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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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José Serrano | 41% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 40% | |||
CO | Governor | Jared Polis | Democratic | 40% |
Rob Andrews | 39% | |||
Tim Bishop | 39% | |||
John Dingell | 39% | |||
Frank Lautenberg | 39% | |||
Ed Pastor | 39% | |||
John Tierney | 39% | |||
Susan Davis | 38% | |||
Gary Johnson | 38% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 38% |
Steve Israel | 37% | |||
Dale Kildee | 37% | |||
Joe Lieberman | 37% | |||
LA | Council Member - At-Large | Jean-Paul Morrell | Democratic | 37% |
MD | U.S. House - 3 | John Sarbanes | Democratic | 37% |
Joe Donnelly, Sr. | 36% | |||
John McCain III | 36% | |||
ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 36% | |
Loretta Sanchez | 36% | |||
Lynn Woolsey | 36% | |||
Allyson Schwartz | 35% | |||
Don Payne, Jr. | 34% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 33% |
Ron Paul | 33% | |||
Donna Edwards | 32% | |||
John Spratt, Jr. | 32% | |||
Shelley Berkley | 31% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 31% |
LA | State Senate - 34 | Katrina Jackson | Democratic | 31% |
Stephen Ortego | 31% | |||
Norm Dicks | 30% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 8 | John Garamendi | Democratic | 30% |
Charlie Gonzalez | 30% | |||
Colleen Hanabusa | 30% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 30% | |||
Carolyn McCarthy | 30% | |||
AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 30% |
John Olver | 30% | |||
Silvestre Reyes | 30% | |||
UT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mitt Romney | Republican | 30% |
Steve Rothman | 30% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 24 | Frederica Wilson | Democratic | 30% |
Leonard Boswell | 29% | |||
Jeff Flake | 29% | |||
Richard Gallot, Jr. | 29% | |||
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 29% | |||
David Cicilline | 28% | |||
Ted Deutch | 28% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Marcia Fudge | 28% | |
CA | Supervisor - 4 | Janice Hahn | 28% | |
MA | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Keating | Democratic | 28% |
AL | U.S. House - 7 | Terri Sewell | Democratic | 28% |
LA | State Senate - 15 | Regina Barrow | Democratic | 27% |
Bruce Braley | 27% | |||
DE | Governor | John Carney, Jr. | Democratic | 27% |
FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 27% |
VA | U.S. House - 11 | Gerry Connolly | Democratic | 27% |
Brad Miller | 27% | |||
MI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Gary Peters | Democratic | 27% |
IL | U.S. House - 5 | Mike Quigley | Democratic | 27% |
Ed Towns | 27% | |||
MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 27% |
Chris Christie | 26% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 26% |
Dave Loebsack | 26% | |||
NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Luján, Jr. | Democratic | 26% |
Jerry McNerney | 26% | |||
George Pataki | 26% | |||
Ed Perlmutter | 26% | |||
ME | U.S. House - 1 | Chellie Pingree | Democratic | 26% |
Rob Portman | 26% | |||
Kurt Schrader | 26% | |||
Albio Sires | 26% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 20 | Paul Tonko | Democratic | 26% |
VT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Peter Welch | Democratic | 26% |
John Yarmuth | 26% | |||
Kelly Ayotte | 25% | |||
Judy Biggert | 25% | |||
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 25% | |||
Bill Owens | 25% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 13 | David Scott | Democratic | 25% |
Dean Heller | 24% | |||
Tim Holden | 24% | |||
Patrick Jefferson | 24% | |||
Nick Rahall II | 24% | |||
Marion Berry | 23% | |||
Allen Boyd, Jr. | 23% | |||
Jeff Arnold | 22% | |||
Timothy Johnson | 22% | |||
Gene Taylor | 22% | |||
Andy Anders | 21% | |||
James Armes III | 21% | |||
Russ Carnahan | 21% | |||
Jerry Gisclair | 21% | |||
Dorothy Hill | 21% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 21% | |||
Robert Johnson | 21% | |||
Sam Jones | 21% |