Rating Group: Republican Liberty Caucus

2007 Economic Liberties Score

Issues: Conservative
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 72%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 75%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 91%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 100%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 79%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 66%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 70%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 81%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 22%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 83%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 91%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 100%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 6%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 6%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 96%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 6%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 0%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 25%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 24%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 18%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 12%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 13%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 24%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 20%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 24%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 12%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 18%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 96%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 96%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 18%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 83%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 18%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 6%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 85%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 6%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 19%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 12%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 12%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 96%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 12%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 74%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 13%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 83%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 18%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 96%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 95%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 24%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 12%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 24%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 25%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 96%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 19%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 19%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 12%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 24%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 18%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 13%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 18%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 16%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 73%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 70%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 13%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 87%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 62%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 48%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 18%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 57%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 0%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 12%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 57%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 48%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 74%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 91%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 95%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 91%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 24%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 96%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 12%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 18%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 96%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 88%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 91%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 24%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 18%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 96%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 6%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 6%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 82%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 5%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 13%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 19%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 74%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 91%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 86%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 66%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 5%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 44%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 12%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 6%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 6%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 74%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 13%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 12%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 74%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 19%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 12%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 12%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 95%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 90%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 70%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 100%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 100%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 66%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 12%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 83%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 27%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 95%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 83%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 79%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal R 76%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 18%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 12%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 12%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 12%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 6%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 20%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 5%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 5%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 18%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 12%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 18%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 12%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 19%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 54%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 12%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 11%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 5%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 96%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 62%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 91%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 87%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 19%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 57%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 24%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 6%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 12%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 91%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 12%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 12%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 96%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 24%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 16%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 83%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 18%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 18%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 77%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 91%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 83%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 0%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 16%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 11%
NA President Barack Obama II D 8%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 86%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 11%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 100%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 6%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 42%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 12%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 91%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 83%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 6%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 91%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 14%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 70%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 91%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 87%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 18%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Menendez D 5%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 6%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 18%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 12%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 91%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 18%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 12%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 62%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 6%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 12%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 96%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 5%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 87%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 5%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 18%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 18%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 64%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 18%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 24%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 18%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 6%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 14%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 12%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 24%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 13%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 24%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 6%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 20%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 24%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 6%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 13%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 0%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 79%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 96%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 96%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 6%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 57%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 66%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 6%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 95%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 100%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 83%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 87%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 87%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 11%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 62%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 24%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 24%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 0%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 20%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 20%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 48%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 79%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 24%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 13%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 62%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 91%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 53%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 0%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 0%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 18%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 91%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 87%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 12%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 18%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 91%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 82%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 82%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 86%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 53%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 96%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 12%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 95%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 87%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 91%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 91%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 87%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 96%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 96%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 91%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 96%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 18%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 86%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 96%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 91%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 96%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 32%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 18%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 96%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 82%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 91%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 91%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 30%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 18%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 28%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 91%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 90%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 24%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 82%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 85%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 36%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 18%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 73%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 79%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 91%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 19%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 36%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 0%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 0%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 6%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 5%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 16%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 24%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 91%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 70%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 24%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 42%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 24%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 18%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 6%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 91%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 24%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 13%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 96%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 66%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 6%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 48%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 24%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 100%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 87%
Gary Ackerman Other 18%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 0%
Todd Akin Other 96%
Wayne Allard Other 100%
Thomas Allen Other 18%
Jason Altmire Other 6%
Michael Arcuri Other 6%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 6%
Brian Baird Other 24%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 91%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 96%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 79%
Evan Bayh Other 22%
Melissa Bean Other 25%
Bob Bennett Other 91%
Shelley Berkley Other 12%
Howard Berman Other 24%
Marion Berry Other 30%
Judy Biggert Other 70%
Brian Bilbray Other 87%
Jeff Bingaman Other 6%
Kit Bond Other 81%
Mary Bono Mack Other 62%
Dan Boren Other 33%
Leonard Boswell Other 30%
Rick Boucher Other 18%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 18%
Nancy Boyda Other 25%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 82%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 62%
Jim Bunning Other 95%
Dan Burton Other 86%
Steve Buyer Other 83%
Robert Byrd Other 5%
Chris Cannon Other 95%
Dennis Cardoza Other 13%
Russ Carnahan Other 12%
Christopher Carney Other 30%
Julia Carson Other 9%
Mike Castle Other 42%
Ben Chandler III Other 12%
Hillary Clinton Other 0%
Norm Coleman Other 61%
Kent Conrad Other 11%
Jerry Costello Other 12%
Larry Craig Other 85%
Robert Cramer Other 30%
Barbara Cubin Other 92%
Artur Davis Other 24%
David Davis Other 95%
Geoff Davis Other 85%
Lincoln Davis Other 24%
Thomas Davis III Other 70%
Bill Delahunt Other 12%
James DeMint Other 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 57%
Norm Dicks Other 24%
Chris Dodd Other 0%
Elizabeth Dole Other 85%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 71%
John Doolittle Other 91%
Byron Dorgan Other 0%
Thelma Drake Other 87%
David Dreier Other 79%
Chet Edwards Other 32%
Vern Ehlers Other 62%
Brad Ellsworth Other 12%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 48%
Philip English Other 53%
John Ensign Other 95%
Bob Etheridge Other 18%
Terry Everett Other 81%
Tom Feeney Other 87%
Russ Feingold Other 16%
Michael Ferguson Other 30%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 68%
Barney Frank Other 13%
Elton Gallegly Other 77%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 27%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 50%
Paul Gillmor Other 46%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 30%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 66%
Bart Gordon Other 30%
Judd Gregg Other 91%
John Hall Other 12%
Phil Hare Other 12%
Jane Harman Other 24%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 94%
Robert Hayes Other 62%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 95%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 30%
Baron Hill Other 24%
Maurice Hinchey Other 6%
David Lee Hobson Other 57%
Paul Hodes Other 6%
Pete Hoekstra Other 83%
Thomas Holden Other 24%
Darlene Hooley Other 20%
Kenny Hulshof Other 73%
Duncan Hunter Other 83%
Kay Hutchison Other 86%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 83%
Daniel Inouye Other 6%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 6%
William Jefferson Other 25%
Tim Johnson Other 36%
Steve Kagen Other 12%
Paul Kanjorski Other 27%
Ric Keller Other 66%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 6%
Patrick Kennedy Other 6%
Dale Kildee Other 12%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 12%
Ron Klein Other 18%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 77%
Herb Kohl Other 5%
Dennis Kucinich Other 0%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 62%
Jon Kyl Other 95%
Ray LaHood Other 43%
Nicholas Lampson Other 28%
Tom Lantos Other 20%
Steve LaTourette Other 42%
Frank Lautenberg Other 11%
Jerry Lewis Other 76%
Ron Lewis Other 79%
Joe Lieberman Other 17%
Blanche Lincoln Other 17%
John Linder Other 96%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 86%
Dick Lugar Other 77%
Dan Lungren Other 90%
Connie Mack IV Other 86%
Tim Mahoney Other 24%
Don Manzullo Other 96%
Jim Marshall Other 33%
Melquiades Martinez Other 91%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 66%
James McCrery III Other 90%
John McHugh Other 44%
Michael McNulty Other 6%
Martin Meehan Other 12%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 18%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 30%
Brad Miller Other 12%
Harry Mitchell Other 24%
Alan Mollohan Other 25%
Dennis Moore Other 24%
Patrick Murphy Other 18%
Jack Murtha Other 24%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 96%
Sue Myrick Other 91%
Ben Nelson Other 33%
Jim Oberstar Other 16%
Dave Obey Other 12%
John Olver Other 6%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 24%
Ron Paul Other 84%
Donald Payne Other 6%
John Peterson Other 79%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 74%
Todd Platts Other 53%
Earl Pomeroy Other 19%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 57%
Deborah Pryce Other 59%
George Radanovich Other 86%
James Ramstad Other 53%
Ralph Regula Other 53%
Denny Rehberg Other 70%
Richard Renzi Other 57%
Silvestre Reyes Other 19%
Thomas Reynolds Other 70%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 24%
Mike Ross Other 36%
Steve Rothman Other 13%
Ken Salazar Other 16%
William Sali Other 96%
Jim Saxton Other 48%
Jean Schmidt Other 79%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 24%
John Shadegg Other 96%
Christopher Shays Other 44%
Heath Shuler Other 6%
Ike Skelton Other 18%
Gordon Smith Other 58%
Olympia Snowe Other 54%
Vic Snyder Other 18%
Hilda Solis Other 12%
Mark Souder Other 82%
Zack Space Other 32%
Arlen Specter Other 54%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 12%
Pete Stark Other 13%
Cliff Stearns Other 74%
Ted Stevens Other 71%
Bart Stupak Other 18%
John Sullivan Other 87%
John Sununu Other 86%
Betty Sutton Other 12%
Tom Tancredo Other 95%
John Tanner Other 36%
Ellen Tauscher Other 24%
Gene Taylor Other 30%
Craig Thomas Other 100%
Todd Tiahrt Other 83%
Ed Towns Other 12%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 13%
George Voinovich Other 72%
James Walsh Other 44%
Zach Wamp Other 79%
John Warner Other 71%
Diane Watson Other 6%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 34%
Anthony Weiner Other 24%
David Weldon Other 83%
Gerald Weller Other 65%
Robert Wexler Other 6%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 6%
Heather Wilson Other 57%
Lynn Woolsey Other 13%
David Wu Other 12%
Albert Wynn Other 13%

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