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State Office Name Party Rating
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%
James Talent 50%
William Tauzin II 50%
Charles Taylor 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
William Thomas 50%
Zach Wamp 50%
Ed Whitfield 50%
Frank Wolf 50%
Bill Young 50%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 44%
Conrad Burns 44%
Thad Cochran 44%
Paul Coverdell 44%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 44%
John McCain III 44%
William Roth, Jr. 44%
Gordon Smith 44%
Spencer Bachus 38%
Joe Barton 38%
Michael Bilirakis 38%
Kevin Brady 38%
Richard Burr 38%
Steve Chabot 38%
Merrill Cook 38%
Thomas DeLay 38%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 38%
Porter Goss 38%
James Hansen 38%
Joel Hefley 38%
John Hostettler 38%
Sam Johnson 38%
Stephen Largent 38%
David McIntosh 38%
Dana Rohrabacher 38%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 38%
Marge Roukema 38%
Matt Salmon 38%
Jim Saxton 38%
Todd Tiahrt 38%
David Weldon 38%
Larry Craig 33%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 33%
Slade Gorton 33%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 33%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. Republican 33%
Frank Murkowski 33%
Richard Shelby 33%
Bob Barr, Jr. 25%
Howard Coble 25%
Thomas Coburn 25%
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