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State Office Name Party Rating
Ed Whitfield 100%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
Frank Wolf 100%
Bill Young 100%
Wayne Allard 80%
John Ashcroft 80%
Spencer Bachus 80%
Joe Barton 80%
Ben Campbell 80%
Thomas Campbell 80%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 80%
Dan Coats 80%
Thomas Coburn 80%
Christopher Cox 80%
Philip Crane 80%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 80%
Barbara Cubin 80%
Alfonse D'Amato 80%
Mike Enzi 80%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 80%
John Ganske 80%
William Phillip Gramm 80%
Rodney Grams 80%
Jesse Helms 80%
Duncan Hunter 80%
Henry Hyde 80%
Jim Inhofe 80%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 80%
Scott Klug 80%
Jon Kyl 80%
Stephen Largent 80%
Bill McCollum 80%
David McIntosh 80%
Ron Paul 80%
Richard Pombo 80%
Dana Rohrabacher 80%
Matt Salmon 80%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 80%
Joe Scarborough 80%
John Shadegg 80%
E.G. Shuster 80%
Bob Smith 80%
Olympia Snowe 80%
Craig Thomas 80%
Fred Thompson 80%
David Weldon 80%
James Merrill Jeffords 75%
Howard Berman 67%
Willie Hefner 67%
Max Baucus 60%
Joe Biden, Jr. 60%
Brian Bilbray 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
John Breaux 60%
Richard Bryan 60%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 60%
Calvin Dooley 60%
Thomas Ewing 60%
Jon David Fox 60%
Robert Franks 60%
Daniel Graham 60%
Tom Harkin 60%
Jane Harman 60%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60%
Nancy Johnson 60%
Sue Kelly 60%
Herb Kohl 60%
Ray LaHood 60%
Steve LaTourette 60%
Mary Landrieu 60%
Rick Lazio 60%
Jerry Lewis 60%
Mike McIntyre 60%
David Minge 60%
Carol Moseley Braun 60%
Robert William Ney 60%
Michael Pappas 60%
Collin Peterson 60%
Tom Petri 60%
Owen Pickett 60%
Ralph Regula 60%
Marge Roukema 60%
Jim Saxton 60%
Christopher Shays 60%
Linda Smith 60%
John Tanner 60%
James Walsh 60%
W. Curtis Weldon 60%
Henry Gonzalez 50%
Ciro Rodriguez 50%
Neil Abercrombie 40%
Gary Ackerman 40%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 40%
Thomas Allen 40%
Rob Andrews 40%
Henry Scott Baesler 40%
John Baldacci 40%
James Barcia 40%
Tom Barrett 40%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 40%
State Office Name Party Rating
Ed Whitfield 100%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker R 100%
Frank Wolf 100%
Bill Young 100%
Wayne Allard 80%
John Ashcroft 80%
Spencer Bachus 80%
Joe Barton 80%
Ben Campbell 80%
Thomas Campbell 80%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 80%
Dan Coats 80%
Thomas Coburn 80%
Christopher Cox 80%
Philip Crane 80%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 80%
Barbara Cubin 80%
Alfonse D'Amato 80%
Mike Enzi 80%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 80%
John Ganske 80%
William Phillip Gramm 80%
Rodney Grams 80%
Jesse Helms 80%
Duncan Hunter 80%
Henry Hyde 80%
Jim Inhofe 80%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 80%
Scott Klug 80%
Jon Kyl 80%
Stephen Largent 80%
Bill McCollum 80%
David McIntosh 80%
Ron Paul 80%
Richard Pombo 80%
Dana Rohrabacher 80%
Matt Salmon 80%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 80%
Joe Scarborough 80%
John Shadegg 80%
E.G. Shuster 80%
Bob Smith 80%
Olympia Snowe 80%
Craig Thomas 80%
Fred Thompson 80%
David Weldon 80%
James Merrill Jeffords 75%
Howard Berman 67%
Willie Hefner 67%
Max Baucus 60%
Joe Biden, Jr. 60%
Brian Bilbray 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
John Breaux 60%
Richard Bryan 60%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 60%
Calvin Dooley 60%
Thomas Ewing 60%
Jon David Fox 60%
Robert Franks 60%
Daniel Graham 60%
Tom Harkin 60%
Jane Harman 60%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60%
Nancy Johnson 60%
Sue Kelly 60%
Herb Kohl 60%
Ray LaHood 60%
Steve LaTourette 60%
Mary Landrieu 60%
Rick Lazio 60%
Jerry Lewis 60%
Mike McIntyre 60%
David Minge 60%
Carol Moseley Braun 60%
Robert William Ney 60%
Michael Pappas 60%
Collin Peterson 60%
Tom Petri 60%
Owen Pickett 60%
Ralph Regula 60%
Marge Roukema 60%
Jim Saxton 60%
Christopher Shays 60%
Linda Smith 60%
John Tanner 60%
James Walsh 60%
W. Curtis Weldon 60%
Henry Gonzalez 50%
Ciro Rodriguez 50%
Neil Abercrombie 40%
Gary Ackerman 40%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 40%
Thomas Allen 40%
Rob Andrews 40%
Henry Scott Baesler 40%
John Baldacci 40%
James Barcia 40%
Tom Barrett 40%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 40%
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