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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Bob Filner | 56% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 56% |
John Kerry | 50% | |||
Patrick Leahy | 50% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 50% |
John Sununu | 50% | |||
Thomas Allen | 44% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 44% |
MD | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 44% |
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 38% | |||
Jeff Bingaman | 38% | |||
Thad Cochran | 38% | |||
Blanche Lincoln | 38% | |||
Barack Obama II | 38% | |||
Ken Salazar | 38% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 38% |
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 33% |
Rick Boucher | 33% | |||
TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 33% |
John Conyers, Jr. | 33% | |||
Vern Ehlers | 33% | |||
MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 33% |
Jane Harman | 33% | |||
HI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mazie Hirono | Democratic | 33% |
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 33% |
Dave Loebsack | 33% | |||
Carolyn Maloney | 33% | |||
ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 33% | |
Steve Rothman | 33% | |||
John Shimkus | 33% | |||
Max Baucus | 25% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 25% |
Hillary Clinton | 25% | |||
Norm Coleman | 25% | |||
ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 25% |
TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 25% |
Chris Dodd | 25% | |||
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 25% |
Russ Feingold | 25% | |||
Charles Hagel | 25% | |||
Tom Harkin | 25% | |||
Timothy Johnson | 25% | |||
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 25% | |||
MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 25% |
Joe Lieberman | 25% | |||
Claire McCaskill | 25% | |||
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 25% |
AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 25% |
Bill Nelson, Sr. | 25% | |||
Jay Rockefeller IV | 25% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 25% |
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 25% |
Olympia Snowe | 25% | |||
MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 25% |
MT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jon Tester | Democratic | 25% |
Michael Arcuri | 22% | |||
Dan Burton | 22% | |||
Ben Chandler III | 22% | |||
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 22% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 22% | |||
Peter DeFazio | 22% | |||
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 22% |
Charlie Gonzalez | 22% | |||
Bart Gordon | 22% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 22% | |||
Phil Hare | 22% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 22% | |||
Tim Holden | 22% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 22% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 22% |
Patrick Kennedy | 22% | |||
Ron Kind | 22% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 22% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 22% |
Thaddeus McCotter | 22% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 22% |
George Miller | 22% | |||
Jim Moran, Jr. | 22% | |||
Ron Paul | 22% | |||
David Price | 22% | |||
Nick Rahall II | 22% | |||
Mike Ross | 22% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 22% |
Carol Shea-Porter | 22% | |||
Pete Stark | 22% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 22% |
Todd Tiahrt | 22% | |||
Ed Towns | 22% | |||
Mark Udall | 22% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 22% |
Henry Waxman | 22% | |||
Robert Wexler | 22% | |||
Lamar Alexander | 13% | |||
WY | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Barrasso | Republican | 13% |
Bob Bennett | 13% | |||
NA | President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 13% |
Barbara Boxer | 13% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 13% |
Richard Burr | 13% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 13% |