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State Office Name Party Rating
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 15%
Steve Chabot 15%
Howard Coble 15%
Thomas Davis III 15%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 15%
Michael Patrick Forbes 15%
Gary Franks 15%
Paul Gillmor 15%
Slade Gorton 15%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 15%
Ralph Hall 15%
John Kasich 15%
Steve LaTourette 15%
Rick Lazio 15%
Frank Murkowski 15%
Mark Neumann 15%
Ralph Regula 15%
Dana Rohrabacher 15%
Ed Royce 15%
Rick Santorum 15%
Jim Saxton 15%
Zach Wamp 15%
W. Curtis Weldon 15%
Wayne Allard 10%
Kit Bond 10%
Dan Burton 10%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 10%
William Clinger 10%
Dan Coats 10%
Thomas Coburn 10%
Randall Cunningham 10%
Robert Dornan 10%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 10%
Philip English 10%
Harris Fawell 10%
Mark Foley 10%
Tillie Fowler 10%
Dan Frisa 10%
Pete Geren 10%
William Goodling 10%
Porter Goss 10%
Enid Greene 10%
Steven Gunderson 10%
Joel Hefley 10%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 10%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
Martin Hoke 10%
Duncan Hunter 10%
Henry Hyde 10%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 10%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 10%
Sue Kelly 10%
Ray LaHood 10%
Stephen Largent 10%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. Republican 10%
John McHugh 10%
Dan Miller 10%
G.V. Montgomery 10%
Sue Myrick 10%
Robert William Ney 10%
Rob Portman 10%
Frank Riggs 10%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers Republican 10%
William Roth, Jr. 10%
Matt Salmon 10%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 10%
Joe Scarborough 10%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Lamar Smith 10%
Nick Smith 10%
Mark Souder 10%
James Talent 10%
Fred Upton 10%
Robert Walker 10%
Bill Archer 5%
John Ashcroft 5%
Spencer Bachus 5%
William Baker 5%
Bob Barr, Jr. 5%
Bob Bennett 5%
Michael Bilirakis 5%
Hank Brown 5%
Sam Brownback 5%
Jim Bunning 5%
Conrad Burns 5%
Richard Burr 5%
Steve Buyer 5%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 5%
Jon Lynn Christensen 5%
Dick Chrysler 5%
Thad Cochran 5%
Michael Collins 5%
Paul Coverdell 5%
Christopher Cox 5%
Nathan Deal 5%
Robert Dole 5%
John Doolittle 5%
John Ensign 5%
Terry Everett 5%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 5%
State Office Name Party Rating
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 15%
Steve Chabot 15%
Howard Coble 15%
Thomas Davis III 15%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 15%
Michael Patrick Forbes 15%
Gary Franks 15%
Paul Gillmor 15%
Slade Gorton 15%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 15%
Ralph Hall 15%
John Kasich 15%
Steve LaTourette 15%
Rick Lazio 15%
Frank Murkowski 15%
Mark Neumann 15%
Ralph Regula 15%
Dana Rohrabacher 15%
Ed Royce 15%
Rick Santorum 15%
Jim Saxton 15%
Zach Wamp 15%
W. Curtis Weldon 15%
Wayne Allard 10%
Kit Bond 10%
Dan Burton 10%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 10%
William Clinger 10%
Dan Coats 10%
Thomas Coburn 10%
Randall Cunningham 10%
Robert Dornan 10%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 10%
Philip English 10%
Harris Fawell 10%
Mark Foley 10%
Tillie Fowler 10%
Dan Frisa 10%
Pete Geren 10%
William Goodling 10%
Porter Goss 10%
Enid Greene 10%
Steven Gunderson 10%
Joel Hefley 10%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 10%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
Martin Hoke 10%
Duncan Hunter 10%
Henry Hyde 10%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 10%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 10%
Sue Kelly 10%
Ray LaHood 10%
Stephen Largent 10%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. R 10%
John McHugh 10%
Dan Miller 10%
G.V. Montgomery 10%
Sue Myrick 10%
Robert William Ney 10%
Rob Portman 10%
Frank Riggs 10%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers R 10%
William Roth, Jr. 10%
Matt Salmon 10%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 10%
Joe Scarborough 10%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Lamar Smith 10%
Nick Smith 10%
Mark Souder 10%
James Talent 10%
Fred Upton 10%
Robert Walker 10%
Bill Archer 5%
John Ashcroft 5%
Spencer Bachus 5%
William Baker 5%
Bob Barr, Jr. 5%
Bob Bennett 5%
Michael Bilirakis 5%
Hank Brown 5%
Sam Brownback 5%
Jim Bunning 5%
Conrad Burns 5%
Richard Burr 5%
Steve Buyer 5%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 5%
Jon Lynn Christensen 5%
Dick Chrysler 5%
Thad Cochran 5%
Michael Collins 5%
Paul Coverdell 5%
Christopher Cox 5%
Nathan Deal 5%
Robert Dole 5%
John Doolittle 5%
John Ensign 5%
Terry Everett 5%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 5%
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