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State Office Name Party Rating
Linda Smith 30%
Bob Smith 30%
Olympia Snowe 30%
Arlen Specter 30%
William Tauzin II 30%
Strom Thurmond 30%
Fred Upton 30%
John Warner 30%
Joseph McDade 25%
Michael Patrick Forbes 22%
Paul Gillmor 22%
Connie Mack 22%
Jan Meyers 22%
Tom Petri 22%
Pat Roberts 22%
Ed Royce 22%
John Ashcroft 20%
Richard Hugh Baker 20%
Bob Bennett 20%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
Peter Blute 20%
Sonny Bono 20%
Jim Bunn 20%
Steve Buyer 20%
Dave Camp 20%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 20%
Jon Lynn Christensen 20%
Thomas Coburn 20%
Paul Coverdell 20%
Larry Craig 20%
Frank Arnold Cremeans 20%
Thomas Davis III 20%
Nathan Deal 20%
Philip English 20%
Harris Fawell 20%
Tillie Fowler 20%
Gary Franks 20%
John Ganske 20%
Pete Geren 20%
Bob Goodlatte 20%
William Phillip Gramm 20%
Enid Greene 20%
Judd Gregg 20%
Ralph Hall 20%
Orrin Hatch 20%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 20%
Jesse Helms 20%
Jim Inhofe 20%
Dirk Kempthorne 20%
Jon Kyl 20%
Stephen Largent 20%
Tom Latham 20%
Jerry Lewis 20%
Jim Lightfoot 20%
James Longley, Jr. 20%
Bill Martini 20%
John McCain III 20%
Bill McCollum 20%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. Republican 20%
James McCrery III 20%
John McHugh 20%
G.V. Montgomery 20%
Frank Murkowski 20%
Sue Myrick 20%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 20%
Robert William Ney 20%
John Edward Porter 20%
Deborah Pryce 20%
Ralph Regula 20%
Frank Riggs 20%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers Republican 20%
Dana Rohrabacher 20%
Matt Salmon 20%
Joe Scarborough 20%
John Shadegg 20%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 20%
Richard Shelby 20%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 20%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 20%
Mark Souder 20%
Randy Tate 20%
Todd Tiahrt 20%
Gerald Weller 20%
Ed Whitfield 20%
Susan Molinari 14%
Jay Dickey 13%
Jennifer Dunn 13%
William Paxon 13%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert Republican 11%
Robert Dornan 11%
Ronald Packard 11%
Wayne Allard 10%
Bill Archer 10%
Richard Armey 10%
William Baker 10%
Cass Ballenger 10%
Bill Barrett 10%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
Joe Barton 10%
Charlie Bass 10%
State Office Name Party Rating
Linda Smith 30%
Bob Smith 30%
Olympia Snowe 30%
Arlen Specter 30%
William Tauzin II 30%
Strom Thurmond 30%
Fred Upton 30%
John Warner 30%
Joseph McDade 25%
Michael Patrick Forbes 22%
Paul Gillmor 22%
Connie Mack 22%
Jan Meyers 22%
Tom Petri 22%
Pat Roberts 22%
Ed Royce 22%
John Ashcroft 20%
Richard Hugh Baker 20%
Bob Bennett 20%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
Peter Blute 20%
Sonny Bono 20%
Jim Bunn 20%
Steve Buyer 20%
Dave Camp 20%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 20%
Jon Lynn Christensen 20%
Thomas Coburn 20%
Paul Coverdell 20%
Larry Craig 20%
Frank Arnold Cremeans 20%
Thomas Davis III 20%
Nathan Deal 20%
Philip English 20%
Harris Fawell 20%
Tillie Fowler 20%
Gary Franks 20%
John Ganske 20%
Pete Geren 20%
Bob Goodlatte 20%
William Phillip Gramm 20%
Enid Greene 20%
Judd Gregg 20%
Ralph Hall 20%
Orrin Hatch 20%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 20%
Jesse Helms 20%
Jim Inhofe 20%
Dirk Kempthorne 20%
Jon Kyl 20%
Stephen Largent 20%
Tom Latham 20%
Jerry Lewis 20%
Jim Lightfoot 20%
James Longley, Jr. 20%
Bill Martini 20%
John McCain III 20%
Bill McCollum 20%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. R 20%
James McCrery III 20%
John McHugh 20%
G.V. Montgomery 20%
Frank Murkowski 20%
Sue Myrick 20%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 20%
Robert William Ney 20%
John Edward Porter 20%
Deborah Pryce 20%
Ralph Regula 20%
Frank Riggs 20%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers R 20%
Dana Rohrabacher 20%
Matt Salmon 20%
Joe Scarborough 20%
John Shadegg 20%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 20%
Richard Shelby 20%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 20%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 20%
Mark Souder 20%
Randy Tate 20%
Todd Tiahrt 20%
Gerald Weller 20%
Ed Whitfield 20%
Susan Molinari 14%
Jay Dickey 13%
Jennifer Dunn 13%
William Paxon 13%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert R 11%
Robert Dornan 11%
Ronald Packard 11%
Wayne Allard 10%
Bill Archer 10%
Richard Armey 10%
William Baker 10%
Cass Ballenger 10%
Bill Barrett 10%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
Joe Barton 10%
Charlie Bass 10%
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