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State Office Name Party Rating
Mark Sanford, Jr. 20%
Rick Santorum 80%
Paul Sarbanes 10%
Thomas Sawyer 70%
Jim Saxton 0%
Joe Scarborough 80%
Daniel Schaefer 80%
Steven Schiff 40%
Pat Schroeder 20%
Andrea Seastrand 90%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 40%
José Serrano 80%
John Shadegg 80%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Christopher Shays 60%
Richard Shelby 90%
E.G. Shuster 30%
Paul Simon 30%
Alan Simpson 60%
Norman Sisisky 10%
David Skaggs 10%
Joseph Skeen 20%
Ike Skelton 30%
Louise Slaughter 70%
Lamar Smith 10%
Linda Smith 10%
Nick Smith 80%
Bob Smith 90%
Olympia Snowe 80%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 10%
Mark Souder 90%
Arlen Specter 70%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 10%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Pete Stark 20%
Cliff Stearns 60%
Charles Stenholm 20%
Ted Stevens 80%
Steve Stockman 50%
Louis Stokes 80%
Gerry Studds 10%
Bob Stump 80%
Bart Stupak 10%
James Talent 10%
John Tanner 30%
Randy Tate 20%
William Tauzin II 40%
Charles Taylor 30%
Gene Taylor 20%
Frank Tejeda 10%
Craig Thomas 90%
William Thomas 70%
Fred Thompson 80%
Mac Thornberry 20%
Ray Thornton 10%
Karen Thurman 0%
Strom Thurmond 90%
Todd Tiahrt 70%
Peter Torkildsen 60%
Esteban Edward Torres 10%
Robert Torricelli 60%
Ed Towns 70%
James Traficant, Jr. 60%
Fred Upton 70%
Bruce Vento 80%
Pete Visclosky 10%
Harold Volkmer 30%
Barbara Vucanovich 20%
Robert Walker 10%
James Walsh 20%
Zach Wamp 20%
Michael Ward 10%
John Warner 80%
Mel Watt 90%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 60%
Henry Waxman 10%
David Weldon 70%
W. Curtis Weldon 10%
Gerald Weller 60%
Paul Wellstone 20%
Rick White 40%
Ed Whitfield 60%
Pat Williams 90%
Charles Wilson 20%
Bob Wise, Jr. 30%
Frank Wolf 10%
Lynn Woolsey 10%
Albert Wynn 0%
Sidney Yates 10%
Bill Young 60%
Donald Young 50%
Bill Zeliff 20%
Richard Zimmer 40%
Eligio de la Garza II 20%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 0%
TX State House - 114 John Bryant Democratic 50%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 60%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 60%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 10%
State Office Name Party Rating
Mark Sanford, Jr. 20%
Rick Santorum 80%
Paul Sarbanes 10%
Thomas Sawyer 70%
Jim Saxton 0%
Joe Scarborough 80%
Daniel Schaefer 80%
Steven Schiff 40%
Pat Schroeder 20%
Andrea Seastrand 90%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 40%
José Serrano 80%
John Shadegg 80%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Christopher Shays 60%
Richard Shelby 90%
E.G. Shuster 30%
Paul Simon 30%
Alan Simpson 60%
Norman Sisisky 10%
David Skaggs 10%
Joseph Skeen 20%
Ike Skelton 30%
Louise Slaughter 70%
Lamar Smith 10%
Linda Smith 10%
Nick Smith 80%
Bob Smith 90%
Olympia Snowe 80%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 10%
Mark Souder 90%
Arlen Specter 70%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 10%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Pete Stark 20%
Cliff Stearns 60%
Charles Stenholm 20%
Ted Stevens 80%
Steve Stockman 50%
Louis Stokes 80%
Gerry Studds 10%
Bob Stump 80%
Bart Stupak 10%
James Talent 10%
John Tanner 30%
Randy Tate 20%
William Tauzin II 40%
Charles Taylor 30%
Gene Taylor 20%
Frank Tejeda 10%
Craig Thomas 90%
William Thomas 70%
Fred Thompson 80%
Mac Thornberry 20%
Ray Thornton 10%
Karen Thurman 0%
Strom Thurmond 90%
Todd Tiahrt 70%
Peter Torkildsen 60%
Esteban Edward Torres 10%
Robert Torricelli 60%
Ed Towns 70%
James Traficant, Jr. 60%
Fred Upton 70%
Bruce Vento 80%
Pete Visclosky 10%
Harold Volkmer 30%
Barbara Vucanovich 20%
Robert Walker 10%
James Walsh 20%
Zach Wamp 20%
Michael Ward 10%
John Warner 80%
Mel Watt 90%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 60%
Henry Waxman 10%
David Weldon 70%
W. Curtis Weldon 10%
Gerald Weller 60%
Paul Wellstone 20%
Rick White 40%
Ed Whitfield 60%
Pat Williams 90%
Charles Wilson 20%
Bob Wise, Jr. 30%
Frank Wolf 10%
Lynn Woolsey 10%
Albert Wynn 0%
Sidney Yates 10%
Bill Young 60%
Donald Young 50%
Bill Zeliff 20%
Richard Zimmer 40%
Eligio de la Garza II 20%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 0%
TX State House - 114 John Bryant D 50%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 60%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro D 10%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 60%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 10%
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