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State Office Name Party Rating
Maurice Hinchey 33%
David Lee Hobson 33%
Rush Holt, Jr. 33%
Jim Inhofe 33%
Sheila Jackson Lee 33%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 33%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 33%
Herb Kohl 33%
Jon Kyl 33%
Patrick Leahy 33%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. Republican 33%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 33%
Jack Murtha 33%
Sue Myrick 33%
Jim Oberstar 33%
John Olver 33%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 33%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 33%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers Republican 33%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 33%
Bobby Rush 33%
Loretta Sanchez 33%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 33%
Jeff Sessions III 33%
Richard Shelby 33%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 33%
Arlen Specter 33%
Tom Tancredo 33%
Ed Towns 33%
Mark Udall 33%
James Walsh 33%
Henry Waxman 33%
Frank Wolf 33%
David Wu 33%
Bill Young 33%
Gary Ackerman 50%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 50%
Thomas Allen 50%
Spencer Bachus 50%
Brian Baird 50%
Joe Barton 50%
Evan Bayh 50%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic 50%
Marion Berry 50%
Roy Blunt 50%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Chris Cannon 50%
Lois Capps 50%
Tom Carper 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Robert Cramer 50%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 50%
Elijah Cummings 50%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 50%
James DeMint 50%
John Dingell 50%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Philip English 50%
Mike Enzi 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Sam Farr 50%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 50%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 50%
Elton Gallegly 50%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Bob Goodlatte 50%
Ralph Hall 50%
Tom Harkin 50%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 50%
Pete Hoekstra 50%
Darlene Hooley 50%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
Jay Inslee 50%
William Jefferson 50%
Eddie Johnson 50%
Sam Johnson 50%
John Kerry 50%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson Democratic 50%
Tom Latham 50%
Carl Levin 50%
Ron Lewis 50%
Joe Lieberman 50%
Nita Lowey 50%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas Republican 50%
Carolyn Maloney 50%
Carolyn McCarthy 50%
John McHugh 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
Grace Napolitano 50%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
State Office Name Party Rating
Maurice Hinchey 33%
David Lee Hobson 33%
Rush Holt, Jr. 33%
Jim Inhofe 33%
Sheila Jackson Lee 33%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 33%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 33%
Herb Kohl 33%
Jon Kyl 33%
Patrick Leahy 33%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. R 33%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern D 33%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 33%
Jack Murtha 33%
Sue Myrick 33%
Jim Oberstar 33%
John Olver 33%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 33%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed D 33%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers R 33%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 33%
Bobby Rush 33%
Loretta Sanchez 33%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 33%
Jeff Sessions III 33%
Richard Shelby 33%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 33%
Arlen Specter 33%
Tom Tancredo 33%
Ed Towns 33%
Mark Udall 33%
James Walsh 33%
Henry Waxman 33%
Frank Wolf 33%
David Wu 33%
Bill Young 33%
Gary Ackerman 50%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 50%
Thomas Allen 50%
Spencer Bachus 50%
Brian Baird 50%
Joe Barton 50%
Evan Bayh 50%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley D 50%
Marion Berry 50%
Roy Blunt 50%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Chris Cannon 50%
Lois Capps 50%
Tom Carper 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Robert Cramer 50%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 50%
Elijah Cummings 50%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette D 50%
James DeMint 50%
John Dingell 50%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Philip English 50%
Mike Enzi 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Sam Farr 50%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 50%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 50%
Elton Gallegly 50%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Bob Goodlatte 50%
Ralph Hall 50%
Tom Harkin 50%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 50%
Pete Hoekstra 50%
Darlene Hooley 50%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
Jay Inslee 50%
William Jefferson 50%
Eddie Johnson 50%
Sam Johnson 50%
John Kerry 50%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson D 50%
Tom Latham 50%
Carl Levin 50%
Ron Lewis 50%
Joe Lieberman 50%
Nita Lowey 50%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas R 50%
Carolyn Maloney 50%
Carolyn McCarthy 50%
John McHugh 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
Grace Napolitano 50%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
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