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State Office Name Party Rating
Charlie Bass 10%
Bob Bennett 10%
Henry Bonilla 10%
Dave Camp 10%
Howard Coble 10%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 10%
Nathan Deal 10%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 10%
George Gekas 10%
Rick Hill 10%
John Hostettler 10%
Pete King 10%
Stephen Largent 10%
Jerry Lewis 10%
John Mica 10%
Dan Miller 10%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
James Nussle 10%
Richard Pombo 10%
Joe Scarborough 10%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
John Shimkus 10%
E.G. Shuster 10%
Joseph Skeen 10%
Fred Thompson 10%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 10%
Frank Wolf 10%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 5%
Wayne Allard 5%
John Ashcroft 5%
Spencer Bachus 5%
Cass Ballenger 5%
Bob Barr, Jr. 5%
Roscoe Bartlett 5%
Joe Barton 5%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 5%
Douglas Bereuter 5%
Michael Bilirakis 5%
Richard Burr 5%
Dan Burton 5%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 5%
Chris Cannon 5%
Thomas Coburn 5%
Larry Craig 5%
Barbara Cubin 5%
Jay Dickey 5%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 5%
John Doolittle 5%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 5%
Jo Ann Emerson 5%
Terry Everett 5%
Tillie Fowler 5%
William Frist 5%
John Ganske 5%
Paul Gillmor 5%
William Goodling 5%
Porter Goss 5%
Kay Granger 5%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 5%
Judd Gregg 5%
Gilbert Gutknecht 5%
James Hansen 5%
Orrin Hatch 5%
Van Hilleary 5%
David Lee Hobson 5%
Pete Hoekstra 5%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Asa Hutchinson 5%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 5%
Jim Inhofe 5%
William Lewis Jenkins 5%
Walter Jones, Jr. 5%
Bill McCollum 5%
James McCrery III 5%
Scott McInnis 5%
Buck McKeon 5%
Frank Murkowski 5%
Sue Myrick 5%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 5%
Michael Oxley 5%
Ronald Packard 5%
Rob Portman 5%
Deborah Pryce 5%
Bob Riley 5%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers Republican 5%
Dana Rohrabacher 5%
Ed Royce 5%
Matt Salmon 5%
Robert Schaffer 5%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 5%
Richard Shelby 5%
Gordon Smith 5%
Bob Smith 5%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 5%
Cliff Stearns 5%
James Talent 5%
William Tauzin II 5%
Charles Taylor 5%
Craig Thomas 5%
State Office Name Party Rating
Charlie Bass 10%
Bob Bennett 10%
Henry Bonilla 10%
Dave Camp 10%
Howard Coble 10%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 10%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 10%
Nathan Deal 10%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 10%
George Gekas 10%
Rick Hill 10%
John Hostettler 10%
Pete King 10%
Stephen Largent 10%
Jerry Lewis 10%
John Mica 10%
Dan Miller 10%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran R 10%
James Nussle 10%
Richard Pombo 10%
Joe Scarborough 10%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
John Shimkus 10%
E.G. Shuster 10%
Joseph Skeen 10%
Fred Thompson 10%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 10%
Frank Wolf 10%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 5%
Wayne Allard 5%
John Ashcroft 5%
Spencer Bachus 5%
Cass Ballenger 5%
Bob Barr, Jr. 5%
Roscoe Bartlett 5%
Joe Barton 5%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 5%
Douglas Bereuter 5%
Michael Bilirakis 5%
Richard Burr 5%
Dan Burton 5%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 5%
Chris Cannon 5%
Thomas Coburn 5%
Larry Craig 5%
Barbara Cubin 5%
Jay Dickey 5%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 5%
John Doolittle 5%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 5%
Jo Ann Emerson 5%
Terry Everett 5%
Tillie Fowler 5%
William Frist 5%
John Ganske 5%
Paul Gillmor 5%
William Goodling 5%
Porter Goss 5%
Kay Granger 5%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 5%
Judd Gregg 5%
Gilbert Gutknecht 5%
James Hansen 5%
Orrin Hatch 5%
Van Hilleary 5%
David Lee Hobson 5%
Pete Hoekstra 5%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Asa Hutchinson 5%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 5%
Jim Inhofe 5%
William Lewis Jenkins 5%
Walter Jones, Jr. 5%
Bill McCollum 5%
James McCrery III 5%
Scott McInnis 5%
Buck McKeon 5%
Frank Murkowski 5%
Sue Myrick 5%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 5%
Michael Oxley 5%
Ronald Packard 5%
Rob Portman 5%
Deborah Pryce 5%
Bob Riley 5%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers R 5%
Dana Rohrabacher 5%
Ed Royce 5%
Matt Salmon 5%
Robert Schaffer 5%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 5%
Richard Shelby 5%
Gordon Smith 5%
Bob Smith 5%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 5%
Cliff Stearns 5%
James Talent 5%
William Tauzin II 5%
Charles Taylor 5%
Craig Thomas 5%
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