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State Office Name Party Rating
Ike Skelton 32
Louise Slaughter 51
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 49
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 40
Gordon Smith 35
Lamar Smith 22
Nick Smith 48
Bob Smith 33
Olympia Snowe 33
Vic Snyder 40
Mark Souder 37
Arlen Specter 36
Floyd Spence, Sr. 31
John Spratt, Jr. 38
Debbie Stabenow 43
Pete Stark 67
Cliff Stearns 45
Charles Stenholm 32
Ted Stevens 20
Ted Strickland 55
Bob Stump 34
Bart Stupak 55
John Sununu 54
John Sweeney 31
James Talent 19
Tom Tancredo 58
John Tanner 34
Ellen Tauscher 38
William Tauzin II 18
Charles Taylor 30
Gene Taylor 55
Lee Terry 47
Craig Thomas 37
William Thomas 20
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 41
Fred Thompson 30
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 45
Mac Thornberry 26
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 40
Karen Thurman 39
Strom Thurmond 15
Todd Tiahrt 31
John Tierney 72
Pat Toomey 57
Robert Torricelli 40
Ed Towns 48
James Traficant, Jr. 26
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 51
James Turner 36
Mark Udall 51
Tom Udall 55
Robert Anacletus Underwood 35
Fred Upton 53
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 58
Bruce Vento 62
Pete Visclosky 57
David Vitter 26
George Voinovich 58
Greg Walden 26
James Walsh 19
Zach Wamp 51
John Warner 23
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 58
Wesley Watkins 25
Mel Watt 49
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 34
Henry Waxman 57
Anthony Weiner 51
David Weldon 34
W. Curtis Weldon 27
Gerald Weller 40
Paul Wellstone 55
Robert Wexler 36
Bob Weygand 43
Ed Whitfield 29
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