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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Jay Rockefeller IV | 7% | |||
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 7% |
John Shimkus | 7% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 7% |
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 0% | |
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 0% |
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 0% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 0% |
Christopher Carney | 0% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 0% |
Ben Chandler III | 0% | |||
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 0% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 0% | |||
Jerry Costello | 0% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 0% |
Peter DeFazio | 0% | |||
Bill Delahunt | 0% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 0% |
Russ Feingold | 0% | |||
Bob Filner | 0% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 0% |
Maurice Hinchey | 0% | |||
Paul Hodes | 0% | |||
Tim Holden | 0% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 0% |
GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
Steve Kagen | 0% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 0% |
Dennis Kucinich | 0% | |||
Dan Lipinski | 0% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 0% |
ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 0% | |
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 0% |
Bill Nelson, Sr. | 0% | |||
Donald Payne | 0% | |||
Steve Rothman | 0% | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 0% | |||
Loretta Sanchez | 0% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 0% |
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 0% |
José Serrano | 0% | |||
Carol Shea-Porter | 0% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 0% |
Heath Shuler | 0% | |||
MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 0% |
Pete Stark | 0% | |||
Bart Stupak | 0% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 0% |
Gene Taylor | 0% | |||
MT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jon Tester | Democratic | 0% |
MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 0% |
Pete Visclosky | 0% | |||
MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 0% |
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 0% |