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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Richard Hanna | 24% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 23% |
MA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic | 23% |
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 21% |
WV | U.S. Senate - Sr | Joe Manchin III | Democratic | 21% |
AZ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Kyrsten Sinema | Independent | 21% |
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 21% |
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 20% | |||
Tim Ryan | 20% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 20% |
GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 19% |
Filemon Vela, Jr. | 19% | |||
MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 19% |
Joe Donnelly, Sr. | 18% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 36 | Ted Lieu | Democratic | 18% |
Cedric Richmond | 18% | |||
Bobby Rush | 18% | |||
Mark Takai | 18% | |||
Brad Ashford | 17% | |||
Jim Cooper | 17% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 17% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 17% |
Luis Gutiérrez | 17% | |||
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 17% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 17% |
Jim McDermott | 17% | |||
OR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Jeff Merkley | Democratic | 17% |
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 17% |
MD | U.S. House - 2 | Dutch Ruppersberger | Democratic | 17% |
TX | U.S. House - 33 | Marc Veasey | Democratic | 17% |
NJ | U.S. Senate - Jr | Cory Booker | Democratic | 16% |
Bob Brady | 16% | |||
Corrine Brown | 16% | |||
DE | Governor | John Carney, Jr. | Democratic | 16% |
ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 16% |
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 16% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 16% |
Gene Green | 16% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 16% |
GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 16% |
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 16% |
Sandy Levin | 16% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 16% |
NM | Governor | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Democratic | 16% |
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 16% |
NJ | U.S. House - 12 | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Democratic | 16% |
John Delaney | 15% | |||
Gwen Graham | 15% | |||
Alan Grayson | 15% | |||
Jim Langevin | 15% | |||
Sean Maloney | 15% | |||
Patrick Murphy | 15% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 15% |
NJ | U.S. House - 1 | Donald Norcross | Democratic | 15% |
CO | Governor | Jared Polis | Democratic | 15% |
CA | U.S. House - 25 | Raul Ruiz | Democratic | 15% |
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 15% |
WA | U.S. House - 9 | Adam Smith | Democratic | 15% |
CA | U.S. House - 33 | Pete Aguilar | Democratic | 14% |
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 14% | |
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 14% |
PA | U.S. House - 2 | Brendan Boyle | Democratic | 14% |
Cheri Bustos | 14% | |||
Mike Capuano | 14% | |||
David Cicilline | 14% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 14% |
TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 14% |
John Conyers, Jr. | 14% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 14% |
Elijah Cummings | 14% | |||
MI | U.S. House - 6 | Debbie Dingell | Democratic | 14% |
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 14% |
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 14% | |||
MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 14% |
Elizabeth Esty | 14% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 22 | Lois Frankel | Democratic | 14% |
NA | U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Marcia Fudge | 14% | |
Tulsi Gabbard | 14% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 3 | Ruben Gallego | Democratic | 14% |
Brian Higgins | 14% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Himes | Democratic | 14% |
Mike Honda | 14% | |||
MI | U.S. House - 8 | Dan Kildee | Democratic | 14% |
Mark Kirk | 14% | |||
Ann Kirkpatrick | 14% | |||
NH | U.S. House - 2 | Annie Kuster | Democratic | 14% |
Dave Loebsack | 14% | |||
Nita Lowey | 14% | |||
NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Luján, Jr. | Democratic | 14% |
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 14% |
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 14% |
Rick Nolan | 14% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 14% |
Ed Perlmutter | 14% | |||
ME | U.S. House - 1 | Chellie Pingree | Democratic | 14% |
WI | U.S. House - 2 | Mark Pocan | Democratic | 14% |
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 14% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 3 | John Sarbanes | Democratic | 14% |
Kurt Schrader | 14% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 13 | David Scott | Democratic | 14% |
State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Hanna | 24% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | I | 23% |
MA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Elizabeth Warren | D | 23% |
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | D | 21% |
WV | U.S. Senate - Sr | Joe Manchin III | D | 21% |
AZ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Kyrsten Sinema | I | 21% |
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | D | 21% |
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 20% | |||
Tim Ryan | 20% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | D | 20% |
GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | D | 19% |
Filemon Vela, Jr. | 19% | |||
MN | Governor | Tim Walz | DFL | 19% |
Joe Donnelly, Sr. | 18% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 36 | Ted Lieu | D | 18% |
Cedric Richmond | 18% | |||
Bobby Rush | 18% | |||
Mark Takai | 18% | |||
Brad Ashford | 17% | |||
Jim Cooper | 17% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | D | 17% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | D | 17% |
Luis Gutiérrez | 17% | |||
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 17% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | D | 17% |
Jim McDermott | 17% | |||
OR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Jeff Merkley | D | 17% |
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | D | 17% |
MD | U.S. House - 2 | Dutch Ruppersberger | D | 17% |
TX | U.S. House - 33 | Marc Veasey | D | 17% |
NJ | U.S. Senate - Jr | Cory Booker | D | 16% |
Bob Brady | 16% | |||
Corrine Brown | 16% | |||
DE | Governor | John Carney, Jr. | D | 16% |
ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | R | 16% |
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 16% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | D | 16% |
Gene Green | 16% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | D | 16% |
GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | D | 16% |
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | D | 16% |
Sandy Levin | 16% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | D | 16% |
NM | Governor | Michelle Lujan Grisham | D | 16% |
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | D | 16% |
NJ | U.S. House - 12 | Bonnie Watson Coleman | D | 16% |
John Delaney | 15% | |||
Gwen Graham | 15% | |||
Alan Grayson | 15% | |||
Jim Langevin | 15% | |||
Sean Maloney | 15% | |||
Patrick Murphy | 15% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | D | 15% |
NJ | U.S. House - 1 | Donald Norcross | D | 15% |
CO | Governor | Jared Polis | D | 15% |
CA | U.S. House - 25 | Raul Ruiz | D | 15% |
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | D | 15% |
WA | U.S. House - 9 | Adam Smith | D | 15% |
CA | U.S. House - 33 | Pete Aguilar | D | 14% |
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 14% | |
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | D | 14% |
PA | U.S. House - 2 | Brendan Boyle | D | 14% |
Cheri Bustos | 14% | |||
Mike Capuano | 14% | |||
David Cicilline | 14% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | D | 14% |
TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | D | 14% |
John Conyers, Jr. | 14% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | D | 14% |
Elijah Cummings | 14% | |||
MI | U.S. House - 6 | Debbie Dingell | D | 14% |
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | D | 14% |
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 14% | |||
MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | DFL | 14% |
Elizabeth Esty | 14% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 22 | Lois Frankel | D | 14% |
NA | U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Marcia Fudge | 14% | |
Tulsi Gabbard | 14% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 3 | Ruben Gallego | D | 14% |
Brian Higgins | 14% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Himes | D | 14% |
Mike Honda | 14% | |||
MI | U.S. House - 8 | Dan Kildee | D | 14% |
Mark Kirk | 14% | |||
Ann Kirkpatrick | 14% | |||
NH | U.S. House - 2 | Annie Kuster | D | 14% |
Dave Loebsack | 14% | |||
Nita Lowey | 14% | |||
NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Luján, Jr. | D | 14% |
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | D | 14% |
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | D | 14% |
Rick Nolan | 14% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | D | 14% |
Ed Perlmutter | 14% | |||
ME | U.S. House - 1 | Chellie Pingree | D | 14% |
WI | U.S. House - 2 | Mark Pocan | D | 14% |
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 14% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 3 | John Sarbanes | D | 14% |
Kurt Schrader | 14% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 13 | David Scott | D | 14% |