CA | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 19% |
Bob Brady | 18% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 18% |
HI | U.S. House - 1 | Ed Case | Democratic | 18% |
Eliot Engel | 18% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 18% |
Patrick Kennedy | 18% | |||
Juanita Millender-McDonald | 18% | |||
Brad Miller | 18% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 18% |
David Price | 18% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 17% | |||
Norm Dicks | 16% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 16% |
Steve Rothman | 16% | |||
Mark Udall | 16% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 15% | |||
James Merrill Jeffords | 15% | |||
Kendrick Meek, Sr. | 15% | |||
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 15% |
José Serrano | 15% | |||
Vic Snyder | 15% | |||
Neil Abercrombie | 14% | |||
Thomas Allen | 14% | |||
Rob Andrews | 14% | |||
Brian Baird | 14% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 14% |
Jeff Bingaman | 14% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 14% | |||
Mark Dayton | 14% | |||
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 14% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 14% |
Charlie Gonzalez | 14% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 14% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 14% |
Eddie Johnson | 14% | |||
John Kerry | 14% | |||
Sandy Levin | 14% | |||
Carolyn Maloney | 14% | |||
Robert Matsui | 14% | |||
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 14% |
Jim Moran, Jr. | 14% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 14% |
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 14% |
Bill Nelson, Sr. | 14% | |||
Ed Pastor | 14% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 14% |