Rating Group: American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association

2010 Positions

Issues:
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 38%
AK U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Begich D 38%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 29%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 25%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 25%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 29%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 29%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 26%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 44%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 25%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 31%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 25%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 29%
AZ U.S. House-1 Ann Kirkpatrick D 29%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 29%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 29%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 44%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 75%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 30%
CA U.S. House-3 John Garamendi D 29%
CA U.S. House-4 Tom McClintock R 29%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 29%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 29%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 29%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 31%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 49%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 55%
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 23%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 49%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 49%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 63%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 35%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 29%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 29%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 29%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 36%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 29%
CA U.S. House-27 Judy Chu D 29%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 76%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 59%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 28%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 34%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 33%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 34%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 34%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 77%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 34%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 51%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 23%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 29%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 78%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 27%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 42%
CA U.S. House-50 Duncan Hunter R 29%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 34%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 38%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 25%
CO U.S. Senate-Jr Michael Bennet D 25%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 29%
CO U.S. House-2 Jared Polis D 31%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 42%
CO U.S. House-6 Michael Coffman R 26%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 29%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 29%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 32%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 29%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 42%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 34%
CT U.S. House-4 Jim Himes D 32%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 75%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 75%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 42%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 34%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 29%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 29%
FL U.S. House-8 Bill Posey R 33%
FL U.S. House-9 Alan Grayson D 31%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 100%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 33%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 29%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 42%
FL U.S. House-17 Thomas Rooney R 29%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 34%
FL U.S. House-21 Ted Deutch D 11%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 31%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 92%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 39%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 75%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 75%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 29%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 29%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 23%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 26%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 45%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 29%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 29%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 34%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 29%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 27%
GA U.S. House-14 Tom Graves, Jr. R 11%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 29%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 50%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 25%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 29%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 29%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 42%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 29%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 25%
ID U.S. Senate-Jr James Risch R 75%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 26%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 36%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 31%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 61%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 34%
IL U.S. House-5 Mike Quigley D 33%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 86%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 46%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 36%
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 31%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 29%
IL U.S. House-18 Aaron Schock R 29%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 29%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 39%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 26%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 20%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 25%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 29%
KS U.S. House-2 Lynn Jenkins R 29%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 75%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 25%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 30%
KY U.S. House-2 Brett Guthrie R 26%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 29%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 29%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 50%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 25%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 26%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 26%
LA U.S. House-4 John Fleming, Jr. R 29%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 26%
LA U.S. House-6 Bill Cassidy R 26%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 29%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 97%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 100%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 34%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 36%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 78%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 34%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 75%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 26%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 100%
MD U.S. House-4 Donna Edwards D 26%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 23%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 70%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 25%
ME U.S. House-1 Chellie Pingree D 29%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 29%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 75%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 50%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 29%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 29%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 29%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 51%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 42%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 31%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 45%
MI U.S. House-14 Gary Peters D 36%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 25%
MN U.S. Senate-Jr Al Franken DFL 25%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 29%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 29%
MN U.S. House-3 Erik Paulsen R 29%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 26%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 26%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 29%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 29%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 25%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 42%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 34%
MO U.S. House-3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R 29%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 29%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 29%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 75%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 25%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 26%
MS U.S. House-3 Gregg Harper R 29%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 25%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 25%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 75%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 27%
NC U.S. Senate-Jr Kay Hagan D 25%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 26%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 26%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 26%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 54%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 31%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 60%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 29%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 26%
NE U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Johanns R 25%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 29%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 34%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 29%
NH U.S. Senate-Sr Jeanne Shaheen D 100%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 34%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 75%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 100%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 38%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 49%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 81%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 94%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-7 Leonard Lance R 26%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 69%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 60%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 29%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 62%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 25%
NM U.S. Senate-Jr Martin Heinrich D 29%
NM U.S. House-3 Ben Lujan, Jr. D 29%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 29%
NV U.S. House-1 Dina Titus D 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 25%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 27%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 34%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 34%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 61%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 34%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 31%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 29%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 39%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 36%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 100%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 36%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 70%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 29%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 59%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 72%
NY U.S. House-20 Paul Tonko D 34%
NY U.S. House-21 Bill Owens D 29%
NY U.S. House-24 Dan Maffei Other 26%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 34%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 29%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 25%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 29%
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 26%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 29%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 34%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 26%
OH U.S. House-11 Marcia Fudge D 23%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 29%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 50%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 25%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 25%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 29%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 26%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 29%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 30%
OR U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Merkley D 25%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 26%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 35%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 29%
OR U.S. House-5 Kurt Schrader D 29%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 80%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 29%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 42%
PA U.S. House-5 G.T. Thompson, Jr. R 26%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 26%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 26%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 34%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 34%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 29%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 26%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 59%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 75%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 100%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 80%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 25%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 56%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 29%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 50%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 25%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 25%
TN U.S. House-1 Phil Roe R 29%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 47%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 29%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 26%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 38%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 25%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 17%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 28%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 29%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 23%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 29%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 26%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 26%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 29%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 29%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 29%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 29%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 25%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 29%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 34%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 26%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 29%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 29%
TX U.S. House-22 Pete Olson R 31%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 29%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 29%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 26%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 44%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 35%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 65%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 26%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 31%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 25%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 29%
UT U.S. House-3 Jason Chaffetz R 29%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 34%
VA U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Warner D 25%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 26%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 47%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 34%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 29%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 42%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 31%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 42%
VA U.S. House-11 Gerry Connolly D 31%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 25%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 25%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 29%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 50%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 25%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 29%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 29%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 31%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 26%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 29%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 26%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 29%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 34%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 29%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 29%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 29%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 29%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 29%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 50%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 31%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 27%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 25%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 25%
WY U.S. House-At-Large Cynthia Lummis R 29%
Gary Ackerman Other 45%
John Adler Other 34%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 25%
Todd Akin Other 29%
Jason Altmire Other 74%
Michael Arcuri Other 29%
Steve Austria Other 29%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 29%
Brian Baird Other 25%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 20%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 26%
Evan Bayh Other 75%
Melissa Bean Other 34%
Bob Bennett Other 75%
Shelley Berkley Other 100%
Howard Berman Other 80%
Marion Berry Other 26%
Judy Biggert Other 29%
Brian Bilbray Other 29%
Jeff Bingaman Other 75%
John Boccieri Other 34%
Kit Bond Other 25%
Mary Bono Mack Other 29%
Dan Boren Other 29%
Leonard Boswell Other 29%
Rick Boucher Other 29%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 29%
Bobby Bright Other 29%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 100%
Scott Brown Other 17%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 42%
Jim Bunning Other 25%
Roland Burris Other 25%
Dan Burton Other 24%
Steve Buyer Other 23%
Joseph Cao Other 47%
Dennis Cardoza Other 36%
Russ Carnahan Other 47%
Christopher Carney Other 39%
Mike Castle Other 34%
Ben Chandler III Other 31%
Travis Childers Other 29%
Kent Conrad Other 25%
Jerry Costello Other 29%
Mark Critz Other 11%
Kathy Dahlkemper Other 29%
Artur Davis Other 23%
Geoff Davis Other 26%
Lincoln Davis Other 26%
Bill Delahunt Other 32%
James DeMint Other 25%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 81%
Norm Dicks Other 29%
Charles Djou Other 8%
Chris Dodd Other 75%
Byron Dorgan Other 50%
David Dreier Other 34%
Steve Driehaus Other 34%
Chet Edwards Other 42%
Vern Ehlers Other 29%
Brad Ellsworth Other 26%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 29%
John Ensign Other 25%
Bob Etheridge Other 26%
Russ Feingold Other 80%
Barney Frank Other 47%
Elton Gallegly Other 86%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 29%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 29%
Bart Gordon Other 29%
Judd Gregg Other 50%
Parker Griffith, Jr. Other 21%
John Hall Other 29%
Debbie Halvorson Other 29%
Phil Hare Other 31%
Jane Harman Other 34%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 26%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 23%
Baron Hill Other 26%
Maurice Hinchey Other 49%
Paul Hodes Other 55%
Pete Hoekstra Other 23%
Thomas Holden Other 34%
Kay Hutchison Other 25%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 33%
Daniel Inouye Other 75%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 98%
Tim Johnson Other 26%
Steve Kagen Other 29%
Paul Kanjorski Other 29%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
Dale Kildee Other 54%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 26%
Mary Jo Kilroy Other 47%
Larry Kissell Other 31%
Ron Klein Other 32%
Herb Kohl Other 75%
Suzanne Kosmas Other 98%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. Other 23%
Dennis Kucinich Other 47%
Jon Kyl Other 25%
Steve LaTourette Other 29%
Chris Lee Other 29%
George LeMieux Other 50%
Jerry Lewis Other 34%
Joe Lieberman Other 75%
Blanche Lincoln Other 25%
John Linder Other 23%
Dick Lugar Other 77%
Dan Lungren Other 29%
Connie Mack IV Other 27%
Don Manzullo Other 61%
Betsy Markey Other 29%
Jim Marshall Other 29%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 76%
Michael McMahon Other 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 29%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 26%
Brad Miller Other 31%
Walt Minnick Other 42%
Harry Mitchell Other 42%
Alan Mollohan Other 29%
Dennis Moore Other 31%
Patrick Murphy Other 36%
Scott Murphy Other 26%
Sue Myrick Other 31%
Ben Nelson Other 25%
Glenn Nye III Other 31%
Jim Oberstar Other 29%
Dave Obey Other 29%
John Olver Other 47%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 26%
Ron Paul Other 23%
Donald Payne Other 95%
Tom Perriello Other 29%
Todd Platts Other 26%
Earl Pomeroy Other 26%
George Radanovich Other 34%
Denny Rehberg Other 26%
Silvestre Reyes Other 26%
Laura Richardson Other 29%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 29%
Mike Ross Other 31%
Steve Rothman Other 90%
Mark Schauer Other 29%
Jean Schmidt Other 26%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 67%
John Shadegg Other 26%
Heath Shuler Other 26%
Ike Skelton Other 26%
Olympia Snowe Other 100%
Vic Snyder Other 44%
Zack Space Other 100%
Arlen Specter Other 100%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 34%
Pete Stark Other 34%
Cliff Stearns Other 31%
Bart Stupak Other 29%
John Sullivan Other 31%
Betty Sutton Other 29%
John Tanner Other 31%
Gene Taylor Other 26%
Harry Teague Other 29%
Todd Tiahrt Other 29%
Ed Towns Other 28%
George Voinovich Other 52%
Zach Wamp Other 44%
Diane Watson Other 74%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 25%
Anthony Weiner Other 34%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 29%
Lynn Woolsey Other 28%
David Wu Other 42%

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