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State Office Name Party Rating
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Campbell 89%
Philip Crane 89%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 89%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 89%
John Shadegg 89%
David McIntosh 88%
Sam Brownback 83%
Rodney Grams 83%
Judd Gregg 83%
Kay Hutchison 83%
Don Nickles 83%
Richard Armey 78%
Spencer Bachus 78%
Steve Chabot 78%
Howard Coble 78%
Ron Paul 78%
James Rogan 78%
Matt Salmon 78%
Stephen Largent 75%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 67%
John Ashcroft 67%
Charlie Bass 67%
Brian Bilbray 67%
Richard Bryan 67%
Larry Craig 67%
Randall Cunningham 67%
Thomas DeLay 67%
Chris Dodd 67%
Tillie Fowler 67%
Paul Gillmor 67%
William Phillip Gramm 67%
J. Dennis Hastert 67%
Pete Hoekstra 67%
Kenny Hulshof 67%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 67%
Timothy Johnson 67%
Herb Kohl 67%
James Kolbe 67%
Jon Kyl 67%
Dick Lugar 67%
Don Manzullo 67%
John McCain III 67%
Dan Miller 67%
Patrick Moynihan 67%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 67%
Edward Pease 67%
Joe Pitts 67%
Rob Portman 67%
James Ramstad 67%
Charles Robb 67%
Pat Roberts 67%
Jay Rockefeller IV 67%
William Roth, Jr. 67%
Jim Ryun 67%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 67%
John Sununu 67%
James Talent 67%
Craig Thomas 67%
Fred Thompson 67%
Michael Collins 63%
Porter Goss 63%
W. Curtis Weldon 63%
Joe Biden, Jr. 60%
John Peterson 58%
Asa Hutchinson 57%
Deborah Pryce 57%
Bill Archer 56%
Richard Burr 56%
Chris Cannon 56%
John Conyers, Jr. 56%
Christopher Cox 56%
Thomas Davis III 56%
Mark Foley 56%
Bob Goodlatte 56%
Gilbert Gutknecht 56%
Wally Herger, Jr. 56%
David Lee Hobson 56%
John Hostettler 56%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 56%
Joseph Knollenberg 56%
John Linder 56%
Bill McCollum 56%
Jim McDermott 56%
Dana Rohrabacher 56%
Ed Royce 56%
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions Republican 56%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 56%
Christopher Shays 56%
Bob Stump 56%
Jim Moran, Jr. 55%
Lamar Smith 55%
Wesley Watkins 55%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 55%
Bob Barr, Jr. 50%
Max Baucus 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
Kit Bond 50%
Robert Byrd 50%
Herbert Callahan 50%
State Office Name Party Rating
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Campbell 89%
Philip Crane 89%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 89%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 89%
John Shadegg 89%
David McIntosh 88%
Sam Brownback 83%
Rodney Grams 83%
Judd Gregg 83%
Kay Hutchison 83%
Don Nickles 83%
Richard Armey 78%
Spencer Bachus 78%
Steve Chabot 78%
Howard Coble 78%
Ron Paul 78%
James Rogan 78%
Matt Salmon 78%
Stephen Largent 75%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 67%
John Ashcroft 67%
Charlie Bass 67%
Brian Bilbray 67%
Richard Bryan 67%
Larry Craig 67%
Randall Cunningham 67%
Thomas DeLay 67%
Chris Dodd 67%
Tillie Fowler 67%
Paul Gillmor 67%
William Phillip Gramm 67%
J. Dennis Hastert 67%
Pete Hoekstra 67%
Kenny Hulshof 67%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 67%
Timothy Johnson 67%
Herb Kohl 67%
James Kolbe 67%
Jon Kyl 67%
Dick Lugar 67%
Don Manzullo 67%
John McCain III 67%
Dan Miller 67%
Patrick Moynihan 67%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 67%
Edward Pease 67%
Joe Pitts 67%
Rob Portman 67%
James Ramstad 67%
Charles Robb 67%
Pat Roberts 67%
Jay Rockefeller IV 67%
William Roth, Jr. 67%
Jim Ryun 67%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 67%
John Sununu 67%
James Talent 67%
Craig Thomas 67%
Fred Thompson 67%
Michael Collins 63%
Porter Goss 63%
W. Curtis Weldon 63%
Joe Biden, Jr. 60%
John Peterson 58%
Asa Hutchinson 57%
Deborah Pryce 57%
Bill Archer 56%
Richard Burr 56%
Chris Cannon 56%
John Conyers, Jr. 56%
Christopher Cox 56%
Thomas Davis III 56%
Mark Foley 56%
Bob Goodlatte 56%
Gilbert Gutknecht 56%
Wally Herger, Jr. 56%
David Lee Hobson 56%
John Hostettler 56%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 56%
Joseph Knollenberg 56%
John Linder 56%
Bill McCollum 56%
Jim McDermott 56%
Dana Rohrabacher 56%
Ed Royce 56%
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions R 56%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 56%
Christopher Shays 56%
Bob Stump 56%
Jim Moran, Jr. 55%
Lamar Smith 55%
Wesley Watkins 55%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 55%
Bob Barr, Jr. 50%
Max Baucus 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
Kit Bond 50%
Robert Byrd 50%
Herbert Callahan 50%
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