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State Office Name Party Rating
Mark Kirk 80%
Leonard Lance 80%
John Linder 80%
Frank LoBiondo 80%
CA U.S. House - 5 Tom McClintock Republican 80%
Walt Minnick 80%
Glenn Nye III 80%
Ron Paul 80%
Tom Price 80%
George Radanovich 80%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 80%
LA U.S. House - 1 Steve Scalise Republican 80%
Brian Baird 75%
John Barrow 75%
Max Baucus 75%
Evan Bayh 75%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 75%
Thomas Coburn 75%
James DeMint 75%
Jeff Flake 75%
Judd Gregg 75%
Jim Inhofe 75%
Mary Landrieu 75%
Blanche Lincoln 75%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 75%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 75%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 75%
Ben Nelson 75%
Mark Pryor 75%
John Shadegg 75%
Arlen Specter 75%
Jon Tester 75%
Jim Bunning 66%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 66%
Jason Altmire 60%
Dan Boren 60%
Joseph Cao 60%
Mike Castle 60%
Travis Childers 60%
Artur Davis 60%
Lincoln Davis 60%
Chet Edwards 60%
Tim Holden 60%
Ann Kirkpatrick 60%
Larry Kissell 60%
Suzanne Kosmas 60%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. 60%
Dennis Kucinich 60%
Jim Marshall 60%
Eric Massa 60%
Jim Matheson 60%
Mike McIntyre 60%
Harry Mitchell 60%
Dave Reichert 60%
Mike Ross 60%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 60%
Pete Stark 60%
John Tanner 60%
Gene Taylor 60%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 50%
Mark Begich 50%
CO U.S. Senate - Sr Michael Bennet Democratic 50%
Marion Berry 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Barbara Boxer 50%
Scott Brown 50%
Sherrod Brown 50%
Roland Burris 50%
Ben Cardin 50%
Tom Carper 50%
Bob Casey, Jr. 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Chris Dodd 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 50%
Russ Feingold 50%
Dianne Feinstein 50%
Al Franken 50%
NY U.S. Senate - Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 50%
Kay Hagan 50%
Tom Harkin 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
Ted Kaufman 50%
John Kerry 50%
Paul Kirk, Jr. 50%
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic 50%
Herb Kohl 50%
Frank Lautenberg 50%
Patrick Leahy 50%
Carl Levin 50%
Joe Lieberman 50%
John McHugh 50%
Bob Menendez 50%
OR U.S. Senate - Jr Jeff Merkley Democratic 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
Scott Murphy 50%
Bill Owens 50%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 50%
Harry Reid 50%
State Office Name Party Rating
Mark Kirk 80%
Leonard Lance 80%
John Linder 80%
Frank LoBiondo 80%
CA U.S. House - 5 Tom McClintock R 80%
Walt Minnick 80%
Glenn Nye III 80%
Ron Paul 80%
Tom Price 80%
George Radanovich 80%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 80%
LA U.S. House - 1 Steve Scalise R 80%
Brian Baird 75%
John Barrow 75%
Max Baucus 75%
Evan Bayh 75%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell D 75%
Thomas Coburn 75%
James DeMint 75%
Jeff Flake 75%
Judd Gregg 75%
Jim Inhofe 75%
Mary Landrieu 75%
Blanche Lincoln 75%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 75%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 75%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 75%
Ben Nelson 75%
Mark Pryor 75%
John Shadegg 75%
Arlen Specter 75%
Jon Tester 75%
Jim Bunning 66%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 66%
Jason Altmire 60%
Dan Boren 60%
Joseph Cao 60%
Mike Castle 60%
Travis Childers 60%
Artur Davis 60%
Lincoln Davis 60%
Chet Edwards 60%
Tim Holden 60%
Ann Kirkpatrick 60%
Larry Kissell 60%
Suzanne Kosmas 60%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. 60%
Dennis Kucinich 60%
Jim Marshall 60%
Eric Massa 60%
Jim Matheson 60%
Mike McIntyre 60%
Harry Mitchell 60%
Dave Reichert 60%
Mike Ross 60%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 60%
Pete Stark 60%
John Tanner 60%
Gene Taylor 60%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 50%
Mark Begich 50%
CO U.S. Senate - Sr Michael Bennet D 50%
Marion Berry 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Barbara Boxer 50%
Scott Brown 50%
Sherrod Brown 50%
Roland Burris 50%
Ben Cardin 50%
Tom Carper 50%
Bob Casey, Jr. 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Chris Dodd 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 50%
Russ Feingold 50%
Dianne Feinstein 50%
Al Franken 50%
NY U.S. Senate - Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 50%
Kay Hagan 50%
Tom Harkin 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
Ted Kaufman 50%
John Kerry 50%
Paul Kirk, Jr. 50%
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar D 50%
Herb Kohl 50%
Frank Lautenberg 50%
Patrick Leahy 50%
Carl Levin 50%
Joe Lieberman 50%
John McHugh 50%
Bob Menendez 50%
OR U.S. Senate - Jr Jeff Merkley D 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
Scott Murphy 50%
Bill Owens 50%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed D 50%
Harry Reid 50%
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