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State Office Name Party Rating
Sam Brownback 14%
Conrad Burns 14%
Ben Campbell 14%
Howard Coble 14%
Jo Ann Davis 14%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 14%
Jennifer Dunn 14%
Porter Goss 14%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 14%
Ralph Hall 14%
Joel Hefley 14%
John Hostettler 14%
Kay Hutchison 14%
Jon Kyl 14%
Steve LaTourette 14%
Robert William Ney 14%
James Nussle 14%
Rob Portman 14%
Jeff Sessions III 14%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 14%
George Voinovich 14%
David Weldon 14%
George Allen 10%
Joe Barton 10%
Bob Bennett 10%
Douglas Bereuter 10%
Dave Camp 10%
Steve Chabot 10%
Thad Cochran 10%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
John Doolittle 10%
Jeff Flake 10%
Paul Gillmor 10%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 10%
Orrin Hatch 10%
Duncan Hunter 10%
Henry Hyde 10%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 10%
Jerry Lewis 10%
Dick Lugar 10%
Don Manzullo 10%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. Republican 10%
Sue Myrick 10%
Anne Northup 10%
Ralph Regula 10%
Thomas Reynolds 10%
Mike Rogers 10%
Dana Rohrabacher 10%
Mark Souder 10%
Lee Terry 10%
Greg Walden 10%
Gerald Weller 10%
Donald Young 10%
Spencer Bachus 5%
Judy Biggert 5%
Roy Blunt 5%
Mary Bono Mack 5%
Henry Brown, Jr. 5%
Jim Bunning 5%
Richard Burr 5%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert Republican 5%
Chris Cannon 5%
Christopher Cox 5%
Larry Craig 5%
Ander Crenshaw 5%
Barbara Cubin 5%
John Culberson 5%
Randall Cunningham 5%
Nathan Deal 5%
David Dreier 5%
John Duncan, Jr. 5%
Mike Enzi 5%
William Frist 5%
Jim Gibbons 5%
Bob Goodlatte 5%
Gilbert Gutknecht 5%
Charles Hagel 5%
Melissa Hart 5%
Robert Hayes 5%
Jim Inhofe 5%
Johnny Isakson 5%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa Republican 5%
William Lewis Jenkins 5%
Richard Keller 5%
Tom Latham 5%
Trent Lott, Sr. 5%
Buck McKeon 5%
Don Nickles 5%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 5%
Michael Oxley 5%
Mike Pence 5%
Richard Pombo 5%
Deborah Pryce 5%
Adam Putnam 5%
George Radanovich 5%
Pat Roberts 5%
Rick Santorum 5%
Nick Smith 5%
Ted Stevens 5%
Tom Tancredo 5%
State Office Name Party Rating
Sam Brownback 14%
Conrad Burns 14%
Ben Campbell 14%
Howard Coble 14%
Jo Ann Davis 14%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 14%
Jennifer Dunn 14%
Porter Goss 14%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 14%
Ralph Hall 14%
Joel Hefley 14%
John Hostettler 14%
Kay Hutchison 14%
Jon Kyl 14%
Steve LaTourette 14%
Robert William Ney 14%
James Nussle 14%
Rob Portman 14%
Jeff Sessions III 14%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 14%
George Voinovich 14%
David Weldon 14%
George Allen 10%
Joe Barton 10%
Bob Bennett 10%
Douglas Bereuter 10%
Dave Camp 10%
Steve Chabot 10%
Thad Cochran 10%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 10%
John Doolittle 10%
Jeff Flake 10%
Paul Gillmor 10%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 10%
Orrin Hatch 10%
Duncan Hunter 10%
Henry Hyde 10%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 10%
Jerry Lewis 10%
Dick Lugar 10%
Don Manzullo 10%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. R 10%
Sue Myrick 10%
Anne Northup 10%
Ralph Regula 10%
Thomas Reynolds 10%
Mike Rogers 10%
Dana Rohrabacher 10%
Mark Souder 10%
Lee Terry 10%
Greg Walden 10%
Gerald Weller 10%
Donald Young 10%
Spencer Bachus 5%
Judy Biggert 5%
Roy Blunt 5%
Mary Bono Mack 5%
Henry Brown, Jr. 5%
Jim Bunning 5%
Richard Burr 5%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert R 5%
Chris Cannon 5%
Christopher Cox 5%
Larry Craig 5%
Ander Crenshaw 5%
Barbara Cubin 5%
John Culberson 5%
Randall Cunningham 5%
Nathan Deal 5%
David Dreier 5%
John Duncan, Jr. 5%
Mike Enzi 5%
William Frist 5%
Jim Gibbons 5%
Bob Goodlatte 5%
Gilbert Gutknecht 5%
Charles Hagel 5%
Melissa Hart 5%
Robert Hayes 5%
Jim Inhofe 5%
Johnny Isakson 5%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa R 5%
William Lewis Jenkins 5%
Richard Keller 5%
Tom Latham 5%
Trent Lott, Sr. 5%
Buck McKeon 5%
Don Nickles 5%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 5%
Michael Oxley 5%
Mike Pence 5%
Richard Pombo 5%
Deborah Pryce 5%
Adam Putnam 5%
George Radanovich 5%
Pat Roberts 5%
Rick Santorum 5%
Nick Smith 5%
Ted Stevens 5%
Tom Tancredo 5%
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