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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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PA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Casey, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
LA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bill Cassidy | Republican | 54% |
ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 34% |
TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 57% |
ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 57% |
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 0% |
NY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic | 0% |
SC | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 76% |
IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 94% |
NM | U.S. Senate - Jr | Martin Heinrich | Democratic | 27% |
MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 44% |
NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Luján, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
WY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Cynthia Lummis | Republican | 69% |
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 0% |
KY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mitch McConnell, Jr. | Republican | 76% |
OR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Jeff Merkley | Democratic | 21% |
KS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jerry Moran | Republican | 89% |
AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 42% |
CT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Murphy | Democratic | 36% |
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 0% |
MI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Gary Peters | Democratic | 54% |
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 0% |
ID | U.S. Senate - Jr | James Risch | Republican | 76% |
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 0% |
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 16% |
NH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | 0% |
MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 32% |
MT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jon Tester | Democratic | 73% |
SD | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Thune | Republican | 57% |
MD | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 54% |
VA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mark Warner | Democratic | 0% |
VT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Peter Welch | Democratic | 27% |
RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 16% |
MS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 76% |
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 36% |
Neil Abercrombie | 27% | |||
Gary Ackerman | 0% | |||
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 0% | |||
Todd Akin | 91% | |||
Lamar Alexander | 76% | |||
Rodney Alexander | 93% | |||
Jason Altmire | 76% | |||
Michael Arcuri | 57% | |||
Steve Austria | 54% | |||
Joe Baca, Sr. | 27% | |||
Michele Bachmann | 73% | |||
Spencer Bachus | 88% | |||
Brian Baird | 86% | |||
J. Gresham Barrett | 89% | |||
John Barrow | 81% | |||
Roscoe Bartlett | 94% | |||
Joe Barton | 69% | |||
Max Baucus | 73% | |||
Evan Bayh | 50% | |||
Melissa Bean | 75% | |||
Mark Begich | 1% | |||
Bob Bennett | 57% | |||
Shelley Berkley | 27% | |||
Marion Berry | 0% | |||
Judy Biggert | 76% | |||
Brian Bilbray | 96% | |||
Jeff Bingaman | 0% | |||
Rob Bishop | 54% | |||
Tim Bishop | 54% | |||
Roy Blunt | 82% | |||
John Boccieri | 54% | |||
John Boehner | 54% | |||
Kit Bond | 57% | |||
Jo Bonner, Jr. | 73% | |||
Mary Bono Mack | 66% | |||
Dan Boren | 54% | |||
Leonard Boswell | 60% | |||
Rick Boucher | 86% | |||
Charles Boustany, Jr. | 60% | |||
Allen Boyd, Jr. | 45% | |||
Kevin Brady | 82% | |||
Bob Brady | 27% | |||
Bruce Braley | 14% | |||
Bobby Bright | 82% | |||
Paul Broun | 92% | |||
Corrine Brown | 27% | |||
Henry Brown, Jr. | 85% | |||
Scott Brown | 0% | |||
Ginny Brown-Waite | 87% | |||
Sam Brownback | 57% | |||
Jim Bunning | 76% | |||
Richard Burr | 57% | |||
Roland Burris | 0% | |||
Dan Burton | 96% | |||
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 36% | |||
Steve Buyer | 79% | |||
Robert Byrd | 0% | |||
Dave Camp | 54% | |||
John Campbell III | 85% | |||
Eric Cantor | 76% | |||
Joseph Cao | 32% | |||
Mike Capuano | 0% | |||
Dennis Cardoza | 36% | |||
Russ Carnahan | 54% | |||
Christopher Carney | 75% |