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State Office Name Party Rating
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 62%
Joe Scarborough 62%
John Tierney 62%
John Ashcroft 60%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 60%
Julia Carson 59%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 59%
James Davis 59%
Barney Frank 59%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 59%
Paul Kanjorski 59%
Dennis Kucinich 59%
Carolyn Maloney 59%
Major Owens 59%
Bobby Rush 59%
Ted Strickland 59%
Sidney Yates 59%
Thomas Allen 56%
Rod Blagojevich 56%
Christopher Cox 56%
William Coyne 56%
Bill Delahunt 56%
John Duncan, Jr. 56%
CA U.S. House - 16 Anna Eshoo Democratic 56%
Lane Evans 56%
Bob Filner 56%
Jay Johnson 56%
John LaFalce 56%
John Lewis 56%
Nita Lowey 56%
Jim McDermott 56%
Jim Moran, Jr. 56%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 56%
John Olver 56%
NJ U.S. House - 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 56%
Rob Portman 56%
James Ramstad 56%
Matt Salmon 56%
Thomas Sawyer 56%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 56%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 56%
Bob Smith 56%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 56%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 56%
Lynn Woolsey 56%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 53%
Brian Bilbray 53%
David Edward Bonior 53%
John Conyers, Jr. 53%
John Ensign 53%
State Office Name Party Rating
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 62%
Joe Scarborough 62%
John Tierney 62%
John Ashcroft 60%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 60%
Julia Carson 59%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 59%
James Davis 59%
Barney Frank 59%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 59%
Paul Kanjorski 59%
Dennis Kucinich 59%
Carolyn Maloney 59%
Major Owens 59%
Bobby Rush 59%
Ted Strickland 59%
Sidney Yates 59%
Thomas Allen 56%
Rod Blagojevich 56%
Christopher Cox 56%
William Coyne 56%
Bill Delahunt 56%
John Duncan, Jr. 56%
CA U.S. House - 16 Anna Eshoo D 56%
Lane Evans 56%
Bob Filner 56%
Jay Johnson 56%
John LaFalce 56%
John Lewis 56%
Nita Lowey 56%
Jim McDermott 56%
Jim Moran, Jr. 56%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 56%
John Olver 56%
NJ U.S. House - 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 56%
Rob Portman 56%
James Ramstad 56%
Matt Salmon 56%
Thomas Sawyer 56%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 56%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 56%
Bob Smith 56%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 56%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 56%
Lynn Woolsey 56%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 53%
Brian Bilbray 53%
David Edward Bonior 53%
John Conyers, Jr. 53%
John Ensign 53%
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