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State Office Name Party Rating
Jerry Lewis 90%
Trent Lott, Sr. 90%
Bill McCollum 90%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. Republican 90%
James McCrery III 90%
Scott McInnis 90%
John Mica 90%
Frank Murkowski 90%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 90%
Don Nickles 90%
Anne Northup 90%
James Nussle 90%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 90%
Bob Riley 90%
Dana Rohrabacher 90%
Rick Santorum 90%
Joe Scarborough 90%
E.G. Shuster 90%
Lamar Smith 90%
Cliff Stearns 90%
Bob Stump 90%
William Tauzin II 90%
Craig Thomas 90%
John Warner 90%
Heather Wilson 88%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 85%
Bob Barr, Jr. 85%
Bill Barrett 85%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 85%
Henry Bonilla 85%
Dave Camp 85%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 85%
Thomas Coburn 85%
Merrill Cook 85%
Randall Cunningham 85%
Thomas Davis III 85%
John Duncan, Jr. 85%
Mike Enzi 85%
Thomas Ewing 85%
William Frist 85%
George Gekas 85%
Jim Gibbons 85%
William Goodling 85%
William Phillip Gramm 85%
Judd Gregg 85%
Charles Hagel 85%
Ralph Hall 85%
Rick Hill 85%
Kay Hutchison 85%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 85%
Pete King 85%
Connie Mack 85%
John McCain III 85%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 85%
Edward Pease 85%
Richard Pombo 85%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers Republican 85%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 85%
Jeff Sessions III 85%
John Shimkus 85%
Gordon Smith 85%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 85%
Ted Stevens 85%
Charles Taylor 85%
Fred Thompson 85%
Strom Thurmond 85%
Wesley Watkins 85%
Frank Wolf 85%
Bill Young 85%
Spencer Bachus 80%
Bob Bennett 80%
Douglas Bereuter 80%
Dan Burton 80%
Ben Campbell 80%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 80%
Thad Cochran 80%
John Cooksey 80%
Nathan Deal 80%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 80%
Philip English 80%
Mark Foley 80%
Tillie Fowler 80%
Elton Gallegly 80%
Porter Goss 80%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 80%
Van Hilleary 80%
John Hostettler 80%
Duncan Hunter 80%
Dick Lugar 80%
Tom Petri 80%
George Radanovich 80%
Pat Roberts 80%
Richard Shelby 80%
Nick Smith 80%
Zach Wamp 80%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 80%
Charlie Bass 75%
Kit Bond 75%
Howard Coble 75%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 75%
State Office Name Party Rating
Jerry Lewis 90%
Trent Lott, Sr. 90%
Bill McCollum 90%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. R 90%
James McCrery III 90%
Scott McInnis 90%
John Mica 90%
Frank Murkowski 90%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 90%
Don Nickles 90%
Anne Northup 90%
James Nussle 90%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 90%
Bob Riley 90%
Dana Rohrabacher 90%
Rick Santorum 90%
Joe Scarborough 90%
E.G. Shuster 90%
Lamar Smith 90%
Cliff Stearns 90%
Bob Stump 90%
William Tauzin II 90%
Craig Thomas 90%
John Warner 90%
Heather Wilson 88%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 85%
Bob Barr, Jr. 85%
Bill Barrett 85%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 85%
Henry Bonilla 85%
Dave Camp 85%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 85%
Thomas Coburn 85%
Merrill Cook 85%
Randall Cunningham 85%
Thomas Davis III 85%
John Duncan, Jr. 85%
Mike Enzi 85%
Thomas Ewing 85%
William Frist 85%
George Gekas 85%
Jim Gibbons 85%
William Goodling 85%
William Phillip Gramm 85%
Judd Gregg 85%
Charles Hagel 85%
Ralph Hall 85%
Rick Hill 85%
Kay Hutchison 85%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 85%
Pete King 85%
Connie Mack 85%
John McCain III 85%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 85%
Edward Pease 85%
Richard Pombo 85%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers R 85%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 85%
Jeff Sessions III 85%
John Shimkus 85%
Gordon Smith 85%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 85%
Ted Stevens 85%
Charles Taylor 85%
Fred Thompson 85%
Strom Thurmond 85%
Wesley Watkins 85%
Frank Wolf 85%
Bill Young 85%
Spencer Bachus 80%
Bob Bennett 80%
Douglas Bereuter 80%
Dan Burton 80%
Ben Campbell 80%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 80%
Thad Cochran 80%
John Cooksey 80%
Nathan Deal 80%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 80%
Philip English 80%
Mark Foley 80%
Tillie Fowler 80%
Elton Gallegly 80%
Porter Goss 80%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 80%
Van Hilleary 80%
John Hostettler 80%
Duncan Hunter 80%
Dick Lugar 80%
Tom Petri 80%
George Radanovich 80%
Pat Roberts 80%
Richard Shelby 80%
Nick Smith 80%
Zach Wamp 80%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 80%
Charlie Bass 75%
Kit Bond 75%
Howard Coble 75%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 75%
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