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State Office Name Party Rating
Terry Everett 90%
Michael Ferguson 90%
Jeb Hensarling 90%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 90%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran Republican 90%
James Nussle 90%
John Peterson 90%
Todd Platts 90%
James Ramstad 90%
Richard Renzi 90%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 90%
John Shadegg 90%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 90%
John Shimkus 90%
Cliff Stearns 90%
Charles Taylor 90%
Pat Toomey 90%
Zach Wamp 90%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 89%
Robert Cramer 89%
Gilbert Gutknecht 89%
William Lewis Jenkins 89%
Mark Kirk 89%
Ray LaHood 89%
Pete Hoekstra 88%
William Janklow 88%
J. Gresham Barrett 87%
Charlie Bass 87%
Douglas Bereuter 87%
Ginny Brown-Waite 87%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito Republican 87%
Calvin Dooley 87%
Vern Ehlers 87%
Peter Fitzgerald 87%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 87%
Mark Green 87%
Charles Hagel 87%
John Hostettler 87%
Steve LaTourette 87%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 87%
Ed Royce 87%
Arlen Specter 87%
Howard Coble 86%
AK U.S. Senate - Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 86%
Ben Nelson 86%
Gordon Smith 86%
Nick Smith 86%
John Breaux 83%
John Duncan, Jr. 83%
Lindsey Graham 83%
Duncan Hunter 83%
Pete King 83%
Ken Lucas 83%
Jeff Miller 83%
Charles Stenholm 83%
John Sununu 83%
Frank Wolf 83%
Wayne Gilchrest 82%
Richard Shelby 82%
Sherwood Boehlert 80%
Jo Ann Davis 80%
Christopher John 80%
Jack Quinn 80%
Dana Rohrabacher 80%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 80%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 80%
Nancy Johnson 79%
Tim Johnson 79%
Jim Saxton 79%
John Sweeney 79%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 78%
Judd Gregg 78%
Mary Landrieu 78%
Blanche Lincoln 78%
Joel Hefley 77%
Sue Kelly 77%
Tom Petri 77%
Christopher Shays 77%
Tom Tancredo 77%
Mike Castle 76%
Max Baucus 74%
Brad Carson 72%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 71%
Tom Carper 70%
Kent Conrad 70%
Lincoln Davis 70%
Walter Jones, Jr. 70%
James Leach 70%
Frank LoBiondo 70%
Jim Matheson 70%
Collin Peterson 70%
John Tanner 70%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 69%
John McHugh 68%
Rodney Alexander 67%
Jeff Flake 67%
James Turner 66%
Olympia Snowe 65%
Chet Edwards 64%
Byron Dorgan 61%
State Office Name Party Rating
Terry Everett 90%
Michael Ferguson 90%
Jeb Hensarling 90%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 90%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran R 90%
James Nussle 90%
John Peterson 90%
Todd Platts 90%
James Ramstad 90%
Richard Renzi 90%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 90%
John Shadegg 90%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 90%
John Shimkus 90%
Cliff Stearns 90%
Charles Taylor 90%
Pat Toomey 90%
Zach Wamp 90%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 89%
Robert Cramer 89%
Gilbert Gutknecht 89%
William Lewis Jenkins 89%
Mark Kirk 89%
Ray LaHood 89%
Pete Hoekstra 88%
William Janklow 88%
J. Gresham Barrett 87%
Charlie Bass 87%
Douglas Bereuter 87%
Ginny Brown-Waite 87%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito R 87%
Calvin Dooley 87%
Vern Ehlers 87%
Peter Fitzgerald 87%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 87%
Mark Green 87%
Charles Hagel 87%
John Hostettler 87%
Steve LaTourette 87%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 87%
Ed Royce 87%
Arlen Specter 87%
Howard Coble 86%
AK U.S. Senate - Sr Lisa Murkowski R 86%
Ben Nelson 86%
Gordon Smith 86%
Nick Smith 86%
John Breaux 83%
John Duncan, Jr. 83%
Lindsey Graham 83%
Duncan Hunter 83%
Pete King 83%
Ken Lucas 83%
Jeff Miller 83%
Charles Stenholm 83%
John Sununu 83%
Frank Wolf 83%
Wayne Gilchrest 82%
Richard Shelby 82%
Sherwood Boehlert 80%
Jo Ann Davis 80%
Christopher John 80%
Jack Quinn 80%
Dana Rohrabacher 80%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 80%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 80%
Nancy Johnson 79%
Tim Johnson 79%
Jim Saxton 79%
John Sweeney 79%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 78%
Judd Gregg 78%
Mary Landrieu 78%
Blanche Lincoln 78%
Joel Hefley 77%
Sue Kelly 77%
Tom Petri 77%
Christopher Shays 77%
Tom Tancredo 77%
Mike Castle 76%
Max Baucus 74%
Brad Carson 72%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 71%
Tom Carper 70%
Kent Conrad 70%
Lincoln Davis 70%
Walter Jones, Jr. 70%
James Leach 70%
Frank LoBiondo 70%
Jim Matheson 70%
Collin Peterson 70%
John Tanner 70%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 69%
John McHugh 68%
Rodney Alexander 67%
Jeff Flake 67%
James Turner 66%
Olympia Snowe 65%
Chet Edwards 64%
Byron Dorgan 61%
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