Rating Group: American Conservative Union

2007 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 67%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 65%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 88%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 83%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 83%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 80%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 84%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 92%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 12%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 92%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 80%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 100%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 0%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 0%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 0%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 4%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 0%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 0%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 4%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 0%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 0%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 0%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 4%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 0%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 0%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 0%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 0%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 100%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 100%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 0%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 96%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 0%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 0%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 100%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 0%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 0%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 0%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 0%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 100%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 0%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 88%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 0%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 92%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 0%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 96%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 88%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 0%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 0%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 4%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 0%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 100%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 4%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 8%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 0%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 0%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 0%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 0%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 8%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 4%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 92%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 83%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 0%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 100%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 80%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 72%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 0%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 84%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 0%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 0%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 60%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 60%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 92%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 92%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 96%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 96%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 4%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 100%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 0%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 0%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 100%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 100%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 100%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 24%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 4%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 100%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 4%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 84%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 8%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 0%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 0%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 84%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 100%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 88%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 72%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 0%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 40%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 0%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 20%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 0%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 96%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 0%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 0%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 84%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 0%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 44%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 4%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 96%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 92%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 88%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 95%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 92%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 83%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 0%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 96%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 40%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 96%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 100%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 92%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 0%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 0%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 0%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 4%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 0%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 0%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 0%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 0%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 0%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 8%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 0%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 4%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 0%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 0%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 36%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 0%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 4%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 8%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 96%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 56%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 100%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 100%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 0%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 72%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 0%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 0%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 4%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 100%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 100%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 33%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 8%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 96%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 4%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 0%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 82%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 83%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 96%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 0%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 20%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 16%
NA President Barack Obama II D 7%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 79%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 4%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 92%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 0%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 71%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 0%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 100%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 83%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 44%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 100%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 0%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 88%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 88%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 96%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 0%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 0%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 0%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 0%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 44%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 44%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 100%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 0%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 56%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 0%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 0%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 96%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 0%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 96%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 0%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 8%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 0%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 68%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 0%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 0%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 0%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 0%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 0%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 0%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 0%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 0%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 0%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 0%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 0%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 0%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 0%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 0%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 0%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 100%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 100%
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 100%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 100%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 8%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 80%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 88%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 0%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 100%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 100%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 100%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 100%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 4%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 68%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 0%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 4%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 8%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 0%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 0%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 52%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 96%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 4%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 4%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 52%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 100%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 68%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 0%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 0%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 0%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 88%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 96%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 0%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 0%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 88%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 76%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 83%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 84%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 16%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 100%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 0%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 96%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 100%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 96%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 100%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 96%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 100%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 96%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 100%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 100%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 4%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 96%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 96%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 92%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 100%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 4%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 0%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 100%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 88%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 96%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 100%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 20%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 12%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 0%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 100%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 96%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 4%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 76%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 100%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 36%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 100%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 4%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 92%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 92%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 100%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 0%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 68%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 0%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 4%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 0%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 0%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 4%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 0%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 100%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 85%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 4%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 48%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 4%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 0%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 96%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 12%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 0%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 96%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 72%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 8%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 56%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 16%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 96%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 100%
Gary Ackerman Other 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 0%
Todd Akin Other 100%
Wayne Allard Other 96%
Thomas Allen Other 0%
Jason Altmire Other 28%
Michael Arcuri Other 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 0%
Brian Baird Other 0%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 100%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 88%
Evan Bayh Other 12%
Melissa Bean Other 21%
Bob Bennett Other 75%
Shelley Berkley Other 8%
Howard Berman Other 4%
Marion Berry Other 8%
Judy Biggert Other 68%
Brian Bilbray Other 92%
Jeff Bingaman Other 4%
Kit Bond Other 83%
Mary Bono Mack Other 65%
Dan Boren Other 57%
Leonard Boswell Other 8%
Rick Boucher Other 8%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 12%
Nancy Boyda Other 28%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 96%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 72%
Jim Bunning Other 92%
Dan Burton Other 96%
Steve Buyer Other 90%
Robert Byrd Other 8%
Chris Cannon Other 96%
Dennis Cardoza Other 4%
Russ Carnahan Other 4%
Christopher Carney Other 28%
Mike Castle Other 20%
Ben Chandler III Other 8%
Hillary Clinton Other 0%
Norm Coleman Other 64%
Kent Conrad Other 12%
Jerry Costello Other 16%
Larry Craig Other 90%
Robert Cramer Other 29%
Barbara Cubin Other 100%
Artur Davis Other 4%
David Davis Other 100%
Geoff Davis Other 96%
Lincoln Davis Other 38%
Thomas Davis III Other 60%
Bill Delahunt Other 0%
James DeMint Other 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 60%
Norm Dicks Other 0%
Chris Dodd Other 0%
Elizabeth Dole Other 92%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 79%
John Doolittle Other 100%
Byron Dorgan Other 12%
Thelma Drake Other 100%
David Dreier Other 88%
Chet Edwards Other 12%
Vern Ehlers Other 68%
Brad Ellsworth Other 36%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 60%
Philip English Other 64%
John Ensign Other 91%
Bob Etheridge Other 8%
Terry Everett Other 83%
Tom Feeney Other 96%
Russ Feingold Other 4%
Michael Ferguson Other 44%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 70%
Barney Frank Other 0%
Elton Gallegly Other 92%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 4%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 36%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 4%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 88%
Bart Gordon Other 20%
Judd Gregg Other 72%
John Hall Other 0%
Phil Hare Other 0%
Jane Harman Other 0%
Robert Hayes Other 79%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 96%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 12%
Baron Hill Other 20%
Maurice Hinchey Other 0%
David Lee Hobson Other 78%
Paul Hodes Other 0%
Pete Hoekstra Other 92%
Thomas Holden Other 16%
Darlene Hooley Other 0%
Kenny Hulshof Other 80%
Duncan Hunter Other 100%
Kay Hutchison Other 88%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 88%
Daniel Inouye Other 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 0%
William Jefferson Other 4%
Tim Johnson Other 60%
Steve Kagen Other 4%
Paul Kanjorski Other 17%
Ric Keller Other 84%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 0%
Patrick Kennedy Other 0%
Dale Kildee Other 4%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 0%
Ron Klein Other 0%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 84%
Herb Kohl Other 0%
Dennis Kucinich Other 4%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 72%
Jon Kyl Other 100%
Ray LaHood Other 52%
Nicholas Lampson Other 20%
Steve LaTourette Other 52%
Jerry Lewis Other 88%
Ron Lewis Other 96%
Joe Lieberman Other 8%
Blanche Lincoln Other 10%
John Linder Other 100%
Dick Lugar Other 60%
Dan Lungren Other 96%
Connie Mack IV Other 88%
Tim Mahoney Other 16%
Don Manzullo Other 100%
Jim Marshall Other 61%
Melquiades Martinez Other 80%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 84%
James McCrery III Other 96%
John McHugh Other 60%
Michael McNulty Other 4%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 0%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 36%
Brad Miller Other 0%
Harry Mitchell Other 8%
Alan Mollohan Other 17%
Dennis Moore Other 4%
Patrick Murphy Other 4%
Jack Murtha Other 8%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 100%
Sue Myrick Other 96%
Ben Nelson Other 32%
Jim Oberstar Other 13%
Dave Obey Other 0%
John Olver Other 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 10%
Ron Paul Other 77%
Donald Payne Other 0%
John Peterson Other 88%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 87%
Todd Platts Other 64%
Earl Pomeroy Other 4%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 64%
Deborah Pryce Other 65%
George Radanovich Other 100%
James Ramstad Other 56%
Ralph Regula Other 76%
Denny Rehberg Other 88%
Richard Renzi Other 72%
Silvestre Reyes Other 4%
Thomas Reynolds Other 84%
Laura Richardson Other 0%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 8%
Mike Ross Other 28%
Steve Rothman Other 0%
Ken Salazar Other 8%
William Sali Other 100%
Jim Saxton Other 54%
Jean Schmidt Other 92%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 0%
John Shadegg Other 100%
Christopher Shays Other 20%
Heath Shuler Other 44%
Ike Skelton Other 25%
Gordon Smith Other 48%
Olympia Snowe Other 28%
Vic Snyder Other 4%
Hilda Solis Other 0%
Mark Souder Other 92%
Zack Space Other 20%
Arlen Specter Other 40%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 4%
Pete Stark Other 4%
Cliff Stearns Other 92%
Ted Stevens Other 64%
Bart Stupak Other 12%
John Sullivan Other 100%
John Sununu Other 84%
Betty Sutton Other 0%
Tom Tancredo Other 100%
John Tanner Other 21%
Ellen Tauscher Other 0%
Gene Taylor Other 72%
Todd Tiahrt Other 96%
Ed Towns Other 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 0%
George Voinovich Other 48%
James Walsh Other 54%
Zach Wamp Other 92%
John Warner Other 60%
Diane Watson Other 0%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 16%
Anthony Weiner Other 0%
David Weldon Other 96%
Gerald Weller Other 87%
Robert Wexler Other 0%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 21%
Heather Wilson Other 60%
Lynn Woolsey Other 0%
David Wu Other 0%
Albert Wynn Other 0%

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