Rating Group: National Journal

2009 Composite Liberal Score

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 35%
AK U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Begich D 66%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 26%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 12%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 11%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 16%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 32%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 20%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 25%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 52%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 16%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 16%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 19%
AZ U.S. House-1 Ann Kirkpatrick D 45%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 83%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 79%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 6%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 76%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 78%
CA U.S. House-4 Tom McClintock R 7%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 83%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 91%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 53%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 85%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 78%
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 75%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 54%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 88%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 83%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 81%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 85%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 12%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 11%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 93%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 20%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 77%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 74%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 17%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 88%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 95%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 91%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 95%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 15%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 90%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 21%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 70%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 22%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 72%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 23%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 15%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 81%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 81%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 66%
CO U.S. Senate-Jr Michael Bennet D 68%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 84%
CO U.S. House-2 Jared Polis D 76%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 6%
CO U.S. House-6 Michael Coffman R 17%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 67%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 59%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 69%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 82%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 71%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 84%
CT U.S. House-4 Jim Himes D 67%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 74%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 62%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 8%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 30%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 79%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 15%
FL U.S. House-8 Bill Posey R 16%
FL U.S. House-9 Alan Grayson D 63%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 23%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 26%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 93%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 27%
FL U.S. House-17 Thomas Rooney R 23%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 91%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 87%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 30%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 32%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 25%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 16%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 14%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 16%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 61%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 9%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 78%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 13%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 14%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 14%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 47%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 66%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 14%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 85%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 74%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 26%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 84%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 82%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 78%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 25%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 7%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 14%
ID U.S. Senate-Jr James Risch R 9%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 34%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 85%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 39%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 77%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 52%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 90%
IL U.S. House-5 Mike Quigley D 74%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 24%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 90%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 95%
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 50%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 24%
IL U.S. House-18 Aaron Schock R 25%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 44%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 75%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 90%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 7%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 13%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 16%
KS U.S. House-2 Lynn Jenkins R 25%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 20%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 11%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 32%
KY U.S. House-2 Brett Guthrie R 22%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 74%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 22%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 61%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 15%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 13%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 17%
LA U.S. House-4 John Fleming, Jr. R 15%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 18%
LA U.S. House-6 Bill Cassidy R 32%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 77%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 86%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 85%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 88%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 77%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 89%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 67%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 85%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 88%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 67%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 91%
MD U.S. House-4 Donna Edwards D 90%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 83%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 86%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 81%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 40%
ME U.S. House-1 Chellie Pingree D 81%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 58%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 84%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 78%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 29%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 39%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 23%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 78%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 36%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 67%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 75%
MI U.S. House-14 Gary Peters D 57%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 55%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 64%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 11%
MN U.S. House-3 Erik Paulsen R 31%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 91%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 86%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 10%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 45%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 60%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 23%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 80%
MO U.S. House-3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R 16%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 88%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 18%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 28%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 23%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 78%
MS U.S. House-3 Gregg Harper R 15%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 61%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 62%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 86%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 11%
NC U.S. Senate-Jr Kay Hagan D 61%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 79%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 34%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 89%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 9%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 18%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 43%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 9%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 95%
NE U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Johanns R 21%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 34%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 26%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 9%
NH U.S. Senate-Sr Jeanne Shaheen D 77%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 67%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 86%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 81%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 81%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 35%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 39%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 15%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 82%
NJ U.S. House-7 Leonard Lance R 38%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 76%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 81%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 28%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 95%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 79%
NM U.S. Senate-Jr Martin Heinrich D 65%
NM U.S. House-3 Ben Lujan, Jr. D 81%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 78%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 21%
NV U.S. House-1 Dina Titus D 59%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 84%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 84%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 70%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 35%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 80%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 68%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 67%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 86%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 89%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 83%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 76%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 81%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 89%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 90%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 77%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 71%
NY U.S. House-20 Paul Tonko D 84%
NY U.S. House-24 Dan Maffei Other 61%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 95%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 72%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 88%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 9%
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 10%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 8%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 62%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 34%
OH U.S. House-11 Marcia Fudge D 92%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 27%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 70%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 4%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 7%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 16%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 16%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 13%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 75%
OR U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Merkley D 81%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 36%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 78%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 62%
OR U.S. House-5 Kurt Schrader D 64%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 56%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 90%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 90%
PA U.S. House-5 G.T. Thompson, Jr. R 21%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 35%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 20%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 67%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 83%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 37%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 12%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 34%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 88%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 88%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 74%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 24%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 16%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 91%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 70%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 10%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 34%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 34%
TN U.S. House-1 Phil Roe R 22%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 27%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 58%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 7%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 77%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 12%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 9%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 16%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 11%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 20%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 12%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 18%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 13%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 14%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 83%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 21%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 9%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 13%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 6%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 76%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 91%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 6%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 17%
TX U.S. House-22 Pete Olson R 6%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 10%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 18%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 51%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 76%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 84%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 11%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 8%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 64%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 30%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 9%
UT U.S. House-3 Jason Chaffetz R 9%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 49%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 23%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 83%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 16%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 15%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 12%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 86%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 26%
VA U.S. House-11 Gerry Connolly D 72%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 74%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 63%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 76%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 79%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 61%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 77%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 16%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 24%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 79%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 41%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 58%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 75%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 90%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 19%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 66%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 95%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 15%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 31%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 77%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 34%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 58%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 15%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 13%
WY U.S. House-At-Large Cynthia Lummis R 12%
Gary Ackerman Other 77%
John Adler Other 51%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 84%
Todd Akin Other 8%
Jason Altmire Other 47%
Michael Arcuri Other 50%
Steve Austria Other 24%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 76%
Brian Baird Other 61%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 14%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 23%
Evan Bayh Other 41%
Melissa Bean Other 53%
Bob Bennett Other 21%
Shelley Berkley Other 72%
Howard Berman Other 91%
Marion Berry Other 54%
Judy Biggert Other 38%
Brian Bilbray Other 22%
Jeff Bingaman Other 71%
John Boccieri Other 49%
Kit Bond Other 32%
Mary Bono Mack Other 28%
Dan Boren Other 42%
Leonard Boswell Other 72%
Rick Boucher Other 55%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 52%
Bobby Bright Other 38%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 18%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 33%
Jim Bunning Other 7%
Roland Burris Other 88%
Dan Burton Other 14%
Steve Buyer Other 19%
Robert Byrd Other 59%
Joseph Cao Other 40%
Dennis Cardoza Other 55%
Russ Carnahan Other 74%
Christopher Carney Other 48%
Mike Castle Other 42%
Ben Chandler III Other 54%
Travis Childers Other 41%
Kent Conrad Other 62%
Jerry Costello Other 52%
Kathy Dahlkemper Other 49%
Artur Davis Other 49%
Geoff Davis Other 24%
Lincoln Davis Other 45%
Bill Delahunt Other 90%
James DeMint Other 5%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 29%
Norm Dicks Other 76%
Chris Dodd Other 85%
Byron Dorgan Other 52%
David Dreier Other 16%
Steve Driehaus Other 58%
Chet Edwards Other 55%
Vern Ehlers Other 39%
Brad Ellsworth Other 46%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 36%
John Ensign Other 10%
Bob Etheridge Other 64%
Russ Feingold Other 48%
Barney Frank Other 92%
Elton Gallegly Other 19%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 52%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 78%
Bart Gordon Other 52%
Judd Gregg Other 36%
Parker Griffith, Jr. Other 40%
John Hall Other 64%
Debbie Halvorson Other 51%
Phil Hare Other 86%
Jane Harman Other 74%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 11%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 47%
Baron Hill Other 54%
Maurice Hinchey Other 75%
Paul Hodes Other 57%
Pete Hoekstra Other 26%
Thomas Holden Other 49%
Duncan Hunter Other 14%
Kay Hutchison Other 28%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 24%
Daniel Inouye Other 84%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 93%
Tim Johnson Other 37%
Steve Kagen Other 77%
Paul Kanjorski Other 56%
Ted Kaufman Other 78%
Dale Kildee Other 69%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 78%
Mary Jo Kilroy Other 83%
Larry Kissell Other 51%
Ron Klein Other 58%
Herb Kohl Other 70%
Suzanne Kosmas Other 51%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. Other 46%
Dennis Kucinich Other 65%
Jon Kyl Other 15%
Steve LaTourette Other 38%
Chris Lee Other 29%
Jerry Lewis Other 20%
Joe Lieberman Other 50%
Blanche Lincoln Other 50%
John Linder Other 8%
Dick Lugar Other 41%
Dan Lungren Other 21%
Connie Mack IV Other 15%
Don Manzullo Other 16%
Betsy Markey Other 52%
Jim Marshall Other 42%
Melquiades Martinez Other 34%
Eric Massa Other 55%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 32%
John McHugh Other 41%
Michael McMahon Other 50%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 61%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 47%
Brad Miller Other 70%
Walt Minnick Other 43%
Harry Mitchell Other 46%
Alan Mollohan Other 58%
Dennis Moore Other 71%
Patrick Murphy Other 59%
Scott Murphy Other 49%
Jack Murtha Other 69%
Sue Myrick Other 12%
Ben Nelson Other 41%
Glenn Nye III Other 45%
Jim Oberstar Other 73%
Dave Obey Other 82%
John Olver Other 95%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 61%
Ron Paul Other 30%
Donald Payne Other 86%
Tom Perriello Other 47%
Todd Platts Other 35%
Earl Pomeroy Other 60%
George Radanovich Other 8%
Denny Rehberg Other 23%
Silvestre Reyes Other 65%
Laura Richardson Other 66%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 62%
Mike Ross Other 47%
Steve Rothman Other 84%
Mark Schauer Other 59%
Jean Schmidt Other 23%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 77%
John Shadegg Other 6%
Heath Shuler Other 46%
Ike Skelton Other 52%
Olympia Snowe Other 41%
Vic Snyder Other 64%
Mark Souder Other 22%
Zack Space Other 49%
Arlen Specter Other 43%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 64%
Pete Stark Other 71%
Cliff Stearns Other 23%
Bart Stupak Other 58%
Betty Sutton Other 89%
John Tanner Other 50%
Ellen Tauscher Other 78%
Gene Taylor Other 40%
Harry Teague Other 45%
Todd Tiahrt Other 15%
Ed Towns Other 90%
George Voinovich Other 38%
Zach Wamp Other 30%
John Warner Other 65%
Diane Watson Other 88%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 48%
Anthony Weiner Other 78%
Robert Wexler Other 80%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 58%
Lynn Woolsey Other 80%
David Wu Other 72%

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