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Rating Group: National Council of Senior Citizens

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State Office Name Party Rating
Rush Holt, Jr. 80%
Mary Landrieu 80%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 80%
Carolyn McCarthy 80%
Mike McIntyre 80%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 80%
Jim Moran, Jr. 80%
Jack Murtha 80%
David Phelps 80%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
Nick Rahall II 80%
Timothy Roemer 80%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 80%
Norman Sisisky 80%
Ike Skelton 80%
John Tanner 80%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
John Tierney 80%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 78%
Robert Torricelli 78%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 75%
Robert Cramer 70%
Calvin Dooley 70%
Baron Hill 70%
Christopher John 70%
William Lipinski 70%
Alan Mollohan 70%
Ronnie Shows 70%
Charles Stenholm 70%
Gene Taylor 70%
Leonard Boswell 63%
James Barcia 60%
John Breaux 60%
Ralph Hall 60%
Jay Inslee 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
James Maloney 50%
Dennis Moore 50%
Collin Peterson 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
Ken Lucas 40%
George Voinovich 40%
Peter Fitzgerald 30%
John Ganske 30%
Constance Morella 30%
Ron Paul 30%
James Traficant, Jr. 30%
Benjamin Gilman 25%
J. Dennis Hastert 25%
John McCain III 22%
John McHugh 22%
Jack Quinn 22%
Robert Schaffer 22%
W. Curtis Weldon 22%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 20%
Sherwood Boehlert 20%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 20%
Vern Ehlers 20%
Philip English 20%
Wayne Gilchrest 20%
Stephen Horn 20%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 20%
Henry Hyde 20%
Pete King 20%
Ray LaHood 20%
James Leach 20%
Frank LoBiondo 20%
Robert William Ney 20%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 20%
Jim Saxton 20%
Christopher Shays 20%
Donald Sherwood 20%
John Shimkus 20%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 20%
Olympia Snowe 20%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 20%
Fred Upton 20%
James Walsh 20%
Gerald Weller 20%
Heather Wilson 20%
Donald Young 20%
Mary Bono Mack 11%
James Greenwood 11%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 11%
William Lewis Jenkins 11%
Ed Royce 11%
Nick Smith 11%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 11%
Ed Whitfield 11%
Spencer Bachus 10%
Bob Barr, Jr. 10%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
Charlie Bass 10%
Michael Bilirakis 10%
Ed Bryant 10%
Richard Burr 10%
Dan Burton 10%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert Republican 10%
Dave Camp 10%
State Office Name Party Rating
Rush Holt, Jr. 80%
Mary Landrieu 80%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 80%
Carolyn McCarthy 80%
Mike McIntyre 80%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 80%
Jim Moran, Jr. 80%
Jack Murtha 80%
David Phelps 80%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
Nick Rahall II 80%
Timothy Roemer 80%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 80%
Norman Sisisky 80%
Ike Skelton 80%
John Tanner 80%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
John Tierney 80%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 78%
Robert Torricelli 78%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 75%
Robert Cramer 70%
Calvin Dooley 70%
Baron Hill 70%
Christopher John 70%
William Lipinski 70%
Alan Mollohan 70%
Ronnie Shows 70%
Charles Stenholm 70%
Gene Taylor 70%
Leonard Boswell 63%
James Barcia 60%
John Breaux 60%
Ralph Hall 60%
Jay Inslee 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
James Maloney 50%
Dennis Moore 50%
Collin Peterson 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
Ken Lucas 40%
George Voinovich 40%
Peter Fitzgerald 30%
John Ganske 30%
Constance Morella 30%
Ron Paul 30%
James Traficant, Jr. 30%
Benjamin Gilman 25%
J. Dennis Hastert 25%
John McCain III 22%
John McHugh 22%
Jack Quinn 22%
Robert Schaffer 22%
W. Curtis Weldon 22%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 20%
Sherwood Boehlert 20%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 20%
Vern Ehlers 20%
Philip English 20%
Wayne Gilchrest 20%
Stephen Horn 20%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 20%
Henry Hyde 20%
Pete King 20%
Ray LaHood 20%
James Leach 20%
Frank LoBiondo 20%
Robert William Ney 20%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 20%
Jim Saxton 20%
Christopher Shays 20%
Donald Sherwood 20%
John Shimkus 20%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 20%
Olympia Snowe 20%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune R 20%
Fred Upton 20%
James Walsh 20%
Gerald Weller 20%
Heather Wilson 20%
Donald Young 20%
Mary Bono Mack 11%
James Greenwood 11%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 11%
William Lewis Jenkins 11%
Ed Royce 11%
Nick Smith 11%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 11%
Ed Whitfield 11%
Spencer Bachus 10%
Bob Barr, Jr. 10%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
Charlie Bass 10%
Michael Bilirakis 10%
Ed Bryant 10%
Richard Burr 10%
Dan Burton 10%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert R 10%
Dave Camp 10%
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