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State Office Name Party Rating
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 60%
Greg Walden 60%
James Walsh 60%
Ed Whitfield 60%
Donald Young 60%
Charlie Bass 59%
Jeb Bradley 59%
Henry Brown, Jr. 59%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert Republican 59%
Mark Foley 59%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 59%
James Greenwood 59%
David Lee Hobson 59%
Pete King 59%
Joseph Knollenberg 59%
James Kolbe 59%
Buck McKeon 59%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 59%
Robert William Ney 59%
Thomas William Osborne 59%
Doug Ose 59%
John Peterson 59%
Deborah Pryce 59%
Ralph Regula 59%
Christopher Shays 59%
Bill Shuster 59%
Lamar Smith 59%
Mac Thornberry 59%
OH U.S. House - 10 Mike Turner Republican 59%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker Republican 59%
Bill Young 59%
Judy Biggert 58%
Thomas Davis III 58%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 58%
Jim Gerlach 58%
Duncan Hunter 58%
Mark Kirk 58%
Jerry Lewis 58%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas Republican 58%
AL U.S. House - 3 Mike Rogers Republican 58%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 58%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson Republican 58%
Fred Upton 58%
Vern Ehlers 57%
Paul Gillmor 57%
William Janklow 57%
Sue Kelly 57%
Tom Latham 57%
Frank LoBiondo 57%
Candice Miller 57%
Randy Neugebauer 57%
Richard Renzi 57%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 57%
Frank Wolf 57%
Ginny Brown-Waite 56%
Wayne Gilchrest 56%
Tim Johnson 56%
Steve LaTourette 56%
Todd Platts 56%
Jim Saxton 56%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 56%
W. Curtis Weldon 56%
Mary Bono Mack 55%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito Republican 55%
Anne Northup 55%
John Sweeney 55%
Heather Wilson 55%
Jo Ann Emerson 54%
Nancy Johnson 54%
Jack Quinn 54%
Douglas Bereuter 53%
Olympia Snowe 52%
Ray LaHood 51%
Mike Castle 50%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 49%
John McHugh 48%
Lincoln Chafee 46%
Ralph Hall 42%
Ben Nelson 42%
Gene Taylor 40%
James Leach 39%
John Tanner 37%
John Breaux 36%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 35%
Jerry Costello 34%
Ken Lucas 34%
Calvin Dooley 33%
Collin Peterson 33%
Mark Udall 33%
Max Baucus 32%
Christopher John 32%
John Conyers, Jr. 31%
Ron Kind 31%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 31%
Earl Blumenauer 30%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 30%
William Lipinski 30%
Jim Matheson 30%
Charles Stenholm 30%
State Office Name Party Rating
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 60%
Greg Walden 60%
James Walsh 60%
Ed Whitfield 60%
Donald Young 60%
Charlie Bass 59%
Jeb Bradley 59%
Henry Brown, Jr. 59%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert R 59%
Mark Foley 59%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 59%
James Greenwood 59%
David Lee Hobson 59%
Pete King 59%
Joseph Knollenberg 59%
James Kolbe 59%
Buck McKeon 59%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 59%
Robert William Ney 59%
Thomas William Osborne 59%
Doug Ose 59%
John Peterson 59%
Deborah Pryce 59%
Ralph Regula 59%
Christopher Shays 59%
Bill Shuster 59%
Lamar Smith 59%
Mac Thornberry 59%
OH U.S. House - 10 Mike Turner R 59%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker R 59%
Bill Young 59%
Judy Biggert 58%
Thomas Davis III 58%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 58%
Jim Gerlach 58%
Duncan Hunter 58%
Mark Kirk 58%
Jerry Lewis 58%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas R 58%
AL U.S. House - 3 Mike Rogers R 58%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 58%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson R 58%
Fred Upton 58%
Vern Ehlers 57%
Paul Gillmor 57%
William Janklow 57%
Sue Kelly 57%
Tom Latham 57%
Frank LoBiondo 57%
Candice Miller 57%
Randy Neugebauer 57%
Richard Renzi 57%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 57%
Frank Wolf 57%
Ginny Brown-Waite 56%
Wayne Gilchrest 56%
Tim Johnson 56%
Steve LaTourette 56%
Todd Platts 56%
Jim Saxton 56%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 56%
W. Curtis Weldon 56%
Mary Bono Mack 55%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito R 55%
Anne Northup 55%
John Sweeney 55%
Heather Wilson 55%
Jo Ann Emerson 54%
Nancy Johnson 54%
Jack Quinn 54%
Douglas Bereuter 53%
Olympia Snowe 52%
Ray LaHood 51%
Mike Castle 50%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 49%
John McHugh 48%
Lincoln Chafee 46%
Ralph Hall 42%
Ben Nelson 42%
Gene Taylor 40%
James Leach 39%
John Tanner 37%
John Breaux 36%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 35%
Jerry Costello 34%
Ken Lucas 34%
Calvin Dooley 33%
Collin Peterson 33%
Mark Udall 33%
Max Baucus 32%
Christopher John 32%
John Conyers, Jr. 31%
Ron Kind 31%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 31%
Earl Blumenauer 30%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 30%
William Lipinski 30%
Jim Matheson 30%
Charles Stenholm 30%
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