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State Office Name Party Rating
Lucille Roybal-Allard 80%
Loretta Sanchez 80%
José Serrano 80%
Christopher Shays 80%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 80%
Olympia Snowe 80%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 80%
Ed Towns 80%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 80%
Mel Watt 80%
Heather Wilson 80%
Joe Baca, Sr. 70%
James Barcia 70%
Marion Berry 70%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 70%
Sherwood Boehlert 70%
Leonard Boswell 70%
Rick Boucher 70%
Mike Castle 70%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 70%
Robert Clement 70%
Robert Cramer 70%
Vern Ehlers 70%
Philip English 70%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 70%
Wayne Gilchrest 70%
James Greenwood 70%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 70%
Henry Hyde 70%
William Jefferson 70%
Eddie Johnson 70%
Nancy Johnson 70%
Pete King 70%
Nicholas Lampson 70%
James Leach 70%
Frank LoBiondo 70%
James Maloney 70%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 70%
John McHugh 70%
Mike McIntyre 70%
Alan Mollohan 70%
Collin Peterson 70%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 70%
Ronnie Shows 70%
Ike Skelton 70%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 70%
Charles Stenholm 70%
John Tanner 70%
Gene Taylor 70%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 70%
James Turner 70%
Fred Upton 70%
James Walsh 70%
Gerald Weller 70%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
Dave Camp 60%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 60%
Thomas Davis III 60%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 60%
Jennifer Dunn 60%
Mark Foley 60%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 60%
John Ganske 60%
Benjamin Gilman 60%
Bart Gordon 60%
Ralph Hall 60%
David Lee Hobson 60%
Stephen Horn 60%
Daniel Inouye 60%
Christopher John 60%
Ray LaHood 60%
Ken Lucas 60%
Robert William Ney 60%
Anne Northup 60%
Deborah Pryce 60%
James Ramstad 60%
Ralph Regula 60%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 60%
Marge Roukema 60%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 60%
Jim Saxton 60%
Donald Sherwood 60%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 60%
James Traficant, Jr. 60%
Ed Whitfield 60%
Albert Wynn 60%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 50%
Spencer Bachus 50%
Douglas Bereuter 50%
Judy Biggert 50%
Michael Bilirakis 50%
Henry Bonilla 50%
Ed Bryant 50%
Herbert Callahan 50%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert Republican 50%
Steve Chabot 50%
John Cooksey 50%
Randall Cunningham 50%
Nathan Deal 50%
State Office Name Party Rating
Lucille Roybal-Allard 80%
Loretta Sanchez 80%
José Serrano 80%
Christopher Shays 80%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 80%
Olympia Snowe 80%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 80%
Ed Towns 80%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 80%
Mel Watt 80%
Heather Wilson 80%
Joe Baca, Sr. 70%
James Barcia 70%
Marion Berry 70%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 70%
Sherwood Boehlert 70%
Leonard Boswell 70%
Rick Boucher 70%
Mike Castle 70%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 70%
Robert Clement 70%
Robert Cramer 70%
Vern Ehlers 70%
Philip English 70%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 70%
Wayne Gilchrest 70%
James Greenwood 70%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 70%
Henry Hyde 70%
William Jefferson 70%
Eddie Johnson 70%
Nancy Johnson 70%
Pete King 70%
Nicholas Lampson 70%
James Leach 70%
Frank LoBiondo 70%
James Maloney 70%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey D 70%
John McHugh 70%
Mike McIntyre 70%
Alan Mollohan 70%
Collin Peterson 70%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 70%
Ronnie Shows 70%
Ike Skelton 70%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 70%
Charles Stenholm 70%
John Tanner 70%
Gene Taylor 70%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 70%
James Turner 70%
Fred Upton 70%
James Walsh 70%
Gerald Weller 70%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
Dave Camp 60%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 60%
Thomas Davis III 60%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 60%
Jennifer Dunn 60%
Mark Foley 60%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 60%
John Ganske 60%
Benjamin Gilman 60%
Bart Gordon 60%
Ralph Hall 60%
David Lee Hobson 60%
Stephen Horn 60%
Daniel Inouye 60%
Christopher John 60%
Ray LaHood 60%
Ken Lucas 60%
Robert William Ney 60%
Anne Northup 60%
Deborah Pryce 60%
James Ramstad 60%
Ralph Regula 60%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 60%
Marge Roukema 60%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 60%
Jim Saxton 60%
Donald Sherwood 60%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune R 60%
James Traficant, Jr. 60%
Ed Whitfield 60%
Albert Wynn 60%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 50%
Spencer Bachus 50%
Douglas Bereuter 50%
Judy Biggert 50%
Michael Bilirakis 50%
Henry Bonilla 50%
Ed Bryant 50%
Herbert Callahan 50%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert R 50%
Steve Chabot 50%
John Cooksey 50%
Randall Cunningham 50%
Nathan Deal 50%
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