Rating Group: National Journal

2008 Liberal on Foreign Policy Score

Issues: Liberal
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 42%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 31%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 24%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 24%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 19%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 34%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 31%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 38%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 56%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 22%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 22%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 92%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 78%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 0%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 65%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 65%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 78%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 78%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 59%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 92%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 85%
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 92%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 50%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 85%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 85%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 70%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 92%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 16%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 27%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 92%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 5%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 78%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 85%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 0%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 92%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 77%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 78%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 92%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 8%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 92%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 5%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 65%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 21%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 65%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 38%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 13%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 78%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 85%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 50%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 76%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 0%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 64%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 50%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 52%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 83%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 78%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 78%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 65%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 65%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 0%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 69%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 19%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 27%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 31%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 83%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 31%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 85%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 70%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 38%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 44%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 0%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 16%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 16%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 26%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 59%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 13%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 65%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 83%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 0%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 0%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 0%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 48%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 59%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 22%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 78%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 78%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 0%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 65%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 92%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 92%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 39%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 0%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 0%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 22%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 65%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 41%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 55%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 69%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 35%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 69%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 65%
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 64%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 22%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 59%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 48%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 92%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 58%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 13%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 29%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 35%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 29%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 16%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 21%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 78%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 22%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 56%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 0%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 8%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 22%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 29%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 85%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 85%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 78%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 92%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 92%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 85%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 76%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 65%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 65%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 48%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 70%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 59%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 92%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 85%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 48%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 92%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 65%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 65%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 22%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 44%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 19%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 22%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 70%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 31%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 92%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 70%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 55%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 65%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 8%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 92%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 85%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 8%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 52%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 45%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 5%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 85%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 92%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 19%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 32%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 24%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 76%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 65%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 56%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 63%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 45%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 64%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 16%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 78%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 45%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 85%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 0%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 44%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 52%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 8%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 85%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 43%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 31%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 5%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 78%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 65%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 65%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 31%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 46%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 34%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 85%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 83%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 92%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 22%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 92%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 78%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 13%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 65%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 8%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 65%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 83%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 39%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 69%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 70%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 69%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 92%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 85%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 68%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 70%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 83%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 70%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 85%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 59%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 70%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 92%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 70%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 65%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 34%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 22%
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 19%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 5%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 64%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 29%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 13%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 59%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 0%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 0%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 13%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 19%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 13%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 65%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 35%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 92%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 78%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 65%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 92%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 92%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 40%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 0%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 63%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 83%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 38%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 8%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 41%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 94%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 65%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 65%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 21%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 21%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 65%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 56%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 0%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 21%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 31%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 45%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 52%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 22%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 70%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 21%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 19%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 19%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 0%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 0%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 0%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 5%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 0%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 0%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 70%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 27%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 5%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 12%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 8%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 68%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 85%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 0%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 12%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 0%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 7%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 50%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 50%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 70%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 18%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 16%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 92%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 24%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 0%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 48%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 29%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 70%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 22%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 8%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 8%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 85%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 40%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 65%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 65%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 85%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 94%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 94%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 65%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 5%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 21%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 85%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 35%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 70%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 70%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 85%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 8%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 70%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 85%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 31%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 38%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 65%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 40%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 85%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 0%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 0%
Gary Ackerman Other 85%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 65%
Todd Akin Other 0%
Wayne Allard Other 0%
Thomas Allen Other 65%
Jason Altmire Other 46%
Michael Arcuri Other 52%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 59%
Brian Baird Other 59%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 0%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 35%
Evan Bayh Other 44%
Melissa Bean Other 48%
Bob Bennett Other 35%
Shelley Berkley Other 55%
Howard Berman Other 70%
Marion Berry Other 65%
Judy Biggert Other 41%
Brian Bilbray Other 13%
Jeff Bingaman Other 94%
Kit Bond Other 0%
Mary Bono Mack Other 31%
Dan Boren Other 47%
Leonard Boswell Other 92%
Rick Boucher Other 55%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 50%
Nancy Boyda Other 58%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 29%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 19%
Jim Bunning Other 0%
Dan Burton Other 8%
Steve Buyer Other 33%
Robert Byrd Other 94%
Chris Cannon Other 11%
Dennis Cardoza Other 59%
Russ Carnahan Other 59%
Christopher Carney Other 46%
Mike Castle Other 45%
Donald Cazayoux, Jr. Other 45%
Ben Chandler III Other 50%
Travis Childers Other 42%
Hillary Clinton Other 62%
Norm Coleman Other 37%
Kent Conrad Other 60%
Jerry Costello Other 77%
Larry Craig Other 0%
Robert Cramer Other 47%
Barbara Cubin Other 12%
Artur Davis Other 50%
David Davis Other 22%
Geoff Davis Other 17%
Lincoln Davis Other 50%
Thomas Davis III Other 26%
Bill Delahunt Other 85%
James DeMint Other 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 38%
Norm Dicks Other 55%
Chris Dodd Other 65%
Elizabeth Dole Other 40%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 34%
John Doolittle Other 16%
Byron Dorgan Other 65%
Thelma Drake Other 27%
David Dreier Other 35%
Chet Edwards Other 55%
Vern Ehlers Other 42%
Brad Ellsworth Other 47%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 47%
Philip English Other 45%
John Ensign Other 0%
Bob Etheridge Other 59%
Terry Everett Other 5%
Tom Feeney Other 31%
Russ Feingold Other 48%
Michael Ferguson Other 33%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 28%
Barney Frank Other 85%
Elton Gallegly Other 13%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 55%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 57%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 59%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 22%
Bart Gordon Other 54%
Judd Gregg Other 24%
John Hall Other 77%
Phil Hare Other 78%
Jane Harman Other 76%
Robert Hayes Other 41%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 17%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 50%
Baron Hill Other 50%
Maurice Hinchey Other 92%
David Lee Hobson Other 43%
Paul Hodes Other 70%
Pete Hoekstra Other 13%
Thomas Holden Other 59%
Darlene Hooley Other 76%
Kenny Hulshof Other 27%
Duncan Hunter Other 13%
Kay Hutchison Other 0%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 41%
Daniel Inouye Other 65%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 85%
William Jefferson Other 75%
Tim Johnson Other 43%
Steve Kagen Other 78%
Paul Kanjorski Other 59%
Ric Keller Other 13%
Patrick Kennedy Other 64%
Dale Kildee Other 65%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 76%
Ron Klein Other 59%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 35%
Herb Kohl Other 94%
Dennis Kucinich Other 55%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 35%
Jon Kyl Other 0%
Ray LaHood Other 35%
Nicholas Lampson Other 44%
Steve LaTourette Other 35%
Jerry Lewis Other 22%
Ron Lewis Other 17%
Joe Lieberman Other 54%
Blanche Lincoln Other 65%
John Linder Other 8%
Dick Lugar Other 42%
Dan Lungren Other 22%
Connie Mack IV Other 22%
Tim Mahoney Other 48%
Don Manzullo Other 34%
Jim Marshall Other 43%
Melquiades Martinez Other 37%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 27%
James McCrery III Other 11%
John McHugh Other 29%
Michael McNulty Other 92%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 69%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 54%
Brad Miller Other 70%
Harry Mitchell Other 58%
Alan Mollohan Other 59%
Dennis Moore Other 55%
Patrick Murphy Other 59%
Jack Murtha Other 59%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 18%
Sue Myrick Other 17%
Ben Nelson Other 48%
Jim Oberstar Other 92%
Dave Obey Other 92%
John Olver Other 92%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 54%
Ron Paul Other 42%
Donald Payne Other 85%
John Peterson Other 17%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 31%
Todd Platts Other 29%
Earl Pomeroy Other 63%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 39%
George Radanovich Other 7%
James Ramstad Other 42%
Ralph Regula Other 31%
Denny Rehberg Other 34%
Richard Renzi Other 17%
Silvestre Reyes Other 55%
Thomas Reynolds Other 27%
Laura Richardson Other 78%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 55%
Mike Ross Other 55%
Steve Rothman Other 78%
Ken Salazar Other 65%
William Sali Other 8%
Jim Saxton Other 13%
Jean Schmidt Other 29%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 58%
John Shadegg Other 5%
Christopher Shays Other 48%
Heath Shuler Other 55%
Ike Skelton Other 65%
Gordon Smith Other 53%
Olympia Snowe Other 48%
Vic Snyder Other 52%
Hilda Solis Other 92%
Mark Souder Other 29%
Zack Space Other 49%
Arlen Specter Other 39%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 65%
Pete Stark Other 83%
Cliff Stearns Other 35%
Ted Stevens Other 40%
Bart Stupak Other 78%
John Sullivan Other 0%
John Sununu Other 35%
Betty Sutton Other 85%
Tom Tancredo Other 28%
John Tanner Other 50%
Ellen Tauscher Other 63%
Gene Taylor Other 48%
Todd Tiahrt Other 16%
Ed Towns Other 70%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 70%
George Voinovich Other 33%
James Walsh Other 45%
Zach Wamp Other 22%
John Warner Other 47%
Diane Watson Other 92%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 61%
Anthony Weiner Other 77%
David Weldon Other 12%
Gerald Weller Other 40%
Robert Wexler Other 65%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 59%
Heather Wilson Other 18%
Lynn Woolsey Other 69%
David Wu Other 92%
Albert Wynn Other 92%

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