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State Office Name Party Rating
Ed Bryant 50%
Jim Bunning 20%
Conrad Burns 30%
Richard Burr 40%
Dan Burton 30%
Steve Buyer 40%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 50%
Dave Camp 60%
Ben Campbell 30%
Chris Cannon 30%
Lois Capps 90%
Mike Capuano 100%
Ben Cardin 90%
Julia Carson 90%
Mike Castle 70%
Steve Chabot 50%
Lincoln Chafee 100%
Saxby Chambliss 30%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 70%
Eva Clayton 80%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 90%
Robert Clement 70%
Howard Coble 40%
Thad Cochran 30%
Michael Collins 40%
Larry Combest 40%
Gary Condit 80%
Kent Conrad 100%
John Conyers, Jr. 80%
John Cooksey 50%
Jerry Costello 80%
Christopher Cox 40%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 20%
Robert Cramer 70%
Philip Crane 40%
Joe Crowley 100%
Barbara Cubin 40%
Elijah Cummings 80%
Randall Cunningham 50%
Thomas Daschle 90%
James Davis 90%
Thomas Davis III 60%
Peter DeFazio 90%
Thomas DeLay 40%
James DeMint 30%
Nathan Deal 50%
Bill Delahunt 90%
Peter Deutsch 80%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 60%
Norm Dicks 90%
John Dingell 90%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 30%
Calvin Dooley 90%
John Doolittle 40%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 90%
David Dreier 40%
John Duncan, Jr. 50%
Jennifer Dunn 60%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 90%
Vern Ehlers 70%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 40%
Jo Ann Emerson 40%
Eliot Engel 90%
Philip English 70%
Mike Enzi 20%
Anna Eshoo 80%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 30%
Sam Farr 90%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 80%
Russ Feingold 100%
Dianne Feinstein 90%
Bob Filner 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 40%
Ernest Fletcher 50%
Mark Foley 60%
Harold Ford, Jr. 90%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 60%
Barney Frank 90%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 70%
William Frist 30%
Jonas Frost III 90%
Elton Gallegly 50%
John Ganske 60%
George Gekas 40%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 90%
Jim Gibbons 50%
Wayne Gilchrest 70%
Paul Gillmor 40%
Benjamin Gilman 60%
Charlie Gonzalez 90%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 40%
Bob Goodlatte 40%
Bart Gordon 60%
State Office Name Party Rating
Ed Bryant 50%
Jim Bunning 20%
Conrad Burns 30%
Richard Burr 40%
Dan Burton 30%
Steve Buyer 40%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 50%
Dave Camp 60%
Ben Campbell 30%
Chris Cannon 30%
Lois Capps 90%
Mike Capuano 100%
Ben Cardin 90%
Julia Carson 90%
Mike Castle 70%
Steve Chabot 50%
Lincoln Chafee 100%
Saxby Chambliss 30%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 70%
Eva Clayton 80%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 90%
Robert Clement 70%
Howard Coble 40%
Thad Cochran 30%
Michael Collins 40%
Larry Combest 40%
Gary Condit 80%
Kent Conrad 100%
John Conyers, Jr. 80%
John Cooksey 50%
Jerry Costello 80%
Christopher Cox 40%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 20%
Robert Cramer 70%
Philip Crane 40%
Joe Crowley 100%
Barbara Cubin 40%
Elijah Cummings 80%
Randall Cunningham 50%
Thomas Daschle 90%
James Davis 90%
Thomas Davis III 60%
Peter DeFazio 90%
Thomas DeLay 40%
James DeMint 30%
Nathan Deal 50%
Bill Delahunt 90%
Peter Deutsch 80%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 60%
Norm Dicks 90%
John Dingell 90%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 30%
Calvin Dooley 90%
John Doolittle 40%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 90%
David Dreier 40%
John Duncan, Jr. 50%
Jennifer Dunn 60%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 90%
Vern Ehlers 70%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 40%
Jo Ann Emerson 40%
Eliot Engel 90%
Philip English 70%
Mike Enzi 20%
Anna Eshoo 80%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 30%
Sam Farr 90%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 80%
Russ Feingold 100%
Dianne Feinstein 90%
Bob Filner 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 40%
Ernest Fletcher 50%
Mark Foley 60%
Harold Ford, Jr. 90%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 60%
Barney Frank 90%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 70%
William Frist 30%
Jonas Frost III 90%
Elton Gallegly 50%
John Ganske 60%
George Gekas 40%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 90%
Jim Gibbons 50%
Wayne Gilchrest 70%
Paul Gillmor 40%
Benjamin Gilman 60%
Charlie Gonzalez 90%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 40%
Bob Goodlatte 40%
Bart Gordon 60%
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