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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Ron Paul | 88% | |||
Nancy Boyda | 83% | |||
Bruce Braley | 83% | |||
Christopher Carney | 83% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 83% |
TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 83% |
CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 83% |
MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 83% |
John Hall | 83% | |||
Phil Hare | 83% | |||
Paul Hodes | 83% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 83% |
Steve Kagen | 83% | |||
Dave Loebsack | 83% | |||
Tim Mahoney | 83% | |||
CT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Murphy | Democratic | 83% |
MD | U.S. House - 3 | John Sarbanes | Democratic | 83% |
Carol Shea-Porter | 83% | |||
Betty Sutton | 83% | |||
MI | U.S. House - 5 | Tim Walberg | Republican | 83% |
MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 83% |
VT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Peter Welch | Democratic | 83% |
John Conyers, Jr. | 82% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 82% |
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 80% |
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 80% |
HI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mazie Hirono | Democratic | 80% |
MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 80% |
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 80% |
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 78% |
José Serrano | 76% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 76% |
Mel Watt | 76% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 73% | |
Bill Delahunt | 73% | |||
Mike Honda | 73% | |||
Loretta Sanchez | 73% | |||
Barney Frank | 72% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 72% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 72% |
Jim McDermott | 72% | |||
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 72% |
Howard Berman | 71% | |||
Charlie Gonzalez | 71% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 71% |
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 71% |
Charlie Rangel | 71% | |||
Silvestre Reyes | 71% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 69% | |||
Eddie Johnson | 69% | |||
Patrick Kennedy | 69% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 69% |
Pete Stark | 69% | |||
Lynn Woolsey | 69% | |||
Jason Altmire | 67% | |||
Michael Arcuri | 67% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 67% |
FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 67% |
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 67% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 67% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 67% |
John Dingell | 67% | |||
Joe Donnelly, Sr. | 67% | |||
Brad Ellsworth | 67% | |||
Bob Filner | 67% | |||
Gabrielle Giffords | 67% | |||
NY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic | 67% |
Baron Hill | 67% | |||
William Jefferson | 67% | |||
Ron Kind | 67% | |||
Ron Klein | 67% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 67% |
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 67% |
Jerry McNerney | 67% | |||
ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 67% | |
Harry Mitchell | 67% | |||
Patrick Murphy | 67% | |||
Donald Payne | 67% | |||
Ed Perlmutter | 67% | |||
Laura Richardson | 67% | |||
Ciro Rodriguez | 67% | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 67% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 67% |
Joe Sestak, Jr. | 67% | |||
Heath Shuler | 67% | |||
Zack Space | 67% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 67% |
Ellen Tauscher | 67% | |||
Ed Towns | 67% | |||
Stephanie Tubbs Jones | 67% | |||
Tom Udall | 67% | |||
David Wu | 67% | |||
John Yarmuth | 67% | |||
Neil Abercrombie | 65% | |||
Joe Baca, Sr. | 65% | |||
Sam Farr | 65% | |||
Tim Holden | 65% | |||
Dennis Moore | 65% | |||
Steve Rothman | 65% | |||
Louise Slaughter | 65% |