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State Office Name Party Rating
Bart Stupak 17%
Gene Taylor 17%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 17%
John Tierney 17%
Tom Udall 17%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 17%
Pete Visclosky 17%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 17%
Mel Watt 17%
Lynn Woolsey 17%
Donald Young 17%
Bob Bennett 33%
Barbara Boxer 33%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 33%
Corrine Brown 33%
Steve Chabot 33%
Larry Craig 33%
Joe Crowley 33%
John Doolittle 33%
Jo Ann Emerson 33%
Eliot Engel 33%
Bob Filner 33%
Bart Gordon 33%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 33%
Judd Gregg 33%
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%
State Office Name Party Rating
Bart Stupak 17%
Gene Taylor 17%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 17%
John Tierney 17%
Tom Udall 17%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 17%
Pete Visclosky 17%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 17%
Mel Watt 17%
Lynn Woolsey 17%
Donald Young 17%
Bob Bennett 33%
Barbara Boxer 33%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 33%
Corrine Brown 33%
Steve Chabot 33%
Larry Craig 33%
Joe Crowley 33%
John Doolittle 33%
Jo Ann Emerson 33%
Eliot Engel 33%
Bob Filner 33%
Bart Gordon 33%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 33%
Judd Gregg 33%
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%
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