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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Larry Kissell | 16% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 16% | |||
Jim Langevin | 16% | |||
Sandy Levin | 16% | |||
Betsy Markey | 16% | |||
Michael McMahon | 16% | |||
ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 16% | |
Scott Murphy | 16% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 16% |
Dave Obey | 16% | |||
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 16% | |||
Donald Payne | 16% | |||
Tom Perriello | 16% | |||
Earl Pomeroy | 16% | |||
Silvestre Reyes | 16% | |||
Ciro Rodriguez | 16% | |||
Bobby Rush | 16% | |||
Tim Ryan | 16% | |||
John Salazar | 16% | |||
Vic Snyder | 16% | |||
John Spratt, Jr. | 16% | |||
MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 16% |
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 16% |
Mel Watt | 16% | |||
Byron Dorgan | 14% | |||
Ted Kaufman | 14% | |||
Mark Pryor | 14% | |||
Neil Abercrombie | 0% | |||
Gary Ackerman | 0% | |||
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 0% | |||
Rob Andrews | 0% | |||
Brian Baird | 0% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 0% |
Max Baucus | 0% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 0% | |
Mark Begich | 0% | |||
CO | U.S. Senate - Sr | Michael Bennet | Democratic | 0% |
Shelley Berkley | 0% | |||
Howard Berman | 0% | |||
Jeff Bingaman | 0% | |||
Tim Bishop | 0% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 0% |
Leonard Boswell | 0% | |||
Barbara Boxer | 0% | |||
Bob Brady | 0% | |||
Bruce Braley | 0% | |||
Corrine Brown | 0% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 0% |
Roland Burris | 0% | |||
Robert Byrd | 0% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 0% |
Lois Capps | 0% | |||
Mike Capuano | 0% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 0% |
Russ Carnahan | 0% | |||
DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 0% |
IN | U.S. House - 7 | André Carson | Democratic | 0% |
FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 0% |
CA | U.S. House - 28 | Judy Chu | Democratic | 0% |
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 0% | |||
MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 0% |
SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 0% |
TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 0% |
VA | U.S. House - 11 | Gerry Connolly | Democratic | 0% |
John Conyers, Jr. | 0% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 0% |
Joe Crowley | 0% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 0% | |||
Susan Davis | 0% | |||
Peter DeFazio | 0% | |||
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 0% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 0% |
Bill Delahunt | 0% | |||
Ted Deutch | 0% | |||
Norm Dicks | 0% | |||
Chris Dodd | 0% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 0% |
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 0% |
MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 0% |
Eliot Engel | 0% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 0% |
Sam Farr | 0% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 0% | |||
Russ Feingold | 0% | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 0% | |||
Bob Filner | 0% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 11 | Bill Foster | Democratic | 0% |
Barney Frank | 0% | |||
Al Franken | 0% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 8 | John Garamendi | Democratic | 0% |
Gabrielle Giffords | 0% | |||
NY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic | 0% |
Charlie Gonzalez | 0% | |||
Carte Goodwin | 0% | |||
Alan Grayson | 0% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 0% |
Gene Green | 0% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 0% |
Luis Gutiérrez | 0% | |||
Kay Hagan | 0% |