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State Office Name Party Rating
Blanche Lincoln 53%
Bob Barr, Jr. 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 50%
Charlie Bass 50%
Chris Cannon 50%
Howard Coble 50%
Michael Collins 50%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 50%
Thomas DeLay 50%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 50%
Bob Goodlatte 50%
Lindsey Graham 50%
Mark Green 50%
Rush Holt, Jr. 50%
John Hostettler 50%
Eddie Johnson 50%
Ron Kind 50%
Jack Kingston 50%
James Leach 50%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 50%
John Linder 50%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 50%
Scott McInnis 50%
Gary Miller 50%
George Miller 50%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran Republican 50%
Constance Morella 50%
Sue Myrick 50%
Marge Roukema 50%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 50%
Jim Saxton 50%
Joe Scarborough 50%
John Shadegg 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Nick Smith 50%
Pete Stark 50%
Lee Terry 50%
Lynn Woolsey 50%
Daniel Inouye 47%
John McCain III 47%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 46%
Douglas Bereuter 46%
Earl Blumenauer 46%
Dan Burton 46%
Philip Crane 46%
Randall Cunningham 46%
Thomas Davis III 46%
Bill Delahunt 46%
Peter Deutsch 46%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 46%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 46%
Walter Jones, Jr. 46%
Sue Kelly 46%
Dennis Kucinich 46%
Karen McCarthy 46%
John Mica 46%
Dan Miller 46%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler Democratic 46%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 46%
Joe Pitts 46%
Timothy Roemer 46%
Kevin Brady 42%
Sherrod Brown 42%
Mike Capuano 42%
Larry Combest 42%
John Conyers, Jr. 42%
James DeMint 42%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 42%
Anna Eshoo 42%
Mark Foley 42%
Barney Frank 42%
Porter Goss 42%
Luis Gutiérrez 42%
Wally Herger, Jr. 42%
State Office Name Party Rating
Blanche Lincoln 53%
Bob Barr, Jr. 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 50%
Charlie Bass 50%
Chris Cannon 50%
Howard Coble 50%
Michael Collins 50%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette D 50%
Thomas DeLay 50%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 50%
Bob Goodlatte 50%
Lindsey Graham 50%
Mark Green 50%
Rush Holt, Jr. 50%
John Hostettler 50%
Eddie Johnson 50%
Ron Kind 50%
Jack Kingston 50%
James Leach 50%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 50%
John Linder 50%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern D 50%
Scott McInnis 50%
Gary Miller 50%
George Miller 50%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran R 50%
Constance Morella 50%
Sue Myrick 50%
Marge Roukema 50%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 50%
Jim Saxton 50%
Joe Scarborough 50%
John Shadegg 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 50%
Nick Smith 50%
Pete Stark 50%
Lee Terry 50%
Lynn Woolsey 50%
Daniel Inouye 47%
John McCain III 47%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin D 46%
Douglas Bereuter 46%
Earl Blumenauer 46%
Dan Burton 46%
Philip Crane 46%
Randall Cunningham 46%
Thomas Davis III 46%
Bill Delahunt 46%
Peter Deutsch 46%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 46%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 46%
Walter Jones, Jr. 46%
Sue Kelly 46%
Dennis Kucinich 46%
Karen McCarthy 46%
John Mica 46%
Dan Miller 46%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler D 46%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 46%
Joe Pitts 46%
Timothy Roemer 46%
Kevin Brady 42%
Sherrod Brown 42%
Mike Capuano 42%
Larry Combest 42%
John Conyers, Jr. 42%
James DeMint 42%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 42%
Anna Eshoo 42%
Mark Foley 42%
Barney Frank 42%
Porter Goss 42%
Luis Gutiérrez 42%
Wally Herger, Jr. 42%
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