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State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate - Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 50%
CO U.S. Senate - Sr Michael Bennet Democratic 50%
DE U.S. Senate - Sr Tom Carper Democratic 50%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 50%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 50%
ID U.S. Senate - Jr James Risch Republican 50%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 50%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. Republican 50%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Ben Cardin Democratic 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
MI U.S. Senate - Sr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 50%
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic 50%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker Republican 50%
MT U.S. Senate - Sr Jon Tester Democratic 50%
NH U.S. Senate - Sr Jeanne Shaheen Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. Senate - Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 50%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
NY U.S. Senate - Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 50%
OH U.S. Senate - Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 50%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 50%
OR U.S. Senate - Jr Jeff Merkley Democratic 50%
PA U.S. Senate - Sr Bob Casey, Jr. Democratic 50%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 50%
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 50%
SC U.S. Senate - Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 50%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 50%
TX U.S. Senate - Sr John Cornyn Republican 50%
VA U.S. Senate - Sr Mark Warner Democratic 50%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 50%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 50%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 50%
WY U.S. Senate - Sr John Barrasso Republican 50%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 50%
Lamar Alexander 50%
Max Baucus 50%
Evan Bayh 50%
Mark Begich 50%
Bob Bennett 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
Kit Bond 50%
Barbara Boxer 50%
Scott Brown 0%
Sam Brownback 50%
Jim Bunning 0%
Richard Burr 50%
Roland Burris 50%
Robert Byrd 0%
Saxby Chambliss 50%
Thomas Coburn 50%
Thad Cochran 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Robert Corker 50%
James DeMint 50%
Chris Dodd 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
John Ensign 50%
Mike Enzi 50%
Russ Feingold 50%
Dianne Feinstein 50%
Al Franken 50%
Carte Goodwin 100%
Judd Gregg 50%
Kay Hagan 50%
Tom Harkin 50%
Orrin Hatch 50%
Kay Hutchison 50%
Jim Inhofe 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
Johnny Isakson 50%
Mike Johanns 50%
Timothy Johnson 50%
Ted Kaufman 50%
John Kerry 50%
Paul Kirk, Jr. 0%
Herb Kohl 50%
Jon Kyl 50%
Mary Landrieu 50%
Frank Lautenberg 50%
George LeMieux 100%
Patrick Leahy 50%
Carl Levin 50%
Joe Lieberman 50%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
Dick Lugar 50%
John McCain III 50%
Claire McCaskill 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 50%
Ben Nelson 50%
Mark Pryor 50%
Harry Reid 50%
Pat Roberts 50%
Jay Rockefeller IV 50%
Jeff Sessions III 50%
Richard Shelby 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
Mark Udall 50%
Tom Udall 50%
David Vitter 100%
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate - Sr Lisa Murkowski R 50%
CO U.S. Senate - Sr Michael Bennet D 50%
DE U.S. Senate - Sr Tom Carper D 50%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 50%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 50%
ID U.S. Senate - Jr James Risch R 50%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 50%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. R 50%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Ben Cardin D 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 50%
MI U.S. Senate - Sr Debbie Stabenow D 50%
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar D 50%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker R 50%
MT U.S. Senate - Sr Jon Tester D 50%
NH U.S. Senate - Sr Jeanne Shaheen D 50%
NJ U.S. Senate - Sr Bob Menendez D 50%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 50%
NY U.S. Senate - Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 50%
OH U.S. Senate - Sr Sherrod Brown D 50%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 50%
OR U.S. Senate - Jr Jeff Merkley D 50%
PA U.S. Senate - Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 50%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed D 50%
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 50%
SC U.S. Senate - Sr Lindsey Graham R 50%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune R 50%
TX U.S. Senate - Sr John Cornyn R 50%
VA U.S. Senate - Sr Mark Warner D 50%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 50%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 50%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell D 50%
WY U.S. Senate - Sr John Barrasso R 50%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 50%
Lamar Alexander 50%
Max Baucus 50%
Evan Bayh 50%
Mark Begich 50%
Bob Bennett 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
Kit Bond 50%
Barbara Boxer 50%
Scott Brown 0%
Sam Brownback 50%
Jim Bunning 0%
Richard Burr 50%
Roland Burris 50%
Robert Byrd 0%
Saxby Chambliss 50%
Thomas Coburn 50%
Thad Cochran 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Robert Corker 50%
James DeMint 50%
Chris Dodd 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
John Ensign 50%
Mike Enzi 50%
Russ Feingold 50%
Dianne Feinstein 50%
Al Franken 50%
Carte Goodwin 100%
Judd Gregg 50%
Kay Hagan 50%
Tom Harkin 50%
Orrin Hatch 50%
Kay Hutchison 50%
Jim Inhofe 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
Johnny Isakson 50%
Mike Johanns 50%
Timothy Johnson 50%
Ted Kaufman 50%
John Kerry 50%
Paul Kirk, Jr. 0%
Herb Kohl 50%
Jon Kyl 50%
Mary Landrieu 50%
Frank Lautenberg 50%
George LeMieux 100%
Patrick Leahy 50%
Carl Levin 50%
Joe Lieberman 50%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
Dick Lugar 50%
John McCain III 50%
Claire McCaskill 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 50%
Ben Nelson 50%
Mark Pryor 50%
Harry Reid 50%
Pat Roberts 50%
Jay Rockefeller IV 50%
Jeff Sessions III 50%
Richard Shelby 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
Mark Udall 50%
Tom Udall 50%
David Vitter 100%
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