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State Office Name Party Rating
John Shadegg 20%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Christopher Shays 20%
Richard Shelby 10%
Donald Sherwood 20%
John Shimkus 40%
Ronnie Shows 80%
E.G. Shuster 33%
Norman Sisisky 90%
Joseph Skeen 30%
Ike Skelton 90%
Louise Slaughter 88%
Gordon Smith 20%
Lamar Smith 33%
Nick Smith 11%
Bob Smith 10%
Olympia Snowe 40%
Vic Snyder 100%
Mark Souder 20%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 40%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Debbie Stabenow 90%
Pete Stark 77%
Cliff Stearns 20%
Charles Stenholm 70%
Ted Stevens 20%
Ted Strickland 90%
Bob Stump 30%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 10%
John Sweeney 30%
James Talent 30%
Tom Tancredo 20%
John Tanner 90%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
William Tauzin II 30%
Charles Taylor 30%
Gene Taylor 60%
Lee Terry 20%
Craig Thomas 10%
William Thomas 22%
Fred Thompson 10%
Mac Thornberry 20%
Karen Thurman 90%
Strom Thurmond 20%
Todd Tiahrt 22%
John Tierney 70%
Pat Toomey 10%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 90%
James Traficant, Jr. 90%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 90%
James Turner 90%
Mark Udall 88%
Tom Udall 100%
Fred Upton 30%
Bruce Vento 80%
Pete Visclosky 100%
David Vitter 14%
George Voinovich 50%
Greg Walden 30%
James Walsh 30%
Zach Wamp 20%
John Warner 30%
Wesley Watkins 30%
Mel Watt 90%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 20%
Henry Waxman 88%
Anthony Weiner 90%
David Weldon 20%
W. Curtis Weldon 25%
Gerald Weller 30%
Paul Wellstone 90%
Robert Wexler 90%
Bob Weygand 90%
Ed Whitfield 40%
Heather Wilson 30%
Bob Wise, Jr. 90%
Frank Wolf 30%
Lynn Woolsey 80%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 88%
Bill Young 44%
Donald Young 30%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 90%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 90%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 80%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 90%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 80%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 90%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson Democratic 90%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 90%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 80%
State Office Name Party Rating
John Shadegg 20%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Christopher Shays 20%
Richard Shelby 10%
Donald Sherwood 20%
John Shimkus 40%
Ronnie Shows 80%
E.G. Shuster 33%
Norman Sisisky 90%
Joseph Skeen 30%
Ike Skelton 90%
Louise Slaughter 88%
Gordon Smith 20%
Lamar Smith 33%
Nick Smith 11%
Bob Smith 10%
Olympia Snowe 40%
Vic Snyder 100%
Mark Souder 20%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 40%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Debbie Stabenow 90%
Pete Stark 77%
Cliff Stearns 20%
Charles Stenholm 70%
Ted Stevens 20%
Ted Strickland 90%
Bob Stump 30%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 10%
John Sweeney 30%
James Talent 30%
Tom Tancredo 20%
John Tanner 90%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
William Tauzin II 30%
Charles Taylor 30%
Gene Taylor 60%
Lee Terry 20%
Craig Thomas 10%
William Thomas 22%
Fred Thompson 10%
Mac Thornberry 20%
Karen Thurman 90%
Strom Thurmond 20%
Todd Tiahrt 22%
John Tierney 70%
Pat Toomey 10%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 90%
James Traficant, Jr. 90%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 90%
James Turner 90%
Mark Udall 88%
Tom Udall 100%
Fred Upton 30%
Bruce Vento 80%
Pete Visclosky 100%
David Vitter 14%
George Voinovich 50%
Greg Walden 30%
James Walsh 30%
Zach Wamp 20%
John Warner 30%
Wesley Watkins 30%
Mel Watt 90%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 20%
Henry Waxman 88%
Anthony Weiner 90%
David Weldon 20%
W. Curtis Weldon 25%
Gerald Weller 30%
Paul Wellstone 90%
Robert Wexler 90%
Bob Weygand 90%
Ed Whitfield 40%
Heather Wilson 30%
Bob Wise, Jr. 90%
Frank Wolf 30%
Lynn Woolsey 80%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 88%
Bill Young 44%
Donald Young 30%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin D 90%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley D 90%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 90%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 80%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 80%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette D 90%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro D 90%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 80%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 90%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson D 90%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 80%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 90%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey D 80%
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