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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 93% |
Pete Stark | 93% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 93% |
Mark Udall | 93% | |||
Tom Udall | 93% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 93% |
RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 93% |
Lynn Woolsey | 93% | |||
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 93% |
Roland Burris | 92% | |||
NY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic | 92% |
Tom Harkin | 92% | |||
Steve Kagen | 92% | |||
Al Franken | 91% | |||
Eric Massa | 91% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 90% |
CA | U.S. House - 28 | Judy Chu | Democratic | 89% |
Jack Murtha | 89% | |||
John Adler | 88% | |||
Melissa Bean | 88% | |||
Shelley Berkley | 88% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 88% |
Bob Brady | 88% | |||
Corrine Brown | 88% | |||
IN | U.S. House - 7 | André Carson | Democratic | 88% |
FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 88% |
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 88% | |||
VA | U.S. House - 11 | Gerry Connolly | Democratic | 88% |
Susan Davis | 88% | |||
Peter DeFazio | 88% | |||
John Dingell | 88% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 88% | |||
Barney Frank | 88% | |||
Gabrielle Giffords | 88% | |||
Charlie Gonzalez | 88% | |||
Jane Harman | 88% | |||
NM | U.S. Senate - Jr | Martin Heinrich | Democratic | 88% |
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 88% | |||
Paul Hodes | 88% | |||
Mike Honda | 88% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 88% |
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 88% |
Steve Israel | 88% | |||
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 88% | |||
Eddie Johnson | 88% | |||
Mary Jo Kilroy | 88% | |||
Ron Kind | 88% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 88% |
Sandy Levin | 88% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 88% |
Jerry McNerney | 88% | |||
Kendrick Meek, Sr. | 88% | |||
ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 88% | |
Brad Miller | 88% | |||
Harry Mitchell | 88% | |||
Dennis Moore | 88% | |||
Jim Moran, Jr. | 88% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 88% |
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 88% |
John Olver | 88% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 88% |
Ed Perlmutter | 88% | |||
MI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Gary Peters | Democratic | 88% |
David Price | 88% | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 88% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 88% |
Albio Sires | 88% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 9 | Adam Smith | Democratic | 88% |
Betty Sutton | 88% | |||
MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 88% |
CA | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 88% |
NV | U.S. House - 1 | Dina Titus | Democratic | 88% |
NY | U.S. House - 20 | Paul Tonko | Democratic | 88% |
Ed Towns | 88% | |||
Niki Tsongas | 88% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 88% |
MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 88% |
FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 88% |
Diane Watson | 88% | |||
John Yarmuth | 88% | |||
Tim Bishop | 87% | |||
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 87% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 87% |
PA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Casey, Jr. | Democratic | 87% |
John Conyers, Jr. | 87% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 87% |
Bill Delahunt | 87% | |||
Russ Feingold | 87% | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 87% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 87% | |||
MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 87% |
Mary Landrieu | 87% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 87% |
Claire McCaskill | 87% | |||
Bill Nelson, Sr. | 87% | |||
Tom Perriello | 87% | |||
Charlie Rangel | 87% | |||
Jay Rockefeller IV | 87% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 87% |
Pete Visclosky | 87% |