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State Office Name Party Rating
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 57%
Timothy Johnson 57%
Herb Kohl 57%
Marion Berry 50%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
Ben Campbell 50%
Brad Carson 50%
Robert Cramer 50%
James Davis 50%
Norm Dicks 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
John Hostettler 50%
Nicholas Lampson 50%
Mike McIntyre 50%
Jack Murtha 50%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
Ike Skelton 50%
Vic Snyder 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
James Turner 50%
John Ensign 43%
Peter Fitzgerald 43%
Mary Landrieu 43%
Blanche Lincoln 43%
John McCain III 43%
Gordon Smith 43%
Olympia Snowe 43%
Arlen Specter 43%
William Jefferson 40%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 33%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito Republican 33%
Calvin Dooley 33%
Harold Ford, Jr. 33%
Duncan Hunter 33%
Christopher John 33%
Don Manzullo 33%
Jim Moran, Jr. 33%
Collin Peterson 33%
Tom Petri 33%
John Tanner 33%
Gene Taylor 33%
Donald Young 30%
John Breaux 29%
Conrad Burns 29%
Judd Gregg 29%
Zell Bryan Miller 29%
Ben Nelson 29%
Jeff Sessions III 29%
Richard Shelby 29%
W. Curtis Weldon 25%
Michael Collins 20%
Cliff Stearns 20%
Roscoe Bartlett 17%
Sherwood Boehlert 17%
Howard Coble 17%
Jo Ann Davis 17%
Thomas Davis III 17%
John Duncan, Jr. 17%
Jo Ann Emerson 17%
Jeff Flake 17%
Elton Gallegly 17%
Jim Gibbons 17%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 17%
Lindsey Graham 17%
James Greenwood 17%
Gilbert Gutknecht 17%
Robert Hayes 17%
Baron Hill 17%
Pete Hoekstra 17%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 17%
Nancy Johnson 17%
Tim Johnson 17%
Walter Jones, Jr. 17%
Sue Kelly 17%
Mark Kirk 17%
James Kolbe 17%
Steve LaTourette 17%
Jerry Lewis 17%
Frank LoBiondo 17%
John McHugh 17%
Buck McKeon 17%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 17%
Mike Pence 17%
Richard Pombo 17%
Jack Quinn 17%
George Radanovich 17%
Ralph Regula 17%
Dana Rohrabacher 17%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 17%
Nick Smith 17%
Mark Souder 17%
Charles Stenholm 17%
Charles Taylor 17%
James Walsh 17%
SC U.S. House - 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 17%
Wayne Allard 14%
George Allen 14%
Kit Bond 14%
Jim Bunning 14%
Thad Cochran 14%
State Office Name Party Rating
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 57%
Timothy Johnson 57%
Herb Kohl 57%
Marion Berry 50%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 50%
Ben Campbell 50%
Brad Carson 50%
Robert Cramer 50%
James Davis 50%
Norm Dicks 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
John Hostettler 50%
Nicholas Lampson 50%
Mike McIntyre 50%
Jack Murtha 50%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
Ike Skelton 50%
Vic Snyder 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
James Turner 50%
John Ensign 43%
Peter Fitzgerald 43%
Mary Landrieu 43%
Blanche Lincoln 43%
John McCain III 43%
Gordon Smith 43%
Olympia Snowe 43%
Arlen Specter 43%
William Jefferson 40%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 33%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito R 33%
Calvin Dooley 33%
Harold Ford, Jr. 33%
Duncan Hunter 33%
Christopher John 33%
Don Manzullo 33%
Jim Moran, Jr. 33%
Collin Peterson 33%
Tom Petri 33%
John Tanner 33%
Gene Taylor 33%
Donald Young 30%
John Breaux 29%
Conrad Burns 29%
Judd Gregg 29%
Zell Bryan Miller 29%
Ben Nelson 29%
Jeff Sessions III 29%
Richard Shelby 29%
W. Curtis Weldon 25%
Michael Collins 20%
Cliff Stearns 20%
Roscoe Bartlett 17%
Sherwood Boehlert 17%
Howard Coble 17%
Jo Ann Davis 17%
Thomas Davis III 17%
John Duncan, Jr. 17%
Jo Ann Emerson 17%
Jeff Flake 17%
Elton Gallegly 17%
Jim Gibbons 17%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 17%
Lindsey Graham 17%
James Greenwood 17%
Gilbert Gutknecht 17%
Robert Hayes 17%
Baron Hill 17%
Pete Hoekstra 17%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 17%
Nancy Johnson 17%
Tim Johnson 17%
Walter Jones, Jr. 17%
Sue Kelly 17%
Mark Kirk 17%
James Kolbe 17%
Steve LaTourette 17%
Jerry Lewis 17%
Frank LoBiondo 17%
John McHugh 17%
Buck McKeon 17%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 17%
Mike Pence 17%
Richard Pombo 17%
Jack Quinn 17%
George Radanovich 17%
Ralph Regula 17%
Dana Rohrabacher 17%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 17%
Nick Smith 17%
Mark Souder 17%
Charles Stenholm 17%
Charles Taylor 17%
James Walsh 17%
SC U.S. House - 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 17%
Wayne Allard 14%
George Allen 14%
Kit Bond 14%
Jim Bunning 14%
Thad Cochran 14%
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