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State Office Name Party Rating
Gene Green 60%
Patrick Leahy 60%
Nick Rahall II 60%
Ted Strickland 60%
Michael McNulty 58%
Leonard Boswell 56%
Thomas Campbell 56%
James Davis 56%
Benjamin Gilman 56%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 56%
Dennis Kucinich 56%
James Leach 56%
David Minge 56%
Jack Murtha 56%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 56%
Norman Sisisky 56%
John Moakley 55%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 53%
James Greenwood 53%
Alan Mollohan 53%
Earl Pomeroy 53%
Glenn Poshard 53%
John Breaux 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
Stephen Horn 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
Dirk Kempthorne 50%
Dale Kildee 50%
Mary Landrieu 50%
Thomas Manton 50%
Jim Moran, Jr. 50%
Owen Pickett 50%
Ted Stevens 50%
Heather Wilson 50%
Gary Condit 47%
Jay Johnson 47%
Silvestre Reyes 47%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 44%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 44%
Mike Castle 44%
Bob Etheridge 44%
Wayne Gilchrest 44%
James Kolbe 44%
Frank Mascara 44%
John Spratt, Jr. 44%
Bob Bennett 40%
Dan Miller 40%
Ron Paul 40%
William Roth, Jr. 40%
Arlen Specter 40%
Marion Berry 38%
Patsy Ann Danner 38%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 38%
Bart Gordon 38%
Lee Hamilton 38%
Sue Kelly 38%
John Edward Porter 38%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 38%
Kit Bond 33%
Conrad Burns 33%
Robert Byrd 33%
Ben Campbell 33%
Robert Clement 33%
Thad Cochran 33%
Jerry Costello 33%
Philip English 33%
Harris Fawell 33%
Michael Patrick Forbes 33%
Judd Gregg 33%
Charles Hagel 33%
Ernest Hollings 33%
Dick Lugar 33%
Connie Mack 33%
Patrick Moynihan 33%
Frank Murkowski 33%
Gordon Smith 33%
Craig Thomas 33%
Strom Thurmond 33%
John Warner 33%
James Barcia 31%
Vern Ehlers 31%
John Ensign 31%
Mark Foley 31%
Jon David Fox 31%
Robert Franks 31%
Tony Hall 31%
David Lee Hobson 31%
Tim Holden 31%
Jerry Lewis 31%
Deborah Pryce 31%
Timothy Roemer 31%
John Tanner 31%
James Traficant, Jr. 31%
Rick White 31%
Robert Cramer 29%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 29%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 27%
Christopher John 27%
Steve LaTourette 27%
State Office Name Party Rating
Gene Green 60%
Patrick Leahy 60%
Nick Rahall II 60%
Ted Strickland 60%
Michael McNulty 58%
Leonard Boswell 56%
Thomas Campbell 56%
James Davis 56%
Benjamin Gilman 56%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 56%
Dennis Kucinich 56%
James Leach 56%
David Minge 56%
Jack Murtha 56%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 56%
Norman Sisisky 56%
John Moakley 55%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 53%
James Greenwood 53%
Alan Mollohan 53%
Earl Pomeroy 53%
Glenn Poshard 53%
John Breaux 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
Stephen Horn 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
Dirk Kempthorne 50%
Dale Kildee 50%
Mary Landrieu 50%
Thomas Manton 50%
Jim Moran, Jr. 50%
Owen Pickett 50%
Ted Stevens 50%
Heather Wilson 50%
Gary Condit 47%
Jay Johnson 47%
Silvestre Reyes 47%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 44%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 44%
Mike Castle 44%
Bob Etheridge 44%
Wayne Gilchrest 44%
James Kolbe 44%
Frank Mascara 44%
John Spratt, Jr. 44%
Bob Bennett 40%
Dan Miller 40%
Ron Paul 40%
William Roth, Jr. 40%
Arlen Specter 40%
Marion Berry 38%
Patsy Ann Danner 38%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 38%
Bart Gordon 38%
Lee Hamilton 38%
Sue Kelly 38%
John Edward Porter 38%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 38%
Kit Bond 33%
Conrad Burns 33%
Robert Byrd 33%
Ben Campbell 33%
Robert Clement 33%
Thad Cochran 33%
Jerry Costello 33%
Philip English 33%
Harris Fawell 33%
Michael Patrick Forbes 33%
Judd Gregg 33%
Charles Hagel 33%
Ernest Hollings 33%
Dick Lugar 33%
Connie Mack 33%
Patrick Moynihan 33%
Frank Murkowski 33%
Gordon Smith 33%
Craig Thomas 33%
Strom Thurmond 33%
John Warner 33%
James Barcia 31%
Vern Ehlers 31%
John Ensign 31%
Mark Foley 31%
Jon David Fox 31%
Robert Franks 31%
Tony Hall 31%
David Lee Hobson 31%
Tim Holden 31%
Jerry Lewis 31%
Deborah Pryce 31%
Timothy Roemer 31%
John Tanner 31%
James Traficant, Jr. 31%
Rick White 31%
Robert Cramer 29%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 29%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 27%
Christopher John 27%
Steve LaTourette 27%
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