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State Office Name Party Rating
John Kuhl, Jr. 15%
Steve LaTourette 15%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran Republican 15%
Robert William Ney 15%
Butch Otter 15%
Deborah Pryce 15%
Richard Renzi 15%
James Talent 15%
William Thomas 15%
David Vitter 15%
George Voinovich 15%
W. Curtis Weldon 15%
Rob Bishop 10%
Ginny Brown-Waite 10%
Sam Brownback 10%
Conrad Burns 10%
Dave Camp 10%
Howard Coble 10%
TX U.S. Senate - Sr John Cornyn Republican 10%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
Jo Ann Davis 10%
Mike Enzi 10%
Jim Gibbons 10%
Charles Hagel 10%
Katherine Harris 10%
Bobby Jindal 10%
Ron Lewis 10%
Dick Lugar 10%
John McCain III 10%
Tim Murphy 10%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 10%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 10%
Denny Rehberg 10%
Dave Reichert 10%
AL U.S. House - 3 Mike Rogers Republican 10%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 10%
Rick Santorum 10%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Richard Shelby 10%
John Shimkus 10%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson Republican 10%
Cliff Stearns 10%
John Sununu 10%
Craig Thomas 10%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 10%
Fred Upton 10%
John Warner 10%
Ed Whitfield 10%
Lamar Alexander 5%
George Allen 5%
Spencer Bachus 5%
Roscoe Bartlett 5%
Bob Bennett 5%
Michael Bilirakis 5%
Jim Bunning 5%
Richard Burr 5%
Saxby Chambliss 5%
Thomas Coburn 5%
Ander Crenshaw 5%
Barbara Cubin 5%
Thomas Davis III 5%
James DeMint 5%
Nathan Deal 5%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 5%
FL U.S. House - 26 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 5%
Elizabeth Dole 5%
Thelma Drake 5%
John Duncan, Jr. 5%
Philip English 5%
John Ensign 5%
Michael Ferguson 5%
Randy Forbes 5%
Jeff Fortenberry 5%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 5%
NC U.S. House - 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 5%
Trent Franks 5%
Scott Garrett 5%
Bob Goodlatte 5%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 5%
Judd Gregg 5%
Ralph Hall 5%
Melissa Hart 5%
Doc Hastings 5%
Orrin Hatch 5%
Joel Hefley 5%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Henry Hyde 5%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 5%
Jim Inhofe 5%
Johnny Isakson 5%
Richard Keller 5%
Mark Kennedy 5%
Jon Kyl 5%
Ray LaHood 5%
Tom Latham 5%
Trent Lott, Sr. 5%
Connie Mack IV 5%
Melquiades Martinez 5%
TX U.S. House - 10 Michael McCaul Republican 5%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. Republican 5%
State Office Name Party Rating
John Kuhl, Jr. 15%
Steve LaTourette 15%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran R 15%
Robert William Ney 15%
Butch Otter 15%
Deborah Pryce 15%
Richard Renzi 15%
James Talent 15%
William Thomas 15%
David Vitter 15%
George Voinovich 15%
W. Curtis Weldon 15%
Rob Bishop 10%
Ginny Brown-Waite 10%
Sam Brownback 10%
Conrad Burns 10%
Dave Camp 10%
Howard Coble 10%
TX U.S. Senate - Sr John Cornyn R 10%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 10%
Jo Ann Davis 10%
Mike Enzi 10%
Jim Gibbons 10%
Charles Hagel 10%
Katherine Harris 10%
Bobby Jindal 10%
Ron Lewis 10%
Dick Lugar 10%
John McCain III 10%
Tim Murphy 10%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 10%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 10%
Denny Rehberg 10%
Dave Reichert 10%
AL U.S. House - 3 Mike Rogers R 10%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 10%
Rick Santorum 10%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Richard Shelby 10%
John Shimkus 10%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson R 10%
Cliff Stearns 10%
John Sununu 10%
Craig Thomas 10%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune R 10%
Fred Upton 10%
John Warner 10%
Ed Whitfield 10%
Lamar Alexander 5%
George Allen 5%
Spencer Bachus 5%
Roscoe Bartlett 5%
Bob Bennett 5%
Michael Bilirakis 5%
Jim Bunning 5%
Richard Burr 5%
Saxby Chambliss 5%
Thomas Coburn 5%
Ander Crenshaw 5%
Barbara Cubin 5%
Thomas Davis III 5%
James DeMint 5%
Nathan Deal 5%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 5%
FL U.S. House - 26 Mario Diaz-Balart R 5%
Elizabeth Dole 5%
Thelma Drake 5%
John Duncan, Jr. 5%
Philip English 5%
John Ensign 5%
Michael Ferguson 5%
Randy Forbes 5%
Jeff Fortenberry 5%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 5%
NC U.S. House - 5 Virginia Foxx R 5%
Trent Franks 5%
Scott Garrett 5%
Bob Goodlatte 5%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 5%
Judd Gregg 5%
Ralph Hall 5%
Melissa Hart 5%
Doc Hastings 5%
Orrin Hatch 5%
Joel Hefley 5%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Henry Hyde 5%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 5%
Jim Inhofe 5%
Johnny Isakson 5%
Richard Keller 5%
Mark Kennedy 5%
Jon Kyl 5%
Ray LaHood 5%
Tom Latham 5%
Trent Lott, Sr. 5%
Connie Mack IV 5%
Melquiades Martinez 5%
TX U.S. House - 10 Michael McCaul R 5%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. R 5%
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