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State Office Name Party Rating
John McCain III 45%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 45%
Rick Santorum 45%
Jeff Sessions III 45%
Craig Thomas 45%
Wayne Allard 36%
Lincoln Chafee 36%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 36%
Peter Fitzgerald 36%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 36%
Daniel Inouye 36%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 36%
Patrick Leahy 36%
Don Nickles 36%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 36%
Todd Akin 33%
Rob Andrews 33%
Charlie Bass 33%
Douglas Bereuter 33%
Judy Biggert 33%
Michael Bilirakis 33%
John Boehner 33%
Rick Boucher 33%
Kevin Brady 33%
Bob Brady 33%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert Republican 33%
Mike Castle 33%
Steve Chabot 33%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 33%
Michael Collins 33%
Christopher Cox 33%
John Culberson 33%
Elijah Cummings 33%
Thomas DeLay 33%
Peter Deutsch 33%
John Dingell 33%
John Doolittle 33%
David Dreier 33%
Jennifer Dunn 33%
Vern Ehlers 33%
Michael Ferguson 33%
Jeff Flake 33%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 33%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 33%
Gene Green 33%
Luis Gutiérrez 33%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 33%
Joel Hefley 33%
Baron Hill 33%
David Lee Hobson 33%
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%
State Office Name Party Rating
John McCain III 45%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed D 45%
Rick Santorum 45%
Jeff Sessions III 45%
Craig Thomas 45%
Wayne Allard 36%
Lincoln Chafee 36%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 36%
Peter Fitzgerald 36%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 36%
Daniel Inouye 36%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 36%
Patrick Leahy 36%
Don Nickles 36%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 36%
Todd Akin 33%
Rob Andrews 33%
Charlie Bass 33%
Douglas Bereuter 33%
Judy Biggert 33%
Michael Bilirakis 33%
John Boehner 33%
Rick Boucher 33%
Kevin Brady 33%
Bob Brady 33%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert R 33%
Mike Castle 33%
Steve Chabot 33%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 33%
Michael Collins 33%
Christopher Cox 33%
John Culberson 33%
Elijah Cummings 33%
Thomas DeLay 33%
Peter Deutsch 33%
John Dingell 33%
John Doolittle 33%
David Dreier 33%
Jennifer Dunn 33%
Vern Ehlers 33%
Michael Ferguson 33%
Jeff Flake 33%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 33%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 33%
Gene Green 33%
Luis Gutiérrez 33%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 33%
Joel Hefley 33%
Baron Hill 33%
David Lee Hobson 33%
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%
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