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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Barney Frank | 10% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 10% |
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 10% |
Luis Gutiérrez | 10% | |||
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 10% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 10% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 10% | |||
Mike Honda | 10% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 10% |
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 10% |
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 10% | |||
Eddie Johnson | 10% | |||
Paul Kanjorski | 10% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 10% |
Patrick Kennedy | 10% | |||
Dale Kildee | 10% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 10% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 10% | |||
Tom Lantos | 10% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 10% |
Sandy Levin | 10% | |||
John Lewis | 10% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 10% |
Nita Lowey | 10% | |||
Carolyn Maloney | 10% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 10% |
Carolyn McCarthy | 10% | |||
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 10% |
Jim McDermott | 10% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 10% |
Martin Meehan | 10% | |||
George Miller | 10% | |||
Brad Miller | 10% | |||
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 10% |
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 10% |
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 10% |
Jim Oberstar | 10% | |||
John Olver | 10% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 10% |
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 10% |
Ed Pastor | 10% | |||
Donald Payne | 10% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 10% |
David Price | 10% | |||
Charlie Rangel | 10% | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 10% | |||
Bobby Rush | 10% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 10% |
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 10% |
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 10% |
Allyson Schwartz | 10% | |||
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 10% |
José Serrano | 10% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 10% |
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Hilda Solis | 10% | |
Pete Stark | 10% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 10% |
John Tierney | 10% | |||
Stephanie Tubbs Jones | 10% | |||
Mark Udall | 10% | |||
Tom Udall | 10% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 10% |
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 10% |
Diane Watson | 10% | |||
Mel Watt | 10% | |||
Henry Waxman | 10% | |||
Anthony Weiner | 10% | |||
Robert Wexler | 10% | |||
Lynn Woolsey | 10% | |||
Robert Byrd | 0% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 0% |
Pete Visclosky | 0% |