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State Office Name Party Rating
Rick Boucher 50%
Corrine Brown 50%
Eva Clayton 50%
Robert Clement 50%
Gary Condit 50%
Thomas Daschle 50%
James Davis 50%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
John Edwards 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Philip English 50%
Mark Foley 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. 50%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 50%
William Frist 50%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
Mark Green 50%
Ralph Hall 50%
Joel Hefley 50%
Baron Hill 50%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 50%
David Lee Hobson 50%
Kenny Hulshof 50%
Henry Hyde 50%
Jim Inhofe 50%
Timothy Johnson 50%
Walter Jones, Jr. 50%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 50%
Pete King 50%
James Kolbe 50%
Jon Kyl 50%
John LaFalce 50%
Steve LaTourette 50%
Nicholas Lampson 50%
Patrick Leahy 50%
Dick Lugar 50%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. Republican 50%
Jim McDermott 50%
Carrie Meek 50%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
Dan Miller 50%
Sue Myrick 50%
Anne Northup 50%
Ed Pastor 50%
Ron Paul 50%
Collin Peterson 50%
Rob Portman 50%
Deborah Pryce 50%
Ed Royce 50%
Bobby Rush 50%
Paul Ryan 50%
Jim Saxton 50%
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions Republican 50%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Gordon Smith 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Tom Tancredo 50%
Craig Thomas 50%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 50%
Karen Thurman 50%
Pat Toomey 50%
Fred Upton 50%
W. Curtis Weldon 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 33%
Douglas Bereuter 33%
Marion Berry 33%
Mary Bono Mack 33%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert Republican 33%
Christopher Cox 33%
Robert Cramer 33%
James DeMint 33%
Nathan Deal 33%
John Dingell 33%
Jennifer Dunn 33%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 33%
Jonas Frost III 33%
Wayne Gilchrest 33%
Paul Gillmor 33%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 33%
Bob Goodlatte 33%
Kay Granger 33%
Doc Hastings 33%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 33%
Tim Holden 33%
Johnny Isakson 33%
William Jefferson 33%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Ray LaHood 33%
Jerry Lewis 33%
Ken Lucas 33%
Frank Mascara 33%
Mike McIntyre 33%
John Mica 33%
Jim Oberstar 33%
State Office Name Party Rating
Rick Boucher 50%
Corrine Brown 50%
Eva Clayton 50%
Robert Clement 50%
Gary Condit 50%
Thomas Daschle 50%
James Davis 50%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
John Edwards 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Philip English 50%
Mark Foley 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. 50%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 50%
William Frist 50%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
Mark Green 50%
Ralph Hall 50%
Joel Hefley 50%
Baron Hill 50%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 50%
David Lee Hobson 50%
Kenny Hulshof 50%
Henry Hyde 50%
Jim Inhofe 50%
Timothy Johnson 50%
Walter Jones, Jr. 50%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 50%
Pete King 50%
James Kolbe 50%
Jon Kyl 50%
John LaFalce 50%
Steve LaTourette 50%
Nicholas Lampson 50%
Patrick Leahy 50%
Dick Lugar 50%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. R 50%
Jim McDermott 50%
Carrie Meek 50%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
Dan Miller 50%
Sue Myrick 50%
Anne Northup 50%
Ed Pastor 50%
Ron Paul 50%
Collin Peterson 50%
Rob Portman 50%
Deborah Pryce 50%
Ed Royce 50%
Bobby Rush 50%
Paul Ryan 50%
Jim Saxton 50%
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions R 50%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Gordon Smith 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Tom Tancredo 50%
Craig Thomas 50%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 50%
Karen Thurman 50%
Pat Toomey 50%
Fred Upton 50%
W. Curtis Weldon 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 33%
Douglas Bereuter 33%
Marion Berry 33%
Mary Bono Mack 33%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert R 33%
Christopher Cox 33%
Robert Cramer 33%
James DeMint 33%
Nathan Deal 33%
John Dingell 33%
Jennifer Dunn 33%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 33%
Jonas Frost III 33%
Wayne Gilchrest 33%
Paul Gillmor 33%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 33%
Bob Goodlatte 33%
Kay Granger 33%
Doc Hastings 33%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 33%
Tim Holden 33%
Johnny Isakson 33%
William Jefferson 33%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Ray LaHood 33%
Jerry Lewis 33%
Ken Lucas 33%
Frank Mascara 33%
Mike McIntyre 33%
John Mica 33%
Jim Oberstar 33%
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