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State Office Name Party Rating
Maurice Hinchey 53%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 53%
Dale Kildee 53%
Ronald Klink 53%
Sandy Levin 53%
William Lipinski 53%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 53%
Dan Miller 53%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 53%
Donald Payne 53%
Steve Rothman 53%
Loretta Sanchez 53%
Bob Weygand 53%
Robert Byrd 52%
Tom Harkin 52%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 52%
Timothy Johnson 52%
Jon Kyl 52%
Patrick Leahy 52%
Patrick Moynihan 52%
ME State Senate - 9 Joseph Baldacci Democratic 50%
Robert Borski, Jr. 50%
Bob Brady 50%
Eva Clayton 50%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 50%
Eliot Engel 50%
Sam Farr 50%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 50%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 50%
Tony Hall 50%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 50%
Pete Hoekstra 50%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 50%
Tom Lantos 50%
Stephen Largent 50%
Frank LoBiondo 50%
James Maloney 50%
NJ U.S. Senate - Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 50%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 50%
David Price 50%
Ed Royce 50%
Bart Stupak 50%
Fred Upton 50%
Pete Visclosky 50%
Zach Wamp 50%
Frank Wolf 50%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 48%
Richard Bryan 48%
Dianne Feinstein 48%
Robert Franks 48%
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