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State Office Name Party Rating
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%
Henry Hyde 27%
Johnny Isakson 27%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa Republican 27%
Sheila Jackson Lee 27%
James Merrill Jeffords 27%
Christopher John 27%
Mark Kennedy 27%
John Kerry 27%
Jack Kingston 27%
Herb Kohl 27%
Steve LaTourette 27%
Nicholas Lampson 27%
Patrick Leahy 27%
Joe Lieberman 27%
Blanche Lincoln 27%
Don Manzullo 27%
Buck McKeon 27%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran Republican 27%
James Nussle 27%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 27%
Doug Ose 27%
Deborah Pryce 27%
George Radanovich 27%
Harry Reid 27%
Jay Rockefeller IV 27%
Mike Rogers 27%
Paul Sarbanes 27%
Mark Souder 27%
Charles Taylor 27%
Lee Terry 27%
James Traficant, Jr. 27%
James Walsh 27%
David Weldon 27%
W. Curtis Weldon 27%
Gerald Weller 27%
Spencer Bachus 23%
Cass Ballenger 23%
Joe Barton 23%
Roy Blunt 23%
John Boehner 23%
Henry Bonilla 23%
Mary Bono Mack 23%
Kevin Brady 23%
Ed Bryant 23%
Richard Burr 23%
Dan Burton 23%
Steve Buyer 23%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito Republican 23%
Saxby Chambliss 23%
Larry Combest 23%
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