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State Office Name Party Rating
Glenn Poshard 78%
Ciro Rodriguez 78%
Steve Rothman 78%
Bobby Rush 78%
Loretta Sanchez 78%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 78%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 78%
Pete Stark 78%
Ellen Tauscher 78%
James Turner 78%
Robert Wexler 78%
Sidney Yates 78%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 73%
Alfonse D'Amato 73%
James Merrill Jeffords 73%
Robert Borski, Jr. 67%
Rick Boucher 67%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67%
Gary Condit 67%
Jerry Costello 67%
Patsy Ann Danner 67%
Calvin Dooley 67%
John Duncan, Jr. 67%
Chet Edwards 67%
Eliot Engel 67%
John Ensign 67%
Bob Etheridge 67%
Barney Frank 67%
Robert Franks 67%
Henry Gonzalez 67%
Bart Gordon 67%
Ralph Hall 67%
Jane Harman 67%
Dennis Kucinich 67%
William Lipinski 67%
James Maloney 67%
Mike McIntyre 67%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 67%
Tom Petri 67%
Silvestre Reyes 67%
Timothy Roemer 67%
Marge Roukema 67%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 67%
Norman Sisisky 67%
Charles Stenholm 67%
John Tanner 67%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 67%
John Breaux 64%
Wendell Ford 64%
Rob Andrews 56%
Bill Barrett 56%
Charlie Bass 56%
Douglas Bereuter 56%
Brian Bilbray 56%
Michael Bilirakis 56%
Sherwood Boehlert 56%
Jim Bunning 56%
Dave Camp 56%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 56%
Mike Castle 56%
Saxby Chambliss 56%
Jon Lynn Christensen 56%
Merrill Cook 56%
John Cooksey 56%
Robert Cramer 56%
Randall Cunningham 56%
Thomas Davis III 56%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 56%
Jennifer Dunn 56%
Jo Ann Emerson 56%
Philip English 56%
Thomas Ewing 56%
Harris Fawell 56%
Bob Filner 56%
Mark Foley 56%
Tillie Fowler 56%
Jon David Fox 56%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 56%
Elton Gallegly 56%
John Ganske 56%
George Gekas 56%
Jim Gibbons 56%
Wayne Gilchrest 56%
Benjamin Gilman 56%
Porter Goss 56%
Kay Granger 56%
James Greenwood 56%
Luis Gutiérrez 56%
J. Dennis Hastert 56%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 56%
David Lee Hobson 56%
Stephen Horn 56%
John Hostettler 56%
Kenny Hulshof 56%
Henry Hyde 56%
William Lewis Jenkins 56%
Christopher John 56%
Nancy Johnson 56%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 56%
John Kasich 56%
State Office Name Party Rating
Glenn Poshard 78%
Ciro Rodriguez 78%
Steve Rothman 78%
Bobby Rush 78%
Loretta Sanchez 78%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 78%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 78%
Pete Stark 78%
Ellen Tauscher 78%
James Turner 78%
Robert Wexler 78%
Sidney Yates 78%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 73%
Alfonse D'Amato 73%
James Merrill Jeffords 73%
Robert Borski, Jr. 67%
Rick Boucher 67%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67%
Gary Condit 67%
Jerry Costello 67%
Patsy Ann Danner 67%
Calvin Dooley 67%
John Duncan, Jr. 67%
Chet Edwards 67%
Eliot Engel 67%
John Ensign 67%
Bob Etheridge 67%
Barney Frank 67%
Robert Franks 67%
Henry Gonzalez 67%
Bart Gordon 67%
Ralph Hall 67%
Jane Harman 67%
Dennis Kucinich 67%
William Lipinski 67%
James Maloney 67%
Mike McIntyre 67%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 67%
Tom Petri 67%
Silvestre Reyes 67%
Timothy Roemer 67%
Marge Roukema 67%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 67%
Norman Sisisky 67%
Charles Stenholm 67%
John Tanner 67%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 67%
John Breaux 64%
Wendell Ford 64%
Rob Andrews 56%
Bill Barrett 56%
Charlie Bass 56%
Douglas Bereuter 56%
Brian Bilbray 56%
Michael Bilirakis 56%
Sherwood Boehlert 56%
Jim Bunning 56%
Dave Camp 56%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 56%
Mike Castle 56%
Saxby Chambliss 56%
Jon Lynn Christensen 56%
Merrill Cook 56%
John Cooksey 56%
Robert Cramer 56%
Randall Cunningham 56%
Thomas Davis III 56%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 56%
Jennifer Dunn 56%
Jo Ann Emerson 56%
Philip English 56%
Thomas Ewing 56%
Harris Fawell 56%
Bob Filner 56%
Mark Foley 56%
Tillie Fowler 56%
Jon David Fox 56%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 56%
Elton Gallegly 56%
John Ganske 56%
George Gekas 56%
Jim Gibbons 56%
Wayne Gilchrest 56%
Benjamin Gilman 56%
Porter Goss 56%
Kay Granger 56%
James Greenwood 56%
Luis Gutiérrez 56%
J. Dennis Hastert 56%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 56%
David Lee Hobson 56%
Stephen Horn 56%
John Hostettler 56%
Kenny Hulshof 56%
Henry Hyde 56%
William Lewis Jenkins 56%
Christopher John 56%
Nancy Johnson 56%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 56%
John Kasich 56%
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