| State | Office | District | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | U.S. Senate | Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 34% |
| AL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Richard Shelby | Republican | 39% |
| AR | U.S. Senate | Sr | John Boozman | Republican | 9% |
| CA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | 91% |
| DE | U.S. Senate | Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 81% |
| GA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Johnny Isakson | Republican | 5% |
| IA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 8% |
| ID | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 2% |
| IL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 98% |
| KS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Pat Roberts | Republican | 2% |
| KS | U.S. Senate | Jr | Jerry Moran | Republican | 29% |
| KY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mitch McConnell | Republican | 8% |
| MD | U.S. Senate | Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 96% |
| ME | U.S. Senate | Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 14% |
| MI | U.S. Senate | Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 93% |
| MO | U.S. Senate | Sr | Roy Blunt | Republican | 15% |
| MS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 4% |
| NC | U.S. Senate | Sr | Richard Burr | Republican | 11% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate | Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 97% |
| NM | U.S. Senate | Sr | Tom Udall | Democratic | 98% |
| NY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 98% |
| OH | U.S. Senate | Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 98% |
| OH | U.S. Senate | Jr | Rob Portman | Republican | 4% |
| OK | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jim Inhofe | Republican | 6% |
| OR | U.S. Senate | Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 87% |
| RI | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 98% |
| SC | U.S. Senate | Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 29% |
| SD | U.S. Senate | Sr | John Thune | Republican | 22% |
| TN | U.S. Senate | Sr | Lamar Alexander | Republican | 8% |
| TX | U.S. Senate | Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 13% |
| VT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Patrick Leahy | Democratic | 96% |
| VT | U.S. Senate | Jr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 98% |
| WA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 98% |
| WA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 81% |
| WY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mike Enzi | Republican | 11% |
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 96% | ||||
| Kay Bailey Hutchison | 2% | ||||
| Max Baucus | 80% | ||||
| Jeff Bingaman | 88% | ||||
| Barbara Boxer | 96% | ||||
| Saxby Chambliss | 20% | ||||
| Thomas Coburn | 20% | ||||
| Thad Cochran | 9% | ||||
| Kent Conrad | 92% | ||||
| James DeMint | 19% | ||||
| John Ensign | 27% | ||||
| Tom Harkin | 98% | ||||
| Orrin Hatch | 9% | ||||
| Daniel Inouye | 96% | ||||
| Timothy Johnson | 91% | ||||
| John Kerry | 95% | ||||
| Mark Kirk | 9% | ||||
| Herb Kohl | 91% | ||||
| Jon Kyl | 2% | ||||
| Mary Landrieu | 79% | ||||
| Frank Lautenberg | 92% | ||||
| Carl Levin | 97% | ||||
| Joe Lieberman | 86% | ||||
| Dick Lugar | 8% | ||||
| John McCain III | 30% | ||||
| Barbara Mikulski | 98% | ||||
| Ben Nelson | 89% | ||||
| Bill Nelson, Sr. | 86% | ||||
| Mark Pryor | 75% | ||||
| Harry Reid | 95% | ||||
| Jay Rockefeller IV | 95% | ||||
| Jeff Sessions III | 8% | ||||
| Olympia Snowe | 32% | ||||
| Mark Udall | 98% | ||||
| David Vitter | 19% |
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