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State Office Name Party Rating
Joel Hefley 40%
Van Hilleary 40%
Jay Kim 40%
Jack Kingston 40%
Joseph Knollenberg 40%
James Leach 40%
John Linder 40%
Frank LoBiondo 40%
John McHugh 40%
John Mica 40%
Constance Morella 40%
James Ramstad 40%
Ralph Regula 40%
Rick Santorum 40%
John Shadegg 40%
Olympia Snowe 40%
Cliff Stearns 40%
William Tauzin II 40%
Charles Taylor 40%
Zach Wamp 40%
Jay Dickey 38%
George Radanovich 38%
Joe Barton 36%
Herbert Callahan 36%
Jerry Lewis 36%
Frank Murkowski 36%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 36%
Wayne Allard 33%
Douglas Bereuter 33%
Michael Bilirakis 33%
Steve Buyer 33%
John Chafee 33%
Jon Lynn Christensen 33%
Michael Collins 33%
Randall Cunningham 33%
Thomas Davis III 33%
Thomas DeLay 33%
David Dreier 33%
John Duncan, Jr. 33%
Philip English 33%
Harris Fawell 33%
Robert Franks 33%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 33%
George Gekas 33%
Porter Goss 33%
William Phillip Gramm 33%
Rodney Grams 33%
James Hansen 33%
Jesse Helms 33%
David Lee Hobson 33%
Pete Hoekstra 33%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 33%
Henry Hyde 33%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 33%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 33%
Pete King 33%
Steve LaTourette 33%
Stephen Largent 33%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. Republican 33%
David McIntosh 33%
Mark Neumann 33%
William Paxon 33%
Jack Quinn 33%
Marge Roukema 33%
Daniel Schaefer 33%
Richard Shelby 33%
Linda Smith 33%
Arlen Specter 33%
Ted Stevens 33%
Strom Thurmond 33%
Todd Tiahrt 33%
Fred Upton 33%
John Warner 33%
Frank Wolf 33%
Michael Patrick Forbes 31%
Lindsey Graham 31%
Ben Campbell 29%
Thad Cochran 29%
Christopher Cox 29%
Alfonse D'Amato 29%
John Kasich 29%
Trent Lott, Sr. 29%
Jim Saxton 29%
Bob Smith 29%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 27%
Bill Archer 27%
Richard Armey 27%
John Ashcroft 27%
Bob Barr, Jr. 27%
Charlie Bass 27%
Bob Bennett 27%
Brian Bilbray 27%
Kit Bond 27%
Conrad Burns 27%
Thomas Campbell 27%
Steve Chabot 27%
Paul Coverdell 27%
Larry Craig 27%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 27%
John Ensign 27%
State Office Name Party Rating
Joel Hefley 40%
Van Hilleary 40%
Jay Kim 40%
Jack Kingston 40%
Joseph Knollenberg 40%
James Leach 40%
John Linder 40%
Frank LoBiondo 40%
John McHugh 40%
John Mica 40%
Constance Morella 40%
James Ramstad 40%
Ralph Regula 40%
Rick Santorum 40%
John Shadegg 40%
Olympia Snowe 40%
Cliff Stearns 40%
William Tauzin II 40%
Charles Taylor 40%
Zach Wamp 40%
Jay Dickey 38%
George Radanovich 38%
Joe Barton 36%
Herbert Callahan 36%
Jerry Lewis 36%
Frank Murkowski 36%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 36%
Wayne Allard 33%
Douglas Bereuter 33%
Michael Bilirakis 33%
Steve Buyer 33%
John Chafee 33%
Jon Lynn Christensen 33%
Michael Collins 33%
Randall Cunningham 33%
Thomas Davis III 33%
Thomas DeLay 33%
David Dreier 33%
John Duncan, Jr. 33%
Philip English 33%
Harris Fawell 33%
Robert Franks 33%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 33%
George Gekas 33%
Porter Goss 33%
William Phillip Gramm 33%
Rodney Grams 33%
James Hansen 33%
Jesse Helms 33%
David Lee Hobson 33%
Pete Hoekstra 33%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 33%
Henry Hyde 33%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 33%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 33%
Pete King 33%
Steve LaTourette 33%
Stephen Largent 33%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. R 33%
David McIntosh 33%
Mark Neumann 33%
William Paxon 33%
Jack Quinn 33%
Marge Roukema 33%
Daniel Schaefer 33%
Richard Shelby 33%
Linda Smith 33%
Arlen Specter 33%
Ted Stevens 33%
Strom Thurmond 33%
Todd Tiahrt 33%
Fred Upton 33%
John Warner 33%
Frank Wolf 33%
Michael Patrick Forbes 31%
Lindsey Graham 31%
Ben Campbell 29%
Thad Cochran 29%
Christopher Cox 29%
Alfonse D'Amato 29%
John Kasich 29%
Trent Lott, Sr. 29%
Jim Saxton 29%
Bob Smith 29%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 27%
Bill Archer 27%
Richard Armey 27%
John Ashcroft 27%
Bob Barr, Jr. 27%
Charlie Bass 27%
Bob Bennett 27%
Brian Bilbray 27%
Kit Bond 27%
Conrad Burns 27%
Thomas Campbell 27%
Steve Chabot 27%
Paul Coverdell 27%
Larry Craig 27%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 27%
John Ensign 27%
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