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State Office Name Party Rating
Conrad Burns 29%
Richard Burr 50%
Dan Burton 50%
Steve Buyer 50%
Robert Byrd 86%
Herbert Callahan 50%
Dave Camp 67%
Ben Campbell 29%
Thomas Campbell 33%
Chris Cannon 50%
Ben Cardin 100%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 67%
Steve Chabot 50%
John Chafee 43%
Saxby Chambliss 67%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 50%
Jon Lynn Christensen 50%
William Clay, Sr. 83%
Eva Clayton 83%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 71%
Robert Clement 50%
Dan Coats 29%
Howard Coble 50%
Thomas Coburn 33%
Thad Cochran 43%
Michael Collins 50%
Larry Combest 50%
Gary Condit 67%
Kent Conrad 86%
John Conyers, Jr. 100%
Merrill Cook 50%
John Cooksey 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
Paul Coverdell 29%
Christopher Cox 50%
William Coyne 83%
Larry Craig 29%
Robert Cramer 67%
Philip Crane 33%
Barbara Cubin 50%
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%
State Office Name Party Rating
Conrad Burns 29%
Richard Burr 50%
Dan Burton 50%
Steve Buyer 50%
Robert Byrd 86%
Herbert Callahan 50%
Dave Camp 67%
Ben Campbell 29%
Thomas Campbell 33%
Chris Cannon 50%
Ben Cardin 100%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 67%
Steve Chabot 50%
John Chafee 43%
Saxby Chambliss 67%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 50%
Jon Lynn Christensen 50%
William Clay, Sr. 83%
Eva Clayton 83%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 71%
Robert Clement 50%
Dan Coats 29%
Howard Coble 50%
Thomas Coburn 33%
Thad Cochran 43%
Michael Collins 50%
Larry Combest 50%
Gary Condit 67%
Kent Conrad 86%
John Conyers, Jr. 100%
Merrill Cook 50%
John Cooksey 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
Paul Coverdell 29%
Christopher Cox 50%
William Coyne 83%
Larry Craig 29%
Robert Cramer 67%
Philip Crane 33%
Barbara Cubin 50%
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%
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