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State Office Name Party Rating
Barbara Boxer 50%
John Breaux 50%
Conrad Burns 50%
Lincoln Chafee 50%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Thomas Daschle 50%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 50%
Chris Dodd 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 50%
John Edwards 50%
Russ Feingold 50%
Daniel Graham 50%
Tom Harkin 50%
Jesse Helms 50%
Ernest Hollings 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
Timothy Johnson 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 50%
Herb Kohl 50%
Mary Landrieu 50%
Patrick Leahy 50%
Carl Levin 50%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
Dick Lugar 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 50%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 50%
Harry Reid 50%
Jay Rockefeller IV 50%
Paul Sarbanes 50%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
Gordon Smith 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
Ted Stevens 50%
Robert Torricelli 50%
George Voinovich 50%
Paul Wellstone 50%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 50%
Sherrod Brown 33%
Julia Carson 33%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 33%
Chet Edwards 33%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 33%
Barney Frank 33%
Charlie Gonzalez 33%
J. Dennis Hastert 33%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 33%
Maurice Hinchey 33%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 33%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 33%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 33%
John Lewis 33%
Nita Lowey 33%
Carolyn Maloney 33%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 33%
Bob Menendez 33%
Constance Morella 33%
Bobby Rush 33%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 33%
Louise Slaughter 33%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 33%
Pete Stark 33%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 33%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 33%
Mel Watt 33%
Dianne Feinstein 0%
Benjamin Gilman 0%
Jim Inhofe 0%
Nancy Johnson 0%
John Kerry 0%
Joe Lieberman 0%
State Office Name Party Rating
Barbara Boxer 50%
John Breaux 50%
Conrad Burns 50%
Lincoln Chafee 50%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Thomas Daschle 50%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 50%
Chris Dodd 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 50%
John Edwards 50%
Russ Feingold 50%
Daniel Graham 50%
Tom Harkin 50%
Jesse Helms 50%
Ernest Hollings 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
Timothy Johnson 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 50%
Herb Kohl 50%
Mary Landrieu 50%
Patrick Leahy 50%
Carl Levin 50%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
Dick Lugar 50%
Barbara Mikulski 50%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 50%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed D 50%
Harry Reid 50%
Jay Rockefeller IV 50%
Paul Sarbanes 50%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 50%
Gordon Smith 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
Ted Stevens 50%
Robert Torricelli 50%
George Voinovich 50%
Paul Wellstone 50%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 50%
Sherrod Brown 33%
Julia Carson 33%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 33%
Chet Edwards 33%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 33%
Barney Frank 33%
Charlie Gonzalez 33%
J. Dennis Hastert 33%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 33%
Maurice Hinchey 33%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 33%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 33%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 33%
John Lewis 33%
Nita Lowey 33%
Carolyn Maloney 33%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 33%
Bob Menendez 33%
Constance Morella 33%
Bobby Rush 33%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky D 33%
Louise Slaughter 33%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 33%
Pete Stark 33%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 33%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 33%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 33%
Mel Watt 33%
Dianne Feinstein 0%
Benjamin Gilman 0%
Jim Inhofe 0%
Nancy Johnson 0%
John Kerry 0%
Joe Lieberman 0%
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