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State Office Name Party Rating
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
HI U.S. House - 1 Ed Case Democratic 50%
Lincoln Chafee 50%
Ben Chandler III 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
Jim Cooper 50%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa Democratic 50%
Artur Davis 50%
Charlie Gonzalez 50%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 50%
Tim Holden 50%
William Jefferson 50%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
Dan Lipinski 50%
Jim Marshall 50%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 50%
Jim Moran, Jr. 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
Mike Ross 50%
Dutch Ruppersberger 50%
David Scott 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
Albert Wynn 50%
Marion Berry 38%
Rick Boucher 38%
Jerry Costello 38%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 38%
Harold Ford, Jr. 38%
Lindsey Graham 38%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 38%
Walter Jones, Jr. 38%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 38%
James Leach 38%
Mike McIntyre 38%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 38%
Dennis Moore 38%
Ben Nelson 38%
Ron Paul 38%
Nick Rahall II 38%
John Salazar 38%
John Tanner 38%
Robert Cramer 29%
Arlen Specter 29%
Roscoe Bartlett 25%
Dan Boren 25%
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 25%
Lincoln Davis 25%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
Chet Edwards 25%
Bart Gordon 25%
Frank LoBiondo 25%
Connie Mack IV 25%
John McCain III 25%
John McHugh 25%
Robert William Ney 25%
Collin Peterson 25%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 25%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 25%
Ike Skelton 25%
Heather Wilson 25%
FL U.S. House - 26 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 14%
Tom Feeney 14%
John Hostettler 14%
John Sununu 14%
David Weldon 14%
Bill Young 14%
Melissa Bean 13%
Sherwood Boehlert 13%
John Boehner 13%
Jo Bonner, Jr. 13%
Charles Boustany, Jr. 13%
Jeb Bradley 13%
Ginny Brown-Waite 13%
Sam Brownback 13%
Conrad Burns 13%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito Republican 13%
Mike Castle 13%
Howard Coble 13%
Norm Coleman 13%
Larry Craig 13%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 13%
Ander Crenshaw 13%
Barbara Cubin 13%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 13%
John Doolittle 13%
Mike Enzi 13%
Mike Fitzpatrick 13%
Jeff Flake 13%
Mark Foley 13%
NC U.S. House - 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 13%
Scott Garrett 13%
Jim Gerlach 13%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 13%
Judd Gregg 13%
Gilbert Gutknecht 13%
State Office Name Party Rating
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
HI U.S. House - 1 Ed Case D 50%
Lincoln Chafee 50%
Ben Chandler III 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 50%
Jim Cooper 50%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa D 50%
Artur Davis 50%
Charlie Gonzalez 50%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 50%
Tim Holden 50%
William Jefferson 50%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
Dan Lipinski 50%
Jim Marshall 50%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 50%
Jim Moran, Jr. 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
Mike Ross 50%
Dutch Ruppersberger 50%
David Scott 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
Albert Wynn 50%
Marion Berry 38%
Rick Boucher 38%
Jerry Costello 38%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 38%
Harold Ford, Jr. 38%
Lindsey Graham 38%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 38%
Walter Jones, Jr. 38%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 38%
James Leach 38%
Mike McIntyre 38%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 38%
Dennis Moore 38%
Ben Nelson 38%
Ron Paul 38%
Nick Rahall II 38%
John Salazar 38%
John Tanner 38%
Robert Cramer 29%
Arlen Specter 29%
Roscoe Bartlett 25%
Dan Boren 25%
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar D 25%
Lincoln Davis 25%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
Chet Edwards 25%
Bart Gordon 25%
Frank LoBiondo 25%
Connie Mack IV 25%
John McCain III 25%
John McHugh 25%
Robert William Ney 25%
Collin Peterson 25%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 25%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 25%
Ike Skelton 25%
Heather Wilson 25%
FL U.S. House - 26 Mario Diaz-Balart R 14%
Tom Feeney 14%
John Hostettler 14%
John Sununu 14%
David Weldon 14%
Bill Young 14%
Melissa Bean 13%
Sherwood Boehlert 13%
John Boehner 13%
Jo Bonner, Jr. 13%
Charles Boustany, Jr. 13%
Jeb Bradley 13%
Ginny Brown-Waite 13%
Sam Brownback 13%
Conrad Burns 13%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito R 13%
Mike Castle 13%
Howard Coble 13%
Norm Coleman 13%
Larry Craig 13%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 13%
Ander Crenshaw 13%
Barbara Cubin 13%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 13%
John Doolittle 13%
Mike Enzi 13%
Mike Fitzpatrick 13%
Jeff Flake 13%
Mark Foley 13%
NC U.S. House - 5 Virginia Foxx R 13%
Scott Garrett 13%
Jim Gerlach 13%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 13%
Judd Gregg 13%
Gilbert Gutknecht 13%
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