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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 100% | |||
Lamar Alexander | 33% | |||
Wayne Allard | 33% | |||
Max Baucus | 67% | |||
Evan Bayh | 67% | |||
Bob Bennett | 33% | |||
NA | President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
Jeff Bingaman | 67% | |||
Kit Bond | 33% | |||
Barbara Boxer | 67% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 100% |
Sam Brownback | 0% | |||
Jim Bunning | 33% | |||
Richard Burr | 0% | |||
Robert Byrd | 100% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 100% |
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 100% |
DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 67% |
PA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Casey, Jr. | Democratic | 67% |
Saxby Chambliss | 33% | |||
Hillary Clinton | 67% | |||
Thomas Coburn | 0% | |||
Thad Cochran | 33% | |||
Norm Coleman | 0% | |||
ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 33% |
Kent Conrad | 67% | |||
Robert Corker | 33% | |||
TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 33% |
Larry Craig | 33% | |||
ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 33% |
James DeMint | 33% | |||
Chris Dodd | 67% | |||
Elizabeth Dole | 50% | |||
Pete Domenici, Jr. | 33% | |||
Byron Dorgan | 67% | |||
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 100% |
John Ensign | 33% | |||
Mike Enzi | 0% | |||
Russ Feingold | 67% | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 100% | |||
SC | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 33% |
IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 33% |
Judd Gregg | 33% | |||
Charles Hagel | 67% | |||
Tom Harkin | 100% | |||
Orrin Hatch | 0% | |||
Kay Hutchison | 33% | |||
Jim Inhofe | 33% | |||
Daniel Inouye | 100% | |||
Johnny Isakson | 33% | |||
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 67% | |||
John Kerry | 67% | |||
MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 100% |
Herb Kohl | 100% | |||
Jon Kyl | 33% | |||
Mary Landrieu | 67% | |||
Frank Lautenberg | 100% | |||
Patrick Leahy | 67% | |||
Carl Levin | 67% | |||
Joe Lieberman | 33% | |||
Blanche Lincoln | 67% | |||
Trent Lott, Sr. | 33% | |||
Dick Lugar | 33% | |||
Melquiades Martinez | 33% | |||
John McCain III | 50% | |||
Claire McCaskill | 67% | |||
KY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mitch McConnell, Jr. | Republican | 33% |
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 100% |
Barbara Mikulski | 100% | |||
AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 33% |
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 100% |
Bill Nelson, Sr. | 67% | |||
Ben Nelson | 67% | |||
Barack Obama II | 67% | |||
Mark Pryor | 67% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 67% |
Harry Reid | 100% | |||
Pat Roberts | 33% | |||
Jay Rockefeller IV | 67% | |||
Ken Salazar | 67% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 67% |
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 100% |
Jeff Sessions III | 33% | |||
Richard Shelby | 33% | |||
Gordon Smith | 67% | |||
Olympia Snowe | 33% | |||
Arlen Specter | 33% | |||
MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 100% |
Ted Stevens | 33% | |||
John Sununu | 33% | |||
MT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jon Tester | Democratic | 67% |
SD | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Thune | Republican | 33% |
David Vitter | 33% | |||
George Voinovich | 33% | |||
John Warner | 33% | |||
Jim Webb, Jr. | 67% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 67% |
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 67% |