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State Office Name Party Rating
Todd Platts 60%
Richard Pombo 85%
Earl Pomeroy 10%
Rob Portman 68%
David Price 15%
Deborah Pryce 50%
Adam Putnam 68%
Jack Quinn 47%
George Radanovich 65%
Nick Rahall II 26%
James Ramstad 65%
Charlie Rangel 5%
Ralph Regula 60%
Denny Rehberg 60%
Harry Reid 5%
Silvestre Reyes 25%
Thomas Reynolds 65%
Bob Riley 70%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 24%
Pat Roberts 90%
Jay Rockefeller IV 5%
Ciro Rodriguez 16%
Timothy Roemer 40%
Mike Rogers 65%
Dana Rohrabacher 80%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 43%
Mike Ross 40%
Steve Rothman 13%
Marge Roukema 50%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 5%
Ed Royce 83%
Bobby Rush 0%
Paul Ryan 75%
Jim Ryun 80%
Martin Olav Sabo 16%
Loretta Sanchez 20%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 30%
Rick Santorum 90%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Thomas Sawyer 11%
Jim Saxton 55%
Robert Schaffer 100%
Edward Schrock 65%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 82%
José Serrano 0%
Jeff Sessions III 80%
John Shadegg 85%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 56%
Christopher Shays 45%
Richard Shelby 90%
Donald Sherwood 60%
John Shimkus 70%
Ronnie Shows 60%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 55%
Joseph Skeen 60%
Ike Skelton 47%
Louise Slaughter 5%
Gordon Smith 80%
Lamar Smith 68%
Nick Smith 60%
Bob Smith 90%
Olympia Snowe 75%
Vic Snyder 5%
Mark Souder 79%
Arlen Specter 65%
John Spratt, Jr. 25%
Debbie Stabenow 15%
Pete Stark 5%
Cliff Stearns 85%
Charles Stenholm 40%
Ted Stevens 72%
Ted Strickland 20%
Bob Stump 71%
Bart Stupak 28%
John Sununu 70%
John Sweeney 50%
Tom Tancredo 95%
John Tanner 37%
Ellen Tauscher 35%
William Tauzin II 60%
Charles Taylor 65%
Gene Taylor 45%
Lee Terry 70%
Craig Thomas 90%
William Thomas 50%
Fred Thompson 80%
Mac Thornberry 72%
Karen Thurman 15%
Strom Thurmond 90%
Todd Tiahrt 75%
Pat Tiberi 70%
John Tierney 5%
Pat Toomey 75%
Robert Torricelli 35%
Ed Towns 19%
James Traficant, Jr. 55%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 10%
James Turner 35%
Mark Udall 16%
Tom Udall 5%
State Office Name Party Rating
Todd Platts 60%
Richard Pombo 85%
Earl Pomeroy 10%
Rob Portman 68%
David Price 15%
Deborah Pryce 50%
Adam Putnam 68%
Jack Quinn 47%
George Radanovich 65%
Nick Rahall II 26%
James Ramstad 65%
Charlie Rangel 5%
Ralph Regula 60%
Denny Rehberg 60%
Harry Reid 5%
Silvestre Reyes 25%
Thomas Reynolds 65%
Bob Riley 70%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 24%
Pat Roberts 90%
Jay Rockefeller IV 5%
Ciro Rodriguez 16%
Timothy Roemer 40%
Mike Rogers 65%
Dana Rohrabacher 80%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 43%
Mike Ross 40%
Steve Rothman 13%
Marge Roukema 50%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 5%
Ed Royce 83%
Bobby Rush 0%
Paul Ryan 75%
Jim Ryun 80%
Martin Olav Sabo 16%
Loretta Sanchez 20%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 30%
Rick Santorum 90%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Thomas Sawyer 11%
Jim Saxton 55%
Robert Schaffer 100%
Edward Schrock 65%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 82%
José Serrano 0%
Jeff Sessions III 80%
John Shadegg 85%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 56%
Christopher Shays 45%
Richard Shelby 90%
Donald Sherwood 60%
John Shimkus 70%
Ronnie Shows 60%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 55%
Joseph Skeen 60%
Ike Skelton 47%
Louise Slaughter 5%
Gordon Smith 80%
Lamar Smith 68%
Nick Smith 60%
Bob Smith 90%
Olympia Snowe 75%
Vic Snyder 5%
Mark Souder 79%
Arlen Specter 65%
John Spratt, Jr. 25%
Debbie Stabenow 15%
Pete Stark 5%
Cliff Stearns 85%
Charles Stenholm 40%
Ted Stevens 72%
Ted Strickland 20%
Bob Stump 71%
Bart Stupak 28%
John Sununu 70%
John Sweeney 50%
Tom Tancredo 95%
John Tanner 37%
Ellen Tauscher 35%
William Tauzin II 60%
Charles Taylor 65%
Gene Taylor 45%
Lee Terry 70%
Craig Thomas 90%
William Thomas 50%
Fred Thompson 80%
Mac Thornberry 72%
Karen Thurman 15%
Strom Thurmond 90%
Todd Tiahrt 75%
Pat Tiberi 70%
John Tierney 5%
Pat Toomey 75%
Robert Torricelli 35%
Ed Towns 19%
James Traficant, Jr. 55%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 10%
James Turner 35%
Mark Udall 16%
Tom Udall 5%
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