Rating Group: National Journal

2008 Liberal on Economic Policy Score

Issues: Liberal
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 39%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 39%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 21%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 8%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 17%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 40%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 26%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 25%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 61%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 26%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 0%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 85%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 85%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 0%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 91%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 91%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 62%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 81%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 55%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 85%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 85%
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 85%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 51%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 85%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 71%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 85%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 69%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 7%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 15%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 71%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 17%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 71%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 77%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 25%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 85%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 81%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 85%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 85%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 0%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 81%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 22%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 85%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 8%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 61%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 13%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 10%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 81%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 63%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 55%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 61%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 3%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 54%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 55%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 64%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 85%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 71%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 81%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 51%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 91%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 3%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 17%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 78%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 13%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 31%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 33%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 85%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 40%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 85%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 85%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 43%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 46%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 18%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 19%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 22%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 24%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 78%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 9%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 85%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 85%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 6%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 0%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 9%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 47%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 85%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 14%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 85%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 85%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 34%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 64%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 59%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 59%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 29%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 5%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 19%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 31%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 77%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 42%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 71%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 85%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 17%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 85%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 85%
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 52%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 23%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 80%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 48%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 68%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 85%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 3%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 35%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 25%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 17%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 14%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 37%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 69%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 23%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 48%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 11%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 0%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 28%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 19%
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 81%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 81%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 85%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 81%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 76%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 73%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 77%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 78%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 81%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 81%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 85%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 78%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 46%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 62%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 75%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 91%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 24%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 41%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 22%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 31%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 85%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 42%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 71%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 85%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 61%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 54%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 10%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 85%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 85%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 6%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 47%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 49%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 3%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 71%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 85%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 34%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 32%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 26%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 85%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 57%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 58%
NA President Barack Obama II D 87%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 91%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 30%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 72%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 6%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 76%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 39%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 81%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 3%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 13%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 57%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 12%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 85%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 35%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 22%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 6%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 71%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 89%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 89%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 77%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 46%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 50%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 9%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 69%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 77%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 78%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 33%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 69%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 61%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 16%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 77%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 32%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 77%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 55%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 71%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 36%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 71%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 64%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 85%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 85%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 76%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 85%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 65%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 85%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 66%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 85%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 85%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 78%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 85%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 68%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 61%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 28%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 0%
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 10%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 0%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 68%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 39%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 36%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 69%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 9%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 5%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 20%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 13%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 19%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 73%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 30%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 78%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 55%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 91%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 85%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 85%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 42%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 19%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 71%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 85%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 41%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 6%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 42%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 77%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 77%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 81%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 13%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 12%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 85%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 55%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 14%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 31%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 24%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 29%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 50%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 6%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 67%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 16%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 19%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 12%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 15%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 32%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 0%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 17%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 10%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 8%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 85%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 21%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 3%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 14%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 6%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 52%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 85%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 5%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 22%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 10%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 20%
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 85%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 5%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 3%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 67%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 17%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 14%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 46%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 29%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 81%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 30%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 26%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 9%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 81%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 34%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 77%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 77%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 76%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 91%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 60%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 63%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 12%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 24%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 81%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 41%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 65%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 69%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 85%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 16%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 54%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 80%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 18%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 36%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 76%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 43%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 56%
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 91%
Todd Akin Other 2%
Wayne Allard Other 7%
Thomas Allen Other 71%
Jason Altmire Other 54%
Michael Arcuri Other 64%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 75%
Brian Baird Other 56%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 2%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 21%
Evan Bayh Other 47%
Melissa Bean Other 48%
Bob Bennett Other 33%
Shelley Berkley Other 63%
Howard Berman Other 77%
Marion Berry Other 48%
Judy Biggert Other 32%
Brian Bilbray Other 34%
Jeff Bingaman Other 77%
Kit Bond Other 25%
Mary Bono Mack Other 35%
Dan Boren Other 46%
Leonard Boswell Other 65%
Rick Boucher Other 55%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 48%
Nancy Boyda Other 48%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 25%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 37%
Jim Bunning Other 10%
Dan Burton Other 10%
Steve Buyer Other 27%
Robert Byrd Other 66%
Chris Cannon Other 3%
Dennis Cardoza Other 59%
Russ Carnahan Other 71%
Christopher Carney Other 57%
Mike Castle Other 45%
Donald Cazayoux, Jr. Other 55%
Ben Chandler III Other 57%
Hillary Clinton Other 88%
Norm Coleman Other 44%
Kent Conrad Other 67%
Jerry Costello Other 77%
Larry Craig Other 23%
Robert Cramer Other 60%
Barbara Cubin Other 6%
Artur Davis Other 57%
David Davis Other 17%
Geoff Davis Other 10%
Lincoln Davis Other 53%
Thomas Davis III Other 35%
Bill Delahunt Other 85%
James DeMint Other 4%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 44%
Norm Dicks Other 69%
Chris Dodd Other 91%
Elizabeth Dole Other 43%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 38%
John Doolittle Other 6%
Byron Dorgan Other 53%
Thelma Drake Other 26%
David Dreier Other 18%
Chet Edwards Other 53%
Vern Ehlers Other 39%
Brad Ellsworth Other 48%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 38%
Philip English Other 42%
John Ensign Other 0%
Bob Etheridge Other 71%
Terry Everett Other 10%
Tom Feeney Other 12%
Russ Feingold Other 58%
Michael Ferguson Other 34%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 32%
Barney Frank Other 85%
Elton Gallegly Other 27%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 52%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 48%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 55%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 32%
Bart Gordon Other 75%
Judd Gregg Other 12%
John Hall Other 71%
Phil Hare Other 69%
Jane Harman Other 76%
Robert Hayes Other 43%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 3%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 47%
Baron Hill Other 53%
Maurice Hinchey Other 85%
David Lee Hobson Other 33%
Paul Hodes Other 62%
Pete Hoekstra Other 22%
Thomas Holden Other 64%
Darlene Hooley Other 85%
Kenny Hulshof Other 29%
Duncan Hunter Other 27%
Kay Hutchison Other 26%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 30%
Daniel Inouye Other 71%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 85%
William Jefferson Other 60%
Tim Johnson Other 41%
Steve Kagen Other 66%
Paul Kanjorski Other 57%
Ric Keller Other 35%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 70%
Patrick Kennedy Other 78%
Dale Kildee Other 81%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 85%
Ron Klein Other 57%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 39%
Herb Kohl Other 77%
Dennis Kucinich Other 64%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 33%
Jon Kyl Other 0%
Ray LaHood Other 44%
Nicholas Lampson Other 43%
Steve LaTourette Other 44%
Jerry Lewis Other 20%
Ron Lewis Other 23%
Joe Lieberman Other 68%
Blanche Lincoln Other 55%
John Linder Other 11%
Dick Lugar Other 29%
Dan Lungren Other 13%
Connie Mack IV Other 15%
Tim Mahoney Other 56%
Don Manzullo Other 16%
Jim Marshall Other 45%
Melquiades Martinez Other 36%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 37%
James McCrery III Other 19%
John McHugh Other 44%
Michael McNulty Other 85%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 85%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 47%
Brad Miller Other 81%
Harry Mitchell Other 51%
Alan Mollohan Other 71%
Dennis Moore Other 63%
Patrick Murphy Other 62%
Jack Murtha Other 64%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 21%
Sue Myrick Other 14%
Ben Nelson Other 52%
Jim Oberstar Other 85%
Dave Obey Other 81%
John Olver Other 85%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 52%
Ron Paul Other 8%
Donald Payne Other 68%
John Peterson Other 28%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 31%
Todd Platts Other 40%
Earl Pomeroy Other 57%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 44%
Deborah Pryce Other 38%
George Radanovich Other 15%
James Ramstad Other 45%
Ralph Regula Other 37%
Denny Rehberg Other 29%
Richard Renzi Other 37%
Silvestre Reyes Other 60%
Thomas Reynolds Other 21%
Laura Richardson Other 67%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 51%
Mike Ross Other 48%
Steve Rothman Other 65%
Ken Salazar Other 65%
William Sali Other 2%
Jim Saxton Other 38%
Jean Schmidt Other 28%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 68%
John Shadegg Other 2%
Christopher Shays Other 45%
Heath Shuler Other 50%
Ike Skelton Other 57%
Gordon Smith Other 45%
Olympia Snowe Other 54%
Vic Snyder Other 61%
Hilda Solis Other 85%
Mark Souder Other 35%
Zack Space Other 61%
Arlen Specter Other 42%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 71%
Pete Stark Other 68%
Cliff Stearns Other 16%
Ted Stevens Other 41%
Bart Stupak Other 71%
John Sullivan Other 22%
John Sununu Other 28%
Betty Sutton Other 81%
Tom Tancredo Other 8%
John Tanner Other 52%
Ellen Tauscher Other 59%
Gene Taylor Other 48%
Todd Tiahrt Other 27%
Ed Towns Other 85%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 85%
George Voinovich Other 40%
James Walsh Other 40%
Zach Wamp Other 26%
John Warner Other 37%
Diane Watson Other 85%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 68%
Anthony Weiner Other 76%
David Weldon Other 24%
Gerald Weller Other 36%
Robert Wexler Other 67%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 53%
Heather Wilson Other 30%
Lynn Woolsey Other 66%
David Wu Other 68%

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