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State Office Name Party Rating
William Lipinski 70%
William Luther 70%
Carolyn McCarthy 70%
Paul McHale 70%
Collin Peterson 70%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 70%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 70%
Vic Snyder 70%
John Tanner 70%
Ellen Tauscher 70%
Rob Andrews 67%
James Barcia 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
Kent Conrad 60%
Patsy Ann Danner 60%
Chris Dodd 60%
Calvin Dooley 60%
Dianne Feinstein 60%
Bart Gordon 60%
Nancy Johnson 60%
Herb Kohl 60%
James Maloney 60%
David McIntosh 60%
Mike McIntyre 60%
David Minge 60%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran Republican 60%
Patrick Moynihan 60%
Matt Salmon 60%
Norman Sisisky 60%
Ike Skelton 60%
Arlen Specter 60%
Charles Stenholm 60%
Pete Visclosky 60%
Howard Coble 56%
John Glenn 56%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 50%
Max Baucus 50%
Douglas Bereuter 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Henry Bonilla 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Richard Bryan 50%
Ed Bryant 50%
Richard Burr 50%
Gary Condit 50%
Robert Cramer 50%
Alfonse D'Amato 50%
Jay Dickey 50%
John Doolittle 50%
Paul Gillmor 50%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 50%
Daniel Graham 50%
Ralph Hall 50%
Jane Harman 50%
Rick Hill 50%
Van Hilleary 50%
John Hostettler 50%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 50%
Christopher John 50%
Walter Jones, Jr. 50%
Bob Kerrey 50%
Mary Landrieu 50%
John Mica 50%
Richard Pombo 50%
Timothy Roemer 50%
Marge Roukema 50%
Jim Ryun 50%
Loretta Sanchez 50%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Linda Smith 50%
Vincent Snowbarger 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Cliff Stearns 50%
Todd Tiahrt 50%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
James Turner 50%
James Walsh 50%
Bill Young 50%
Christopher Cox 44%
Wayne Gilchrest 44%
Jerry Lewis 44%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 44%
David Weldon 44%
Bill Redmond 43%
Donald Young 43%
Spencer Bachus 40%
Richard Hugh Baker 40%
Cass Ballenger 40%
Bill Barrett 40%
Roscoe Bartlett 40%
Brian Bilbray 40%
Michael Bilirakis 40%
Roy Blunt 40%
John Boehner 40%
Jim Bunning 40%
Steve Buyer 40%
Herbert Callahan 40%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert Republican 40%
Dave Camp 40%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 40%
State Office Name Party Rating
William Lipinski 70%
William Luther 70%
Carolyn McCarthy 70%
Paul McHale 70%
Collin Peterson 70%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 70%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 70%
Vic Snyder 70%
John Tanner 70%
Ellen Tauscher 70%
Rob Andrews 67%
James Barcia 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
Kent Conrad 60%
Patsy Ann Danner 60%
Chris Dodd 60%
Calvin Dooley 60%
Dianne Feinstein 60%
Bart Gordon 60%
Nancy Johnson 60%
Herb Kohl 60%
James Maloney 60%
David McIntosh 60%
Mike McIntyre 60%
David Minge 60%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran R 60%
Patrick Moynihan 60%
Matt Salmon 60%
Norman Sisisky 60%
Ike Skelton 60%
Arlen Specter 60%
Charles Stenholm 60%
Pete Visclosky 60%
Howard Coble 56%
John Glenn 56%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 50%
Max Baucus 50%
Douglas Bereuter 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Henry Bonilla 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Richard Bryan 50%
Ed Bryant 50%
Richard Burr 50%
Gary Condit 50%
Robert Cramer 50%
Alfonse D'Amato 50%
Jay Dickey 50%
John Doolittle 50%
Paul Gillmor 50%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 50%
Daniel Graham 50%
Ralph Hall 50%
Jane Harman 50%
Rick Hill 50%
Van Hilleary 50%
John Hostettler 50%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 50%
Christopher John 50%
Walter Jones, Jr. 50%
Bob Kerrey 50%
Mary Landrieu 50%
John Mica 50%
Richard Pombo 50%
Timothy Roemer 50%
Marge Roukema 50%
Jim Ryun 50%
Loretta Sanchez 50%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Linda Smith 50%
Vincent Snowbarger 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Cliff Stearns 50%
Todd Tiahrt 50%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
James Turner 50%
James Walsh 50%
Bill Young 50%
Christopher Cox 44%
Wayne Gilchrest 44%
Jerry Lewis 44%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 44%
David Weldon 44%
Bill Redmond 43%
Donald Young 43%
Spencer Bachus 40%
Richard Hugh Baker 40%
Cass Ballenger 40%
Bill Barrett 40%
Roscoe Bartlett 40%
Brian Bilbray 40%
Michael Bilirakis 40%
Roy Blunt 40%
John Boehner 40%
Jim Bunning 40%
Steve Buyer 40%
Herbert Callahan 40%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert R 40%
Dave Camp 40%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 40%
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