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2008 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 0%
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 0%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 0%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 11%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 56%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 11%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 11%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 13%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 13%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 0%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 11%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 0%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 22%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 0%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 0%
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 0%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 0%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 11%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 11%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 44%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 11%
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 11%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 0%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 0%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 0%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 0%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 0%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 22%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 11%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 22%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 0%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 0%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 0%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 0%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 0%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 0%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 0%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 0%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 0%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 56%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 22%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 22%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 0%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 0%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 0%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 0%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 0%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 0%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 0%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 0%
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 0%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 11%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 0%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 0%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 0%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 0%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 0%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 11%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 22%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 0%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 0%
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 0%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 0%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 0%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 0%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 0%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 0%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 0%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 0%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 0%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 11%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 0%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 33%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 11%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 13%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 25%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 11%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 33%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 11%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 11%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 13%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 0%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 25%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 0%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 11%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 0%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 22%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 0%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 11%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 22%
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 0%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 33%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 0%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 0%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 0%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 13%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 0%
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 11%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 11%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 13%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 13%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 0%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 0%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 0%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 0%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 22%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 0%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 22%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 0%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 0%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 0%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 13%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 13%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 11%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 0%
MD U.S. House-4 Donna Edwards D 0%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 0%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 22%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 44%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 25%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 33%
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 0%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 0%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 11%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 0%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 0%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 0%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 11%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 33%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 25%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 11%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 11%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 33%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 0%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 11%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 25%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 0%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 22%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 11%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 0%
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 0%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 25%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 25%
NA President Barack Obama II D 38%
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 50%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 13%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 0%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 0%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 22%
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 11%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 0%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 11%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 11%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 11%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 0%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 22%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 13%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 25%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 11%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 0%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 0%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 0%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 0%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 0%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 22%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 11%
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 0%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 0%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 0%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 11%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 0%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 11%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 0%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 0%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 11%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 33%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 11%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 0%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 11%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 0%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 11%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 0%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 11%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 13%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 0%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 0%
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 0%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 0%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 0%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 0%
OH U.S. House-11 Marcia Fudge D 0%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 0%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 0%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 0%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 0%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 0%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 0%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 0%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 13%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 0%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 0%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 22%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 13%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 0%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 11%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 0%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 0%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 0%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 0%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 0%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 0%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 0%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 50%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 38%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 0%
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 0%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 25%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 13%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 13%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 0%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 0%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 0%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 0%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 33%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 25%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 11%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 0%
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 0%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 0%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 11%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 0%
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 0%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 33%
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 0%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 0%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 11%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 0%
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 11%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 13%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 11%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 0%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 0%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 11%
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 22%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 0%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 50%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 25%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 11%
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 0%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 0%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 11%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 11%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 0%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 22%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 33%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 0%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 22%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 0%
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 0%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 22%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 13%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 13%
Gary Ackerman Other 11%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 38%
Todd Akin Other 11%
Wayne Allard Other 0%
Thomas Allen Other 44%
Jason Altmire Other 0%
Michael Arcuri Other 22%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 0%
Brian Baird Other 11%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 0%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 0%
Evan Bayh Other 0%
Melissa Bean Other 0%
Bob Bennett Other 13%
Shelley Berkley Other 11%
Howard Berman Other 0%
Marion Berry Other 0%
Judy Biggert Other 0%
Brian Bilbray Other 0%
Jeff Bingaman Other 38%
Kit Bond Other 0%
Mary Bono Mack Other 0%
Dan Boren Other 11%
Leonard Boswell Other 11%
Rick Boucher Other 33%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 0%
Nancy Boyda Other 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 11%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 0%
Jim Bunning Other 0%
Dan Burton Other 22%
Steve Buyer Other 0%
Robert Byrd Other 0%
Chris Cannon Other 0%
Dennis Cardoza Other 0%
Russ Carnahan Other 0%
Christopher Carney Other 11%
Mike Castle Other 0%
Donald Cazayoux, Jr. Other 0%
Ben Chandler III Other 22%
Travis Childers Other 0%
Hillary Clinton Other 25%
Norm Coleman Other 25%
Kent Conrad Other 13%
Jerry Costello Other 11%
Larry Craig Other 13%
Robert Cramer Other 0%
Barbara Cubin Other 11%
Artur Davis Other 11%
David Davis Other 0%
Geoff Davis Other 0%
Lincoln Davis Other 0%
Thomas Davis III Other 0%
Bill Delahunt Other 11%
James DeMint Other 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 0%
Norm Dicks Other 0%
Chris Dodd Other 25%
Elizabeth Dole Other 13%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 0%
John Doolittle Other 11%
Byron Dorgan Other 0%
Thelma Drake Other 0%
David Dreier Other 0%
Chet Edwards Other 0%
Vern Ehlers Other 33%
Brad Ellsworth Other 0%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 0%
Philip English Other 11%
John Ensign Other 0%
Bob Etheridge Other 0%
Terry Everett Other 0%
Tom Feeney Other 0%
Russ Feingold Other 25%
Michael Ferguson Other 0%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 0%
Barney Frank Other 11%
Elton Gallegly Other 0%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 0%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 0%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 22%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 0%
Bart Gordon Other 22%
Judd Gregg Other 0%
John Hall Other 0%
Phil Hare Other 22%
Jane Harman Other 33%
Robert Hayes Other 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 0%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 0%
Baron Hill Other 0%
Maurice Hinchey Other 22%
David Lee Hobson Other 0%
Paul Hodes Other 11%
Pete Hoekstra Other 0%
Thomas Holden Other 22%
Darlene Hooley Other 11%
Kenny Hulshof Other 0%
Duncan Hunter Other 0%
Kay Hutchison Other 0%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 0%
Daniel Inouye Other 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 0%
William Jefferson Other 0%
Tim Johnson Other 11%
Steve Kagen Other 11%
Paul Kanjorski Other 11%
Ric Keller Other 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 25%
Patrick Kennedy Other 22%
Dale Kildee Other 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 0%
Ron Klein Other 0%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 0%
Herb Kohl Other 13%
Dennis Kucinich Other 22%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 11%
Jon Kyl Other 0%
Ray LaHood Other 11%
Nicholas Lampson Other 0%
Steve LaTourette Other 0%
Jerry Lewis Other 0%
Ron Lewis Other 0%
Joe Lieberman Other 25%
Blanche Lincoln Other 38%
John Linder Other 0%
Dick Lugar Other 0%
Dan Lungren Other 0%
Connie Mack IV Other 11%
Tim Mahoney Other 0%
Don Manzullo Other 0%
Jim Marshall Other 11%
Melquiades Martinez Other 0%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 22%
James McCrery III Other 0%
John McHugh Other 11%
Michael McNulty Other 11%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 0%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 0%
Brad Miller Other 0%
Harry Mitchell Other 0%
Alan Mollohan Other 0%
Dennis Moore Other 11%
Patrick Murphy Other 0%
Jack Murtha Other 11%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 0%
Sue Myrick Other 0%
Ben Nelson Other 13%
Jim Oberstar Other 0%
Dave Obey Other 0%
John Olver Other 11%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 0%
Ron Paul Other 22%
Donald Payne Other 0%
John Peterson Other 11%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 11%
Todd Platts Other 11%
Earl Pomeroy Other 0%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 0%
Deborah Pryce Other 0%
George Radanovich Other 11%
James Ramstad Other 0%
Ralph Regula Other 0%
Denny Rehberg Other 11%
Richard Renzi Other 0%
Silvestre Reyes Other 11%
Thomas Reynolds Other 0%
Laura Richardson Other 0%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 0%
Mike Ross Other 22%
Steve Rothman Other 33%
Ken Salazar Other 38%
William Sali Other 13%
Jim Saxton Other 0%
Jean Schmidt Other 0%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 11%
John Shadegg Other 0%
Christopher Shays Other 11%
Heath Shuler Other 0%
Ike Skelton Other 11%
Gordon Smith Other 13%
Olympia Snowe Other 25%
Vic Snyder Other 0%
Hilda Solis Other 0%
Mark Souder Other 11%
Zack Space Other 11%
Arlen Specter Other 13%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 0%
Pete Stark Other 22%
Cliff Stearns Other 0%
Ted Stevens Other 13%
Bart Stupak Other 11%
John Sullivan Other 0%
John Sununu Other 50%
Betty Sutton Other 11%
Tom Tancredo Other 0%
John Tanner Other 0%
Ellen Tauscher Other 0%
Gene Taylor Other 0%
Todd Tiahrt Other 22%
Ed Towns Other 22%
George Voinovich Other 0%
James Walsh Other 0%
Zach Wamp Other 0%
John Warner Other 0%
Diane Watson Other 11%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 13%
Anthony Weiner Other 0%
David Weldon Other 11%
Gerald Weller Other 0%
Robert Wexler Other 22%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 0%
Heather Wilson Other 0%
Lynn Woolsey Other 11%
David Wu Other 11%

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