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State Office Name Party Rating
Ralph Regula 50%
Thomas Reynolds 50%
Pat Roberts 50%
Mike Rogers 50%
Paul Ryan 50%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
Edward Schrock 50%
John Shimkus 50%
Bill Shuster 50%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Bart Stupak 50%
William Tauzin II 50%
Mac Thornberry 50%
Fred Upton 50%
Gerald Weller 50%
Frank Wolf 50%
Donald Young 50%
Michael Bilirakis 47%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 47%
Philip English 47%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 47%
Nicholas Lampson 47%
Anne Northup 47%
Michael Oxley 47%
Richard Pombo 47%
Silvestre Reyes 47%
John Tanner 47%
William Thomas 47%
W. Curtis Weldon 47%
Ed Whitfield 47%
Neil Abercrombie 45%
John Boehner 45%
AR U.S. Senate - Sr John Boozman Republican 45%
Dave Camp 45%
Lois Capps 45%
Lincoln Chafee 45%
Thad Cochran 45%
Robert Cramer 45%
Ander Crenshaw 45%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 45%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 45%
Chet Edwards 45%
Elton Gallegly 45%
Bart Gordon 45%
Kay Granger 45%
Ralph Hall 45%
Doc Hastings 45%
David Lee Hobson 45%
Tim Holden 45%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa Republican 45%
Tom Latham 45%
Jerry Lewis 45%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas Republican 45%
Buck McKeon 45%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 45%
Robert William Ney 45%
Thomas William Osborne 45%
Doug Ose 45%
Deborah Pryce 45%
Adam Putnam 45%
James Ramstad 45%
Denny Rehberg 45%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers Republican 45%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 45%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 45%
Donald Sherwood 45%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson Republican 45%
Olympia Snowe 45%
Mark Souder 45%
Ted Strickland 45%
John Sununu 45%
Pat Tiberi 45%
Heather Wilson 45%
David Wu 45%
State Office Name Party Rating
Ralph Regula 50%
Thomas Reynolds 50%
Pat Roberts 50%
Mike Rogers 50%
Paul Ryan 50%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
Edward Schrock 50%
John Shimkus 50%
Bill Shuster 50%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 50%
Bart Stupak 50%
William Tauzin II 50%
Mac Thornberry 50%
Fred Upton 50%
Gerald Weller 50%
Frank Wolf 50%
Donald Young 50%
Michael Bilirakis 47%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 47%
Philip English 47%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 47%
Nicholas Lampson 47%
Anne Northup 47%
Michael Oxley 47%
Richard Pombo 47%
Silvestre Reyes 47%
John Tanner 47%
William Thomas 47%
W. Curtis Weldon 47%
Ed Whitfield 47%
Neil Abercrombie 45%
John Boehner 45%
AR U.S. Senate - Sr John Boozman R 45%
Dave Camp 45%
Lois Capps 45%
Lincoln Chafee 45%
Thad Cochran 45%
Robert Cramer 45%
Ander Crenshaw 45%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 45%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 45%
Chet Edwards 45%
Elton Gallegly 45%
Bart Gordon 45%
Kay Granger 45%
Ralph Hall 45%
Doc Hastings 45%
David Lee Hobson 45%
Tim Holden 45%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa R 45%
Tom Latham 45%
Jerry Lewis 45%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas R 45%
Buck McKeon 45%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 45%
Robert William Ney 45%
Thomas William Osborne 45%
Doug Ose 45%
Deborah Pryce 45%
Adam Putnam 45%
James Ramstad 45%
Denny Rehberg 45%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers R 45%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 45%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 45%
Donald Sherwood 45%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson R 45%
Olympia Snowe 45%
Mark Souder 45%
Ted Strickland 45%
John Sununu 45%
Pat Tiberi 45%
Heather Wilson 45%
David Wu 45%
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