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State Office Name Party Rating
Jim Bunning 85%
Conrad Burns 90%
Richard Burr 85%
Dan Burton 85%
Steve Buyer 65%
Robert Byrd 15%
Herbert Callahan 80%
Dave Camp 97.5%
Ben Campbell 85%
Chris Cannon 93%
Lois Capps 27.5%
Mike Capuano 7.5%
Ben Cardin 15%
Julia Carson 15%
Mike Castle 77.5%
Steve Chabot 100%
Lincoln Chafee 45%
Saxby Chambliss 90%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 10%
Eva Clayton 15%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 25%
Robert Clement 40%
Howard Coble 90%
Thad Cochran 80%
Michael Collins 87.5%
Larry Combest 95%
Gary Condit 50%
Kent Conrad 10%
John Conyers, Jr. 3%
John Cooksey 90%
Jerry Costello 20%
Christopher Cox 95%
William Coyne 5%
Larry Craig 95%
Robert Cramer 55%
Philip Crane 95%
Joe Crowley 7.5%
Barbara Cubin 90%
Elijah Cummings 5%
Randall Cunningham 90%
Thomas Daschle 10%
James Davis 13%
Thomas Davis III 97.5%
Peter DeFazio 23%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 97.5%
Nathan Deal 87.5%
Bill Delahunt 7.5%
Peter Deutsch 27.5%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 80%
Norm Dicks 10%
John Dingell 0%
Chris Dodd 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 70%
Calvin Dooley 20%
John Doolittle 85%
Byron Dorgan 10%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 10%
David Dreier 85%
John Duncan, Jr. 80%
Jennifer Dunn 87.5%
John Edwards 5%
Chet Edwards 15%
Vern Ehlers 75%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 95%
Jo Ann Emerson 75%
Eliot Engel 10%
Philip English 100%
Mike Enzi 90%
Anna Eshoo 27.5%
Bob Etheridge 40%
Lane Evans 5%
Terry Everett 80%
Sam Farr 10%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 10%
Russ Feingold 15%
Dianne Feinstein 35%
Bob Filner 0%
Peter Fitzgerald 95%
Ernest Fletcher 85%
Mark Foley 85%
Harold Ford, Jr. 20%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 97.5%
Barney Frank 7.5%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 90%
William Frist 90%
Jonas Frost III 10%
Elton Gallegly 85%
John Ganske 83%
George Gekas 95%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 90%
Wayne Gilchrest 80%
Paul Gillmor 65%
Benjamin Gilman 65%
Charlie Gonzalez 10%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 85%
Bob Goodlatte 95%
Bart Gordon 40%
Porter Goss 97.5%
State Office Name Party Rating
Jim Bunning 85%
Conrad Burns 90%
Richard Burr 85%
Dan Burton 85%
Steve Buyer 65%
Robert Byrd 15%
Herbert Callahan 80%
Dave Camp 97.5%
Ben Campbell 85%
Chris Cannon 93%
Lois Capps 27.5%
Mike Capuano 7.5%
Ben Cardin 15%
Julia Carson 15%
Mike Castle 77.5%
Steve Chabot 100%
Lincoln Chafee 45%
Saxby Chambliss 90%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 10%
Eva Clayton 15%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 25%
Robert Clement 40%
Howard Coble 90%
Thad Cochran 80%
Michael Collins 87.5%
Larry Combest 95%
Gary Condit 50%
Kent Conrad 10%
John Conyers, Jr. 3%
John Cooksey 90%
Jerry Costello 20%
Christopher Cox 95%
William Coyne 5%
Larry Craig 95%
Robert Cramer 55%
Philip Crane 95%
Joe Crowley 7.5%
Barbara Cubin 90%
Elijah Cummings 5%
Randall Cunningham 90%
Thomas Daschle 10%
James Davis 13%
Thomas Davis III 97.5%
Peter DeFazio 23%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 97.5%
Nathan Deal 87.5%
Bill Delahunt 7.5%
Peter Deutsch 27.5%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 80%
Norm Dicks 10%
John Dingell 0%
Chris Dodd 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 70%
Calvin Dooley 20%
John Doolittle 85%
Byron Dorgan 10%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 10%
David Dreier 85%
John Duncan, Jr. 80%
Jennifer Dunn 87.5%
John Edwards 5%
Chet Edwards 15%
Vern Ehlers 75%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 95%
Jo Ann Emerson 75%
Eliot Engel 10%
Philip English 100%
Mike Enzi 90%
Anna Eshoo 27.5%
Bob Etheridge 40%
Lane Evans 5%
Terry Everett 80%
Sam Farr 10%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 10%
Russ Feingold 15%
Dianne Feinstein 35%
Bob Filner 0%
Peter Fitzgerald 95%
Ernest Fletcher 85%
Mark Foley 85%
Harold Ford, Jr. 20%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 97.5%
Barney Frank 7.5%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 90%
William Frist 90%
Jonas Frost III 10%
Elton Gallegly 85%
John Ganske 83%
George Gekas 95%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 90%
Wayne Gilchrest 80%
Paul Gillmor 65%
Benjamin Gilman 65%
Charlie Gonzalez 10%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 85%
Bob Goodlatte 95%
Bart Gordon 40%
Porter Goss 97.5%
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