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State Office Name Party Rating
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
John Duncan, Jr. 10%
Jo Ann Emerson 10%
Mike Enzi 10%
Judd Gregg 10%
KY U.S. House - 2 Brett Guthrie Republican 10%
Ralph Hall 10%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. Republican 10%
Erik Paulsen 10%
Tom Petri 10%
ID U.S. Senate - Jr James Risch Republican 10%
Mike Rogers 10%
Richard Shelby 10%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson Republican 10%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 10%
David Vitter 10%
Frank Wolf 10%
Donald Young 10%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 5%
Spencer Bachus 5%
WY U.S. Senate - Sr John Barrasso Republican 5%
Roscoe Bartlett 5%
Joe Barton 5%
FL U.S. House - 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 5%
Roy Blunt 5%
Charles Boustany, Jr. 5%
Sam Brownback 5%
Dan Burton 5%
Howard Coble 5%
Thomas Coburn 5%
CO Mayor - At-Large Michael Coffman Republican 5%
TX U.S. Senate - Sr John Cornyn Republican 5%
Ander Crenshaw 5%
Geoff Davis 5%
James DeMint 5%
David Dreier 5%
Jeff Fortenberry 5%
Elton Gallegly 5%
Phil Gingrey 5%
Dean Heller 5%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Jim Inhofe 5%
Johnny Isakson 5%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa Republican 5%
Lynn Jenkins 5%
Jack Kingston 5%
John Kline 5%
Jon Kyl 5%
Tom Latham 5%
Jerry Lewis 5%
Blaine Luetkemeyer 5%
Dan Lungren 5%
Don Manzullo 5%
Kenny Marchant 5%
Gary Miller 5%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran Republican 5%
Ron Paul 5%
Joe Pitts 5%
Ted Poe 5%
Adam Putnam 5%
Pat Roberts 5%
Phil Roe 5%
Dana Rohrabacher 5%
Tom Rooney 5%
Aaron Schock 5%
Jeff Sessions III 5%
John Shimkus 5%
Bill Shuster 5%
Lamar Smith 5%
Cliff Stearns 5%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Zach Wamp 5%
VA U.S. House - 1 Rob Wittman Republican 5%
Todd Akin 0%
State Office Name Party Rating
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 10%
John Duncan, Jr. 10%
Jo Ann Emerson 10%
Mike Enzi 10%
Judd Gregg 10%
KY U.S. House - 2 Brett Guthrie R 10%
Ralph Hall 10%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. R 10%
Erik Paulsen 10%
Tom Petri 10%
ID U.S. Senate - Jr James Risch R 10%
Mike Rogers 10%
Richard Shelby 10%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson R 10%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune R 10%
David Vitter 10%
Frank Wolf 10%
Donald Young 10%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 5%
Spencer Bachus 5%
WY U.S. Senate - Sr John Barrasso R 5%
Roscoe Bartlett 5%
Joe Barton 5%
FL U.S. House - 12 Gus Bilirakis R 5%
Roy Blunt 5%
Charles Boustany, Jr. 5%
Sam Brownback 5%
Dan Burton 5%
Howard Coble 5%
Thomas Coburn 5%
CO Mayor - At-Large Michael Coffman R 5%
TX U.S. Senate - Sr John Cornyn R 5%
Ander Crenshaw 5%
Geoff Davis 5%
James DeMint 5%
David Dreier 5%
Jeff Fortenberry 5%
Elton Gallegly 5%
Phil Gingrey 5%
Dean Heller 5%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Jim Inhofe 5%
Johnny Isakson 5%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa R 5%
Lynn Jenkins 5%
Jack Kingston 5%
John Kline 5%
Jon Kyl 5%
Tom Latham 5%
Jerry Lewis 5%
Blaine Luetkemeyer 5%
Dan Lungren 5%
Don Manzullo 5%
Kenny Marchant 5%
Gary Miller 5%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran R 5%
Ron Paul 5%
Joe Pitts 5%
Ted Poe 5%
Adam Putnam 5%
Pat Roberts 5%
Phil Roe 5%
Dana Rohrabacher 5%
Tom Rooney 5%
Aaron Schock 5%
Jeff Sessions III 5%
John Shimkus 5%
Bill Shuster 5%
Lamar Smith 5%
Cliff Stearns 5%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Zach Wamp 5%
VA U.S. House - 1 Rob Wittman R 5%
Todd Akin 0%
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