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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Kathy Dahlkemper | 15% | |||
Carolyn McCarthy | 15% | |||
Rob Andrews | 15% | |||
John Adler | 15% | |||
Suzanne Kosmas | 15% | |||
Michael McMahon | 15% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 9 | Adam Smith | Democratic | 14% |
Gabrielle Giffords | 14% | |||
Dennis Moore | 14% | |||
Jim Webb, Jr. | 14% | |||
Max Baucus | 14% | |||
Debbie Halvorson | 14% | |||
Larry Kissell | 14% | |||
Ron Kind | 14% | |||
Joe Baca, Sr. | 14% | |||
Peter DeFazio | 14% | |||
Russ Feingold | 13% | |||
Tim Ryan | 13% | |||
Herb Kohl | 13% | |||
ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 13% | |
Tom Perriello | 13% | |||
Jim Moran, Jr. | 13% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 13% |
Betsy Markey | 13% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 2 | Dutch Ruppersberger | Democratic | 13% |
Kurt Schrader | 13% | |||
Scott Murphy | 12% | |||
Ciro Rodriguez | 12% | |||
Dale Kildee | 12% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 12% |
DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 12% |
WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 12% |
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 12% |
Brian Baird | 11% | |||
John Dingell | 11% | |||
Jeff Bingaman | 11% | |||
Steve Israel | 11% | |||
Shelley Berkley | 11% | |||
Vic Snyder | 11% | |||
Charlie Wilson, Jr. | 11% | |||
Jim Oberstar | 10% | |||
Pete Visclosky | 10% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 10% |
Jim Langevin | 10% | |||
Steve Driehaus | 10% | |||
Kay Hagan | 10% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 9% |
MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 9% |
David Wu | 9% | |||
Jerry McNerney | 9% | |||
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 9% |
Norm Dicks | 9% | |||
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 9% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 9% | |||
Mark Udall | 9% | |||
MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 9% |
Dave Obey | 9% | |||
Loretta Sanchez | 9% | |||
Jay Rockefeller IV | 9% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 11 | Bill Foster | Democratic | 9% |
Joe Crowley | 9% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 9% |
Dianne Feinstein | 9% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Himes | Democratic | 9% |
MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 8% |
Patrick Kennedy | 8% | |||
Michael Arcuri | 8% | |||
SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 8% |
Mark Begich | 8% | |||
CO | U.S. Senate - Sr | Michael Bennet | Democratic | 8% |
Charlie Gonzalez | 8% | |||
MI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Gary Peters | Democratic | 8% |
Mark Schauer | 8% | |||
Tom Harkin | 8% | |||
Steve Rothman | 8% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 8% |
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 8% |
NY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic | 8% |
David Price | 8% | |||
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 8% |
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 8% | |||
Chris Dodd | 7% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 7% |
Brian Higgins | 7% | |||
Paul Hodes | 7% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 7% |
PA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Casey, Jr. | Democratic | 7% |
MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 7% |
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 7% |
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 7% |
Corrine Brown | 7% | |||
Kendrick Meek, Sr. | 7% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 7% |
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 7% | |||
Daniel Inouye | 7% | |||
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 6% |
Carl Levin | 6% | |||
Bob Brady | 6% | |||
Eliot Engel | 6% | |||
John Boccieri | 6% |