Rating Group: American Library Association

2009 Positions

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

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