Rating Group: Peace Action West

2009 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 20%
AK U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Begich D 67%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 8%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 10%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 11%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 8%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 8%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 8%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 8%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 50%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 8%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 20%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 50%
AZ U.S. House-1 Ann Kirkpatrick D 15%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 92%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 69%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 8%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 60%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 60%
CA U.S. House-4 Tom McClintock R 8%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 62%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 62%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 33%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 83%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 33%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 91%
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 83%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 38%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 83%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 58%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 67%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 91%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 8%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 8%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 69%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 8%
CA U.S. House-27 Judy Chu D 50%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 46%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 54%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 8%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 69%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 62%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 56%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 70%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 15%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 54%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 8%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 23%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 50%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 23%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 8%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 46%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 85%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 89%
CO U.S. Senate-Jr Michael Bennet D 80%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 54%
CO U.S. House-2 Jared Polis D 77%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 8%
CO U.S. House-6 Michael Coffman R 8%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 46%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 46%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 54%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 50%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 54%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 54%
CT U.S. House-4 Jim Himes D 54%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 89%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 50%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 8%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 8%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 54%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 8%
FL U.S. House-8 Bill Posey R 8%
FL U.S. House-9 Alan Grayson D 69%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 8%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 0%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 54%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 8%
FL U.S. House-17 Thomas Rooney R 8%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 50%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 54%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 8%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 8%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 10%
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 8%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 46%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 8%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 73%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 33%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 8%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 8%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 8%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 15%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 38%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 9%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 67%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 73%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 10%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 70%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 54%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 55%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 8%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 8%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 0%
ID U.S. Senate-Jr James Risch R 0%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 15%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 70%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 0%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 54%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 46%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 67%
IL U.S. House-5 Mike Quigley D 64%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 8%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 62%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 69%
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 31%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 8%
IL U.S. House-18 Aaron Schock R 8%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 31%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 54%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 69%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 8%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 8%
KS U.S. House-2 Lynn Jenkins R 8%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 0%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 10%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 15%
KY U.S. House-2 Brett Guthrie R 8%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 54%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 8%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 67%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 0%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 8%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 15%
LA U.S. House-4 John Fleming, Jr. R 8%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 0%
LA U.S. House-6 Bill Cassidy R 8%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 62%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 85%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 69%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 69%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 83%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 78%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 69%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 63%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 80%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 42%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 54%
MD U.S. House-4 Donna Edwards D 92%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 46%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 54%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 46%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 10%
ME U.S. House-1 Chellie Pingree D 83%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 62%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 80%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 70%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 15%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 15%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 8%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 46%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 8%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 58%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 89%
MI U.S. House-14 Gary Peters D 38%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 80%
MN U.S. Senate-Jr Al Franken DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 54%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 8%
MN U.S. House-3 Erik Paulsen R 15%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 73%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 91%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 9%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 38%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 70%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 8%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 75%
MO U.S. House-3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R 8%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 54%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 8%
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 54%
MS U.S. House-3 Gregg Harper R 8%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 60%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 60%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 70%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 0%
NC U.S. Senate-Jr Kay Hagan D 78%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 46%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 55%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 62%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 8%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 15%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 31%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 8%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 69%
NE U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Johanns R 0%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 8%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 8%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 8%
NH U.S. Senate-Sr Jeanne Shaheen D 67%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 58%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 70%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 70%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 46%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 8%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 8%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 15%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 67%
NJ U.S. House-7 Leonard Lance R 8%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 50%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 58%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 8%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 67%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 60%
NM U.S. Senate-Jr Martin Heinrich D 58%
NM U.S. House-3 Ben Lujan, Jr. D 58%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 70%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 8%
NV U.S. House-1 Dina Titus D 38%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 70%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 70%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 54%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 0%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 54%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 42%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 50%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 56%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 77%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 62%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 54%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 54%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 40%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 77%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 54%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 46%
NY U.S. House-20 Paul Tonko D 46%
NY U.S. House-21 Bill Owens D 0%
NY U.S. House-24 Dan Maffei Other 54%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 62%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 46%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 70%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 8%
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 8%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 8%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 75%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 15%
OH U.S. House-11 Marcia Fudge D 62%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 8%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 50%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 0%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 40%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 8%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 8%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 8%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 70%
OR U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Merkley D 80%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 8%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 75%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 73%
OR U.S. House-5 Kurt Schrader D 54%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 70%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 67%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 58%
PA U.S. House-5 G.T. Thompson, Jr. R 8%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 15%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 8%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 42%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 62%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 15%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 8%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 15%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 70%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 70%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 46%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 10%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 15%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 50%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 70%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 10%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 20%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 40%
TN U.S. House-1 Phil Roe R 8%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 67%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 50%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 8%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 69%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 0%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 8%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 15%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 8%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 8%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 17%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 8%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 8%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 8%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 46%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 8%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 8%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 8%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 8%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 58%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 50%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 8%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 10%
TX U.S. House-22 Pete Olson R 8%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 8%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 8%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 23%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 46%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 67%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 8%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 8%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 77%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 11%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 8%
UT U.S. House-3 Jason Chaffetz R 8%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 31%
VA U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Warner D 80%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 8%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 54%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 8%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 8%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 9%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 75%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 8%
VA U.S. House-11 Gerry Connolly D 46%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 70%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 100%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 82%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 67%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 50%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 46%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 15%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 17%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 92%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 15%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 46%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 62%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 92%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 15%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 46%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 77%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 23%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 31%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 78%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 8%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 69%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 30%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 20%
WY U.S. House-At-Large Cynthia Lummis R 8%
Gary Ackerman Other 50%
John Adler Other 15%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 60%
Todd Akin Other 8%
Jason Altmire Other 31%
Michael Arcuri Other 46%
Steve Austria Other 8%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 54%
Brian Baird Other 58%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 18%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 8%
Evan Bayh Other 44%
Melissa Bean Other 31%
Bob Bennett Other 10%
Shelley Berkley Other 58%
Howard Berman Other 40%
Marion Berry Other 50%
Judy Biggert Other 15%
Brian Bilbray Other 8%
Jeff Bingaman Other 60%
John Boccieri Other 38%
Kit Bond Other 10%
Mary Bono Mack Other 8%
Dan Boren Other 31%
Leonard Boswell Other 54%
Rick Boucher Other 55%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 42%
Bobby Bright Other 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 8%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 8%
Jim Bunning Other 0%
Roland Burris Other 70%
Dan Burton Other 8%
Steve Buyer Other 8%
Robert Byrd Other 75%
Joseph Cao Other 0%
Dennis Cardoza Other 46%
Russ Carnahan Other 46%
Christopher Carney Other 25%
Mike Castle Other 31%
Ben Chandler III Other 46%
Travis Childers Other 23%
Kent Conrad Other 78%
Jerry Costello Other 62%
Kathy Dahlkemper Other 42%
Artur Davis Other 25%
Geoff Davis Other 15%
Lincoln Davis Other 36%
Bill Delahunt Other 70%
James DeMint Other 20%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 10%
Norm Dicks Other 46%
Chris Dodd Other 60%
Byron Dorgan Other 80%
David Dreier Other 8%
Steve Driehaus Other 54%
Chet Edwards Other 46%
Vern Ehlers Other 38%
Brad Ellsworth Other 46%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 17%
John Ensign Other 11%
Bob Etheridge Other 46%
Russ Feingold Other 90%
Barney Frank Other 69%
Elton Gallegly Other 8%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 46%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 54%
Bart Gordon Other 42%
Judd Gregg Other 20%
Parker Griffith, Jr. Other 15%
John Hall Other 45%
Debbie Halvorson Other 31%
Phil Hare Other 62%
Jane Harman Other 50%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 8%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 17%
Baron Hill Other 50%
Maurice Hinchey Other 83%
Paul Hodes Other 46%
Pete Hoekstra Other 8%
Thomas Holden Other 31%
Duncan Hunter Other 8%
Kay Hutchison Other 10%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 8%
Daniel Inouye Other 60%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 62%
Tim Johnson Other 46%
Steve Kagen Other 64%
Paul Kanjorski Other 54%
Ted Kaufman Other 80%
Patrick Kennedy Other 29%
Dale Kildee Other 46%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 73%
Mary Jo Kilroy Other 54%
Paul Kirk, Jr. Other 80%
Larry Kissell Other 38%
Ron Klein Other 38%
Herb Kohl Other 80%
Suzanne Kosmas Other 31%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. Other 31%
Dennis Kucinich Other 92%
Jon Kyl Other 20%
Steve LaTourette Other 15%
Chris Lee Other 8%
George LeMieux Other 40%
Jerry Lewis Other 8%
Joe Lieberman Other 20%
Blanche Lincoln Other 40%
John Linder Other 8%
Dick Lugar Other 50%
Dan Lungren Other 8%
Connie Mack IV Other 8%
Don Manzullo Other 8%
Betsy Markey Other 38%
Jim Marshall Other 8%
Eric Massa Other 69%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 15%
Michael McMahon Other 23%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 38%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 25%
Brad Miller Other 46%
Walt Minnick Other 25%
Harry Mitchell Other 23%
Alan Mollohan Other 50%
Dennis Moore Other 46%
Patrick Murphy Other 50%
Scott Murphy Other 45%
Jack Murtha Other 58%
Sue Myrick Other 8%
Ben Nelson Other 50%
Glenn Nye III Other 38%
Jim Oberstar Other 69%
Dave Obey Other 67%
John Olver Other 75%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 46%
Ron Paul Other 92%
Donald Payne Other 91%
Tom Perriello Other 54%
Todd Platts Other 8%
Earl Pomeroy Other 46%
George Radanovich Other 9%
Denny Rehberg Other 8%
Silvestre Reyes Other 40%
Laura Richardson Other 62%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 54%
Mike Ross Other 38%
Steve Rothman Other 54%
Mark Schauer Other 46%
Jean Schmidt Other 8%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 54%
John Shadegg Other 8%
Heath Shuler Other 38%
Ike Skelton Other 46%
Olympia Snowe Other 10%
Vic Snyder Other 50%
Mark Souder Other 8%
Zack Space Other 23%
Arlen Specter Other 63%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 46%
Pete Stark Other 91%
Cliff Stearns Other 15%
Bart Stupak Other 42%
John Sullivan Other 0%
Betty Sutton Other 54%
John Tanner Other 33%
Ellen Tauscher Other 38%
Gene Taylor Other 31%
Harry Teague Other 23%
Todd Tiahrt Other 8%
Ed Towns Other 75%
George Voinovich Other 30%
Zach Wamp Other 17%
Diane Watson Other 83%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 70%
Anthony Weiner Other 50%
Robert Wexler Other 62%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 54%
Lynn Woolsey Other 83%
David Wu Other 58%

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