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State Office Name Party Rating
Tom Carper 67%
Lincoln Chafee 67%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 67%
Jim Cooper 67%
Joe Crowley 67%
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 67%
Dianne Feinstein 67%
Harold Ford, Jr. 67%
Barney Frank 67%
Charlie Gonzalez 67%
Gilbert Gutknecht 67%
William Jefferson 67%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
Patrick Kennedy 67%
James Leach 67%
Blanche Lincoln 67%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 67%
Carolyn Maloney 67%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 67%
Bob Menendez 67%
Barbara Mikulski 67%
Alan Mollohan 67%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 67%
Jack Murtha 67%
Mark Pryor 67%
James Ramstad 67%
Dutch Ruppersberger 67%
Ike Skelton 67%
John Tanner 67%
George Voinovich 67%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 67%
Marion Berry 50%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
Dennis Cardoza 50%
HI U.S. House - 1 Ed Case Democratic 50%
Robert Cramer 50%
James Davis 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Gene Green 50%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Jim Marshall 50%
Mike McIntyre 50%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 50%
Jim Moran, Jr. 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Butch Otter 50%
Collin Peterson 50%
Mike Ross 50%
Steve Rothman 50%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Vic Snyder 50%
Tom Tancredo 50%
Ed Towns 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 33%
Melissa Bean 33%
Conrad Burns 33%
Larry Craig 33%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 33%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 33%
John Duncan, Jr. 33%
Vern Ehlers 33%
Mike Enzi 33%
Tom Feeney 33%
Jeff Flake 33%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 33%
Lindsey Graham 33%
Ralph Hall 33%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 33%
Kenny Hulshof 33%
Nancy Johnson 33%
Tim Johnson 33%
Sue Kelly 33%
Frank LoBiondo 33%
Jim Matheson 33%
John McHugh 33%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 33%
Ben Nelson 33%
Robert William Ney 33%
Joe Pitts 33%
Dana Rohrabacher 33%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 33%
Christopher Shays 33%
Richard Shelby 33%
Olympia Snowe 33%
Arlen Specter 33%
Craig Thomas 33%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 33%
Fred Upton 33%
David Vitter 33%
Heather Wilson 33%
Charlie Bass 17%
Sherwood Boehlert 17%
Charles Boustany, Jr. 17%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito Republican 17%
Mike Castle 17%
Howard Coble 17%
Barbara Cubin 17%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 17%
FL U.S. House - 26 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 17%
State Office Name Party Rating
Tom Carper 67%
Lincoln Chafee 67%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 67%
Jim Cooper 67%
Joe Crowley 67%
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar D 67%
Dianne Feinstein 67%
Harold Ford, Jr. 67%
Barney Frank 67%
Charlie Gonzalez 67%
Gilbert Gutknecht 67%
William Jefferson 67%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
Patrick Kennedy 67%
James Leach 67%
Blanche Lincoln 67%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 67%
Carolyn Maloney 67%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 67%
Bob Menendez 67%
Barbara Mikulski 67%
Alan Mollohan 67%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 67%
Jack Murtha 67%
Mark Pryor 67%
James Ramstad 67%
Dutch Ruppersberger 67%
Ike Skelton 67%
John Tanner 67%
George Voinovich 67%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 67%
Marion Berry 50%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 50%
Dennis Cardoza 50%
HI U.S. House - 1 Ed Case D 50%
Robert Cramer 50%
James Davis 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Gene Green 50%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Jim Marshall 50%
Mike McIntyre 50%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 50%
Jim Moran, Jr. 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Butch Otter 50%
Collin Peterson 50%
Mike Ross 50%
Steve Rothman 50%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 50%
Vic Snyder 50%
Tom Tancredo 50%
Ed Towns 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 33%
Melissa Bean 33%
Conrad Burns 33%
Larry Craig 33%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 33%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 33%
John Duncan, Jr. 33%
Vern Ehlers 33%
Mike Enzi 33%
Tom Feeney 33%
Jeff Flake 33%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 33%
Lindsey Graham 33%
Ralph Hall 33%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 33%
Kenny Hulshof 33%
Nancy Johnson 33%
Tim Johnson 33%
Sue Kelly 33%
Frank LoBiondo 33%
Jim Matheson 33%
John McHugh 33%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 33%
Ben Nelson 33%
Robert William Ney 33%
Joe Pitts 33%
Dana Rohrabacher 33%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 33%
Christopher Shays 33%
Richard Shelby 33%
Olympia Snowe 33%
Arlen Specter 33%
Craig Thomas 33%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune R 33%
Fred Upton 33%
David Vitter 33%
Heather Wilson 33%
Charlie Bass 17%
Sherwood Boehlert 17%
Charles Boustany, Jr. 17%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito R 17%
Mike Castle 17%
Howard Coble 17%
Barbara Cubin 17%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 17%
FL U.S. House - 26 Mario Diaz-Balart R 17%
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