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2007 Positions

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

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