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State Office Name Party Rating
Frank Mascara 36%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 36%
Ed Pastor 36%
Mike Pence 36%
David Phelps 36%
Joe Pitts 36%
Rob Portman 36%
David Price 36%
Nick Rahall II 36%
Mike Ross 36%
Edward Schrock 36%
Donald Sherwood 36%
Nick Smith 36%
John Spratt, Jr. 36%
John Tanner 36%
Karen Thurman 36%
Bill Young 36%
Bob Bennett 33%
Joe Biden, Jr. 33%
Kit Bond 33%
Conrad Burns 33%
Tom Carper 33%
Lincoln Chafee 33%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 33%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 33%
Orrin Hatch 33%
Ernest Hollings 33%
Zell Bryan Miller 33%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 33%
Richard Shelby 33%
Michael Bilirakis 32%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 32%
Rick Boucher 32%
Corrine Brown 32%
Henry Brown, Jr. 32%
Chris Cannon 32%
Robert Clement 32%
Gary Condit 32%
Barbara Cubin 32%
Randall Cunningham 32%
Jennifer Dunn 32%
Philip English 32%
John Ganske 32%
Jim Gibbons 32%
Benjamin Gilman 32%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 32%
Bob Goodlatte 32%
Bart Gordon 32%
Lindsey Graham 32%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 32%
Van Hilleary 32%
Stephen Horn 32%
William Jefferson 32%
Tim Johnson 32%
Ray LaHood 32%
John McHugh 32%
John Mica 32%
Alan Mollohan 32%
Sue Myrick 32%
Robert William Ney 32%
Anne Northup 32%
Butch Otter 32%
John Peterson 32%
Richard Pombo 32%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 32%
Jim Saxton 32%
Charles Stenholm 32%
William Thomas 32%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 32%
Todd Tiahrt 32%
Fred Upton 32%
Pete Visclosky 32%
Robert Wexler 32%
Albert Wynn 32%
Douglas Bereuter 27%
Jeff Bingaman 27%
Barbara Boxer 27%
Robert Byrd 27%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert Republican 27%
Dave Camp 27%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 27%
Jean Carnahan 27%
Brad Carson 27%
Howard Coble 27%
Thad Cochran 27%
Kent Conrad 27%
Thomas Daschle 27%
Mark Dayton 27%
Chris Dodd 27%
John Doolittle 27%
Mark Foley 27%
Elton Gallegly 27%
George Gekas 27%
Wayne Gilchrest 27%
James Greenwood 27%
James Hansen 27%
Melissa Hart 27%
Wally Herger, Jr. 27%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 27%
Duncan Hunter 27%
State Office Name Party Rating
Frank Mascara 36%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 36%
Ed Pastor 36%
Mike Pence 36%
David Phelps 36%
Joe Pitts 36%
Rob Portman 36%
David Price 36%
Nick Rahall II 36%
Mike Ross 36%
Edward Schrock 36%
Donald Sherwood 36%
Nick Smith 36%
John Spratt, Jr. 36%
John Tanner 36%
Karen Thurman 36%
Bill Young 36%
Bob Bennett 33%
Joe Biden, Jr. 33%
Kit Bond 33%
Conrad Burns 33%
Tom Carper 33%
Lincoln Chafee 33%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 33%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 33%
Orrin Hatch 33%
Ernest Hollings 33%
Zell Bryan Miller 33%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 33%
Richard Shelby 33%
Michael Bilirakis 32%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 32%
Rick Boucher 32%
Corrine Brown 32%
Henry Brown, Jr. 32%
Chris Cannon 32%
Robert Clement 32%
Gary Condit 32%
Barbara Cubin 32%
Randall Cunningham 32%
Jennifer Dunn 32%
Philip English 32%
John Ganske 32%
Jim Gibbons 32%
Benjamin Gilman 32%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 32%
Bob Goodlatte 32%
Bart Gordon 32%
Lindsey Graham 32%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 32%
Van Hilleary 32%
Stephen Horn 32%
William Jefferson 32%
Tim Johnson 32%
Ray LaHood 32%
John McHugh 32%
John Mica 32%
Alan Mollohan 32%
Sue Myrick 32%
Robert William Ney 32%
Anne Northup 32%
Butch Otter 32%
John Peterson 32%
Richard Pombo 32%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 32%
Jim Saxton 32%
Charles Stenholm 32%
William Thomas 32%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune R 32%
Todd Tiahrt 32%
Fred Upton 32%
Pete Visclosky 32%
Robert Wexler 32%
Albert Wynn 32%
Douglas Bereuter 27%
Jeff Bingaman 27%
Barbara Boxer 27%
Robert Byrd 27%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert R 27%
Dave Camp 27%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell D 27%
Jean Carnahan 27%
Brad Carson 27%
Howard Coble 27%
Thad Cochran 27%
Kent Conrad 27%
Thomas Daschle 27%
Mark Dayton 27%
Chris Dodd 27%
John Doolittle 27%
Mark Foley 27%
Elton Gallegly 27%
George Gekas 27%
Wayne Gilchrest 27%
James Greenwood 27%
James Hansen 27%
Melissa Hart 27%
Wally Herger, Jr. 27%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 27%
Duncan Hunter 27%
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