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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
Elijah Cummings | 34 | |||
Randall Cunningham | 78 | |||
Thomas Daschle | 29 | |||
James Davis | 25 | |||
Jo Ann Davis | 79 | |||
Susan Davis | 34 | |||
Thomas Davis III | 71 | |||
Mark Dayton | 24 | |||
Peter DeFazio | 33 | |||
Thomas DeLay | 89 | |||
James DeMint | 85 | |||
Nathan Deal | 79 | |||
Bill Delahunt | 33 | |||
Peter Deutsch | 26 | |||
Lincoln Diaz-Balart | 69 | |||
Norm Dicks | 39 | |||
John Dingell | 41 | |||
Chris Dodd | 39 | |||
Pete Domenici, Jr. | 88 | |||
Calvin Dooley | 49 | |||
John Doolittle | 89 | |||
Byron Dorgan | 44 | |||
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 34 | |||
David Dreier | 79 | |||
John Duncan, Jr. | 79 | |||
Jennifer Dunn | 79 | |||
John Edwards | 35 | |||
Chet Edwards | 57 | |||
Vern Ehlers | 69 | |||
Jo Ann Emerson | 88 | |||
Eliot Engel | 29 | |||
Philip English | 69 | |||
John Ensign | 89 | |||
Mike Enzi | 85 | |||
Bob Etheridge | 34 | |||
Lane Evans | 36 | |||
Terry Everett | 83 | |||
Sam Farr | 31 | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 29 | |||
Russ Feingold | 31 | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 35 | |||
Michael Ferguson | 68 | |||
Bob Filner | 5 | |||
Peter Fitzgerald | 77 | |||
Jeff Flake | 90 | |||
Mark Foley | 85 | |||
Randy Forbes | 90 | |||
Harold Ford, Jr. | 49 | |||
Vito Fossella, Jr. | 78 | |||
Barney Frank | 47 |
State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
Elijah Cummings | 34 | |||
Randall Cunningham | 78 | |||
Thomas Daschle | 29 | |||
James Davis | 25 | |||
Jo Ann Davis | 79 | |||
Susan Davis | 34 | |||
Thomas Davis III | 71 | |||
Mark Dayton | 24 | |||
Peter DeFazio | 33 | |||
Thomas DeLay | 89 | |||
James DeMint | 85 | |||
Nathan Deal | 79 | |||
Bill Delahunt | 33 | |||
Peter Deutsch | 26 | |||
Lincoln Diaz-Balart | 69 | |||
Norm Dicks | 39 | |||
John Dingell | 41 | |||
Chris Dodd | 39 | |||
Pete Domenici, Jr. | 88 | |||
Calvin Dooley | 49 | |||
John Doolittle | 89 | |||
Byron Dorgan | 44 | |||
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 34 | |||
David Dreier | 79 | |||
John Duncan, Jr. | 79 | |||
Jennifer Dunn | 79 | |||
John Edwards | 35 | |||
Chet Edwards | 57 | |||
Vern Ehlers | 69 | |||
Jo Ann Emerson | 88 | |||
Eliot Engel | 29 | |||
Philip English | 69 | |||
John Ensign | 89 | |||
Mike Enzi | 85 | |||
Bob Etheridge | 34 | |||
Lane Evans | 36 | |||
Terry Everett | 83 | |||
Sam Farr | 31 | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 29 | |||
Russ Feingold | 31 | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 35 | |||
Michael Ferguson | 68 | |||
Bob Filner | 5 | |||
Peter Fitzgerald | 77 | |||
Jeff Flake | 90 | |||
Mark Foley | 85 | |||
Randy Forbes | 90 | |||
Harold Ford, Jr. | 49 | |||
Vito Fossella, Jr. | 78 | |||
Barney Frank | 47 |