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State Office Name Party Rating
Sheila Jackson Lee 67%
William Jefferson 67%
Nicholas Lampson 67%
William Lipinski 67%
Dennis Moore 67%
Jack Murtha 67%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 67%
Ron Paul 67%
Silvestre Reyes 67%
Ciro Rodriguez 67%
Mike Ross 67%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 67%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 67%
Gene Taylor 67%
Ed Towns 67%
Pete Visclosky 67%
Evan Bayh 64%
Joe Biden, Jr. 64%
Mark Dayton 64%
John McCain III 64%
Barbara Mikulski 64%
Lincoln Chafee 55%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 55%
James Merrill Jeffords 55%
Timothy Johnson 55%
Herb Kohl 55%
Olympia Snowe 55%
Brad Carson 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
Pete King 50%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 50%
James Turner 50%
Tom Carper 45%
Kent Conrad 45%
Byron Dorgan 45%
John Edwards 45%
Judd Gregg 45%
Mark Pryor 45%
Max Baucus 36%
Joe Lieberman 36%
John Sununu 36%
Charlie Bass 33%
Sherwood Boehlert 33%
Rick Boucher 33%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 33%
Jeb Bradley 33%
Dan Burton 33%
Mike Castle 33%
Lincoln Davis 33%
James DeMint 33%
John Doolittle 33%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 33%
Mark Green 33%
Gilbert Gutknecht 33%
Tim Holden 33%
John Hostettler 33%
Christopher John 33%
Walter Jones, Jr. 33%
Mark Kirk 33%
Frank LoBiondo 33%
Jeff Miller 33%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran Republican 33%
Marilyn Musgrave 33%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 33%
Doug Ose 33%
Mike Pence 33%
Tom Petri 33%
Jim Ryun 33%
Jim Saxton 33%
John Shadegg 33%
Christopher Shays 33%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 33%
Nick Smith 33%
Tom Tancredo 33%
John Kerry 27%
Jon Kyl 27%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 20%
John Breaux 18%
Ben Campbell 18%
John Ensign 18%
Charles Hagel 18%
Mary Landrieu 18%
Blanche Lincoln 18%
Gordon Smith 18%
Todd Akin 17%
Rodney Alexander 17%
J. Gresham Barrett 17%
Richard Burr 17%
Steve Buyer 17%
Steve Chabot 17%
Howard Coble 17%
John Culberson 17%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 17%
Calvin Dooley 17%
Vern Ehlers 17%
Jo Ann Emerson 17%
Philip English 17%
Tom Feeney 17%
State Office Name Party Rating
Sheila Jackson Lee 67%
William Jefferson 67%
Nicholas Lampson 67%
William Lipinski 67%
Dennis Moore 67%
Jack Murtha 67%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 67%
Ron Paul 67%
Silvestre Reyes 67%
Ciro Rodriguez 67%
Mike Ross 67%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 67%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 67%
Gene Taylor 67%
Ed Towns 67%
Pete Visclosky 67%
Evan Bayh 64%
Joe Biden, Jr. 64%
Mark Dayton 64%
John McCain III 64%
Barbara Mikulski 64%
Lincoln Chafee 55%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 55%
James Merrill Jeffords 55%
Timothy Johnson 55%
Herb Kohl 55%
Olympia Snowe 55%
Brad Carson 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
Pete King 50%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 50%
James Turner 50%
Tom Carper 45%
Kent Conrad 45%
Byron Dorgan 45%
John Edwards 45%
Judd Gregg 45%
Mark Pryor 45%
Max Baucus 36%
Joe Lieberman 36%
John Sununu 36%
Charlie Bass 33%
Sherwood Boehlert 33%
Rick Boucher 33%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 33%
Jeb Bradley 33%
Dan Burton 33%
Mike Castle 33%
Lincoln Davis 33%
James DeMint 33%
John Doolittle 33%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 33%
Mark Green 33%
Gilbert Gutknecht 33%
Tim Holden 33%
John Hostettler 33%
Christopher John 33%
Walter Jones, Jr. 33%
Mark Kirk 33%
Frank LoBiondo 33%
Jeff Miller 33%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran R 33%
Marilyn Musgrave 33%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 33%
Doug Ose 33%
Mike Pence 33%
Tom Petri 33%
Jim Ryun 33%
Jim Saxton 33%
John Shadegg 33%
Christopher Shays 33%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 33%
Nick Smith 33%
Tom Tancredo 33%
John Kerry 27%
Jon Kyl 27%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 20%
John Breaux 18%
Ben Campbell 18%
John Ensign 18%
Charles Hagel 18%
Mary Landrieu 18%
Blanche Lincoln 18%
Gordon Smith 18%
Todd Akin 17%
Rodney Alexander 17%
J. Gresham Barrett 17%
Richard Burr 17%
Steve Buyer 17%
Steve Chabot 17%
Howard Coble 17%
John Culberson 17%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 17%
Calvin Dooley 17%
Vern Ehlers 17%
Jo Ann Emerson 17%
Philip English 17%
Tom Feeney 17%
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