Rating Group: American Farm Bureau Federation

2009-2010 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
Dan Boren Other 100%
Mark Critz Other 100%
Lincoln Davis Other 100%
GA U.S. House-14 Tom Graves, Jr. R 100%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 100%
Jim Marshall Other 100%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 83%
Bobby Bright Other 83%
Travis Childers Other 83%
Parker Griffith, Jr. Other 83%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 83%
Thomas Holden Other 83%
Walt Minnick Other 83%
Mike Ross Other 83%
George Voinovich Other 83%
Kit Bond Other 80%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 80%
Geoff Davis Other 80%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 80%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 80%
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 80%
George Radanovich Other 80%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 80%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 80%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 75%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 75%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 75%
Eric Massa Other 75%
Mark Souder Other 75%
Todd Akin Other 66%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 66%
Jason Altmire Other 66%
Steve Austria Other 66%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 66%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 66%
Brian Baird Other 66%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 66%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 66%
Evan Bayh Other 66%
Marion Berry Other 66%
Judy Biggert Other 66%
Brian Bilbray Other 66%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 66%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 66%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 66%
John Boccieri Other 66%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 66%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 66%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 66%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 66%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 66%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 66%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 66%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 66%
Dan Burton Other 66%
Steve Buyer Other 66%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 66%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 66%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 66%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 66%
Joseph Cao Other 66%
LA U.S. House-6 Bill Cassidy R 66%
UT U.S. House-3 Jason Chaffetz R 66%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 66%
CO U.S. House-6 Michael Coffman R 66%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 66%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 66%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 66%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 66%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 66%
Kathy Dahlkemper Other 66%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 66%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 66%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 66%
David Dreier Other 66%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 66%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 66%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 66%
LA U.S. House-4 John Fleming, Jr. R 66%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 66%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 66%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 66%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 66%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 66%
Elton Gallegly Other 66%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 66%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 66%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 66%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 66%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 66%
KY U.S. House-2 Brett Guthrie R 66%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 66%
MS U.S. House-3 Gregg Harper R 66%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 66%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 66%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 66%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 66%
CA U.S. House-50 Duncan Hunter R 66%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 66%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 66%
KS U.S. House-2 Lynn Jenkins R 66%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 66%
Tim Johnson Other 66%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 66%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 66%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 66%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 66%
Larry Kissell Other 66%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 66%
Dennis Kucinich Other 66%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 66%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 66%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 66%
Steve LaTourette Other 66%
Chris Lee Other 66%
George LeMieux Other 66%
Jerry Lewis Other 66%
Blanche Lincoln Other 66%
John Linder Other 66%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 66%
MO U.S. House-3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R 66%
WY U.S. House-At-Large Cynthia Lummis R 66%
Dan Lungren Other 66%
Connie Mack IV Other 66%
Don Manzullo Other 66%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 66%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 66%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 66%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 66%
CA U.S. House-4 Tom McClintock R 66%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 66%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 66%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 66%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 66%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 66%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 66%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 66%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 66%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 66%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 66%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 66%
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 66%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 66%
Sue Myrick Other 66%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 66%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 66%
Glenn Nye III Other 66%
TX U.S. House-22 Pete Olson R 66%
Ron Paul Other 66%
MN U.S. House-3 Erik Paulsen R 66%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 66%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 66%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 66%
Todd Platts Other 66%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 66%
FL U.S. House-8 Bill Posey R 66%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 66%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 66%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 66%
Denny Rehberg Other 66%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 66%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 66%
TN U.S. House-1 Phil Roe R 66%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 66%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 66%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 66%
FL U.S. House-17 Thomas Rooney R 66%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 66%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 66%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 66%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 66%
Jean Schmidt Other 66%
IL U.S. House-18 Aaron Schock R 66%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 66%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 66%
John Shadegg Other 66%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 66%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 66%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 66%
Ike Skelton Other 66%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 66%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 66%
Olympia Snowe Other 66%
Cliff Stearns Other 66%
John Tanner Other 66%
Gene Taylor Other 66%
Harry Teague Other 66%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 66%
PA U.S. House-5 G.T. Thompson, Jr. R 66%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 66%
Todd Tiahrt Other 66%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 66%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 66%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 66%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 66%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 66%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 66%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 66%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 66%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 66%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 66%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 66%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 60%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 60%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 60%
Ben Chandler III Other 60%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 60%
Artur Davis Other 60%
Vern Ehlers Other 60%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 60%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 60%
Pete Hoekstra Other 60%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 60%
NY U.S. House-21 Bill Owens D 60%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 60%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 60%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 60%
John Sullivan Other 60%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 60%
Zach Wamp Other 60%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 60%
John Adler Other 50%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 50%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 50%
Michael Arcuri Other 50%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 50%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 50%
AK U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Begich D 50%
CO U.S. Senate-Jr Michael Bennet D 50%
Bob Bennett Other 50%
Jeff Bingaman Other 50%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 50%
Mary Bono Mack Other 50%
Rick Boucher Other 50%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 50%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 50%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 50%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 50%
Roland Burris Other 50%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 50%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 50%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 50%
Dennis Cardoza Other 50%
Christopher Carney Other 50%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 50%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 50%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 50%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 50%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 50%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 50%
Kent Conrad Other 50%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 50%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 50%
Jerry Costello Other 50%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 50%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 50%
James DeMint Other 50%
FL U.S. House-21 Ted Deutch D 50%
Charles Djou Other 50%
Chris Dodd Other 50%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 50%
Byron Dorgan Other 50%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 50%
MD U.S. House-4 Donna Edwards D 50%
Chet Edwards Other 50%
Brad Ellsworth Other 50%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 50%
Russ Feingold Other 50%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 50%
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 50%
MN U.S. Senate-Jr Al Franken DFL 50%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 50%
Carte Goodwin Other 50%
Bart Gordon Other 50%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 50%
Judd Gregg Other 50%
NC U.S. Senate-Jr Kay Hagan D 50%
Debbie Halvorson Other 50%
Phil Hare Other 50%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 50%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 50%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 50%
Kay Hutchison Other 50%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 50%
Daniel Inouye Other 50%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 50%
NE U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Johanns R 50%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 50%
Ted Kaufman Other 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 50%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 50%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 50%
AZ U.S. House-1 Ann Kirkpatrick D 50%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 50%
Herb Kohl Other 50%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. Other 50%
Jon Kyl Other 50%
NJ U.S. House-7 Leonard Lance R 50%
Frank Lautenberg Other 50%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 50%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 50%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 50%
Dick Lugar Other 50%
Betsy Markey Other 50%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 50%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 50%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 50%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Menendez D 50%
OR U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Merkley D 50%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 50%
Alan Mollohan Other 50%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 50%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 50%
Donald Payne Other 50%
Tom Perriello Other 50%
Earl Pomeroy Other 50%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 50%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 50%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 50%
ID U.S. Senate-Jr James Risch R 50%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 50%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 50%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 50%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 50%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 50%
NH U.S. Senate-Sr Jeanne Shaheen D 50%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 50%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 50%
Zack Space Other 50%
Arlen Specter Other 50%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 50%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 50%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 50%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 50%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 50%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 50%
VA U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Warner D 50%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 50%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 50%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 50%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 50%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 50%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 50%
Scott Brown Other 40%
Jim Bunning Other 40%
CA U.S. House-27 Judy Chu D 40%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 40%
John Ensign Other 40%
OH U.S. House-11 Marcia Fudge D 40%
CA U.S. House-3 John Garamendi D 40%
Joe Lieberman Other 40%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 40%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 40%
Patrick Murphy Other 40%
Steve Rothman Other 40%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 40%
Heath Shuler Other 40%
Gary Ackerman Other 33%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 33%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 33%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 33%
Shelley Berkley Other 33%
Howard Berman Other 33%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 33%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 33%
Leonard Boswell Other 33%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 33%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 33%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 33%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 33%
Russ Carnahan Other 33%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 33%
Mike Castle Other 33%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 33%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 33%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 33%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 33%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 33%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 33%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 33%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 33%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 33%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 33%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 33%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 33%
Bill Delahunt Other 33%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 33%
Norm Dicks Other 33%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 33%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 33%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 33%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 33%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 33%
Bob Etheridge Other 33%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 33%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 33%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 33%
Barney Frank Other 33%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 33%
FL U.S. House-9 Alan Grayson D 33%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 33%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 33%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 33%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 33%
John Hall Other 33%
Jane Harman Other 33%
NM U.S. Senate-Jr Martin Heinrich D 33%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 33%
Baron Hill Other 33%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 33%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 33%
Paul Hodes Other 33%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 33%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 33%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 33%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 33%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 33%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 33%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 33%
Steve Kagen Other 33%
Paul Kanjorski Other 33%
Patrick Kennedy Other 33%
Dale Kildee Other 33%
Mary Jo Kilroy Other 33%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 33%
Suzanne Kosmas Other 33%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 33%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 33%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 33%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 33%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 33%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 33%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 33%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 33%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 33%
NM U.S. House-3 Ben Lujan, Jr. D 33%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 33%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 33%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 33%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 33%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 33%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 33%
Michael McMahon Other 33%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 33%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 33%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 33%
Brad Miller Other 33%
Harry Mitchell Other 33%
Dennis Moore Other 33%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 33%
Scott Murphy Other 33%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 33%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 33%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 33%
Ben Nelson Other 33%
Jim Oberstar Other 33%
Dave Obey Other 33%
John Olver Other 33%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 33%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 33%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 33%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 33%
MI U.S. House-14 Gary Peters D 33%
ME U.S. House-1 Chellie Pingree D 33%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 33%
IL U.S. House-5 Mike Quigley D 33%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 33%
Silvestre Reyes Other 33%
Laura Richardson Other 33%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 33%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 33%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 33%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 33%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 33%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 33%
Mark Schauer Other 33%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 33%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 33%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 33%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 33%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 33%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 33%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 33%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 33%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 33%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 33%
Vic Snyder Other 33%
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 33%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 33%
Pete Stark Other 33%
Betty Sutton Other 33%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 33%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 33%
NV U.S. House-1 Dina Titus D 33%
NY U.S. House-20 Paul Tonko D 33%
Ed Towns Other 33%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 33%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 33%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 33%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 33%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 33%
Diane Watson Other 33%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 33%
Anthony Weiner Other 33%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 33%
Lynn Woolsey Other 33%
David Wu Other 33%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 33%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 25%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 25%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 20%
Maurice Hinchey Other 20%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 20%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 20%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 20%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 20%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 20%
Bart Stupak Other 20%
Melissa Bean Other 16%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 16%
VA U.S. House-11 Gerry Connolly D 16%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 16%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 16%
Steve Driehaus Other 16%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 16%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 16%
NY U.S. House-24 Dan Maffei Other 16%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 16%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 16%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 16%
OR U.S. House-5 Kurt Schrader D 16%
Robert Byrd Other 0%
CT U.S. House-4 Jim Himes D 0%
Paul Kirk, Jr. Other 0%
Ron Klein Other 0%
John McHugh Other 0%
Jack Murtha Other 0%
CO U.S. House-2 Jared Polis D 0%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 0%
Ellen Tauscher Other 0%
Robert Wexler Other 0%

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