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State Office Name Party Rating
Ernest Hollings 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
Mary Landrieu 50%
Gordon Smith 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
Spencer Bachus 47%
Bob Barr, Jr. 47%
Brian Bilbray 47%
Steve Chabot 47%
Howard Coble 47%
James Davis 47%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 47%
Bart Gordon 47%
Tony Hall 47%
Paul Kanjorski 47%
Jack Kingston 47%
James Leach 47%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 47%
John McHugh 47%
Carrie Meek 47%
David Minge 47%
Charlie Rangel 47%
Timothy Roemer 47%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 47%
John Sununu 47%
Bob Wise, Jr. 47%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 42%
Marion Berry 42%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 42%
Mike Castle 42%
Robert Cramer 42%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 42%
John Dingell 42%
Bob Etheridge 42%
Mark Foley 42%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 42%
William Goodling 42%
Gene Green 42%
Judd Gregg 42%
Kay Hutchison 42%
Robert William Ney 42%
Ed Pastor 42%
Tom Petri 42%
David Price 42%
Silvestre Reyes 42%
Charles Robb 42%
Ciro Rodriguez 42%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 42%
Marge Roukema 42%
Richard Shelby 42%
Norman Sisisky 42%
Nick Smith 42%
Vic Snyder 42%
James Talent 42%
Karen Thurman 42%
Ed Towns 42%
James Traficant, Jr. 42%
James Walsh 42%
Mel Watt 42%
Albert Wynn 42%
Matthew Martinez 39%
Roscoe Bartlett 37%
Sherwood Boehlert 37%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 37%
Christopher Cox 37%
Julian Dixon 37%
Tillie Fowler 37%
Benjamin Gilman 37%
Lindsey Graham 37%
Gilbert Gutknecht 37%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 37%
Van Hilleary 37%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 37%
Duncan Hunter 37%
Sheila Jackson Lee 37%
Walter Jones, Jr. 37%
David McIntosh 37%
Dan Miller 37%
Alan Mollohan 37%
Earl Pomeroy 37%
John Edward Porter 37%
Matt Salmon 37%
Jim Saxton 37%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 37%
John Tanner 37%
Todd Tiahrt 37%
Frank Wolf 37%
Bob Bennett 33%
Kit Bond 33%
William Phillip Gramm 33%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 33%
James Merrill Jeffords 33%
Dick Lugar 33%
William Roth, Jr. 33%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 32%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 32%
Robert Clement 32%
Michael Collins 32%
Merrill Cook 32%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 32%
State Office Name Party Rating
Ernest Hollings 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
Mary Landrieu 50%
Gordon Smith 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
Spencer Bachus 47%
Bob Barr, Jr. 47%
Brian Bilbray 47%
Steve Chabot 47%
Howard Coble 47%
James Davis 47%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 47%
Bart Gordon 47%
Tony Hall 47%
Paul Kanjorski 47%
Jack Kingston 47%
James Leach 47%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 47%
John McHugh 47%
Carrie Meek 47%
David Minge 47%
Charlie Rangel 47%
Timothy Roemer 47%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 47%
John Sununu 47%
Bob Wise, Jr. 47%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 42%
Marion Berry 42%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 42%
Mike Castle 42%
Robert Cramer 42%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 42%
John Dingell 42%
Bob Etheridge 42%
Mark Foley 42%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 42%
William Goodling 42%
Gene Green 42%
Judd Gregg 42%
Kay Hutchison 42%
Robert William Ney 42%
Ed Pastor 42%
Tom Petri 42%
David Price 42%
Silvestre Reyes 42%
Charles Robb 42%
Ciro Rodriguez 42%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 42%
Marge Roukema 42%
Richard Shelby 42%
Norman Sisisky 42%
Nick Smith 42%
Vic Snyder 42%
James Talent 42%
Karen Thurman 42%
Ed Towns 42%
James Traficant, Jr. 42%
James Walsh 42%
Mel Watt 42%
Albert Wynn 42%
Matthew Martinez 39%
Roscoe Bartlett 37%
Sherwood Boehlert 37%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 37%
Christopher Cox 37%
Julian Dixon 37%
Tillie Fowler 37%
Benjamin Gilman 37%
Lindsey Graham 37%
Gilbert Gutknecht 37%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 37%
Van Hilleary 37%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 37%
Duncan Hunter 37%
Sheila Jackson Lee 37%
Walter Jones, Jr. 37%
David McIntosh 37%
Dan Miller 37%
Alan Mollohan 37%
Earl Pomeroy 37%
John Edward Porter 37%
Matt Salmon 37%
Jim Saxton 37%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 37%
John Tanner 37%
Todd Tiahrt 37%
Frank Wolf 37%
Bob Bennett 33%
Kit Bond 33%
William Phillip Gramm 33%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 33%
James Merrill Jeffords 33%
Dick Lugar 33%
William Roth, Jr. 33%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 32%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 32%
Robert Clement 32%
Michael Collins 32%
Merrill Cook 32%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 32%
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