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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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SD | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Thune | Republican | 85% |
TN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Marsha Blackburn | Republican | 100% |
TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 41% |
TX | U.S. House - 10 | Michael McCaul | Republican | 100% |
TX | U.S. House - 12 | Kay Granger | Republican | 100% |
TX | U.S. House - 17 | Pete Sessions | Republican | 100% |
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 41% |
TX | U.S. House - 26 | Michael Burgess | Republican | 100% |
TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 100% |
TX | U.S. House - 31 | John Carter | Republican | 100% |
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 16% |
TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 100% |
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 16% |
WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 25% |
WA | U.S. House - 5 | Cathy Rodgers | Republican | 100% |
WA | U.S. House - 9 | Adam Smith | Democratic | 33% |
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 42% |
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 57% |
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 25% |
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 16% |
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 16% |
WV | U.S. Senate - Jr | Shelley Capito | Republican | 91% |
Neil Abercrombie | 58% | |||
Gary Ackerman | 25% | |||
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 42% | |||
Todd Akin | 91% | |||
Lamar Alexander | 100% | |||
Rodney Alexander | 100% | |||
Wayne Allard | 100% | |||
Thomas Allen | 16% | |||
Rob Andrews | 9% | |||
Joe Baca, Sr. | 54% | |||
Spencer Bachus | 100% | |||
Brian Baird | 36% | |||
Richard Hugh Baker | 100% | |||
J. Gresham Barrett | 83% | |||
John Barrow | 58% | |||
Roscoe Bartlett | 66% | |||
Joe Barton | 90% | |||
Max Baucus | 60% | |||
Evan Bayh | 42% | |||
Melissa Bean | 50% | |||
Bob Bennett | 100% | |||
Shelley Berkley | 25% | |||
Howard Berman | 16% | |||
Marion Berry | 83% | |||
Judy Biggert | 75% | |||
Jeff Bingaman | 57% | |||
Rob Bishop | 100% | |||
Tim Bishop | 16% | |||
Roy Blunt | 100% | |||
John Boehner | 100% | |||
Kit Bond | 100% | |||
Jo Bonner, Jr. | 91% | |||
Mary Bono Mack | 83% | |||
Dan Boren | 91% | |||
Leonard Boswell | 70% | |||
Rick Boucher | 66% | |||
Charles Boustany, Jr. | 91% | |||
Barbara Boxer | 28% | |||
Allen Boyd, Jr. | 58% | |||
Kevin Brady | 91% | |||
Bob Brady | 45% | |||
Corrine Brown | 25% | |||
Henry Brown, Jr. | 100% | |||
Ginny Brown-Waite | 91% | |||
Sam Brownback | 100% | |||
Jim Bunning | 100% | |||
Richard Burr | 100% | |||
Dan Burton | 100% | |||
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 33% | |||
Steve Buyer | 100% | |||
Robert Byrd | 57% | |||
Dave Camp | 100% | |||
John Campbell III | 50% |