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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Daniel Inouye | 68% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 68% |
Ron Kind | 68% | |||
MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 68% |
WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 68% |
Barbara Mikulski | 68% | |||
MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 68% |
MD | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 68% |
Kurt Schrader | 67% | |||
Heath Shuler | 67% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 67% |
FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 65% |
Mark Begich | 63% | |||
Jeff Bingaman | 63% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 63% |
DE | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Coons | Democratic | 63% |
Dianne Feinstein | 63% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 63% |
NH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | 63% |
MT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jon Tester | Democratic | 63% |
Kent Conrad | 61% | |||
John Kerry | 61% | |||
Mary Landrieu | 61% | |||
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 61% |
Max Baucus | 58% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 58% |
Timothy Johnson | 58% | |||
Mike McIntyre | 58% | |||
Collin Peterson | 58% | |||
Mark Pryor | 58% | |||
Herb Kohl | 56% | |||
VA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mark Warner | Democratic | 56% |
Ron Paul | 55% | |||
John Barrow | 53% | |||
DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 53% |
TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 53% |
WV | U.S. Senate - Sr | Joe Manchin III | Independent | 53% |
Claire McCaskill | 53% | |||
Mark Udall | 53% | |||
Jim Webb, Jr. | 53% | |||
CO | U.S. Senate - Sr | Michael Bennet | Democratic | 47% |
Jim Cooper | 47% | |||
Bill Nelson, Sr. | 47% | |||
Walter Jones, Jr. | 42% | |||
Ben Nelson | 42% | |||
Joe Lieberman | 41% | |||
Mike Ross | 39% | |||
Michele Bachmann | 38% | |||
ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 37% |
Jim Matheson | 37% | |||
David McKinley | 37% | |||
Thomas Coburn | 33% | |||
John Ensign | 33% | |||
KY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Rand Paul | Republican | 33% |
Jeff Flake | 32% | |||
SC | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 32% |
Tim Johnson | 32% | |||
UT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Lee | Republican | 32% |
Olympia Snowe | 32% | |||
David Vitter | 32% | |||
Justin Amash | 26% | |||
Dan Boren | 26% | |||
Paul Broun | 26% | |||
James DeMint | 26% | |||
VA | U.S. House - 9 | Morgan Griffith | Republican | 26% |
Orrin Hatch | 26% | |||
Steve LaTourette | 26% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 5 | Tom McClintock | Republican | 26% |
FL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Marco Rubio | Republican | 26% |
Pat Toomey | 26% | |||
Dean Heller | 23% | |||
Jim Inhofe | 22% | |||
Connie Mack IV | 22% | |||
Rob Bishop | 21% | |||
John Campbell III | 21% | |||
Saxby Chambliss | 21% | |||
ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 21% |
SC | U.S. House - 3 | Jeff Duncan | Republican | 21% |
John Duncan, Jr. | 21% | |||
Scott Garrett | 21% | |||
Trey Gowdy III | 21% | |||
IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 21% |
WI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Johnson | Republican | 21% |
Steve King | 21% | |||
Frank LoBiondo | 21% | |||
Mick Mulvaney | 21% | |||
ID | U.S. Senate - Jr | James Risch | Republican | 21% |
Richard Shelby | 21% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 21% |
SC | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Wilson, Sr. | Republican | 21% |
Donald Young | 18% | |||
Joe Barton | 17% | |||
Kelly Ayotte | 16% | |||
WY | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Barrasso | Republican | 16% |
Mo Brooks | 16% | |||
Scott Brown | 16% | |||
Richard Burr | 16% | |||
Jason Chaffetz | 16% | |||
Dan Coats | 16% | |||
Chip Cravaack | 16% |