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State Office Name Party Rating
Cliff Stearns 67%
Charles Stenholm 67%
John Sununu 67%
Karen Thurman 67%
Pat Toomey 67%
James Traficant, Jr. 67%
James Turner 67%
Donald Young 67%
Earl Blumenauer 60%
Richard Burr 60%
James Davis 60%
Benjamin Gilman 60%
Jesse Helms 60%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 60%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 60%
Jim McDermott 60%
Alan Mollohan 60%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 60%
Charles Taylor 60%
George Voinovich 60%
Gary Ackerman 50%
Thomas Allen 50%
Joe Baca, Sr. 50%
James Barcia 50%
Bob Barr, Jr. 50%
Xavier Becerra 50%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic 50%
Corrine Brown 50%
Robert Byrd 50%
Ben Cardin 50%
Julia Carson 50%
Howard Coble 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 50%
Bill Delahunt 50%
Peter Deutsch 50%
Sam Farr 50%
Charlie Gonzalez 50%
Joel Hefley 50%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 50%
Ernest Hollings 50%
John Hostettler 50%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 50%
Sheila Jackson Lee 50%
Eddie Johnson 50%
Walter Jones, Jr. 50%
Jon Kyl 50%
John LaFalce 50%
Sandy Levin 50%
Nita Lowey 50%
Carolyn Maloney 50%
Robert Matsui 50%
John McCain III 50%
Michael McNulty 50%
Carrie Meek 50%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 50%
Ed Pastor 50%
David Phelps 50%
David Price 50%
Charlie Rangel 50%
Harry Reid 50%
Ciro Rodriguez 50%
Thomas Sawyer 50%
Jim Saxton 50%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 50%
José Serrano 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Bob Smith 50%
Vic Snyder 50%
Tom Tancredo 50%
Ed Towns 50%
Paul Wellstone 50%
Albert Wynn 50%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 40%
Baron Hill 40%
Ron Kind 40%
William Lipinski 40%
James Maloney 40%
Louise Slaughter 40%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 40%
Mel Watt 40%
Henry Waxman 40%
Rob Andrews 33%
John Baldacci 33%
Howard Berman 33%
Robert Borski, Jr. 33%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 33%
Elijah Cummings 33%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 33%
John Dingell 33%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 33%
John Duncan, Jr. 33%
Eliot Engel 33%
Russ Feingold 33%
Tony Hall 33%
Maurice Hinchey 33%
Joseph Hoeffel 33%
Tim Holden 33%
Rush Holt, Jr. 33%
State Office Name Party Rating
Cliff Stearns 67%
Charles Stenholm 67%
John Sununu 67%
Karen Thurman 67%
Pat Toomey 67%
James Traficant, Jr. 67%
James Turner 67%
Donald Young 67%
Earl Blumenauer 60%
Richard Burr 60%
James Davis 60%
Benjamin Gilman 60%
Jesse Helms 60%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 60%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 60%
Jim McDermott 60%
Alan Mollohan 60%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 60%
Charles Taylor 60%
George Voinovich 60%
Gary Ackerman 50%
Thomas Allen 50%
Joe Baca, Sr. 50%
James Barcia 50%
Bob Barr, Jr. 50%
Xavier Becerra 50%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley D 50%
Corrine Brown 50%
Robert Byrd 50%
Ben Cardin 50%
Julia Carson 50%
Howard Coble 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette D 50%
Bill Delahunt 50%
Peter Deutsch 50%
Sam Farr 50%
Charlie Gonzalez 50%
Joel Hefley 50%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 50%
Ernest Hollings 50%
John Hostettler 50%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 50%
Sheila Jackson Lee 50%
Eddie Johnson 50%
Walter Jones, Jr. 50%
Jon Kyl 50%
John LaFalce 50%
Sandy Levin 50%
Nita Lowey 50%
Carolyn Maloney 50%
Robert Matsui 50%
John McCain III 50%
Michael McNulty 50%
Carrie Meek 50%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 50%
Ed Pastor 50%
David Phelps 50%
David Price 50%
Charlie Rangel 50%
Harry Reid 50%
Ciro Rodriguez 50%
Thomas Sawyer 50%
Jim Saxton 50%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 50%
José Serrano 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 50%
Bob Smith 50%
Vic Snyder 50%
Tom Tancredo 50%
Ed Towns 50%
Paul Wellstone 50%
Albert Wynn 50%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 40%
Baron Hill 40%
Ron Kind 40%
William Lipinski 40%
James Maloney 40%
Louise Slaughter 40%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 40%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 40%
Mel Watt 40%
Henry Waxman 40%
Rob Andrews 33%
John Baldacci 33%
Howard Berman 33%
Robert Borski, Jr. 33%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 33%
Elijah Cummings 33%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 33%
John Dingell 33%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 33%
John Duncan, Jr. 33%
Eliot Engel 33%
Russ Feingold 33%
Tony Hall 33%
Maurice Hinchey 33%
Joseph Hoeffel 33%
Tim Holden 33%
Rush Holt, Jr. 33%
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