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State Office Name Party Rating
Gene Taylor 58%
Ed Towns 58%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 58%
Bob Weygand 58%
Rob Andrews 50%
Brian Baird 50%
Marion Berry 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Robert Clement 50%
James Davis 50%
Peter Deutsch 50%
Jonas Frost III 50%
John Ganske 50%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 50%
Baron Hill 50%
Darlene Hooley 50%
Nicholas Lampson 50%
James Leach 50%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
William Lipinski 50%
Jim Moran, Jr. 50%
Constance Morella 50%
Jack Murtha 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Ed Pastor 50%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 50%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 42%
Sherwood Boehlert 42%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 42%
Thomas Campbell 42%
Calvin Dooley 42%
Bob Etheridge 42%
Wayne Gilchrest 42%
Benjamin Gilman 42%
Gene Green 42%
Tim Holden 42%
Charles Robb 42%
Timothy Roemer 42%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 42%
Ronnie Shows 42%
Ike Skelton 42%
Charles Stenholm 42%
Ted Strickland 42%
John Tanner 42%
James Traficant, Jr. 42%
James Turner 42%
Bob Wise, Jr. 42%
Steve LaTourette 36%
James Barcia 33%
Brian Bilbray 33%
Patsy Ann Danner 33%
Peter Fitzgerald 33%
Michael Patrick Forbes 33%
Bart Gordon 33%
James Merrill Jeffords 33%
John McHugh 33%
Mike McIntyre 33%
Ron Paul 33%
John Edward Porter 33%
Christopher Shays 33%
Norman Sisisky 33%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 33%
Arlen Specter 33%
George Voinovich 33%
Douglas Bereuter 27%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 27%
Spencer Bachus 25%
Bill Barrett 25%
Rick Boucher 25%
Sam Brownback 25%
Mike Castle 25%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 25%
Thomas Davis III 25%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 25%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
John Duncan, Jr. 25%
Mark Foley 25%
Robert Franks 25%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 25%
Elton Gallegly 25%
James Greenwood 25%
Joel Hefley 25%
Stephen Horn 25%
Henry Hyde 25%
Christopher John 25%
Pete King 25%
Dick Lugar 25%
James Maloney 25%
Don Manzullo 25%
John McCain III 25%
Alan Mollohan 25%
Doug Ose 25%
Collin Peterson 25%
Owen Pickett 25%
Jack Quinn 25%
James Ramstad 25%
James Rogan 25%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 25%
Marge Roukema 25%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 25%
State Office Name Party Rating
Gene Taylor 58%
Ed Towns 58%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 58%
Bob Weygand 58%
Rob Andrews 50%
Brian Baird 50%
Marion Berry 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Robert Clement 50%
James Davis 50%
Peter Deutsch 50%
Jonas Frost III 50%
John Ganske 50%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 50%
Baron Hill 50%
Darlene Hooley 50%
Nicholas Lampson 50%
James Leach 50%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
William Lipinski 50%
Jim Moran, Jr. 50%
Constance Morella 50%
Jack Murtha 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Ed Pastor 50%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 50%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 42%
Sherwood Boehlert 42%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 42%
Thomas Campbell 42%
Calvin Dooley 42%
Bob Etheridge 42%
Wayne Gilchrest 42%
Benjamin Gilman 42%
Gene Green 42%
Tim Holden 42%
Charles Robb 42%
Timothy Roemer 42%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 42%
Ronnie Shows 42%
Ike Skelton 42%
Charles Stenholm 42%
Ted Strickland 42%
John Tanner 42%
James Traficant, Jr. 42%
James Turner 42%
Bob Wise, Jr. 42%
Steve LaTourette 36%
James Barcia 33%
Brian Bilbray 33%
Patsy Ann Danner 33%
Peter Fitzgerald 33%
Michael Patrick Forbes 33%
Bart Gordon 33%
James Merrill Jeffords 33%
John McHugh 33%
Mike McIntyre 33%
Ron Paul 33%
John Edward Porter 33%
Christopher Shays 33%
Norman Sisisky 33%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 33%
Arlen Specter 33%
George Voinovich 33%
Douglas Bereuter 27%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 27%
Spencer Bachus 25%
Bill Barrett 25%
Rick Boucher 25%
Sam Brownback 25%
Mike Castle 25%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 25%
Thomas Davis III 25%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 25%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
John Duncan, Jr. 25%
Mark Foley 25%
Robert Franks 25%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 25%
Elton Gallegly 25%
James Greenwood 25%
Joel Hefley 25%
Stephen Horn 25%
Henry Hyde 25%
Christopher John 25%
Pete King 25%
Dick Lugar 25%
James Maloney 25%
Don Manzullo 25%
John McCain III 25%
Alan Mollohan 25%
Doug Ose 25%
Collin Peterson 25%
Owen Pickett 25%
Jack Quinn 25%
James Ramstad 25%
James Rogan 25%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 25%
Marge Roukema 25%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 25%
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