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State Office Name Party Rating
Dave Camp 20%
Steve Chabot 20%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 20%
Philip English 20%
Thomas Ewing 20%
Wayne Gilchrest 20%
Slade Gorton 20%
Henry Hyde 20%
John Kasich 20%
Ray LaHood 20%
Jerry Lewis 20%
Robert Livingston 20%
James McCrery III 20%
Dan Miller 20%
Robert William Ney 20%
Rob Portman 20%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 20%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 20%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 20%
Gene Taylor 20%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 15%
Charlie Bass 15%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 15%
Brian Bilbray 15%
Kit Bond 15%
Conrad Burns 15%
Thad Cochran 15%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 15%
George Gekas 15%
Gilbert Gutknecht 15%
Orrin Hatch 15%
Pete Hoekstra 15%
Kenny Hulshof 15%
Joseph McDade 15%
John McHugh 15%
David McIntosh 15%
Jack Metcalf 15%
Edward Pease 15%
Deborah Pryce 15%
Frank Riggs 15%
Pat Roberts 15%
Rick Santorum 15%
E.G. Shuster 15%
Linda Smith 15%
Nick Smith 15%
William Tauzin II 15%
Rick White 15%
Frank Wolf 15%
Cass Ballenger 10%
Joe Barton 10%
Bob Bennett 10%
Michael Bilirakis 10%
Roy Blunt 10%
Richard Burr 10%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 10%
Chris Cannon 10%
Dan Coats 10%
Larry Combest 10%
John Cooksey 10%
Paul Coverdell 10%
Christopher Cox 10%
John Duncan, Jr. 10%
Mike Enzi 10%
William Frist 10%
Paul Gillmor 10%
Bob Goodlatte 10%
William Goodling 10%
Porter Goss 10%
Judd Gregg 10%
Ralph Hall 10%
Asa Hutchinson 10%
Sam Johnson 10%
Jay Kim 10%
Joseph Knollenberg 10%
Tom Latham 10%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
Frank Murkowski 10%
Mark Neumann 10%
James Nussle 10%
Michael Oxley 10%
Michael Pappas 10%
Dana Rohrabacher 10%
William Roth, Jr. 10%
Ed Royce 10%
Matt Salmon 10%
Joe Scarborough 10%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
John Shimkus 10%
Cliff Stearns 10%
Craig Thomas 10%
William Thomas 10%
John Warner 10%
Bill Young 10%
Bill Archer 5%
Bob Barr, Jr. 5%
Bill Barrett 5%
Roscoe Bartlett 5%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 5%
Henry Bonilla 5%
Sonny Bono 5%
State Office Name Party Rating
Dave Camp 20%
Steve Chabot 20%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 20%
Philip English 20%
Thomas Ewing 20%
Wayne Gilchrest 20%
Slade Gorton 20%
Henry Hyde 20%
John Kasich 20%
Ray LaHood 20%
Jerry Lewis 20%
Robert Livingston 20%
James McCrery III 20%
Dan Miller 20%
Robert William Ney 20%
Rob Portman 20%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 20%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 20%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 20%
Gene Taylor 20%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 15%
Charlie Bass 15%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 15%
Brian Bilbray 15%
Kit Bond 15%
Conrad Burns 15%
Thad Cochran 15%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 15%
George Gekas 15%
Gilbert Gutknecht 15%
Orrin Hatch 15%
Pete Hoekstra 15%
Kenny Hulshof 15%
Joseph McDade 15%
John McHugh 15%
David McIntosh 15%
Jack Metcalf 15%
Edward Pease 15%
Deborah Pryce 15%
Frank Riggs 15%
Pat Roberts 15%
Rick Santorum 15%
E.G. Shuster 15%
Linda Smith 15%
Nick Smith 15%
William Tauzin II 15%
Rick White 15%
Frank Wolf 15%
Cass Ballenger 10%
Joe Barton 10%
Bob Bennett 10%
Michael Bilirakis 10%
Roy Blunt 10%
Richard Burr 10%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 10%
Chris Cannon 10%
Dan Coats 10%
Larry Combest 10%
John Cooksey 10%
Paul Coverdell 10%
Christopher Cox 10%
John Duncan, Jr. 10%
Mike Enzi 10%
William Frist 10%
Paul Gillmor 10%
Bob Goodlatte 10%
William Goodling 10%
Porter Goss 10%
Judd Gregg 10%
Ralph Hall 10%
Asa Hutchinson 10%
Sam Johnson 10%
Jay Kim 10%
Joseph Knollenberg 10%
Tom Latham 10%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran R 10%
Frank Murkowski 10%
Mark Neumann 10%
James Nussle 10%
Michael Oxley 10%
Michael Pappas 10%
Dana Rohrabacher 10%
William Roth, Jr. 10%
Ed Royce 10%
Matt Salmon 10%
Joe Scarborough 10%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
John Shimkus 10%
Cliff Stearns 10%
Craig Thomas 10%
William Thomas 10%
John Warner 10%
Bill Young 10%
Bill Archer 5%
Bob Barr, Jr. 5%
Bill Barrett 5%
Roscoe Bartlett 5%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 5%
Henry Bonilla 5%
Sonny Bono 5%
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