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The results

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Senator

Party

State

Score

Grade

Amy Klobuchar

D

MN

24

A

Christopher Dodd

D

CT

23

A

Johnny Isakson

R

GA

23

A

John Kerry

D

MA

22

A

James Inhofe

R

OK

22

A

Judd Gregg

R

NH

22

A

Olympia Snowe

R

ME

22

A

Kirsten Gillibrand

D

NY

21

A

Dianne Feinstein

D

CA

21

A

Orrin Hatch

R

UT

21

A

Kent Conrad

D

ND

21

A

Jeff Merkley

D

OR

21

A

Maria Cantwell

D

WA

21

A

Bob Casey, Jr.

D

PA

21

A

Ted Kennedy

D

MA

20

B

Bernie Sanders

I

VT

20

B

Joe Lieberman

I

CT

20

B

Mike Crapo

R

ID

20

B

Sheldon Whitehouse

D

RI

20

B

Mark Pryor

D

AR

20

B

Arlen Specter

D

PA

19

B

Patty Murray

D

WA

19

B

Frank Lautenberg

D

NJ

19

B

Daniel Inouye

D

HI

19

B

Daniel Akaka

D

HI

19

B

Carl Levin

D

MI

19

B

Harry Reid

D

NV

19

B

Ben Cardin

D

MD

19

B

Jeanne Shaheen

D

NH

19

B

Jack Reed

D

RI

19

B

Sherrod Brown

D

OH

19

B

Russ Feingold

D

WI

19

B

Kit Bond

R

MO

18

B

Thomas R. Carper

D

DE

18

B

Mark Udall

D

CO

18

B

Bob Menendez

D

NJ

18

B

Richard Lugar

R

IN

17

B

Jay Rockefeller

D

WV

17

B

Max Baucus

D

MT

17

B

Mike Enzi

R

WY

17

B

Richard Durbin

D

IL

17

B

Chuck Grassley

R

IA

16

B

Pat Roberts

R

KS

16

B

Patrick Leahy

D

VT

16

B

Ron Wyden

D

OR

16

B

John Thune

R

SD

16

B

Mike Johanns

R

NE

15

C

Lisa Murkowski

R

AK

15

C

Blanche Lincoln

D

AR

15

C

Richard Shelby

R

AL

14

C

Tom Udall

D

NM

14

C

John Ensign

R

NV

14

C

Michael Bennet

D

CO

14

C

Barbara Mikulski

D

MD

13

C

John Cornyn

R

TX

13

C

Jim Bunning

R

KY

12

C

Lamar Alexander

R

TN

12

C

Tim Johnson

D

SD

12

C

Tom Coburn

R

OK

12

C

Bob Corker

R

TN

12

C

Mark Begich

D

AK

12

C

Robert Foster Bennett

R

UT

11

C

Ted Kaufman

D

DE

11

C

Jim Risch

R

ID

11

C

Jeff Sessions

R

AL

11

C

Kay Hagan

D

NC

11

C

Claire McCaskill

D

MO

11

C

Sam Brownback

R

KS

11

C

Herb Kohl

D

WI

10

D

Barbara Boxer

D

CA

10

D

Evan Bayh

D

IN

10

D

David Vitter

R

LA

10

D

Richard Burr

R

NC

9

D

Jeff Bingaman

D

NM

8

D

Debbie Stabenow

D

MI

8

D

John Barrasso

R

WY

8

D

John McCain

R

AZ

7

D

Byron Dorgan

D

ND

7

D

Chuck Schumer

D

NY

7

D

Roger Wicker

R

MS

7

D

Lindsey Graham

R

SC

7

D

Mary Landrieu

D

LA

7

D

Robert Byrd

D

WV

6

D

Ben Nelson

D

NE

6

D

Saxby Chambliss

R

GA

6

D

Susan Collins

R

ME

6

D

Jon Tester

D

MT

6

D

George Voinovich

R

OH

5

F

Mel Martinez

R

FL

5

F

Kay Bailey Hutchison

R

TX

4

F

Jim DeMint

R

SC

4

F

Mark Warner

D

VA

4

F

Jon Kyl

R

AZ

3

F

Bill Nelson

D

FL

3

F

Tom Harkin

D

IA

2

F

Jim Webb

D

VA

1

F

Roland Burris

D

IL

0

F

Thad Cochran

R

MS

0

F

Mitch McConnell

R

KY

0

F

Not included: Al Franken (D-MN)

 

 

 

 

Vanessa Kerr and Claire Thompson contributed reporting to this story.