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State Office Name Party Rating
Joe Donnelly, Sr. 60%
Chet Edwards 60%
Vern Ehlers 60%
IL U.S. House - 11 Bill Foster Democratic 60%
Parker Griffith, Jr. 60%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 60%
Baron Hill 60%
Tim Johnson 60%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. 60%
Betsy Markey 60%
Jim Marshall 60%
Candice Miller 60%
Harry Mitchell 60%
Tim Murphy 60%
Tom Perriello 60%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 60%
Mike Ross 60%
John Salazar 60%
OH U.S. House - 10 Mike Turner Republican 60%
Mark Begich 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
Melquiades Martinez 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
George Voinovich 50%
Judy Biggert 40%
Brian Bilbray 40%
FL U.S. House - 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 40%
Charles Boustany, Jr. 40%
Henry Brown, Jr. 40%
FL U.S. House - 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 40%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert Republican 40%
Dave Camp 40%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito Republican 40%
Travis Childers 40%
OK U.S. House - 4 Tom Cole Republican 40%
Charlie Dent 40%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 40%
FL U.S. House - 26 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 40%
Jeff Fortenberry 40%
Jim Gerlach 40%
Dean Heller 40%
Walter Jones, Jr. 40%
Pete King 40%
Steve LaTourette 40%
Jim Matheson 40%
TX U.S. House - 10 Michael McCaul Republican 40%
Thaddeus McCotter 40%
Buck McKeon 40%
Walt Minnick 40%
Glenn Nye III 40%
Todd Platts 40%
Mike Rogers 40%
John Tanner 40%
Gene Taylor 40%
Pat Tiberi 40%
Fred Upton 40%
Frank Wolf 40%
Bill Young 40%
Blanche Lincoln 33%
Lamar Alexander 25%
Bobby Bright 25%
John Campbell III 25%
Thad Cochran 25%
Ander Crenshaw 25%
John Ensign 25%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 25%
Dick Lugar 25%
Dan Lungren 25%
AK U.S. Senate - Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 25%
Ben Nelson 25%
Olympia Snowe 25%
Ed Whitfield 25%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 20%
Rodney Alexander 20%
Steve Austria 20%
Roscoe Bartlett 20%
Jo Bonner, Jr. 20%
Jo Ann Emerson 20%
Elton Gallegly 20%
KY U.S. House - 2 Brett Guthrie Republican 20%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 20%
John Kline 20%
Tom Latham 20%
Chris Lee 20%
Jerry Lewis 20%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas Republican 20%
Connie Mack IV 20%
Kevin McCarthy 20%
John Mica 20%
Devin Nunes 20%
Erik Paulsen 20%
Tom Petri 20%
Joe Pitts 20%
Bill Posey 20%
Adam Putnam 20%
Denny Rehberg 20%
Phil Roe 20%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers Republican 20%
Peter Roskam 20%
Ed Royce 20%
State Office Name Party Rating
Joe Donnelly, Sr. 60%
Chet Edwards 60%
Vern Ehlers 60%
IL U.S. House - 11 Bill Foster D 60%
Parker Griffith, Jr. 60%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 60%
Baron Hill 60%
Tim Johnson 60%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. 60%
Betsy Markey 60%
Jim Marshall 60%
Candice Miller 60%
Harry Mitchell 60%
Tim Murphy 60%
Tom Perriello 60%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 60%
Mike Ross 60%
John Salazar 60%
OH U.S. House - 10 Mike Turner R 60%
Mark Begich 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 50%
Melquiades Martinez 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
George Voinovich 50%
Judy Biggert 40%
Brian Bilbray 40%
FL U.S. House - 12 Gus Bilirakis R 40%
Charles Boustany, Jr. 40%
Henry Brown, Jr. 40%
FL U.S. House - 16 Vern Buchanan R 40%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert R 40%
Dave Camp 40%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito R 40%
Travis Childers 40%
OK U.S. House - 4 Tom Cole R 40%
Charlie Dent 40%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 40%
FL U.S. House - 26 Mario Diaz-Balart R 40%
Jeff Fortenberry 40%
Jim Gerlach 40%
Dean Heller 40%
Walter Jones, Jr. 40%
Pete King 40%
Steve LaTourette 40%
Jim Matheson 40%
TX U.S. House - 10 Michael McCaul R 40%
Thaddeus McCotter 40%
Buck McKeon 40%
Walt Minnick 40%
Glenn Nye III 40%
Todd Platts 40%
Mike Rogers 40%
John Tanner 40%
Gene Taylor 40%
Pat Tiberi 40%
Fred Upton 40%
Frank Wolf 40%
Bill Young 40%
Blanche Lincoln 33%
Lamar Alexander 25%
Bobby Bright 25%
John Campbell III 25%
Thad Cochran 25%
Ander Crenshaw 25%
John Ensign 25%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 25%
Dick Lugar 25%
Dan Lungren 25%
AK U.S. Senate - Sr Lisa Murkowski R 25%
Ben Nelson 25%
Olympia Snowe 25%
Ed Whitfield 25%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 20%
Rodney Alexander 20%
Steve Austria 20%
Roscoe Bartlett 20%
Jo Bonner, Jr. 20%
Jo Ann Emerson 20%
Elton Gallegly 20%
KY U.S. House - 2 Brett Guthrie R 20%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 20%
John Kline 20%
Tom Latham 20%
Chris Lee 20%
Jerry Lewis 20%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas R 20%
Connie Mack IV 20%
Kevin McCarthy 20%
John Mica 20%
Devin Nunes 20%
Erik Paulsen 20%
Tom Petri 20%
Joe Pitts 20%
Bill Posey 20%
Adam Putnam 20%
Denny Rehberg 20%
Phil Roe 20%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers R 20%
Peter Roskam 20%
Ed Royce 20%
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