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State Office Name Party Rating
Ron Lewis 43%
John Linder 43%
James McCrery III 43%
Scott McInnis 43%
Buck McKeon 43%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 43%
Anne Northup 43%
Thomas William Osborne 43%
Doug Ose 43%
Butch Otter 43%
John Peterson 43%
Rob Portman 43%
Deborah Pryce 43%
James Ramstad 43%
Ralph Regula 43%
Denny Rehberg 43%
Thomas Reynolds 43%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers Republican 43%
Mike Rogers 43%
Jim Ryun 43%
Edward Schrock 43%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 43%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 43%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson Republican 43%
Joseph Skeen 43%
Lamar Smith 43%
Bob Stump 43%
Gene Taylor 43%
Lee Terry 43%
David Vitter 43%
Greg Walden 43%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 43%
Ed Whitfield 43%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker Republican 43%
Heather Wilson 43%
Bill Young 43%
Joe Barton 40%
Dan Burton 40%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 40%
Randy Forbes 40%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 40%
Michael Oxley 40%
Donald Young 40%
George Allen 36%
Mike Enzi 36%
Orrin Hatch 36%
Jim Inhofe 36%
Richard Shelby 36%
John Warner 36%
John Cooksey 33%
John Culberson 33%
Thomas Davis III 33%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 33%
Wayne Gilchrest 33%
Kay Granger 33%
John Hostettler 33%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 33%
Jerry Lewis 33%
George Radanovich 33%
Bob Riley 33%
Mac Thornberry 33%
Todd Tiahrt 33%
Pat Tiberi 33%
Pat Toomey 33%
James Walsh 33%
Zach Wamp 33%
Wesley Watkins 33%
Frank Murkowski 30%
Todd Akin 29%
Steve Chabot 29%
Joel Hefley 29%
Pete Hoekstra 29%
Walter Jones, Jr. 29%
Gary Miller 29%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 29%
Christopher Shays 29%
Charles Stenholm 29%
Charles Taylor 29%
William Thomas 29%
David Weldon 29%
Sam Brownback 27%
Ben Campbell 27%
Thad Cochran 27%
Larry Craig 27%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 27%
Pat Roberts 27%
George Voinovich 27%
Barbara Cubin 25%
Kay Hutchison 25%
Jeff Sessions III 20%
John Ensign 18%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 18%
Rick Santorum 18%
Fred Thompson 18%
Ed Royce 17%
Cass Ballenger 14%
Christopher Cox 14%
Thomas DeLay 14%
James DeMint 14%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 14%
State Office Name Party Rating
Ron Lewis 43%
John Linder 43%
James McCrery III 43%
Scott McInnis 43%
Buck McKeon 43%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 43%
Anne Northup 43%
Thomas William Osborne 43%
Doug Ose 43%
Butch Otter 43%
John Peterson 43%
Rob Portman 43%
Deborah Pryce 43%
James Ramstad 43%
Ralph Regula 43%
Denny Rehberg 43%
Thomas Reynolds 43%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers R 43%
Mike Rogers 43%
Jim Ryun 43%
Edward Schrock 43%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 43%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 43%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson R 43%
Joseph Skeen 43%
Lamar Smith 43%
Bob Stump 43%
Gene Taylor 43%
Lee Terry 43%
David Vitter 43%
Greg Walden 43%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 43%
Ed Whitfield 43%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker R 43%
Heather Wilson 43%
Bill Young 43%
Joe Barton 40%
Dan Burton 40%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 40%
Randy Forbes 40%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 40%
Michael Oxley 40%
Donald Young 40%
George Allen 36%
Mike Enzi 36%
Orrin Hatch 36%
Jim Inhofe 36%
Richard Shelby 36%
John Warner 36%
John Cooksey 33%
John Culberson 33%
Thomas Davis III 33%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 33%
Wayne Gilchrest 33%
Kay Granger 33%
John Hostettler 33%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 33%
Jerry Lewis 33%
George Radanovich 33%
Bob Riley 33%
Mac Thornberry 33%
Todd Tiahrt 33%
Pat Tiberi 33%
Pat Toomey 33%
James Walsh 33%
Zach Wamp 33%
Wesley Watkins 33%
Frank Murkowski 30%
Todd Akin 29%
Steve Chabot 29%
Joel Hefley 29%
Pete Hoekstra 29%
Walter Jones, Jr. 29%
Gary Miller 29%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 29%
Christopher Shays 29%
Charles Stenholm 29%
Charles Taylor 29%
William Thomas 29%
David Weldon 29%
Sam Brownback 27%
Ben Campbell 27%
Thad Cochran 27%
Larry Craig 27%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 27%
Pat Roberts 27%
George Voinovich 27%
Barbara Cubin 25%
Kay Hutchison 25%
Jeff Sessions III 20%
John Ensign 18%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 18%
Rick Santorum 18%
Fred Thompson 18%
Ed Royce 17%
Cass Ballenger 14%
Christopher Cox 14%
Thomas DeLay 14%
James DeMint 14%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 14%
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