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State Office Name Party Rating
Ellen Tauscher 90%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 90%
Karen Thurman 90%
John Tierney 90%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 90%
James Turner 90%
Mark Udall 90%
Pete Visclosky 90%
Robert Wexler 90%
Albert Wynn 90%
Howard Berman 89%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 89%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 89%
Frank Mascara 89%
George Miller 89%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 89%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 89%
Bob Wise, Jr. 89%
Jim McDermott 88%
Rob Andrews 80%
Leonard Boswell 80%
John Breaux 80%
Patsy Ann Danner 80%
Calvin Dooley 80%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Gene Green 80%
Tim Holden 80%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 80%
Carolyn McCarthy 80%
David Minge 80%
Jack Murtha 80%
Owen Pickett 80%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 80%
Norman Sisisky 80%
Ike Skelton 80%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 80%
James Traficant, Jr. 80%
James Barcia 78%
Norm Dicks 78%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
Bart Gordon 70%
William Lipinski 70%
James Maloney 70%
Mike McIntyre 70%
Alan Mollohan 70%
Collin Peterson 70%
Marion Berry 67%
Christopher John 67%
Charles Stenholm 67%
John Tanner 67%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 60%
Gary Condit 60%
John Ganske 60%
Constance Morella 60%
Gene Taylor 60%
Robert Cramer 56%
Thomas Campbell 50%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Ralph Hall 50%
Ken Lucas 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
Robert Franks 44%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Mike Castle 40%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 40%
Michael Patrick Forbes 40%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 40%
Sue Kelly 40%
James Leach 40%
John Edward Porter 40%
James Ramstad 40%
Christopher Shays 40%
Fred Upton 40%
Heather Wilson 40%
Nancy Johnson 38%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 38%
Brian Bilbray 33%
Dave Camp 33%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 33%
David Vitter 33%
James Walsh 33%
W. Curtis Weldon 33%
Spencer Bachus 30%
Charlie Bass 30%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 30%
Douglas Bereuter 30%
Judy Biggert 30%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 30%
Saxby Chambliss 30%
Barbara Cubin 30%
Thomas Davis III 30%
David Dreier 30%
John Duncan, Jr. 30%
Vern Ehlers 30%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 30%
George Gekas 30%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 30%
James Greenwood 30%
Rick Hill 30%
Van Hilleary 30%
State Office Name Party Rating
Ellen Tauscher 90%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 90%
Karen Thurman 90%
John Tierney 90%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 90%
James Turner 90%
Mark Udall 90%
Pete Visclosky 90%
Robert Wexler 90%
Albert Wynn 90%
Howard Berman 89%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 89%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 89%
Frank Mascara 89%
George Miller 89%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 89%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 89%
Bob Wise, Jr. 89%
Jim McDermott 88%
Rob Andrews 80%
Leonard Boswell 80%
John Breaux 80%
Patsy Ann Danner 80%
Calvin Dooley 80%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Gene Green 80%
Tim Holden 80%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 80%
Carolyn McCarthy 80%
David Minge 80%
Jack Murtha 80%
Owen Pickett 80%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 80%
Norman Sisisky 80%
Ike Skelton 80%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 80%
James Traficant, Jr. 80%
James Barcia 78%
Norm Dicks 78%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
Bart Gordon 70%
William Lipinski 70%
James Maloney 70%
Mike McIntyre 70%
Alan Mollohan 70%
Collin Peterson 70%
Marion Berry 67%
Christopher John 67%
Charles Stenholm 67%
John Tanner 67%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 60%
Gary Condit 60%
John Ganske 60%
Constance Morella 60%
Gene Taylor 60%
Robert Cramer 56%
Thomas Campbell 50%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Ralph Hall 50%
Ken Lucas 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
Robert Franks 44%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Mike Castle 40%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 40%
Michael Patrick Forbes 40%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 40%
Sue Kelly 40%
James Leach 40%
John Edward Porter 40%
James Ramstad 40%
Christopher Shays 40%
Fred Upton 40%
Heather Wilson 40%
Nancy Johnson 38%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 38%
Brian Bilbray 33%
Dave Camp 33%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 33%
David Vitter 33%
James Walsh 33%
W. Curtis Weldon 33%
Spencer Bachus 30%
Charlie Bass 30%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 30%
Douglas Bereuter 30%
Judy Biggert 30%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 30%
Saxby Chambliss 30%
Barbara Cubin 30%
Thomas Davis III 30%
David Dreier 30%
John Duncan, Jr. 30%
Vern Ehlers 30%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 30%
George Gekas 30%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 30%
James Greenwood 30%
Rick Hill 30%
Van Hilleary 30%
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