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State Office Name Party Rating
James Ramstad 20%
Ralph Regula 20%
Ted Stevens 20%
Fred Thompson 20%
James Traficant, Jr. 20%
John Warner 20%
George Allen 15%
Roscoe Bartlett 15%
Mary Bono Mack 15%
Ben Campbell 15%
Thad Cochran 15%
Thomas Davis III 15%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 15%
Peter Fitzgerald 15%
Paul Gillmor 15%
Lindsey Graham 15%
David Lee Hobson 15%
John Hostettler 15%
Tim Johnson 15%
Ray LaHood 15%
Dick Lugar 15%
John McHugh 15%
Deborah Pryce 15%
Jim Saxton 15%
John Sweeney 15%
William Thomas 15%
George Voinovich 15%
Zach Wamp 15%
W. Curtis Weldon 15%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 10%
Douglas Bereuter 10%
Michael Bilirakis 10%
Kit Bond 10%
Conrad Burns 10%
Richard Burr 10%
Howard Coble 10%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 10%
David Dreier 10%
John Duncan, Jr. 10%
Jennifer Dunn 10%
Vern Ehlers 10%
Philip English 10%
Mike Enzi 10%
William Frist 10%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 10%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 10%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 10%
Kay Hutchison 10%
Jim Inhofe 10%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa Republican 10%
Walter Jones, Jr. 10%
Mark Kennedy 10%
Pete King 10%
Dan Miller 10%
Robert William Ney 10%
Don Nickles 10%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 10%
Richard Pombo 10%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers Republican 10%
Dana Rohrabacher 10%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 10%
Rick Santorum 10%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 10%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Mark Souder 10%
Charles Taylor 10%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 10%
Fred Upton 10%
Greg Walden 10%
James Walsh 10%
Frank Wolf 10%
Todd Akin 5%
Wayne Allard 5%
Bob Barr, Jr. 5%
Joe Barton 5%
Bob Bennett 5%
Roy Blunt 5%
Dan Burton 5%
Steve Chabot 5%
Michael Collins 5%
Christopher Cox 5%
Barbara Cubin 5%
Randall Cunningham 5%
Jo Ann Davis 5%
Nathan Deal 5%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 5%
Jo Ann Emerson 5%
Terry Everett 5%
Jeff Flake 5%
George Gekas 5%
Jim Gibbons 5%
William Phillip Gramm 5%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 5%
MO U.S. House - 6 Sam Graves Republican 5%
James Hansen 5%
Melissa Hart 5%
Orrin Hatch 5%
Robert Hayes 5%
State Office Name Party Rating
James Ramstad 20%
Ralph Regula 20%
Ted Stevens 20%
Fred Thompson 20%
James Traficant, Jr. 20%
John Warner 20%
George Allen 15%
Roscoe Bartlett 15%
Mary Bono Mack 15%
Ben Campbell 15%
Thad Cochran 15%
Thomas Davis III 15%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 15%
Peter Fitzgerald 15%
Paul Gillmor 15%
Lindsey Graham 15%
David Lee Hobson 15%
John Hostettler 15%
Tim Johnson 15%
Ray LaHood 15%
Dick Lugar 15%
John McHugh 15%
Deborah Pryce 15%
Jim Saxton 15%
John Sweeney 15%
William Thomas 15%
George Voinovich 15%
Zach Wamp 15%
W. Curtis Weldon 15%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 10%
Douglas Bereuter 10%
Michael Bilirakis 10%
Kit Bond 10%
Conrad Burns 10%
Richard Burr 10%
Howard Coble 10%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 10%
David Dreier 10%
John Duncan, Jr. 10%
Jennifer Dunn 10%
Vern Ehlers 10%
Philip English 10%
Mike Enzi 10%
William Frist 10%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 10%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 10%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 10%
Kay Hutchison 10%
Jim Inhofe 10%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa R 10%
Walter Jones, Jr. 10%
Mark Kennedy 10%
Pete King 10%
Dan Miller 10%
Robert William Ney 10%
Don Nickles 10%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 10%
Richard Pombo 10%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers R 10%
Dana Rohrabacher 10%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 10%
Rick Santorum 10%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 10%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Mark Souder 10%
Charles Taylor 10%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune R 10%
Fred Upton 10%
Greg Walden 10%
James Walsh 10%
Frank Wolf 10%
Todd Akin 5%
Wayne Allard 5%
Bob Barr, Jr. 5%
Joe Barton 5%
Bob Bennett 5%
Roy Blunt 5%
Dan Burton 5%
Steve Chabot 5%
Michael Collins 5%
Christopher Cox 5%
Barbara Cubin 5%
Randall Cunningham 5%
Jo Ann Davis 5%
Nathan Deal 5%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 5%
Jo Ann Emerson 5%
Terry Everett 5%
Jeff Flake 5%
George Gekas 5%
Jim Gibbons 5%
William Phillip Gramm 5%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 5%
MO U.S. House - 6 Sam Graves R 5%
James Hansen 5%
Melissa Hart 5%
Orrin Hatch 5%
Robert Hayes 5%
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