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State Office Name Party Rating
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson Republican 11%
MO U.S. House - 8 Jason Smith Republican 11%
PA U.S. House - 15 GT Thompson, Jr. Republican 11%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 11%
Scott Tipton 11%
Pat Toomey 11%
MO U.S. House - 2 Ann Wagner Republican 11%
Mark Walker 11%
TX U.S. House - 14 Randy Weber, Sr. Republican 11%
Kevin Yoder 11%
NA Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Lee Zeldin Republican 11%
Ralph Abraham 5%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 5%
GA U.S. House - 12 Rick Allen Republican 5%
NV U.S. House - 2 Mark Amodei Republican 5%
Lou Barletta 5%
KY U.S. House - 6 Andy Barr Republican 5%
Dan Benishek 5%
FL U.S. House - 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 5%
Mike Bishop 5%
Rob Bishop 5%
Charles Boustany, Jr. 5%
Kevin Brady 5%
Susan Brooks 5%
Larry Bucshon 5%
Bradley Byrne 5%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert Republican 5%
GA U.S. House - 1 Buddy Carter Republican 5%
TX U.S. House - 31 John Carter Republican 5%
OK U.S. House - 4 Tom Cole Republican 5%
Chris Collins 5%
NA U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins Republican 5%
Barbara Comstock 5%
CA Supervisor - 1 Paul Cook 5%
TX U.S. Senate - Sr John Cornyn Republican 5%
AR U.S. Senate - Jr Tom Cotton Republican 5%
ND U.S. Senate - Jr Kevin Cramer Republican 5%
AR U.S. House - 1 Rick Crawford Republican 5%
Ander Crenshaw 5%
John Culberson 5%
OH U.S. House - 8 Warren Davidson Republican 5%
Rodney Davis 5%
FL Governor Ron DeSantis Republican 5%
Jeff Denham 5%
FL U.S. House - 26 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 5%
Renee Ellmers 5%
Stephen Fincher 5%
NE U.S. Senate - Sr Deb Fischer Republican 5%
Mike Fitzpatrick 5%
TN U.S. House - 3 Chuck Fleischmann Republican 5%
Bill Flores 5%
Randy Forbes 5%
Jeff Fortenberry 5%
Trent Franks 5%
Louie Gohmert 5%
Bob Goodlatte 5%
Trey Gowdy III 5%
Lindsey Graham 5%
Kay Granger 5%
Tom Graves, Jr. 5%
Cresent Hardy 5%
Vicky Hartzler 5%
Joe Heck, Jr. 5%
Jaime Herrera Beutler 5%
AR U.S. House - 2 French Hill Republican 5%
George Holding 5%
NC U.S. House - 9 Richard Hudson, Jr. Republican 5%
MI U.S. House - 4 Bill Huizenga Republican 5%
Randy Hultgren 5%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Will Hurd 5%
Jim Inhofe 5%
Sam Johnson 5%
Bill Johnson 5%
OH U.S. House - 14 Dave Joyce Republican 5%
State Office Name Party Rating
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson R 11%
MO U.S. House - 8 Jason Smith R 11%
PA U.S. House - 15 GT Thompson, Jr. R 11%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune R 11%
Scott Tipton 11%
Pat Toomey 11%
MO U.S. House - 2 Ann Wagner R 11%
Mark Walker 11%
TX U.S. House - 14 Randy Weber, Sr. R 11%
Kevin Yoder 11%
NA Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Lee Zeldin R 11%
Ralph Abraham 5%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 5%
GA U.S. House - 12 Rick Allen R 5%
NV U.S. House - 2 Mark Amodei R 5%
Lou Barletta 5%
KY U.S. House - 6 Andy Barr R 5%
Dan Benishek 5%
FL U.S. House - 12 Gus Bilirakis R 5%
Mike Bishop 5%
Rob Bishop 5%
Charles Boustany, Jr. 5%
Kevin Brady 5%
Susan Brooks 5%
Larry Bucshon 5%
Bradley Byrne 5%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert R 5%
GA U.S. House - 1 Buddy Carter R 5%
TX U.S. House - 31 John Carter R 5%
OK U.S. House - 4 Tom Cole R 5%
Chris Collins 5%
NA U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins R 5%
Barbara Comstock 5%
CA Supervisor - 1 Paul Cook 5%
TX U.S. Senate - Sr John Cornyn R 5%
AR U.S. Senate - Jr Tom Cotton R 5%
ND U.S. Senate - Jr Kevin Cramer R 5%
AR U.S. House - 1 Rick Crawford R 5%
Ander Crenshaw 5%
John Culberson 5%
OH U.S. House - 8 Warren Davidson R 5%
Rodney Davis 5%
FL Governor Ron DeSantis R 5%
Jeff Denham 5%
FL U.S. House - 26 Mario Diaz-Balart R 5%
Renee Ellmers 5%
Stephen Fincher 5%
NE U.S. Senate - Sr Deb Fischer R 5%
Mike Fitzpatrick 5%
TN U.S. House - 3 Chuck Fleischmann R 5%
Bill Flores 5%
Randy Forbes 5%
Jeff Fortenberry 5%
Trent Franks 5%
Louie Gohmert 5%
Bob Goodlatte 5%
Trey Gowdy III 5%
Lindsey Graham 5%
Kay Granger 5%
Tom Graves, Jr. 5%
Cresent Hardy 5%
Vicky Hartzler 5%
Joe Heck, Jr. 5%
Jaime Herrera Beutler 5%
AR U.S. House - 2 French Hill R 5%
George Holding 5%
NC U.S. House - 9 Richard Hudson, Jr. R 5%
MI U.S. House - 4 Bill Huizenga R 5%
Randy Hultgren 5%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Will Hurd 5%
Jim Inhofe 5%
Sam Johnson 5%
Bill Johnson 5%
OH U.S. House - 14 Dave Joyce R 5%
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