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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Dennis Cardoza | 14% | |||
Ben Chandler III | 14% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 14% |
Ron Kind | 14% | |||
CT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Murphy | Democratic | 14% |
MD | U.S. House - 2 | Dutch Ruppersberger | Democratic | 14% |
Ike Skelton | 14% | |||
Vic Snyder | 14% | |||
John Adler | 13% | |||
Michael Arcuri | 13% | |||
John Boccieri | 13% | |||
Christopher Carney | 13% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 13% |
IL | U.S. House - 11 | Bill Foster | Democratic | 13% |
Gabrielle Giffords | 13% | |||
Debbie Halvorson | 13% | |||
Baron Hill | 13% | |||
Nita Lowey | 13% | |||
Jerry McNerney | 13% | |||
Zack Space | 13% | |||
John Tierney | 13% | |||
MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 13% |
CA | U.S. House - 8 | John Garamendi | Democratic | 12% |
Jay Rockefeller IV | 12% | |||
Ellen Tauscher | 12% | |||
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 11% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 11% |
DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 11% |
Dianne Feinstein | 11% | |||
Tom Harkin | 11% | |||
Claire McCaskill | 11% | |||
Harry Reid | 11% | |||
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 11% |
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 11% |
CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 8% |
Gary Ackerman | 7% | |||
Joe Baca, Sr. | 7% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 7% | |
Shelley Berkley | 7% | |||
Tim Bishop | 7% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 7% |
Leonard Boswell | 7% | |||
Russ Carnahan | 7% | |||
VA | U.S. House - 11 | Gerry Connolly | Democratic | 7% |
CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 7% |
Jerry Costello | 7% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 7% |
Artur Davis | 7% | |||
Susan Davis | 7% | |||
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 7% |
Norm Dicks | 7% | |||
John Dingell | 7% | |||
Joe Donnelly, Sr. | 7% | |||
Steve Driehaus | 7% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 7% |
Bob Etheridge | 7% | |||
Charlie Gonzalez | 7% | |||
Alan Grayson | 7% | |||
John Hall | 7% | |||
NM | U.S. Senate - Jr | Martin Heinrich | Democratic | 7% |
Brian Higgins | 7% | |||
Paul Hodes | 7% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 7% |
Steve Israel | 7% | |||
Steve Kagen | 7% | |||
Dale Kildee | 7% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 7% | |||
Mary Jo Kilroy | 7% | |||
Ron Klein | 7% | |||
Jim Langevin | 7% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 7% |
Sandy Levin | 7% | |||
Dan Lipinski | 7% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 7% |
NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Luján, Jr. | Democratic | 7% |
Dan Maffei | 7% | |||
Carolyn Maloney | 7% | |||
Jim McDermott | 7% | |||
ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 7% | |
Brad Miller | 7% | |||
Alan Mollohan | 7% | |||
Dennis Moore | 7% | |||
Patrick Murphy | 7% | |||
Jack Murtha | 7% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 7% |
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 7% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 7% |
Ed Perlmutter | 7% | |||
Tom Perriello | 7% | |||
MI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Gary Peters | Democratic | 7% |
Earl Pomeroy | 7% | |||
Nick Rahall II | 7% | |||
Silvestre Reyes | 7% | |||
Ciro Rodriguez | 7% | |||
Tim Ryan | 7% | |||
John Salazar | 7% | |||
Loretta Sanchez | 7% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 7% |
Allyson Schwartz | 7% | |||
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 7% |