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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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John Spratt, Jr. | 42% | |||
NV | U.S. House - 1 | Dina Titus | Democratic | 42% |
Gene Green | 41% | |||
Brian Higgins | 41% | |||
MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 41% |
Dennis Cardoza | 40% | |||
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 40% | |||
Paul Hodes | 40% | |||
Carolyn McCarthy | 40% | |||
Pete Visclosky | 40% | |||
Charlie Wilson, Jr. | 40% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 39% |
Dennis Moore | 39% | |||
Bobby Rush | 39% | |||
John Salazar | 39% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 39% |
Herb Kohl | 38% | |||
Jay Rockefeller IV | 38% | |||
Mark Udall | 38% | |||
Joe Baca, Sr. | 35% | |||
Mark Begich | 35% | |||
Leonard Boswell | 35% | |||
Russ Carnahan | 35% | |||
VA | U.S. House - 11 | Gerry Connolly | Democratic | 35% |
CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 35% |
Norm Dicks | 35% | |||
NM | U.S. Senate - Jr | Martin Heinrich | Democratic | 35% |
Dale Kildee | 35% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 35% |
Kendrick Meek, Sr. | 35% | |||
OR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Jeff Merkley | Democratic | 35% |
Scott Murphy | 35% | |||
Ciro Rodriguez | 35% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 2 | Dutch Ruppersberger | Democratic | 35% |
Allyson Schwartz | 35% | |||
Joe Sestak, Jr. | 35% | |||
Betty Sutton | 35% | |||
MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 35% |
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 34% | |||
Alan Mollohan | 34% | |||
Bruce Braley | 33% | |||
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 33% | |||
Peter DeFazio | 33% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 8 | John Garamendi | Democratic | 33% |
Carol Shea-Porter | 33% | |||
Bart Stupak | 33% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 31% |
Bart Gordon | 31% | |||
Phil Hare | 31% | |||
Steve Kagen | 31% | |||
Dave Loebsack | 31% | |||
Ed Pastor | 31% | |||
CO | Governor | Jared Polis | Democratic | 31% |
Harry Teague | 31% | |||
MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 31% |
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 30% |
Ted Deutch | 30% | |||
Silvestre Reyes | 30% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 29% |
Mary Jo Kilroy | 29% | |||
Shelley Berkley | 25% | |||
Bob Brady | 25% | |||
IN | U.S. House - 7 | André Carson | Democratic | 25% |
SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 25% |
Susan Davis | 25% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 25% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Marcia Fudge | 25% | |
Alan Grayson | 25% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 25% | |||
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 25% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 25% |
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 25% |
Steve Israel | 25% | |||
Ron Klein | 25% | |||
Jim Langevin | 25% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 25% |
Brad Miller | 25% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 25% |
GA | U.S. House - 13 | David Scott | Democratic | 25% |
NY | U.S. House - 20 | Paul Tonko | Democratic | 25% |
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 25% |
John Dingell | 24% | |||
Donald Payne | 24% | |||
Laura Richardson | 24% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 24% |
Tim Bishop | 23% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 21% | |||
Donna Edwards | 21% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 21% |
GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 21% |
NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Luján, Jr. | Democratic | 21% |
Carolyn Maloney | 21% | |||
ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 21% | |
Dave Obey | 21% | |||
Tim Ryan | 21% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 21% |
Mel Watt | 21% | |||
Anthony Weiner | 21% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 20% |
Maurice Hinchey | 20% |