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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 88% |
Bob Menendez | 88% | |||
Lynn Woolsey | 88% | |||
Tom Harkin | 86% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 86% |
Dennis Kucinich | 86% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 86% |
MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 86% |
George Voinovich | 86% | |||
David Wu | 86% | |||
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 86% |
Brian Baird | 83% | |||
Robert Byrd | 83% | |||
Mike Capuano | 83% | |||
Hillary Clinton | 83% | |||
Susan Davis | 83% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 83% |
Wayne Gilchrest | 83% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 83% |
CA | U.S. House - 48 | Darrell Issa | Republican | 83% |
Walter Jones, Jr. | 83% | |||
John Lewis | 83% | |||
Dennis Moore | 83% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 83% |
Gary Ackerman | 80% | |||
Thomas Allen | 80% | |||
Barbara Boxer | 80% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 80% |
NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 80% |
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 80% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 80% | |||
Thomas Davis III | 80% | |||
Peter DeFazio | 80% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 80% |
Barney Frank | 80% | |||
Jane Harman | 80% | |||
Steve LaTourette | 80% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 80% |
Frank Lautenberg | 80% | |||
Claire McCaskill | 80% | |||
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 80% |
Patrick Murphy | 80% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 80% |
Barack Obama II | 80% | |||
Harry Reid | 80% | |||
José Serrano | 80% | |||
Joe Sestak, Jr. | 80% | |||
Pete Stark | 80% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 80% |
Henry Waxman | 80% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 78% |
John Sununu | 78% | |||
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 75% | |||
Rob Andrews | 75% | |||
Charles Boustany, Jr. | 75% | |||
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 75% |
Pete Domenici, Jr. | 75% | |||
NY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic | 75% |
Steve Israel | 75% | |||
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 75% | |||
William Jefferson | 75% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 75% |
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 75% |
Patrick Kennedy | 75% | |||
Herb Kohl | 75% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 75% |
Nita Lowey | 75% | |||
John McCain III | 75% | |||
ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 75% | |
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 75% |
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 75% |
Mike Ross | 75% | |||
Loretta Sanchez | 75% | |||
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 75% |
Carol Shea-Porter | 75% |