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State Office Name Party Rating
Mike Fitzpatrick 33%
Jeff Fortenberry 33%
Trent Franks 33%
Scott Garrett 33%
Louie Gohmert 33%
Trey Gowdy III 33%
Tom Graves, Jr. 33%
AR Attorney General Tim Griffin Republican 33%
KY U.S. House - 2 Brett Guthrie Republican 33%
Vicky Hartzler 33%
Doc Hastings 33%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 33%
Tim Huelskamp 33%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa Republican 33%
TX U.S. House - 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 33%
Walter Jones, Jr. 33%
MA U.S. House - 9 Bill Keating Democratic 33%
Joe Kennedy III 33%
CA U.S. House - 1 Doug LaMalfa Republican 33%
ID Attorney General Raúl Labrador Republican 33%
Tom Latham 33%
John Lewis 33%
Dave Loebsack 33%
Billy Long 33%
Alan Lowenthal 33%
NM U.S. Senate - Sr Ben Luján, Jr. Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 33%
Carolyn Maloney 33%
CA U.S. House - 5 Tom McClintock Republican 33%
Jim McDermott 33%
Jerry McNerney 33%
Mark Meadows 33%
Luke Messer 33%
John Mica 33%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 33%
Jim Moran, Jr. 33%
OK U.S. Senate - Jr Markwayne Mullin Republican 33%
Mick Mulvaney 33%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 33%
SD Governor Kristi Noem Republican 33%
Pete Olson 33%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 33%
Steve Pearce 33%
PA U.S. House - 10 Scott Perry Republican 33%
Tom Petri 33%
ME U.S. House - 1 Chellie Pingree Democratic 33%
Ted Poe 33%
Charlie Rangel 33%
Reid Ribble 33%
Phil Roe 33%
Dana Rohrabacher 33%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 33%
AZ U.S. House - 1 David Schweikert Republican 33%
GA U.S. House - 8 Austin Scott Republican 33%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 33%
Carol Shea-Porter 33%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 33%
AZ U.S. Senate - Sr Kyrsten Sinema Independent 33%
Albio Sires 33%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 33%
Jackie Speier 33%
Chris Stewart 33%
Steve Stockman 33%
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 33%
PA U.S. House - 15 GT Thompson, Jr. Republican 33%
John Tierney 33%
NY U.S. House - 20 Paul Tonko Democratic 33%
Niki Tsongas 33%
MD U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House - 52 Juan Vargas Democratic 33%
Filemon Vela, Jr. 33%
Henry Waxman 33%
TX U.S. House - 14 Randy Weber, Sr. Republican 33%
VT U.S. Senate - Jr Peter Welch Democratic 33%
FL U.S. House - 24 Frederica Wilson Democratic 33%
State Office Name Party Rating
Mike Fitzpatrick 33%
Jeff Fortenberry 33%
Trent Franks 33%
Scott Garrett 33%
Louie Gohmert 33%
Trey Gowdy III 33%
Tom Graves, Jr. 33%
AR Attorney General Tim Griffin R 33%
KY U.S. House - 2 Brett Guthrie R 33%
Vicky Hartzler 33%
Doc Hastings 33%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 33%
Tim Huelskamp 33%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa R 33%
TX U.S. House - 18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 33%
Walter Jones, Jr. 33%
MA U.S. House - 9 Bill Keating D 33%
Joe Kennedy III 33%
CA U.S. House - 1 Doug LaMalfa R 33%
ID Attorney General Raúl Labrador R 33%
Tom Latham 33%
John Lewis 33%
Dave Loebsack 33%
Billy Long 33%
Alan Lowenthal 33%
NM U.S. Senate - Sr Ben Luján, Jr. D 33%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 33%
Carolyn Maloney 33%
CA U.S. House - 5 Tom McClintock R 33%
Jim McDermott 33%
Jerry McNerney 33%
Mark Meadows 33%
Luke Messer 33%
John Mica 33%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 33%
Jim Moran, Jr. 33%
OK U.S. Senate - Jr Markwayne Mullin R 33%
Mick Mulvaney 33%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 33%
SD Governor Kristi Noem R 33%
Pete Olson 33%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 33%
Steve Pearce 33%
PA U.S. House - 10 Scott Perry R 33%
Tom Petri 33%
ME U.S. House - 1 Chellie Pingree D 33%
Ted Poe 33%
Charlie Rangel 33%
Reid Ribble 33%
Phil Roe 33%
Dana Rohrabacher 33%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky D 33%
AZ U.S. House - 1 David Schweikert R 33%
GA U.S. House - 8 Austin Scott R 33%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 33%
Carol Shea-Porter 33%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 33%
AZ U.S. Senate - Sr Kyrsten Sinema I 33%
Albio Sires 33%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 33%
Jackie Speier 33%
Chris Stewart 33%
Steve Stockman 33%
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez D 33%
PA U.S. House - 15 GT Thompson, Jr. R 33%
John Tierney 33%
NY U.S. House - 20 Paul Tonko D 33%
Niki Tsongas 33%
MD U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 33%
CA U.S. House - 52 Juan Vargas D 33%
Filemon Vela, Jr. 33%
Henry Waxman 33%
TX U.S. House - 14 Randy Weber, Sr. R 33%
VT U.S. Senate - Jr Peter Welch D 33%
FL U.S. House - 24 Frederica Wilson D 33%
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