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Rating Group: 60 Plus Association

1997-1998 Positions

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State Office Name Party Rating
David Lee Hobson 80%
Pete Hoekstra 80%
Stephen Horn 80%
John McCain III 80%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. Republican 80%
Frank Murkowski 80%
James Nussle 80%
Tom Petri 80%
Rob Portman 80%
Deborah Pryce 80%
Ralph Regula 80%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers Republican 80%
Jim Saxton 80%
Mark Souder 80%
William Thomas 80%
Fred Thompson 80%
Mac Thornberry 80%
Gerald Weller 80%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 70%
Bob Bennett 70%
Douglas Bereuter 70%
Kit Bond 70%
Ben Campbell 70%
Thomas Campbell 70%
Thad Cochran 70%
Gary Condit 70%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 70%
William Frist 70%
John Ganske 70%
Wayne Gilchrest 70%
Judd Gregg 70%
Gilbert Gutknecht 70%
Orrin Hatch 70%
Rick Hill 70%
Rick Lazio 70%
Trent Lott, Sr. 70%
Dick Lugar 70%
Don Nickles 70%
Jack Quinn 70%
Christopher Shays 70%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 70%
John Warner 70%
James Barcia 60%
Robert Cramer 60%
Slade Gorton 60%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 60%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60%
Nancy Johnson 60%
Ray LaHood 60%
William Roth, Jr. 60%
Ted Stevens 60%
James Traficant, Jr. 60%
Bill Young 60%
John Breaux 50%
Mike Castle 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
James Leach 50%
Timothy Roemer 50%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
Joe Biden, Jr. 40%
Leonard Boswell 40%
Mary Landrieu 40%
Joe Lieberman 40%
Marge Roukema 40%
Arlen Specter 40%
Rob Andrews 30%
Robert Byrd 30%
John Chafee 30%
Dianne Feinstein 30%
Bart Gordon 30%
Matthew Martinez 30%
Nick Rahall II 30%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 30%
Marion Berry 20%
Rick Boucher 20%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 20%
Kent Conrad 20%
Chris Dodd 20%
Byron Dorgan 20%
Bob Etheridge 20%
Ernest Hollings 20%
Darlene Hooley 20%
James Merrill Jeffords 20%
Christopher John 20%
Herb Kohl 20%
Patrick Leahy 20%
Carolyn Maloney 20%
Karen McCarthy 20%
Mike McIntyre 20%
Jim Moran, Jr. 20%
Constance Morella 20%
Patrick Moynihan 20%
Collin Peterson 20%
Charles Robb 20%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 20%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 20%
Ike Skelton 20%
State Office Name Party Rating
David Lee Hobson 80%
Pete Hoekstra 80%
Stephen Horn 80%
John McCain III 80%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. R 80%
Frank Murkowski 80%
James Nussle 80%
Tom Petri 80%
Rob Portman 80%
Deborah Pryce 80%
Ralph Regula 80%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers R 80%
Jim Saxton 80%
Mark Souder 80%
William Thomas 80%
Fred Thompson 80%
Mac Thornberry 80%
Gerald Weller 80%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 70%
Bob Bennett 70%
Douglas Bereuter 70%
Kit Bond 70%
Ben Campbell 70%
Thomas Campbell 70%
Thad Cochran 70%
Gary Condit 70%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 70%
William Frist 70%
John Ganske 70%
Wayne Gilchrest 70%
Judd Gregg 70%
Gilbert Gutknecht 70%
Orrin Hatch 70%
Rick Hill 70%
Rick Lazio 70%
Trent Lott, Sr. 70%
Dick Lugar 70%
Don Nickles 70%
Jack Quinn 70%
Christopher Shays 70%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 70%
John Warner 70%
James Barcia 60%
Robert Cramer 60%
Slade Gorton 60%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 60%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60%
Nancy Johnson 60%
Ray LaHood 60%
William Roth, Jr. 60%
Ted Stevens 60%
James Traficant, Jr. 60%
Bill Young 60%
John Breaux 50%
Mike Castle 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
James Leach 50%
Timothy Roemer 50%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
Joe Biden, Jr. 40%
Leonard Boswell 40%
Mary Landrieu 40%
Joe Lieberman 40%
Marge Roukema 40%
Arlen Specter 40%
Rob Andrews 30%
Robert Byrd 30%
John Chafee 30%
Dianne Feinstein 30%
Bart Gordon 30%
Matthew Martinez 30%
Nick Rahall II 30%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 30%
Marion Berry 20%
Rick Boucher 20%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 20%
Kent Conrad 20%
Chris Dodd 20%
Byron Dorgan 20%
Bob Etheridge 20%
Ernest Hollings 20%
Darlene Hooley 20%
James Merrill Jeffords 20%
Christopher John 20%
Herb Kohl 20%
Patrick Leahy 20%
Carolyn Maloney 20%
Karen McCarthy 20%
Mike McIntyre 20%
Jim Moran, Jr. 20%
Constance Morella 20%
Patrick Moynihan 20%
Collin Peterson 20%
Charles Robb 20%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 20%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 20%
Ike Skelton 20%
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