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State Office Name Party Rating
LA Treasurer John Fleming, Jr. Republican 10%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 10%
Trey Gowdy III 10%
Nan Hayworth 10%
Kay Hutchison 10%
Steve LaTourette 10%
LA Governor Jeff Landry Republican 10%
UT U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Lee Republican 10%
Connie Mack IV 10%
Kenny Marchant 10%
John McCain III 10%
Mike McIntyre 10%
Jeff Miller 10%
Randy Neugebauer 10%
KY U.S. Senate - Jr Rand Paul Republican 10%
Steve Pearce 10%
Ted Poe 10%
Rob Portman 10%
Tom Price 10%
Ben Quayle 10%
Denny Rehberg 10%
Ed Royce 10%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 10%
Cliff Stearns 10%
Lynn Westmoreland 10%
Ed Whitfield 10%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker Republican 10%
SC U.S. House - 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 10%
Frank Wolf 10%
Rob Woodall 10%
Sandy Adams 5%
Todd Akin 5%
Michele Bachmann 5%
Lou Barletta 5%
Dan Benishek 5%
Rick Berg 5%
Rob Bishop 5%
Diane Black 5%
Charles Boustany, Jr. 5%
FL U.S. House - 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 5%
TX U.S. House - 31 John Carter Republican 5%
Jason Chaffetz 5%
Howard Coble 5%
Geoff Davis 5%
Jeff Denham 5%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 5%
Mike Enzi 5%
Blake Farenthold 5%
Bill Flores 5%
Jeff Fortenberry 5%
NC U.S. House - 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 5%
Cory Gardner 5%
Kay Granger 5%
Tom Graves, Jr. 5%
VA U.S. House - 9 Morgan Griffith Republican 5%
Frank Guinta 5%
Ralph Hall 5%
Richard Hanna 5%
Doc Hastings 5%
Jaime Herrera Beutler 5%
MI U.S. House - 4 Bill Huizenga Republican 5%
OH U.S. House - 4 Jim Jordan Republican 5%
Adam Kinzinger 5%
Doug Lamborn 5%
Leonard Lance 5%
OH U.S. House - 5 Bob Latta Republican 5%
Thaddeus McCotter 5%
David McKinley 5%
Pat Meehan 5%
Tim Murphy 5%
Tom Petri 5%
Joe Pitts 5%
Mike Pompeo 5%
Dave Reichert 5%
Reid Ribble 5%
Scott Rigell 5%
ID U.S. Senate - Jr James Risch Republican 5%
David Rivera 5%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 5%
Dennis Ross 5%
Jon Runyan 5%
Paul Ryan 5%
OH State House - 62 Jean Schmidt Republican 5%
GA U.S. House - 8 Austin Scott Republican 5%
SC U.S. Senate - Jr Tim Scott Republican 5%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson Republican 5%
Steve Southerland 5%
IN U.S. House - 3 Marlin Stutzman Republican 5%
Lee Terry 5%
Scott Tipton 5%
Pat Toomey 5%
David Vitter 5%
MI U.S. House - 5 Tim Walberg Republican 5%
FL U.S. House - 11 Daniel Webster Republican 5%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Rodney Alexander 0%
NV U.S. House - 2 Mark Amodei Republican 0%
Steve Austria 0%
Spencer Bachus 0%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
State Office Name Party Rating
LA Treasurer John Fleming, Jr. R 10%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 10%
Trey Gowdy III 10%
Nan Hayworth 10%
Kay Hutchison 10%
Steve LaTourette 10%
LA Governor Jeff Landry R 10%
UT U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Lee R 10%
Connie Mack IV 10%
Kenny Marchant 10%
John McCain III 10%
Mike McIntyre 10%
Jeff Miller 10%
Randy Neugebauer 10%
KY U.S. Senate - Jr Rand Paul R 10%
Steve Pearce 10%
Ted Poe 10%
Rob Portman 10%
Tom Price 10%
Ben Quayle 10%
Denny Rehberg 10%
Ed Royce 10%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 10%
Cliff Stearns 10%
Lynn Westmoreland 10%
Ed Whitfield 10%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker R 10%
SC U.S. House - 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 10%
Frank Wolf 10%
Rob Woodall 10%
Sandy Adams 5%
Todd Akin 5%
Michele Bachmann 5%
Lou Barletta 5%
Dan Benishek 5%
Rick Berg 5%
Rob Bishop 5%
Diane Black 5%
Charles Boustany, Jr. 5%
FL U.S. House - 16 Vern Buchanan R 5%
TX U.S. House - 31 John Carter R 5%
Jason Chaffetz 5%
Howard Coble 5%
Geoff Davis 5%
Jeff Denham 5%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 5%
Mike Enzi 5%
Blake Farenthold 5%
Bill Flores 5%
Jeff Fortenberry 5%
NC U.S. House - 5 Virginia Foxx R 5%
Cory Gardner 5%
Kay Granger 5%
Tom Graves, Jr. 5%
VA U.S. House - 9 Morgan Griffith R 5%
Frank Guinta 5%
Ralph Hall 5%
Richard Hanna 5%
Doc Hastings 5%
Jaime Herrera Beutler 5%
MI U.S. House - 4 Bill Huizenga R 5%
OH U.S. House - 4 Jim Jordan R 5%
Adam Kinzinger 5%
Doug Lamborn 5%
Leonard Lance 5%
OH U.S. House - 5 Bob Latta R 5%
Thaddeus McCotter 5%
David McKinley 5%
Pat Meehan 5%
Tim Murphy 5%
Tom Petri 5%
Joe Pitts 5%
Mike Pompeo 5%
Dave Reichert 5%
Reid Ribble 5%
Scott Rigell 5%
ID U.S. Senate - Jr James Risch R 5%
David Rivera 5%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 5%
Dennis Ross 5%
Jon Runyan 5%
Paul Ryan 5%
OH State House - 62 Jean Schmidt R 5%
GA U.S. House - 8 Austin Scott R 5%
SC U.S. Senate - Jr Tim Scott R 5%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson R 5%
Steve Southerland 5%
IN U.S. House - 3 Marlin Stutzman R 5%
Lee Terry 5%
Scott Tipton 5%
Pat Toomey 5%
David Vitter 5%
MI U.S. House - 5 Tim Walberg R 5%
FL U.S. House - 11 Daniel Webster R 5%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 0%
Rodney Alexander 0%
NV U.S. House - 2 Mark Amodei R 0%
Steve Austria 0%
Spencer Bachus 0%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
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