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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Chris Lee | 100% | |||
HI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Brian Schatz | Democratic | 100% |
FL | U.S. House - 26 | Mario Diaz-Balart | Republican | 90% |
Bob Dold | 90% | |||
Jo Ann Emerson | 90% | |||
Pete King | 90% | |||
Adam Kinzinger | 90% | |||
Steve LaTourette | 90% | |||
Leonard Lance | 90% | |||
Pat Meehan | 90% | |||
Tim Murphy | 90% | |||
Dave Reichert | 90% | |||
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | 90% | |||
Jon Runyan | 90% | |||
Aaron Schock | 90% | |||
John Shimkus | 90% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 90% |
Judy Biggert | 88% | |||
Michael Grimm | 88% | |||
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 88% |
OR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Jeff Merkley | Democratic | 88% |
AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 88% |
Ben Nelson | 88% | |||
Donald Young | 88% | |||
Thaddeus McCotter | 87% | |||
Joe Lieberman | 85% | |||
Dean Heller | 83% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 1 | Suzanne Bonamici | Democratic | 80% |
FL | U.S. House - 16 | Vern Buchanan | Republican | 80% |
Chip Cravaack | 80% | |||
Chris Gibson | 80% | |||
Mark Kirk | 80% | |||
Frank LoBiondo | 80% | |||
David McKinley | 80% | |||
Peter Roskam | 80% | |||
Mike Ross | 80% | |||
OH | State House - 62 | Jean Schmidt | Republican | 80% |
OH | U.S. House - 10 | Mike Turner | Republican | 80% |
Max Baucus | 77% | |||
Mark Begich | 77% | |||
Jeff Bingaman | 77% | |||
CT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | 77% |
Scott Brown | 77% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 77% |
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 77% |
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 77% |
PA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Casey, Jr. | Democratic | 77% |
Kent Conrad | 77% | |||
DE | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Coons | Democratic | 77% |
Dianne Feinstein | 77% | |||
Jeff Fortenberry | 77% | |||
NY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic | 77% |
Mike Johanns | 77% | |||
Timothy Johnson | 77% | |||
Tim Johnson | 77% | |||
John Kerry | 77% | |||
MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 77% |
Herb Kohl | 77% | |||
Mary Landrieu | 77% | |||
WV | U.S. Senate - Sr | Joe Manchin III | Democratic | 77% |
Claire McCaskill | 77% | |||
Bill Nelson, Sr. | 77% | |||
Mark Pryor | 77% | |||
Jay Rockefeller IV | 77% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 77% |
NH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | 77% |
MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 77% |
MT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jon Tester | Democratic | 77% |
Tom Udall | 77% | |||
David Vitter | 77% | |||
Jim Webb, Jr. | 77% | |||
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 77% |
Bill Young | 77% | |||
Dan Burton | 75% | |||
Kay Hagan | 75% | |||
Mark Udall | 75% | |||
VA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mark Warner | Democratic | 75% |
Barbara Boxer | 71% | |||
Thomas Coburn | 71% | |||
CA | Supervisor - 4 | Janice Hahn | 71% | |
NY | Governor | Kathy Hochul | Democratic | 71% |
Jerry Lewis | 71% | |||
Rodney Alexander | 70% | |||
Jason Altmire | 70% | |||
Lou Barletta | 70% | |||
Charlie Bass | 70% | |||
Dan Benishek | 70% | |||
Brian Bilbray | 70% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 70% |
Mary Bono Mack | 70% | |||
Kevin Brady | 70% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 41 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 70% |
Dave Camp | 70% | |||
WV | U.S. Senate - Jr | Shelley Capito | Republican | 70% |
Russ Carnahan | 70% | |||
Ben Chandler III | 70% | |||
Howard Coble | 70% | |||
OK | U.S. House - 4 | Tom Cole | Republican | 70% |
VA | U.S. House - 11 | Gerry Connolly | Democratic | 70% |
Ander Crenshaw | 70% |