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State Office Name Party Rating
Bob Wise, Jr. 80%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80%
William Clay, Sr. 78%
Harold Ford, Sr. 78%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 78%
Henry Gonzalez 78%
Patrick Leahy 78%
Barbara Mikulski 78%
Norman Sisisky 78%
Louis Stokes 78%
Lynn Woolsey 78%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 75%
James Barcia 70%
Barbara Boxer 70%
John Breaux 70%
Corrine Brown 70%
Jerry Costello 70%
Chris Dodd 70%
Chet Edwards 70%
Lane Evans 70%
Dianne Feinstein 70%
Barney Frank 70%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 70%
Tim Holden 70%
Eddie Johnson 70%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 70%
John Kerry 70%
Frank Lautenberg 70%
Thomas Manton 70%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 70%
Alan Mollohan 70%
Major Owens 70%
Donald Payne 70%
Collin Peterson 70%
Owen Pickett 70%
Glenn Poshard 70%
Harry Reid 70%
Jay Rockefeller IV 70%
Paul Sarbanes 70%
Jim Saxton 70%
Ike Skelton 70%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 70%
Ed Towns 70%
James Traficant, Jr. 70%
Carl Levin 67%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 67%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 63%
Joe Biden, Jr. 60%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 60%
Robert Byrd 60%
Bart Gordon 60%
Timothy Johnson 60%
Joe Lieberman 60%
Frank LoBiondo 60%
Marge Roukema 60%
Daniel Graham 56%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Mike Castle 50%
Thomas Davis III 50%
James Greenwood 50%
Rick Lazio 50%
William Tauzin II 50%
Fred Upton 50%
Frank Wolf 50%
Vern Ehlers 44%
Nancy Johnson 44%
Jack Quinn 44%
E.G. Shuster 44%
W. Curtis Weldon 44%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 40%
Bill Barrett 40%
Bob Bennett 40%
Sam Brownback 40%
Dan Coats 40%
Larry Combest 40%
State Office Name Party Rating
Bob Wise, Jr. 80%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 80%
William Clay, Sr. 78%
Harold Ford, Sr. 78%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 78%
Henry Gonzalez 78%
Patrick Leahy 78%
Barbara Mikulski 78%
Norman Sisisky 78%
Louis Stokes 78%
Lynn Woolsey 78%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 75%
James Barcia 70%
Barbara Boxer 70%
John Breaux 70%
Corrine Brown 70%
Jerry Costello 70%
Chris Dodd 70%
Chet Edwards 70%
Lane Evans 70%
Dianne Feinstein 70%
Barney Frank 70%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 70%
Tim Holden 70%
Eddie Johnson 70%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 70%
John Kerry 70%
Frank Lautenberg 70%
Thomas Manton 70%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 70%
Alan Mollohan 70%
Major Owens 70%
Donald Payne 70%
Collin Peterson 70%
Owen Pickett 70%
Glenn Poshard 70%
Harry Reid 70%
Jay Rockefeller IV 70%
Paul Sarbanes 70%
Jim Saxton 70%
Ike Skelton 70%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 70%
Ed Towns 70%
James Traficant, Jr. 70%
Carl Levin 67%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 67%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 63%
Joe Biden, Jr. 60%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 60%
Robert Byrd 60%
Bart Gordon 60%
Timothy Johnson 60%
Joe Lieberman 60%
Frank LoBiondo 60%
Marge Roukema 60%
Daniel Graham 56%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Mike Castle 50%
Thomas Davis III 50%
James Greenwood 50%
Rick Lazio 50%
William Tauzin II 50%
Fred Upton 50%
Frank Wolf 50%
Vern Ehlers 44%
Nancy Johnson 44%
Jack Quinn 44%
E.G. Shuster 44%
W. Curtis Weldon 44%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 40%
Bill Barrett 40%
Bob Bennett 40%
Sam Brownback 40%
Dan Coats 40%
Larry Combest 40%
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