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State Office Name Party Rating
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas Republican 90%
Buck McKeon 90%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 90%
John Peterson 90%
George Radanovich 90%
James Rogan 90%
Ed Royce 90%
Jim Saxton 90%
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions Republican 90%
James Talent 90%
Zach Wamp 90%
Gerald Weller 90%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker Republican 90%
Frank Wolf 90%
Roy Blunt 89%
Herbert Callahan 89%
John Cooksey 89%
Jennifer Dunn 89%
Jim Gibbons 89%
Paul Gillmor 89%
Porter Goss 89%
James Hansen 89%
John McHugh 89%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 89%
Mark Souder 89%
William Tauzin II 89%
James Walsh 89%
Donald Young 89%
Philip Crane 88%
Sam Johnson 88%
Richard Pombo 88%
David Weldon 88%
Charles Taylor 87%
Wayne Allard 86%
Bob Bennett 86%
Sam Brownback 86%
Larry Craig 86%
Michael Patrick Forbes 86%
William Phillip Gramm 86%
Rodney Grams 86%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 86%
Kay Hutchison 86%
Trent Lott, Sr. 86%
Richard Shelby 86%
Bill Archer 85%
Richard Armey 85%
Kevin Brady 85%
Ed Bryant 85%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 85%
Larry Combest 85%
Thomas Ewing 85%
Elton Gallegly 85%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 85%
Kay Granger 85%
David Lee Hobson 85%
William Lewis Jenkins 85%
Ray LaHood 85%
Don Manzullo 85%
Bill McCollum 85%
Jack Metcalf 85%
Anne Northup 85%
Joe Pitts 85%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers Republican 85%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 85%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 85%
John Shimkus 85%
John Sununu 85%
Ed Whitfield 85%
Bill Young 85%
David Dreier 84%
Steve LaTourette 84%
Rick Lazio 84%
Lamar Smith 84%
Stephen Largent 83%
Robert William Ney 83%
State Office Name Party Rating
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas R 90%
Buck McKeon 90%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 90%
John Peterson 90%
George Radanovich 90%
James Rogan 90%
Ed Royce 90%
Jim Saxton 90%
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions R 90%
James Talent 90%
Zach Wamp 90%
Gerald Weller 90%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker R 90%
Frank Wolf 90%
Roy Blunt 89%
Herbert Callahan 89%
John Cooksey 89%
Jennifer Dunn 89%
Jim Gibbons 89%
Paul Gillmor 89%
Porter Goss 89%
James Hansen 89%
John McHugh 89%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 89%
Mark Souder 89%
William Tauzin II 89%
James Walsh 89%
Donald Young 89%
Philip Crane 88%
Sam Johnson 88%
Richard Pombo 88%
David Weldon 88%
Charles Taylor 87%
Wayne Allard 86%
Bob Bennett 86%
Sam Brownback 86%
Larry Craig 86%
Michael Patrick Forbes 86%
William Phillip Gramm 86%
Rodney Grams 86%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 86%
Kay Hutchison 86%
Trent Lott, Sr. 86%
Richard Shelby 86%
Bill Archer 85%
Richard Armey 85%
Kevin Brady 85%
Ed Bryant 85%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 85%
Larry Combest 85%
Thomas Ewing 85%
Elton Gallegly 85%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 85%
Kay Granger 85%
David Lee Hobson 85%
William Lewis Jenkins 85%
Ray LaHood 85%
Don Manzullo 85%
Bill McCollum 85%
Jack Metcalf 85%
Anne Northup 85%
Joe Pitts 85%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers R 85%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 85%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 85%
John Shimkus 85%
John Sununu 85%
Ed Whitfield 85%
Bill Young 85%
David Dreier 84%
Steve LaTourette 84%
Rick Lazio 84%
Lamar Smith 84%
Stephen Largent 83%
Robert William Ney 83%
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