Rating Group: Center for Security Policy
2003-2004 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Boyd, Jr. | 50% | |||
| Chet Edwards | 50% | |||
| Eliot Engel | 50% | |||
| Jonas Frost III | 50% | |||
| Ron Kind | 50% | |||
| Dennis Moore | 50% | |||
| Jack Murtha | 50% | |||
| Bill Nelson, Sr. | 50% | |||
| Earl Pomeroy | 50% | |||
| Dutch Ruppersberger | 50% | |||
| Gene Taylor | 50% | |||
| Mary Landrieu | 44% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | D | 42% |
| Tim Bishop | 42% | |||
| Leonard Boswell | 42% | |||
| Jerry Costello | 42% | |||
| Gene Green | 42% | |||
| Darlene Hooley | 42% | |||
| Patrick Kennedy | 42% | |||
| Tom Lantos | 42% | |||
| Nita Lowey | 42% | |||
| Carolyn McCarthy | 42% | |||
| Alan Mollohan | 42% | |||
| Mike Ross | 42% | |||
| David Scott | 42% | |||
| John Spratt, Jr. | 42% | |||
| John Tanner | 42% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | D | 40% |
| Harold Ford, Jr. | 36% | |||
| Brad Miller | 36% | |||
| Steve Rothman | 36% | |||
| Ike Skelton | 36% | |||
| Larry Combest | 33% | |||
| Artur Davis | 33% | |||
| Calvin Dooley | 33% | |||
| Bob Etheridge | 33% | |||
| Charlie Gonzalez | 33% | |||
| Dale Kildee | 33% | |||
| Sandy Levin | 33% | |||
| William Lipinski | 33% | |||
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 33% | |||
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | 33% | |||
| Silvestre Reyes | 33% | |||
| Max Sandlin, Jr. | 33% | |||
| Vic Snyder | 33% | |||
| Ben Chandler III | 30% | |||
| Daniel Graham | 30% | |||
| Steve Israel | 30% | |||
| WA | U.S. House - 9 | Adam Smith | D | 30% |
| Joe Biden, Jr. | 28% |