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State Office Name Party Rating
Heather Wilson 10%
Frank Wolf 10%
Randy Forbes 6%
Todd Akin 5%
Wayne Allard 5%
Richard Armey 5%
Richard Hugh Baker 5%
Cass Ballenger 5%
Joe Barton 5%
Roy Blunt 5%
John Boehner 5%
Kevin Brady 5%
Ed Bryant 5%
Richard Burr 5%
Dan Burton 5%
Steve Buyer 5%
Herbert Callahan 5%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert Republican 5%
Eric Cantor 5%
Saxby Chambliss 5%
Thad Cochran 5%
Larry Combest 5%
John Cooksey 5%
Christopher Cox 5%
Philip Crane 5%
John Culberson 5%
Randall Cunningham 5%
Thomas DeLay 5%
James DeMint 5%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 5%
David Dreier 5%
Jeff Flake 5%
George Gekas 5%
Jim Gibbons 5%
Kay Granger 5%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 5%
MO U.S. House - 6 Sam Graves Republican 5%
Doc Hastings 5%
Robert Hayes 5%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 5%
Wally Herger, Jr. 5%
David Lee Hobson 5%
John Hostettler 5%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Kay Hutchison 5%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa Republican 5%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 5%
Jack Kingston 5%
Joseph Knollenberg 5%
Jerry Lewis 5%
John Linder 5%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas Republican 5%
Dick Lugar 5%
Don Manzullo 5%
James McCrery III 5%
Buck McKeon 5%
John Mica 5%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 5%
Thomas William Osborne 5%
Mike Pence 5%
John Peterson 5%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 5%
Joe Pitts 5%
Denny Rehberg 5%
Ed Royce 5%
Jim Ryun 5%
Rick Santorum 5%
Robert Schaffer 5%
Edward Schrock 5%
John Shadegg 5%
John Shimkus 5%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson Republican 5%
Joseph Skeen 5%
Lamar Smith 5%
Nick Smith 5%
Mark Souder 5%
Bob Stump 5%
Tom Tancredo 5%
William Tauzin II 5%
Fred Thompson 5%
Mac Thornberry 5%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Pat Tiberi 5%
George Voinovich 5%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 5%
Ed Whitfield 5%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker Republican 5%
Donald Young 5%
George Allen 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Ben Campbell 0%
Michael Collins 0%
Larry Craig 0%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Mike Enzi 0%
State Office Name Party Rating
Heather Wilson 10%
Frank Wolf 10%
Randy Forbes 6%
Todd Akin 5%
Wayne Allard 5%
Richard Armey 5%
Richard Hugh Baker 5%
Cass Ballenger 5%
Joe Barton 5%
Roy Blunt 5%
John Boehner 5%
Kevin Brady 5%
Ed Bryant 5%
Richard Burr 5%
Dan Burton 5%
Steve Buyer 5%
Herbert Callahan 5%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert R 5%
Eric Cantor 5%
Saxby Chambliss 5%
Thad Cochran 5%
Larry Combest 5%
John Cooksey 5%
Christopher Cox 5%
Philip Crane 5%
John Culberson 5%
Randall Cunningham 5%
Thomas DeLay 5%
James DeMint 5%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 5%
David Dreier 5%
Jeff Flake 5%
George Gekas 5%
Jim Gibbons 5%
Kay Granger 5%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 5%
MO U.S. House - 6 Sam Graves R 5%
Doc Hastings 5%
Robert Hayes 5%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 5%
Wally Herger, Jr. 5%
David Lee Hobson 5%
John Hostettler 5%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Kay Hutchison 5%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa R 5%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 5%
Jack Kingston 5%
Joseph Knollenberg 5%
Jerry Lewis 5%
John Linder 5%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas R 5%
Dick Lugar 5%
Don Manzullo 5%
James McCrery III 5%
Buck McKeon 5%
John Mica 5%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 5%
Thomas William Osborne 5%
Mike Pence 5%
John Peterson 5%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 5%
Joe Pitts 5%
Denny Rehberg 5%
Ed Royce 5%
Jim Ryun 5%
Rick Santorum 5%
Robert Schaffer 5%
Edward Schrock 5%
John Shadegg 5%
John Shimkus 5%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson R 5%
Joseph Skeen 5%
Lamar Smith 5%
Nick Smith 5%
Mark Souder 5%
Bob Stump 5%
Tom Tancredo 5%
William Tauzin II 5%
Fred Thompson 5%
Mac Thornberry 5%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Pat Tiberi 5%
George Voinovich 5%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 5%
Ed Whitfield 5%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker R 5%
Donald Young 5%
George Allen 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Ben Campbell 0%
Michael Collins 0%
Larry Craig 0%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Mike Enzi 0%
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