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State Office Name Party Rating
William Goodling 92%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 92%
Jesse Helms 92%
Rick Hill 92%
Van Hilleary 92%
David Lee Hobson 92%
John Hostettler 92%
Asa Hutchinson 92%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 92%
Kay Hutchison 92%
Jim Inhofe 92%
Jack Kingston 92%
Jon Kyl 92%
Trent Lott, Sr. 92%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. Republican 92%
John Mica 92%
Dan Miller 92%
Frank Murkowski 92%
James Nussle 92%
Doug Ose 92%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 92%
James Rogan 92%
Paul Ryan 92%
Robert Schaffer 92%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 92%
Jeff Sessions III 92%
John Shadegg 92%
Joseph Skeen 92%
Lamar Smith 92%
Bob Smith 92%
Ted Stevens 92%
John Sununu 92%
William Tauzin II 92%
Charles Taylor 92%
Strom Thurmond 92%
Ben Campbell 91%
Richard Hugh Baker 89%
Roscoe Bartlett 89%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 89%
Saxby Chambliss 89%
Michael Collins 89%
Paul Gillmor 89%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 89%
Robert Hayes 89%
James Kolbe 89%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 89%
Tom Petri 89%
Richard Pombo 89%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers Republican 89%
Dana Rohrabacher 89%
Ed Royce 89%
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions Republican 89%
John Shimkus 89%
Cliff Stearns 89%
Tom Tancredo 89%
Lee Terry 89%
Mac Thornberry 89%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 89%
Dan Burton 88%
Herbert Callahan 88%
Johnny Isakson 88%
Rob Portman 88%
Bob Riley 88%
E.G. Shuster 88%
Nick Smith 88%
Ed Whitfield 88%
Bill Young 88%
Bill McCollum 86%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 85%
Michael Bilirakis 85%
Mary Bono Mack 85%
Jay Dickey 85%
Jo Ann Emerson 85%
Porter Goss 85%
Joel Hefley 85%
William Lewis Jenkins 85%
John Kasich 85%
Jerry Lewis 85%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran Republican 85%
Thomas Reynolds 85%
Donald Young 85%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 84%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 84%
Judd Gregg 84%
William Roth, Jr. 84%
Rick Santorum 84%
Gordon Smith 84%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 84%
Fred Thompson 84%
George Voinovich 84%
Slade Gorton 83%
David Vitter 83%
Bob Barr, Jr. 82%
Richard Burr 82%
Nathan Deal 82%
John Doolittle 82%
Ralph Hall 82%
Walter Jones, Jr. 82%
Ralph Regula 82%
State Office Name Party Rating
William Goodling 92%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 92%
Jesse Helms 92%
Rick Hill 92%
Van Hilleary 92%
David Lee Hobson 92%
John Hostettler 92%
Asa Hutchinson 92%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 92%
Kay Hutchison 92%
Jim Inhofe 92%
Jack Kingston 92%
Jon Kyl 92%
Trent Lott, Sr. 92%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. R 92%
John Mica 92%
Dan Miller 92%
Frank Murkowski 92%
James Nussle 92%
Doug Ose 92%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 92%
James Rogan 92%
Paul Ryan 92%
Robert Schaffer 92%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 92%
Jeff Sessions III 92%
John Shadegg 92%
Joseph Skeen 92%
Lamar Smith 92%
Bob Smith 92%
Ted Stevens 92%
John Sununu 92%
William Tauzin II 92%
Charles Taylor 92%
Strom Thurmond 92%
Ben Campbell 91%
Richard Hugh Baker 89%
Roscoe Bartlett 89%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 89%
Saxby Chambliss 89%
Michael Collins 89%
Paul Gillmor 89%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 89%
Robert Hayes 89%
James Kolbe 89%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 89%
Tom Petri 89%
Richard Pombo 89%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers R 89%
Dana Rohrabacher 89%
Ed Royce 89%
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions R 89%
John Shimkus 89%
Cliff Stearns 89%
Tom Tancredo 89%
Lee Terry 89%
Mac Thornberry 89%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune R 89%
Dan Burton 88%
Herbert Callahan 88%
Johnny Isakson 88%
Rob Portman 88%
Bob Riley 88%
E.G. Shuster 88%
Nick Smith 88%
Ed Whitfield 88%
Bill Young 88%
Bill McCollum 86%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 85%
Michael Bilirakis 85%
Mary Bono Mack 85%
Jay Dickey 85%
Jo Ann Emerson 85%
Porter Goss 85%
Joel Hefley 85%
William Lewis Jenkins 85%
John Kasich 85%
Jerry Lewis 85%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran R 85%
Thomas Reynolds 85%
Donald Young 85%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 84%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 84%
Judd Gregg 84%
William Roth, Jr. 84%
Rick Santorum 84%
Gordon Smith 84%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 84%
Fred Thompson 84%
George Voinovich 84%
Slade Gorton 83%
David Vitter 83%
Bob Barr, Jr. 82%
Richard Burr 82%
Nathan Deal 82%
John Doolittle 82%
Ralph Hall 82%
Walter Jones, Jr. 82%
Ralph Regula 82%
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