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State Office Name Party Rating
Olympia Snowe 70%
Cliff Stearns 70%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 70%
Sherwood Boehlert 67%
Frank LoBiondo 67%
David McIntosh 67%
Jay Rockefeller IV 67%
David Weldon 67%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 60%
John Baldacci 60%
James Barcia 60%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 60%
Marion Berry 60%
Jeff Bingaman 60%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 60%
Ben Campbell 60%
Gary Condit 60%
Thomas Daschle 60%
James Davis 60%
Peter Deutsch 60%
Norm Dicks 60%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 60%
Victor Fazio 60%
Michael Patrick Forbes 60%
Harold Ford, Jr. 60%
Jonas Frost III 60%
Benjamin Gilman 60%
Gene Green 60%
Lee Hamilton 60%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 60%
Stephen Horn 60%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 60%
Bob Kerrey 60%
Frank Lautenberg 60%
Patrick Leahy 60%
Joe Lieberman 60%
William Luther 60%
James Maloney 60%
Matthew Martinez 60%
Karen McCarthy 60%
Jack Metcalf 60%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 60%
Ron Paul 60%
Richard Pombo 60%
Earl Pomeroy 60%
Loretta Sanchez 60%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 60%
Vic Snyder 60%
Fred Thompson 60%
Karen Thurman 60%
James Traficant, Jr. 60%
Jack Murtha 56%
Ciro Rodriguez 56%
Thomas Allen 50%
Barbara Boxer 50%
Walter Holden Capps 50%
Dan Coats 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
John Dingell 50%
Chris Dodd 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 50%
Dianne Feinstein 50%
Tony Hall 50%
Darlene Hooley 50%
Jim Inhofe 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
William Jefferson 50%
Jay Johnson 50%
John Kerry 50%
Ron Kind 50%
Gerald Kleczka 50%
Nicholas Lampson 50%
Carl Levin 50%
Sandy Levin 50%
Carolyn Maloney 50%
Frank Mascara 50%
Carolyn McCarthy 50%
Paul McHale 50%
Jim Moran, Jr. 50%
Patrick Moynihan 50%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 50%
Ed Pastor 50%
Glenn Poshard 50%
David Price 50%
Harry Reid 50%
Thomas Sawyer 50%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Bob Smith 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Debbie Stabenow 50%
Ellen Tauscher 50%
Pete Visclosky 50%
Corrine Brown 44%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 44%
Sheila Jackson Lee 44%
Thomas Manton 44%
State Office Name Party Rating
Olympia Snowe 70%
Cliff Stearns 70%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 70%
Sherwood Boehlert 67%
Frank LoBiondo 67%
David McIntosh 67%
Jay Rockefeller IV 67%
David Weldon 67%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 60%
John Baldacci 60%
James Barcia 60%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 60%
Marion Berry 60%
Jeff Bingaman 60%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 60%
Ben Campbell 60%
Gary Condit 60%
Thomas Daschle 60%
James Davis 60%
Peter Deutsch 60%
Norm Dicks 60%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 60%
Victor Fazio 60%
Michael Patrick Forbes 60%
Harold Ford, Jr. 60%
Jonas Frost III 60%
Benjamin Gilman 60%
Gene Green 60%
Lee Hamilton 60%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 60%
Stephen Horn 60%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 60%
Bob Kerrey 60%
Frank Lautenberg 60%
Patrick Leahy 60%
Joe Lieberman 60%
William Luther 60%
James Maloney 60%
Matthew Martinez 60%
Karen McCarthy 60%
Jack Metcalf 60%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 60%
Ron Paul 60%
Richard Pombo 60%
Earl Pomeroy 60%
Loretta Sanchez 60%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 60%
Vic Snyder 60%
Fred Thompson 60%
Karen Thurman 60%
James Traficant, Jr. 60%
Jack Murtha 56%
Ciro Rodriguez 56%
Thomas Allen 50%
Barbara Boxer 50%
Walter Holden Capps 50%
Dan Coats 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
John Dingell 50%
Chris Dodd 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 50%
Dianne Feinstein 50%
Tony Hall 50%
Darlene Hooley 50%
Jim Inhofe 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
William Jefferson 50%
Jay Johnson 50%
John Kerry 50%
Ron Kind 50%
Gerald Kleczka 50%
Nicholas Lampson 50%
Carl Levin 50%
Sandy Levin 50%
Carolyn Maloney 50%
Frank Mascara 50%
Carolyn McCarthy 50%
Paul McHale 50%
Jim Moran, Jr. 50%
Patrick Moynihan 50%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 50%
Ed Pastor 50%
Glenn Poshard 50%
David Price 50%
Harry Reid 50%
Thomas Sawyer 50%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 50%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 50%
Bob Smith 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Debbie Stabenow 50%
Ellen Tauscher 50%
Pete Visclosky 50%
Corrine Brown 44%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 44%
Sheila Jackson Lee 44%
Thomas Manton 44%
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