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State Office Name Party Rating
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 80%
Bill Richardson 80%
John Spratt, Jr. 80%
Charles Wilson 80%
Eligio de la Garza II 80%
James Barcia 78%
Timothy Johnson 78%
Blanche Lincoln 78%
Harold Volkmer 75%
John Breaux 70%
Richard Bryan 70%
Robert Cramer 70%
Patsy Ann Danner 70%
Calvin Dooley 70%
Chet Edwards 70%
Elizabeth Furse 70%
Bart Gordon 70%
Daniel Graham 70%
Lee Hamilton 70%
Tim Holden 70%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 70%
Herb Kohl 70%
Karen McCarthy 70%
David Minge 70%
Jim Moran, Jr. 70%
Bill Orton 70%
Collin Peterson 70%
Owen Pickett 70%
Charles Robb 70%
Timothy Roemer 70%
Ike Skelton 70%
James Traficant, Jr. 70%
Jane Harman 60%
Bob Kerrey 60%
Norman Sisisky 60%
Benjamin Gilman 56%
Kit Bond 50%
William Cohen 50%
Gary Condit 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
Jack Quinn 50%
James Ramstad 50%
Marge Roukema 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
Peter Torkildsen 50%
Steven Schiff 44%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 40%
Mike Castle 40%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 40%
Mark Foley 40%
Jon David Fox 40%
Robert Franks 40%
James Greenwood 40%
Ray LaHood 40%
James Leach 40%
Frank LoBiondo 40%
Constance Morella 40%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 40%
Christopher Shays 40%
Charles Stenholm 40%
Ted Stevens 40%
James Walsh 40%
Richard Zimmer 40%
W. Curtis Weldon 38%
Spencer Bachus 33%
Ben Campbell 33%
Stephen Horn 33%
Bill Young 33%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 30%
Douglas Bereuter 30%
Brian Bilbray 30%
Conrad Burns 30%
Thomas Campbell 30%
Steve Chabot 30%
John Chafee 30%
Alfonse D'Amato 30%
John Duncan, Jr. 30%
Vern Ehlers 30%
John Ensign 30%
Michael Patrick Flanagan 30%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 30%
Wayne Gilchrest 30%
Slade Gorton 30%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 30%
Gilbert Gutknecht 30%
Mark Hatfield 30%
Van Hilleary 30%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 30%
Kay Hutchison 30%
Nancy Johnson 30%
Sue Kelly 30%
Pete King 30%
Scott Klug 30%
Steve LaTourette 30%
Rick Lazio 30%
Jack Metcalf 30%
Mark Neumann 30%
William Roth, Jr. 30%
Jim Saxton 30%
State Office Name Party Rating
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed D 80%
Bill Richardson 80%
John Spratt, Jr. 80%
Charles Wilson 80%
Eligio de la Garza II 80%
James Barcia 78%
Timothy Johnson 78%
Blanche Lincoln 78%
Harold Volkmer 75%
John Breaux 70%
Richard Bryan 70%
Robert Cramer 70%
Patsy Ann Danner 70%
Calvin Dooley 70%
Chet Edwards 70%
Elizabeth Furse 70%
Bart Gordon 70%
Daniel Graham 70%
Lee Hamilton 70%
Tim Holden 70%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 70%
Herb Kohl 70%
Karen McCarthy 70%
David Minge 70%
Jim Moran, Jr. 70%
Bill Orton 70%
Collin Peterson 70%
Owen Pickett 70%
Charles Robb 70%
Timothy Roemer 70%
Ike Skelton 70%
James Traficant, Jr. 70%
Jane Harman 60%
Bob Kerrey 60%
Norman Sisisky 60%
Benjamin Gilman 56%
Kit Bond 50%
William Cohen 50%
Gary Condit 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
Jack Quinn 50%
James Ramstad 50%
Marge Roukema 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
Peter Torkildsen 50%
Steven Schiff 44%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 40%
Mike Castle 40%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 40%
Mark Foley 40%
Jon David Fox 40%
Robert Franks 40%
James Greenwood 40%
Ray LaHood 40%
James Leach 40%
Frank LoBiondo 40%
Constance Morella 40%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 40%
Christopher Shays 40%
Charles Stenholm 40%
Ted Stevens 40%
James Walsh 40%
Richard Zimmer 40%
W. Curtis Weldon 38%
Spencer Bachus 33%
Ben Campbell 33%
Stephen Horn 33%
Bill Young 33%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 30%
Douglas Bereuter 30%
Brian Bilbray 30%
Conrad Burns 30%
Thomas Campbell 30%
Steve Chabot 30%
John Chafee 30%
Alfonse D'Amato 30%
John Duncan, Jr. 30%
Vern Ehlers 30%
John Ensign 30%
Michael Patrick Flanagan 30%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 30%
Wayne Gilchrest 30%
Slade Gorton 30%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 30%
Gilbert Gutknecht 30%
Mark Hatfield 30%
Van Hilleary 30%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 30%
Kay Hutchison 30%
Nancy Johnson 30%
Sue Kelly 30%
Pete King 30%
Scott Klug 30%
Steve LaTourette 30%
Rick Lazio 30%
Jack Metcalf 30%
Mark Neumann 30%
William Roth, Jr. 30%
Jim Saxton 30%
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