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State Office Name Party Rating
Robert Ruhl Simmons 20%
Joseph Skeen 5%
Ike Skelton 65%
Louise Slaughter 95%
Gordon Smith 25%
Lamar Smith 0%
Nick Smith 10%
Bob Smith 5%
Olympia Snowe 45%
Vic Snyder 75%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 95%
Mark Souder 5%
Arlen Specter 45%
John Spratt, Jr. 80%
Debbie Stabenow 90%
Pete Stark 95%
Cliff Stearns 5%
Charles Stenholm 55%
Ted Stevens 15%
Ted Strickland 85%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 80%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 10%
John Sweeney 10%
Tom Tancredo 5%
John Tanner 65%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
William Tauzin II 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 55%
Lee Terry 5%
Craig Thomas 5%
William Thomas 5%
Fred Thompson 10%
Mac Thornberry 0%
Karen Thurman 85%
Strom Thurmond 5%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Pat Tiberi 5%
John Tierney 95%
Pat Toomey 5%
Robert Torricelli 80%
Ed Towns 90%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 95%
James Turner 65%
Mark Udall 95%
Tom Udall 95%
Fred Upton 10%
Pete Visclosky 85%
David Vitter 0%
George Voinovich 10%
Greg Walden 5%
James Walsh 10%
Zach Wamp 10%
John Warner 20%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Diane Watson 95%
Mel Watt 95%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Henry Waxman 90%
Anthony Weiner 90%
David Weldon 5%
W. Curtis Weldon 10%
Gerald Weller 5%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 85%
Ed Whitfield 5%
Heather Wilson 10%
Frank Wolf 10%
Lynn Woolsey 95%
David Wu 80%
Albert Wynn 85%
Bill Young 5%
Donald Young 5%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 95%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic 85%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 70%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 90%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 95%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 95%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 90%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 85%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 80%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson Democratic 85%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 90%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 90%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 95%
State Office Name Party Rating
Robert Ruhl Simmons 20%
Joseph Skeen 5%
Ike Skelton 65%
Louise Slaughter 95%
Gordon Smith 25%
Lamar Smith 0%
Nick Smith 10%
Bob Smith 5%
Olympia Snowe 45%
Vic Snyder 75%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 95%
Mark Souder 5%
Arlen Specter 45%
John Spratt, Jr. 80%
Debbie Stabenow 90%
Pete Stark 95%
Cliff Stearns 5%
Charles Stenholm 55%
Ted Stevens 15%
Ted Strickland 85%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 80%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 10%
John Sweeney 10%
Tom Tancredo 5%
John Tanner 65%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
William Tauzin II 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 55%
Lee Terry 5%
Craig Thomas 5%
William Thomas 5%
Fred Thompson 10%
Mac Thornberry 0%
Karen Thurman 85%
Strom Thurmond 5%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Pat Tiberi 5%
John Tierney 95%
Pat Toomey 5%
Robert Torricelli 80%
Ed Towns 90%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 95%
James Turner 65%
Mark Udall 95%
Tom Udall 95%
Fred Upton 10%
Pete Visclosky 85%
David Vitter 0%
George Voinovich 10%
Greg Walden 5%
James Walsh 10%
Zach Wamp 10%
John Warner 20%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Diane Watson 95%
Mel Watt 95%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Henry Waxman 90%
Anthony Weiner 90%
David Weldon 5%
W. Curtis Weldon 10%
Gerald Weller 5%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 85%
Ed Whitfield 5%
Heather Wilson 10%
Frank Wolf 10%
Lynn Woolsey 95%
David Wu 80%
Albert Wynn 85%
Bill Young 5%
Donald Young 5%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin D 95%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley D 85%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 70%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell D 90%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 85%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 95%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette D 95%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro D 90%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 90%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 95%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 85%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 90%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 80%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson D 85%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 95%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 85%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 90%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey D 95%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern D 95%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 90%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 90%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler D 95%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 90%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 90%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi D 95%
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