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State Office Name Party Rating
Charlie Bass 50%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic 50%
Marion Berry 50%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito Republican 50%
Ben Cardin 50%
Dennis Cardoza 50%
HI U.S. House - 1 Ed Case Democratic 50%
Jim Cooper 50%
James Davis 50%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Sam Farr 50%
Jim Gibbons 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 50%
Duncan Hunter 50%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 50%
Sue Kelly 50%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 50%
Jim Matheson 50%
Carolyn McCarthy 50%
John McHugh 50%
Buck McKeon 50%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 50%
Thomas William Osborne 50%
Tom Petri 50%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 50%
Denny Rehberg 50%
Richard Renzi 50%
Silvestre Reyes 50%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 50%
Dutch Ruppersberger 50%
Paul Ryan 50%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Vic Snyder 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Heather Wilson 50%
Albert Wynn 50%
Lamar Alexander 44%
Kit Bond 44%
Lincoln Chafee 44%
Norm Coleman 44%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 44%
Jon Corzine 44%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 44%
William Frist 44%
Lindsey Graham 44%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 44%
Frank Lautenberg 44%
Dick Lugar 44%
John McCain III 44%
Gordon Smith 44%
James Talent 44%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 43%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 40%
Barbara Cubin 40%
John Duncan, Jr. 40%
Terry Everett 40%
Ray LaHood 40%
John Mica 40%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 40%
Saxby Chambliss 38%
John Ensign 38%
AK U.S. Senate - Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 38%
Spencer Bachus 33%
TN U.S. Senate - Sr Marsha Blackburn Republican 33%
Jo Bonner, Jr. 33%
AR U.S. Senate - Sr John Boozman Republican 33%
Rick Boucher 33%
Henry Brown, Jr. 33%
Sam Brownback 33%
Jim Bunning 33%
Conrad Burns 33%
Steve Buyer 33%
Chris Cannon 33%
Mike Castle 33%
Thad Cochran 33%
TX U.S. Senate - Sr John Cornyn Republican 33%
Christopher Cox 33%
Larry Craig 33%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 33%
Randall Cunningham 33%
Elizabeth Dole 33%
Chet Edwards 33%
Jo Ann Emerson 33%
Mark Foley 33%
Randy Forbes 33%
Jim Gerlach 33%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 33%
Bob Goodlatte 33%
Mark Green 33%
Gilbert Gutknecht 33%
Ralph Hall 33%
Doc Hastings 33%
Orrin Hatch 33%
State Office Name Party Rating
Charlie Bass 50%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley D 50%
Marion Berry 50%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito R 50%
Ben Cardin 50%
Dennis Cardoza 50%
HI U.S. House - 1 Ed Case D 50%
Jim Cooper 50%
James Davis 50%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Sam Farr 50%
Jim Gibbons 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 50%
Duncan Hunter 50%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 50%
Sue Kelly 50%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 50%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 50%
Jim Matheson 50%
Carolyn McCarthy 50%
John McHugh 50%
Buck McKeon 50%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 50%
Thomas William Osborne 50%
Tom Petri 50%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 50%
Denny Rehberg 50%
Richard Renzi 50%
Silvestre Reyes 50%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 50%
Dutch Ruppersberger 50%
Paul Ryan 50%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 50%
Vic Snyder 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Heather Wilson 50%
Albert Wynn 50%
Lamar Alexander 44%
Kit Bond 44%
Lincoln Chafee 44%
Norm Coleman 44%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 44%
Jon Corzine 44%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 44%
William Frist 44%
Lindsey Graham 44%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 44%
Frank Lautenberg 44%
Dick Lugar 44%
John McCain III 44%
Gordon Smith 44%
James Talent 44%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 43%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 40%
Barbara Cubin 40%
John Duncan, Jr. 40%
Terry Everett 40%
Ray LaHood 40%
John Mica 40%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 40%
Saxby Chambliss 38%
John Ensign 38%
AK U.S. Senate - Sr Lisa Murkowski R 38%
Spencer Bachus 33%
TN U.S. Senate - Sr Marsha Blackburn R 33%
Jo Bonner, Jr. 33%
AR U.S. Senate - Sr John Boozman R 33%
Rick Boucher 33%
Henry Brown, Jr. 33%
Sam Brownback 33%
Jim Bunning 33%
Conrad Burns 33%
Steve Buyer 33%
Chris Cannon 33%
Mike Castle 33%
Thad Cochran 33%
TX U.S. Senate - Sr John Cornyn R 33%
Christopher Cox 33%
Larry Craig 33%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 33%
Randall Cunningham 33%
Elizabeth Dole 33%
Chet Edwards 33%
Jo Ann Emerson 33%
Mark Foley 33%
Randy Forbes 33%
Jim Gerlach 33%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 33%
Bob Goodlatte 33%
Mark Green 33%
Gilbert Gutknecht 33%
Ralph Hall 33%
Doc Hastings 33%
Orrin Hatch 33%
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