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State Office Name Party Rating
Elijah Cummings 100%
Randall Cunningham 50%
Alfonse D'Amato 29%
Patsy Ann Danner 67%
Thomas Daschle 86%
James Davis 67%
Thomas Davis III 50%
Peter DeFazio 83%
Thomas DeLay 33%
Nathan Deal 50%
Bill Delahunt 83%
Peter Deutsch 67%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 67%
Jay Dickey 50%
Norm Dicks 83%
John Dingell 83%
Julian Dixon 83%
Chris Dodd 71%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 29%
Calvin Dooley 67%
John Doolittle 33%
Byron Dorgan 86%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 67%
David Dreier 50%
John Duncan, Jr. 50%
Jennifer Dunn 50%
Chet Edwards 67%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 50%
Jo Ann Emerson 50%
Eliot Engel 83%
Philip English 50%
John Ensign 67%
Mike Enzi 29%
Anna Eshoo 83%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 50%
Thomas Ewing 67%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 14%
Sam Farr 83%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 100%
Harris Fawell 67%
Victor Fazio 83%
Russ Feingold 71%
Dianne Feinstein 86%
Bob Filner 83%
Mark Foley 50%
Michael Patrick Forbes 67%
Harold Ford, Jr. 83%
Wendell Ford 86%
Tillie Fowler 67%
Jon David Fox 67%
Barney Frank 83%
Robert Franks 67%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 67%
William Frist 29%
Jonas Frost III 67%
Elizabeth Furse 100%
Elton Gallegly 50%
John Ganske 50%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 50%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 80%
Wayne Gilchrest 67%
Paul Gillmor 50%
Benjamin Gilman 67%
John Glenn 71%
Henry Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 50%
Bob Goodlatte 50%
William Goodling 50%
Bart Gordon 67%
Slade Gorton 29%
Porter Goss 50%
Daniel Graham 71%
Lindsey Graham 50%
William Phillip Gramm 14%
Rodney Grams 14%
Kay Granger 50%
Gene Green 83%
James Greenwood 67%
Judd Gregg 29%
Luis Gutiérrez 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 50%
Charles Hagel 29%
Ralph Hall 50%
Tony Hall 67%
Lee Hamilton 83%
James Hansen 50%
Tom Harkin 71%
Jane Harman 83%
J. Dennis Hastert 50%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 67%
Doc Hastings 50%
Orrin Hatch 29%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 50%
Joel Hefley 50%
Willie Hefner 67%
State Office Name Party Rating
Elijah Cummings 100%
Randall Cunningham 50%
Alfonse D'Amato 29%
Patsy Ann Danner 67%
Thomas Daschle 86%
James Davis 67%
Thomas Davis III 50%
Peter DeFazio 83%
Thomas DeLay 33%
Nathan Deal 50%
Bill Delahunt 83%
Peter Deutsch 67%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 67%
Jay Dickey 50%
Norm Dicks 83%
John Dingell 83%
Julian Dixon 83%
Chris Dodd 71%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 29%
Calvin Dooley 67%
John Doolittle 33%
Byron Dorgan 86%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 67%
David Dreier 50%
John Duncan, Jr. 50%
Jennifer Dunn 50%
Chet Edwards 67%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 50%
Jo Ann Emerson 50%
Eliot Engel 83%
Philip English 50%
John Ensign 67%
Mike Enzi 29%
Anna Eshoo 83%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 50%
Thomas Ewing 67%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 14%
Sam Farr 83%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 100%
Harris Fawell 67%
Victor Fazio 83%
Russ Feingold 71%
Dianne Feinstein 86%
Bob Filner 83%
Mark Foley 50%
Michael Patrick Forbes 67%
Harold Ford, Jr. 83%
Wendell Ford 86%
Tillie Fowler 67%
Jon David Fox 67%
Barney Frank 83%
Robert Franks 67%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 67%
William Frist 29%
Jonas Frost III 67%
Elizabeth Furse 100%
Elton Gallegly 50%
John Ganske 50%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 50%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 80%
Wayne Gilchrest 67%
Paul Gillmor 50%
Benjamin Gilman 67%
John Glenn 71%
Henry Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 50%
Bob Goodlatte 50%
William Goodling 50%
Bart Gordon 67%
Slade Gorton 29%
Porter Goss 50%
Daniel Graham 71%
Lindsey Graham 50%
William Phillip Gramm 14%
Rodney Grams 14%
Kay Granger 50%
Gene Green 83%
James Greenwood 67%
Judd Gregg 29%
Luis Gutiérrez 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 50%
Charles Hagel 29%
Ralph Hall 50%
Tony Hall 67%
Lee Hamilton 83%
James Hansen 50%
Tom Harkin 71%
Jane Harman 83%
J. Dennis Hastert 50%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 67%
Doc Hastings 50%
Orrin Hatch 29%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 50%
Joel Hefley 50%
Willie Hefner 67%
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