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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 67% |
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 84% |
CA | U.S. House - 41 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 0% |
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 84% |
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Hilda Solis | 100% | |
CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 84% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 84% |
IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 0% |
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 67% |
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 67% |
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 84% |
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 100% |
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 67% |
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 84% |
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 84% |
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 67% |
MD | U.S. House - 2 | Dutch Ruppersberger | Democratic | 50% |
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 67% |
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 84% | |
NH | State Senate - 3 | Jeb Bradley | Republican | 17% |
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 84% |
NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 33% |
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 50% |
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 100% |
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 84% |
OH | U.S. House - 10 | Mike Turner | Republican | 0% |
OH | Governor | Mike DeWine | Republican | 17% |
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 67% |
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 100% |
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 84% |
George Allen | 0% | |||
Rob Andrews | 100% | |||
Joe Baca, Sr. | 100% | |||
Charlie Bass | 17% | |||
Evan Bayh | 50% | |||
Howard Berman | 84% | |||
Sherwood Boehlert | 33% | |||
Mary Bono Mack | 0% | |||
Leonard Boswell | 50% | |||
Barbara Boxer | 67% | |||
Bob Brady | 100% | |||
Robert Byrd | 100% | |||
Mike Capuano | 100% | |||
Julia Carson | 67% | |||
Steve Chabot | 0% | |||
Hillary Clinton | 33% | |||
Howard Coble | 17% | |||
Norm Coleman | 0% | |||
Jon Corzine | 84% | |||
Christopher Cox | 0% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 67% | |||
Jo Ann Davis | 0% | |||
Mark Dayton | 50% | |||
Bill Delahunt | 84% | |||
Chris Dodd | 84% | |||
Elizabeth Dole | 17% | |||
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 84% | |||
David Dreier | 0% | |||
Rahm Emanuel | 67% | |||
Philip English | 17% | |||
Bob Etheridge | 50% | |||
Lane Evans | 84% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 84% | |||
Russ Feingold | 84% | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 67% | |||
Michael Ferguson | 17% | |||
Barney Frank | 100% | |||
Paul Gillmor | 0% | |||
Bob Goodlatte | 0% | |||
Judd Gregg | 17% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 84% | |||
Charles Hagel | 0% | |||
Tom Harkin | 67% | |||
Melissa Hart | 0% | |||
Robert Hayes | 17% | |||
David Lee Hobson | 0% | |||
Tim Holden | 84% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 100% | |||
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 84% | |||
James Merrill Jeffords | 33% | |||
Nancy Johnson | 0% | |||
Timothy Johnson | 33% | |||
Walter Jones, Jr. | 50% | |||
Sue Kelly | 17% | |||
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 84% | |||
John Kerry | 33% | |||
Ron Kind | 67% | |||
Steve King | 0% | |||
Mark Kirk | 17% | |||
Herb Kohl | 33% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 84% | |||
Steve LaTourette | 33% | |||
Tom Latham | 0% | |||
Frank Lautenberg | 67% | |||
James Leach | 17% | |||
Patrick Leahy | 67% | |||
Jerry Lewis | 0% | |||
Joe Lieberman | 50% |