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State Office Name Party Rating
Robert Franks 63%
Wayne Gilchrest 63%
Paul Kanjorski 63%
Sue Kelly 63%
Dale Kildee 63%
Ronald Klink 63%
James Kolbe 63%
John LaFalce 63%
Steve LaTourette 63%
Rick Lazio 63%
Owen Pickett 63%
John Edward Porter 63%
James Ramstad 63%
Norman Sisisky 63%
Ted Strickland 63%
Bart Stupak 63%
Arlen Specter 60%
Silvestre Reyes 57%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
John Breaux 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
Thomas Davis III 50%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 50%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 50%
Michael Patrick Forbes 50%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
Jack Murtha 50%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
Nick Rahall II 50%
Timothy Roemer 50%
Marge Roukema 50%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
John Tanner 50%
James Turner 50%
Fred Upton 50%
Pete Visclosky 50%
Robert Cramer 43%
Mark Foley 43%
Tony Hall 43%
Ernest Hollings 40%
James Barcia 38%
Merrill Cook 38%
Patsy Ann Danner 38%
Vern Ehlers 38%
Tim Holden 38%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 38%
William Lipinski 38%
Frank Mascara 38%
Mike McIntyre 38%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 38%
Gene Taylor 38%
W. Curtis Weldon 38%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 33%
Kit Bond 33%
William Frist 33%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 33%
John McCain III 33%
William Roth, Jr. 33%
John Warner 33%
Christopher John 29%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 29%
Deborah Pryce 29%
Charlie Bass 25%
Douglas Bereuter 25%
Henry Bonilla 25%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert Republican 25%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 25%
Thomas Ewing 25%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 25%
Elton Gallegly 25%
Kay Granger 25%
Ralph Hall 25%
David Lee Hobson 25%
Jerry Lewis 25%
Frank LoBiondo 25%
John McHugh 25%
Dan Miller 25%
Alan Mollohan 25%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 25%
Michael Oxley 25%
Edward Pease 25%
Collin Peterson 25%
Ralph Regula 25%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 25%
Jim Saxton 25%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 25%
Ike Skelton 25%
Nick Smith 25%
Charles Stenholm 25%
William Thomas 25%
James Walsh 25%
Gerald Weller 25%
State Office Name Party Rating
Robert Franks 63%
Wayne Gilchrest 63%
Paul Kanjorski 63%
Sue Kelly 63%
Dale Kildee 63%
Ronald Klink 63%
James Kolbe 63%
John LaFalce 63%
Steve LaTourette 63%
Rick Lazio 63%
Owen Pickett 63%
John Edward Porter 63%
James Ramstad 63%
Norman Sisisky 63%
Ted Strickland 63%
Bart Stupak 63%
Arlen Specter 60%
Silvestre Reyes 57%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
John Breaux 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
Thomas Davis III 50%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 50%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 50%
Michael Patrick Forbes 50%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 50%
Bart Gordon 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
Jack Murtha 50%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
Nick Rahall II 50%
Timothy Roemer 50%
Marge Roukema 50%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
Olympia Snowe 50%
John Tanner 50%
James Turner 50%
Fred Upton 50%
Pete Visclosky 50%
Robert Cramer 43%
Mark Foley 43%
Tony Hall 43%
Ernest Hollings 40%
James Barcia 38%
Merrill Cook 38%
Patsy Ann Danner 38%
Vern Ehlers 38%
Tim Holden 38%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 38%
William Lipinski 38%
Frank Mascara 38%
Mike McIntyre 38%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 38%
Gene Taylor 38%
W. Curtis Weldon 38%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 33%
Kit Bond 33%
William Frist 33%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 33%
John McCain III 33%
William Roth, Jr. 33%
John Warner 33%
Christopher John 29%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 29%
Deborah Pryce 29%
Charlie Bass 25%
Douglas Bereuter 25%
Henry Bonilla 25%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert R 25%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 25%
Thomas Ewing 25%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 25%
Elton Gallegly 25%
Kay Granger 25%
Ralph Hall 25%
David Lee Hobson 25%
Jerry Lewis 25%
Frank LoBiondo 25%
John McHugh 25%
Dan Miller 25%
Alan Mollohan 25%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 25%
Michael Oxley 25%
Edward Pease 25%
Collin Peterson 25%
Ralph Regula 25%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 25%
Jim Saxton 25%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 25%
Ike Skelton 25%
Nick Smith 25%
Charles Stenholm 25%
William Thomas 25%
James Walsh 25%
Gerald Weller 25%
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