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State Office Name Party Rating
Alan Mollohan 78%
Jack Murtha 78%
Earl Pomeroy 78%
Mike Ross 78%
Vic Snyder 78%
John Spratt, Jr. 78%
Pete Visclosky 78%
David Wu 78%
Carolyn Maloney 76%
Marion Berry 72%
Calvin Dooley 72%
Ike Skelton 72%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 72%
James Turner 72%
Max Baucus 70%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
Ben Nelson 67%
John Breaux 64%
Christopher John 61%
Mike McIntyre 61%
Charles Stenholm 61%
John Tanner 61%
Zell Bryan Miller 58%
William Lipinski 56%
Collin Peterson 56%
Lincoln Chafee 48%
Arlen Specter 48%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 45%
Gordon Smith 45%
Robert Cramer 44%
James Leach 44%
Christopher Shays 44%
Gene Taylor 44%
Nancy Johnson 39%
Tim Johnson 39%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran Republican 39%
Ron Paul 39%
Richard Pombo 39%
James Ramstad 39%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 39%
Olympia Snowe 36%
Joe Barton 33%
Douglas Bereuter 33%
Judy Biggert 33%
Michael Bilirakis 33%
Sherwood Boehlert 33%
Ben Campbell 33%
Mike Castle 33%
Howard Coble 33%
Wayne Gilchrest 33%
Paul Gillmor 33%
Ralph Hall 33%
Joel Hefley 33%
Kenny Hulshof 33%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 33%
Walter Jones, Jr. 33%
Sue Kelly 33%
Mark Kennedy 33%
Mark Kirk 33%
Frank LoBiondo 33%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas Republican 33%
Ken Lucas 33%
John McHugh 33%
Thomas William Osborne 33%
Doug Ose 33%
Butch Otter 33%
Adam Putnam 33%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 33%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 33%
Nick Smith 33%
Mark Souder 33%
John Sweeney 33%
Pat Toomey 33%
Heather Wilson 33%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 30%
Peter Fitzgerald 30%
John Warner 30%
Todd Akin 28%
Roscoe Bartlett 28%
Roy Blunt 28%
Mary Bono Mack 28%
Richard Burr 28%
Eric Cantor 28%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito Republican 28%
Steve Chabot 28%
John Culberson 28%
Jo Ann Davis 28%
Thomas Davis III 28%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 28%
John Doolittle 28%
David Dreier 28%
John Duncan, Jr. 28%
Vern Ehlers 28%
Jo Ann Emerson 28%
Philip English 28%
Michael Ferguson 28%
Mark Foley 28%
Jim Gibbons 28%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 28%
State Office Name Party Rating
Alan Mollohan 78%
Jack Murtha 78%
Earl Pomeroy 78%
Mike Ross 78%
Vic Snyder 78%
John Spratt, Jr. 78%
Pete Visclosky 78%
David Wu 78%
Carolyn Maloney 76%
Marion Berry 72%
Calvin Dooley 72%
Ike Skelton 72%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 72%
James Turner 72%
Max Baucus 70%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
Ben Nelson 67%
John Breaux 64%
Christopher John 61%
Mike McIntyre 61%
Charles Stenholm 61%
John Tanner 61%
Zell Bryan Miller 58%
William Lipinski 56%
Collin Peterson 56%
Lincoln Chafee 48%
Arlen Specter 48%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 45%
Gordon Smith 45%
Robert Cramer 44%
James Leach 44%
Christopher Shays 44%
Gene Taylor 44%
Nancy Johnson 39%
Tim Johnson 39%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran R 39%
Ron Paul 39%
Richard Pombo 39%
James Ramstad 39%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 39%
Olympia Snowe 36%
Joe Barton 33%
Douglas Bereuter 33%
Judy Biggert 33%
Michael Bilirakis 33%
Sherwood Boehlert 33%
Ben Campbell 33%
Mike Castle 33%
Howard Coble 33%
Wayne Gilchrest 33%
Paul Gillmor 33%
Ralph Hall 33%
Joel Hefley 33%
Kenny Hulshof 33%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 33%
Walter Jones, Jr. 33%
Sue Kelly 33%
Mark Kennedy 33%
Mark Kirk 33%
Frank LoBiondo 33%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas R 33%
Ken Lucas 33%
John McHugh 33%
Thomas William Osborne 33%
Doug Ose 33%
Butch Otter 33%
Adam Putnam 33%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 33%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 33%
Nick Smith 33%
Mark Souder 33%
John Sweeney 33%
Pat Toomey 33%
Heather Wilson 33%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 30%
Peter Fitzgerald 30%
John Warner 30%
Todd Akin 28%
Roscoe Bartlett 28%
Roy Blunt 28%
Mary Bono Mack 28%
Richard Burr 28%
Eric Cantor 28%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito R 28%
Steve Chabot 28%
John Culberson 28%
Jo Ann Davis 28%
Thomas Davis III 28%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 28%
John Doolittle 28%
David Dreier 28%
John Duncan, Jr. 28%
Vern Ehlers 28%
Jo Ann Emerson 28%
Philip English 28%
Michael Ferguson 28%
Mark Foley 28%
Jim Gibbons 28%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 28%
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