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State Office Name Party Rating
David Lee Hobson 63%
Tim Holden 63%
Stephen Horn 63%
William Jefferson 63%
William Lewis Jenkins 63%
Christopher John 63%
John Kasich 63%
Jack Kingston 63%
Joseph Knollenberg 63%
James Kolbe 63%
Tom Latham 63%
Jerry Lewis 63%
Ron Lewis 63%
John Linder 63%
Robert Livingston 63%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas Republican 63%
James Maloney 63%
Bill McCollum 63%
James McCrery III 63%
Scott McInnis 63%
Buck McKeon 63%
Jack Metcalf 63%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 63%
John Moakley 63%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran Republican 63%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 63%
Robert William Ney 63%
Anne Northup 63%
Michael Oxley 63%
Ronald Packard 63%
John Peterson 63%
Joe Pitts 63%
Richard Pombo 63%
John Edward Porter 63%
Ralph Regula 63%
Bob Riley 63%
James Rogan 63%
Christopher Shays 63%
John Shimkus 63%
E.G. Shuster 63%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 63%
Bart Stupak 63%
Mac Thornberry 63%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 63%
Ed Towns 63%
Fred Upton 63%
James Walsh 63%
Wesley Watkins 63%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 63%
W. Curtis Weldon 63%
Donald Young 63%
Heather Wilson 60%
Bob Bennett 56%
Kit Bond 56%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 56%
Orrin Hatch 56%
Kay Hutchison 56%
Ted Stevens 56%
Bill Archer 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 50%
Cass Ballenger 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 50%
Charlie Bass 50%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 50%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 50%
Roy Blunt 50%
Chris Cannon 50%
Mike Castle 50%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 50%
David Dreier 50%
John Duncan, Jr. 50%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 50%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 50%
John Ganske 50%
Bob Goodlatte 50%
Lindsey Graham 50%
Wally Herger, Jr. 50%
Van Hilleary 50%
Pete Hoekstra 50%
Duncan Hunter 50%
Henry Hyde 50%
Walter Jones, Jr. 50%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 50%
Pete King 50%
Ronald Klink 50%
Ray LaHood 50%
John Lewis 50%
John Mica 50%
Sue Myrick 50%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 50%
Tom Petri 50%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 50%
Rob Portman 50%
George Radanovich 50%
Jim Ryun 50%
Robert Schaffer 50%
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions Republican 50%
John Shadegg 50%
Nick Smith 50%
John Sununu 50%
State Office Name Party Rating
David Lee Hobson 63%
Tim Holden 63%
Stephen Horn 63%
William Jefferson 63%
William Lewis Jenkins 63%
Christopher John 63%
John Kasich 63%
Jack Kingston 63%
Joseph Knollenberg 63%
James Kolbe 63%
Tom Latham 63%
Jerry Lewis 63%
Ron Lewis 63%
John Linder 63%
Robert Livingston 63%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas R 63%
James Maloney 63%
Bill McCollum 63%
James McCrery III 63%
Scott McInnis 63%
Buck McKeon 63%
Jack Metcalf 63%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 63%
John Moakley 63%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran R 63%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 63%
Robert William Ney 63%
Anne Northup 63%
Michael Oxley 63%
Ronald Packard 63%
John Peterson 63%
Joe Pitts 63%
Richard Pombo 63%
John Edward Porter 63%
Ralph Regula 63%
Bob Riley 63%
James Rogan 63%
Christopher Shays 63%
John Shimkus 63%
E.G. Shuster 63%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 63%
Bart Stupak 63%
Mac Thornberry 63%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune R 63%
Ed Towns 63%
Fred Upton 63%
James Walsh 63%
Wesley Watkins 63%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 63%
W. Curtis Weldon 63%
Donald Young 63%
Heather Wilson 60%
Bob Bennett 56%
Kit Bond 56%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 56%
Orrin Hatch 56%
Kay Hutchison 56%
Ted Stevens 56%
Bill Archer 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 50%
Cass Ballenger 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 50%
Charlie Bass 50%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 50%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 50%
Roy Blunt 50%
Chris Cannon 50%
Mike Castle 50%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 50%
David Dreier 50%
John Duncan, Jr. 50%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 50%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 50%
John Ganske 50%
Bob Goodlatte 50%
Lindsey Graham 50%
Wally Herger, Jr. 50%
Van Hilleary 50%
Pete Hoekstra 50%
Duncan Hunter 50%
Henry Hyde 50%
Walter Jones, Jr. 50%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 50%
Pete King 50%
Ronald Klink 50%
Ray LaHood 50%
John Lewis 50%
John Mica 50%
Sue Myrick 50%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 50%
Tom Petri 50%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 50%
Rob Portman 50%
George Radanovich 50%
Jim Ryun 50%
Robert Schaffer 50%
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions R 50%
John Shadegg 50%
Nick Smith 50%
John Sununu 50%
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