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State Office Name Party Rating
Amory Houghton, Jr. 30%
Kenny Hulshof 40%
Duncan Hunter 20%
Asa Hutchinson 20%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 10%
Kay Hutchison 20%
Henry Hyde 20%
Jim Inhofe 0%
Daniel Inouye 90%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 20%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
Sheila Jackson Lee 80%
William Jefferson 70%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 20%
Christopher John 30%
Eddie Johnson 90%
Nancy Johnson 50%
Sam Johnson 10%
Timothy Johnson 90%
Walter Jones, Jr. 30%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
John Kasich 20%
Sue Kelly 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 80%
Patrick Kennedy 80%
Bob Kerrey 80%
John Kerry 80%
Dale Kildee 90%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 88%
Ron Kind 60%
Pete King 20%
Jack Kingston 20%
Gerald Kleczka 60%
Ronald Klink 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 20%
Herb Kohl 80%
James Kolbe 30%
Dennis Kucinich 90%
Jon Kyl 10%
John LaFalce 90%
Ray LaHood 20%
Steve LaTourette 50%
Nicholas Lampson 89%
Mary Landrieu 80%
Tom Lantos 80%
Stephen Largent 20%
Tom Latham 20%
Frank Lautenberg 90%
Rick Lazio 40%
James Leach 60%
Patrick Leahy 70%
Carl Levin 90%
Sandy Levin 90%
Jerry Lewis 20%
John Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 20%
Joe Lieberman 80%
John Linder 20%
William Lipinski 78%
Frank LoBiondo 50%
Trent Lott, Sr. 10%
Nita Lowey 100%
Dick Lugar 20%
William Luther 90%
Connie Mack 10%
Carolyn Maloney 78%
James Maloney 70%
Don Manzullo 20%
Matthew Martinez 60%
Frank Mascara 70%
Robert Matsui 70%
John McCain III 60%
Carolyn McCarthy 70%
Karen McCarthy 90%
Bill McCollum 10%
James McCrery III 20%
Jim McDermott 100%
John McHugh 40%
Scott McInnis 20%
David McIntosh 20%
Mike McIntyre 60%
Buck McKeon 20%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 90%
Martin Meehan 89%
Carrie Meek 90%
Bob Menendez 90%
Jack Metcalf 30%
John Mica 20%
Barbara Mikulski 80%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 90%
Dan Miller 20%
George Miller 90%
David Minge 50%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 90%
John Moakley 89%
Alan Mollohan 50%
Jim Moran, Jr. 70%
Constance Morella 70%
State Office Name Party Rating
Amory Houghton, Jr. 30%
Kenny Hulshof 40%
Duncan Hunter 20%
Asa Hutchinson 20%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 10%
Kay Hutchison 20%
Henry Hyde 20%
Jim Inhofe 0%
Daniel Inouye 90%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 20%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
Sheila Jackson Lee 80%
William Jefferson 70%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 20%
Christopher John 30%
Eddie Johnson 90%
Nancy Johnson 50%
Sam Johnson 10%
Timothy Johnson 90%
Walter Jones, Jr. 30%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
John Kasich 20%
Sue Kelly 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 80%
Patrick Kennedy 80%
Bob Kerrey 80%
John Kerry 80%
Dale Kildee 90%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 88%
Ron Kind 60%
Pete King 20%
Jack Kingston 20%
Gerald Kleczka 60%
Ronald Klink 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 20%
Herb Kohl 80%
James Kolbe 30%
Dennis Kucinich 90%
Jon Kyl 10%
John LaFalce 90%
Ray LaHood 20%
Steve LaTourette 50%
Nicholas Lampson 89%
Mary Landrieu 80%
Tom Lantos 80%
Stephen Largent 20%
Tom Latham 20%
Frank Lautenberg 90%
Rick Lazio 40%
James Leach 60%
Patrick Leahy 70%
Carl Levin 90%
Sandy Levin 90%
Jerry Lewis 20%
John Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 20%
Joe Lieberman 80%
John Linder 20%
William Lipinski 78%
Frank LoBiondo 50%
Trent Lott, Sr. 10%
Nita Lowey 100%
Dick Lugar 20%
William Luther 90%
Connie Mack 10%
Carolyn Maloney 78%
James Maloney 70%
Don Manzullo 20%
Matthew Martinez 60%
Frank Mascara 70%
Robert Matsui 70%
John McCain III 60%
Carolyn McCarthy 70%
Karen McCarthy 90%
Bill McCollum 10%
James McCrery III 20%
Jim McDermott 100%
John McHugh 40%
Scott McInnis 20%
David McIntosh 20%
Mike McIntyre 60%
Buck McKeon 20%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 90%
Martin Meehan 89%
Carrie Meek 90%
Bob Menendez 90%
Jack Metcalf 30%
John Mica 20%
Barbara Mikulski 80%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 90%
Dan Miller 20%
George Miller 90%
David Minge 50%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 90%
John Moakley 89%
Alan Mollohan 50%
Jim Moran, Jr. 70%
Constance Morella 70%
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