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State Office Name Party Rating
Pete Hoekstra 33%
Tim Holden 33%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa Republican 33%
Eddie Johnson 33%
Nancy Johnson 33%
Sam Johnson 33%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Sue Kelly 33%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 33%
Mark Kirk 33%
James Kolbe 33%
Tom Latham 33%
John Lewis 33%
John Linder 33%
William Lipinski 33%
Frank LoBiondo 33%
John Mica 33%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 33%
Gary Miller 33%
Jeff Miller 33%
Sue Myrick 33%
Anne Northup 33%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
Michael Oxley 33%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 33%
Ed Pastor 33%
Joe Pitts 33%
Richard Pombo 33%
Earl Pomeroy 33%
Rob Portman 33%
Deborah Pryce 33%
George Radanovich 33%
James Ramstad 33%
Dana Rohrabacher 33%
Ed Royce 33%
Jim Ryun 33%
Jim Saxton 33%
Edward Schrock 33%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 33%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 33%
John Shadegg 33%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 33%
Christopher Shays 33%
Ike Skelton 33%
Vic Snyder 33%
Mark Souder 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Cliff Stearns 33%
John Sununu 33%
Tom Tancredo 33%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 33%
Pat Tiberi 33%
Pat Toomey 33%
Pete Visclosky 33%
Zach Wamp 33%
Frank Wolf 33%
Bill Young 33%
Donald Young 33%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 27%
Max Baucus 27%
Joe Biden, Jr. 27%
Sam Brownback 27%
Jim Bunning 27%
Larry Craig 27%
Mark Dayton 27%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 27%
Byron Dorgan 27%
John Edwards 27%
Daniel Graham 27%
Judd Gregg 27%
Tom Harkin 27%
James Merrill Jeffords 27%
Timothy Johnson 27%
Joe Lieberman 27%
Dick Lugar 27%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. Republican 27%
Harry Reid 27%
Jay Rockefeller IV 27%
Gordon Smith 27%
Olympia Snowe 27%
Debbie Stabenow 27%
George Voinovich 27%
Bob Bennett 18%
John Breaux 18%
Conrad Burns 18%
Robert Byrd 18%
Ben Campbell 18%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 18%
Tom Carper 18%
Kent Conrad 18%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 18%
Thomas Daschle 18%
Chris Dodd 18%
William Frist 18%
Orrin Hatch 18%
Jim Inhofe 18%
Trent Lott, Sr. 18%
Barbara Mikulski 18%
Zell Bryan Miller 18%
State Office Name Party Rating
Pete Hoekstra 33%
Tim Holden 33%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 33%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa R 33%
Eddie Johnson 33%
Nancy Johnson 33%
Sam Johnson 33%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Sue Kelly 33%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 33%
Mark Kirk 33%
James Kolbe 33%
Tom Latham 33%
John Lewis 33%
John Linder 33%
William Lipinski 33%
Frank LoBiondo 33%
John Mica 33%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 33%
Gary Miller 33%
Jeff Miller 33%
Sue Myrick 33%
Anne Northup 33%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
Michael Oxley 33%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 33%
Ed Pastor 33%
Joe Pitts 33%
Richard Pombo 33%
Earl Pomeroy 33%
Rob Portman 33%
Deborah Pryce 33%
George Radanovich 33%
James Ramstad 33%
Dana Rohrabacher 33%
Ed Royce 33%
Jim Ryun 33%
Jim Saxton 33%
Edward Schrock 33%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 33%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 33%
John Shadegg 33%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 33%
Christopher Shays 33%
Ike Skelton 33%
Vic Snyder 33%
Mark Souder 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Cliff Stearns 33%
John Sununu 33%
Tom Tancredo 33%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 33%
Pat Tiberi 33%
Pat Toomey 33%
Pete Visclosky 33%
Zach Wamp 33%
Frank Wolf 33%
Bill Young 33%
Donald Young 33%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 27%
Max Baucus 27%
Joe Biden, Jr. 27%
Sam Brownback 27%
Jim Bunning 27%
Larry Craig 27%
Mark Dayton 27%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 27%
Byron Dorgan 27%
John Edwards 27%
Daniel Graham 27%
Judd Gregg 27%
Tom Harkin 27%
James Merrill Jeffords 27%
Timothy Johnson 27%
Joe Lieberman 27%
Dick Lugar 27%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. R 27%
Harry Reid 27%
Jay Rockefeller IV 27%
Gordon Smith 27%
Olympia Snowe 27%
Debbie Stabenow 27%
George Voinovich 27%
Bob Bennett 18%
John Breaux 18%
Conrad Burns 18%
Robert Byrd 18%
Ben Campbell 18%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell D 18%
Tom Carper 18%
Kent Conrad 18%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 18%
Thomas Daschle 18%
Chris Dodd 18%
William Frist 18%
Orrin Hatch 18%
Jim Inhofe 18%
Trent Lott, Sr. 18%
Barbara Mikulski 18%
Zell Bryan Miller 18%
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