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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Lynn Woolsey | 20% | |||
David Wu | 20% | |||
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 20% |
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 18% | |
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 18% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 18% |
Mike Capuano | 16% | |||
Tom Lantos | 16% | |||
George Miller | 16% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 16% |
Steve Rothman | 16% | |||
Bobby Rush | 16% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 16% |
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Hilda Solis | 16% | |
Henry Waxman | 16% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 15% |
John Barrow | 15% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 15% |
Bob Brady | 15% | |||
Corrine Brown | 15% | |||
Robert Byrd | 15% | |||
Russ Carnahan | 15% | |||
Joe Crowley | 15% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 15% |
Norm Dicks | 15% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 15% |
Sam Farr | 15% | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 15% | |||
Barney Frank | 15% | |||
Brian Higgins | 15% | |||
Daniel Inouye | 15% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 15% |
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 15% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 15% |
Sandy Levin | 15% | |||
Carolyn Maloney | 15% | |||
Martin Meehan | 15% | |||
Brad Miller | 15% | |||
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 15% |
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 15% |
Bill Nelson, Sr. | 15% | |||
Jim Oberstar | 15% | |||
Dave Obey | 15% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 15% |
Charlie Rangel | 15% | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 15% | |||
Tim Ryan | 15% | |||
Martin Olav Sabo | 15% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 15% |
NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 15% |
Mel Watt | 15% | |||
Bill Delahunt | 13% | |||
John Lewis | 13% | |||
Tom Udall | 12% | |||
Hillary Clinton | 11% | |||
Kent Conrad | 11% | |||
James Merrill Jeffords | 11% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 11% |
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 11% |
Juanita Millender-McDonald | 11% | |||
Bart Stupak | 11% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 11% |
Diane Watson | 11% | |||
Gary Ackerman | 10% | |||
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 10% | |||
Thomas Allen | 10% | |||
Evan Bayh | 10% | |||
Howard Berman | 10% | |||
Barbara Boxer | 10% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 10% |
Lois Capps | 10% | |||
Susan Davis | 10% | |||
Peter DeFazio | 10% | |||
Chris Dodd | 10% | |||
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 10% | |||
Eliot Engel | 10% | |||
Russ Feingold | 10% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 10% |
Rush Holt, Jr. | 10% | |||
Mike Honda | 10% | |||
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 10% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 10% |
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 10% | |||
Dale Kildee | 10% | |||
Herb Kohl | 10% | |||
Jim Langevin | 10% | |||
Nita Lowey | 10% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 10% |
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 10% |
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 10% |
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 10% |
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 10% |
Ken Salazar | 10% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 10% |
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 10% |
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 10% |
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 10% |
José Serrano | 10% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 10% |
Pete Visclosky | 10% |