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State Office Name Party Rating
Jim Saxton 25%
John Sweeney 25%
Fred Upton 25%
Spencer Bachus 20%
Charlie Bass 20%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 20%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
John Boehner 20%
Vern Ehlers 20%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 20%
Lindsey Graham 20%
Ralph Hall 20%
Joel Hefley 20%
David Lee Hobson 20%
James Kolbe 20%
Jerry Lewis 20%
Scott McInnis 20%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran Republican 20%
James Nussle 20%
Edward Pease 20%
Tom Petri 20%
Deborah Pryce 20%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 20%
George Voinovich 20%
Zach Wamp 20%
W. Curtis Weldon 20%
Frank Wolf 20%
Bill Young 20%
Bob Barr, Jr. 15%
Mary Bono Mack 15%
Kevin Brady 15%
Dave Camp 15%
Ben Campbell 15%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 15%
Howard Coble 15%
Michael Collins 15%
John Cooksey 15%
Thomas Ewing 15%
Peter Fitzgerald 15%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 15%
Tillie Fowler 15%
Jim Gibbons 15%
Paul Gillmor 15%
William Goodling 15%
Gilbert Gutknecht 15%
Van Hilleary 15%
John Hostettler 15%
Duncan Hunter 15%
Henry Hyde 15%
William Lewis Jenkins 15%
Walter Jones, Jr. 15%
Ray LaHood 15%
Stephen Largent 15%
Don Manzullo 15%
Dan Miller 15%
Thomas Reynolds 15%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 15%
Joe Scarborough 15%
Robert Schaffer 15%
John Shimkus 15%
Gordon Smith 15%
James Talent 15%
Gerald Weller 15%
Heather Wilson 15%
Bill Barrett 10%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
Roy Blunt 10%
Steve Buyer 10%
Herbert Callahan 10%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 10%
Chris Cannon 10%
Steve Chabot 10%
Saxby Chambliss 10%
Thomas Coburn 10%
Randall Cunningham 10%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 10%
Nathan Deal 10%
Jay Dickey 10%
David Dreier 10%
Jennifer Dunn 10%
Jo Ann Emerson 10%
Porter Goss 10%
James Hansen 10%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 10%
Rick Hill 10%
Asa Hutchinson 10%
Johnny Isakson 10%
John Kasich 10%
John Linder 10%
Bill McCollum 10%
John Mica 10%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 10%
Robert William Ney 10%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 10%
Ron Paul 10%
Paul Ryan 10%
Matt Salmon 10%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 10%
Richard Shelby 10%
Donald Sherwood 10%
State Office Name Party Rating
Jim Saxton 25%
John Sweeney 25%
Fred Upton 25%
Spencer Bachus 20%
Charlie Bass 20%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 20%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
John Boehner 20%
Vern Ehlers 20%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 20%
Lindsey Graham 20%
Ralph Hall 20%
Joel Hefley 20%
David Lee Hobson 20%
James Kolbe 20%
Jerry Lewis 20%
Scott McInnis 20%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran R 20%
James Nussle 20%
Edward Pease 20%
Tom Petri 20%
Deborah Pryce 20%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 20%
George Voinovich 20%
Zach Wamp 20%
W. Curtis Weldon 20%
Frank Wolf 20%
Bill Young 20%
Bob Barr, Jr. 15%
Mary Bono Mack 15%
Kevin Brady 15%
Dave Camp 15%
Ben Campbell 15%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 15%
Howard Coble 15%
Michael Collins 15%
John Cooksey 15%
Thomas Ewing 15%
Peter Fitzgerald 15%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 15%
Tillie Fowler 15%
Jim Gibbons 15%
Paul Gillmor 15%
William Goodling 15%
Gilbert Gutknecht 15%
Van Hilleary 15%
John Hostettler 15%
Duncan Hunter 15%
Henry Hyde 15%
William Lewis Jenkins 15%
Walter Jones, Jr. 15%
Ray LaHood 15%
Stephen Largent 15%
Don Manzullo 15%
Dan Miller 15%
Thomas Reynolds 15%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 15%
Joe Scarborough 15%
Robert Schaffer 15%
John Shimkus 15%
Gordon Smith 15%
James Talent 15%
Gerald Weller 15%
Heather Wilson 15%
Bill Barrett 10%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
Roy Blunt 10%
Steve Buyer 10%
Herbert Callahan 10%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 10%
Chris Cannon 10%
Steve Chabot 10%
Saxby Chambliss 10%
Thomas Coburn 10%
Randall Cunningham 10%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 10%
Nathan Deal 10%
Jay Dickey 10%
David Dreier 10%
Jennifer Dunn 10%
Jo Ann Emerson 10%
Porter Goss 10%
James Hansen 10%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 10%
Rick Hill 10%
Asa Hutchinson 10%
Johnny Isakson 10%
John Kasich 10%
John Linder 10%
Bill McCollum 10%
John Mica 10%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 10%
Robert William Ney 10%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 10%
Ron Paul 10%
Paul Ryan 10%
Matt Salmon 10%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 10%
Richard Shelby 10%
Donald Sherwood 10%
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