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State Office Name Party Rating
Mel Watt 83%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 75%
Diane Watson 75%
Max Baucus 71%
Byron Dorgan 71%
Daniel Graham 71%
Timothy Johnson 71%
Jay Rockefeller IV 71%
Mary Bono Mack 67%
Bob Etheridge 67%
Michael Ferguson 67%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 67%
James Greenwood 67%
Nancy Johnson 67%
Mark Kirk 67%
Earl Pomeroy 67%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 67%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 67%
Dave Obey 60%
Blanche Lincoln 57%
Zell Bryan Miller 57%
Olympia Snowe 57%
Rick Boucher 50%
Brad Carson 50%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Baron Hill 50%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Jerry Lewis 50%
Mike Ross 50%
Ike Skelton 50%
Kent Conrad 43%
John Ensign 43%
Ben Nelson 43%
Charlie Bass 33%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 33%
Mike Castle 33%
Jerry Costello 33%
Thomas Davis III 33%
Chet Edwards 33%
Philip English 33%
Bart Gordon 33%
David Lee Hobson 33%
Steve LaTourette 33%
Frank LoBiondo 33%
James McCrery III 33%
Jack Murtha 33%
Doug Ose 33%
Jack Quinn 33%
Nick Rahall II 33%
Ralph Regula 33%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
William Thomas 33%
James Walsh 33%
Robert Byrd 29%
Ernest Hollings 29%
Kay Hutchison 29%
Conrad Burns 20%
Cass Ballenger 17%
Douglas Bereuter 17%
Marion Berry 17%
Michael Bilirakis 17%
Kit Bond 17%
Dave Camp 17%
Randall Cunningham 17%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 17%
David Dreier 17%
Jennifer Dunn 17%
Elton Gallegly 17%
Jim Gibbons 17%
Paul Gillmor 17%
Porter Goss 17%
Kay Granger 17%
Mark Green 17%
Ralph Hall 17%
Tim Holden 17%
Henry Hyde 17%
Johnny Isakson 17%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa Republican 17%
Christopher John 17%
Joseph Knollenberg 17%
Ray LaHood 17%
John Linder 17%
William Lipinski 17%
John McHugh 17%
Scott McInnis 17%
Buck McKeon 17%
John Mica 17%
Alan Mollohan 17%
Anne Northup 17%
James Nussle 17%
Todd Platts 17%
Rob Portman 17%
George Radanovich 17%
James Ramstad 17%
Dana Rohrabacher 17%
Jim Saxton 17%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 17%
John Shimkus 17%
State Office Name Party Rating
Mel Watt 83%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 75%
Diane Watson 75%
Max Baucus 71%
Byron Dorgan 71%
Daniel Graham 71%
Timothy Johnson 71%
Jay Rockefeller IV 71%
Mary Bono Mack 67%
Bob Etheridge 67%
Michael Ferguson 67%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 67%
James Greenwood 67%
Nancy Johnson 67%
Mark Kirk 67%
Earl Pomeroy 67%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 67%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 67%
Dave Obey 60%
Blanche Lincoln 57%
Zell Bryan Miller 57%
Olympia Snowe 57%
Rick Boucher 50%
Brad Carson 50%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Baron Hill 50%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Jerry Lewis 50%
Mike Ross 50%
Ike Skelton 50%
Kent Conrad 43%
John Ensign 43%
Ben Nelson 43%
Charlie Bass 33%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 33%
Mike Castle 33%
Jerry Costello 33%
Thomas Davis III 33%
Chet Edwards 33%
Philip English 33%
Bart Gordon 33%
David Lee Hobson 33%
Steve LaTourette 33%
Frank LoBiondo 33%
James McCrery III 33%
Jack Murtha 33%
Doug Ose 33%
Jack Quinn 33%
Nick Rahall II 33%
Ralph Regula 33%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
William Thomas 33%
James Walsh 33%
Robert Byrd 29%
Ernest Hollings 29%
Kay Hutchison 29%
Conrad Burns 20%
Cass Ballenger 17%
Douglas Bereuter 17%
Marion Berry 17%
Michael Bilirakis 17%
Kit Bond 17%
Dave Camp 17%
Randall Cunningham 17%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 17%
David Dreier 17%
Jennifer Dunn 17%
Elton Gallegly 17%
Jim Gibbons 17%
Paul Gillmor 17%
Porter Goss 17%
Kay Granger 17%
Mark Green 17%
Ralph Hall 17%
Tim Holden 17%
Henry Hyde 17%
Johnny Isakson 17%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa R 17%
Christopher John 17%
Joseph Knollenberg 17%
Ray LaHood 17%
John Linder 17%
William Lipinski 17%
John McHugh 17%
Scott McInnis 17%
Buck McKeon 17%
John Mica 17%
Alan Mollohan 17%
Anne Northup 17%
James Nussle 17%
Todd Platts 17%
Rob Portman 17%
George Radanovich 17%
James Ramstad 17%
Dana Rohrabacher 17%
Jim Saxton 17%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 17%
John Shimkus 17%
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