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Rating Group: Gun Owners of America (GOA)

2003 Positions

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State Office Name Party Rating
Rob Portman 50%
David Price 10%
Deborah Pryce 70%
Adam Putnam 80%
Jack Quinn 10%
George Radanovich 80%
Nick Rahall II 80%
James Ramstad 10%
Charlie Rangel 0%
Ralph Regula 50%
Denny Rehberg 80%
Harry Reid 10%
Richard Renzi 90%
Silvestre Reyes 10%
Thomas Reynolds 60%
Pat Roberts 50%
Jay Rockefeller IV 10%
Ciro Rodriguez 10%
Mike Rogers 80%
Dana Rohrabacher 90%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 30%
Mike Ross 70%
Steve Rothman 0%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 0%
Ed Royce 70%
Bobby Rush 0%
Paul Ryan 60%
Jim Ryun 90%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Loretta Sanchez 10%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
Rick Santorum 50%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 30%
Edward Schrock 80%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 90%
José Serrano 0%
Jeff Sessions III 50%
John Shadegg 90%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Christopher Shays 0%
Richard Shelby 70%
Donald Sherwood 80%
John Shimkus 80%
Bill Shuster 90%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 70%
Ike Skelton 50%
Louise Slaughter 0%
Gordon Smith 30%
Lamar Smith 80%
Nick Smith 10%
Olympia Snowe 40%
Vic Snyder 10%
Mark Souder 60%
Arlen Specter 40%
John Spratt, Jr. 10%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 60%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 30%
Ted Strickland 70%
Bart Stupak 0%
John Sullivan 90%
John Sununu 70%
John Sweeney 80%
James Talent 70%
Tom Tancredo 70%
John Tanner 70%
Ellen Tauscher 0%
William Tauzin II 80%
Charles Taylor 90%
Gene Taylor 80%
Lee Terry 80%
Craig Thomas 70%
William Thomas 60%
Mac Thornberry 60%
Todd Tiahrt 90%
Pat Tiberi 90%
John Tierney 0%
Pat Toomey 80%
Ed Towns 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
James Turner 50%
Mark Udall 10%
Tom Udall 0%
Fred Upton 30%
Pete Visclosky 10%
David Vitter 80%
George Voinovich 30%
Greg Walden 70%
James Walsh 30%
Zach Wamp 50%
John Warner 10%
Diane Watson 0%
Mel Watt 10%
Henry Waxman 0%
Anthony Weiner 0%
David Weldon 70%
W. Curtis Weldon 30%
Gerald Weller 40%
State Office Name Party Rating
Rob Portman 50%
David Price 10%
Deborah Pryce 70%
Adam Putnam 80%
Jack Quinn 10%
George Radanovich 80%
Nick Rahall II 80%
James Ramstad 10%
Charlie Rangel 0%
Ralph Regula 50%
Denny Rehberg 80%
Harry Reid 10%
Richard Renzi 90%
Silvestre Reyes 10%
Thomas Reynolds 60%
Pat Roberts 50%
Jay Rockefeller IV 10%
Ciro Rodriguez 10%
Mike Rogers 80%
Dana Rohrabacher 90%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 30%
Mike Ross 70%
Steve Rothman 0%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 0%
Ed Royce 70%
Bobby Rush 0%
Paul Ryan 60%
Jim Ryun 90%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Loretta Sanchez 10%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
Rick Santorum 50%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 30%
Edward Schrock 80%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 90%
José Serrano 0%
Jeff Sessions III 50%
John Shadegg 90%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Christopher Shays 0%
Richard Shelby 70%
Donald Sherwood 80%
John Shimkus 80%
Bill Shuster 90%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 70%
Ike Skelton 50%
Louise Slaughter 0%
Gordon Smith 30%
Lamar Smith 80%
Nick Smith 10%
Olympia Snowe 40%
Vic Snyder 10%
Mark Souder 60%
Arlen Specter 40%
John Spratt, Jr. 10%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 60%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 30%
Ted Strickland 70%
Bart Stupak 0%
John Sullivan 90%
John Sununu 70%
John Sweeney 80%
James Talent 70%
Tom Tancredo 70%
John Tanner 70%
Ellen Tauscher 0%
William Tauzin II 80%
Charles Taylor 90%
Gene Taylor 80%
Lee Terry 80%
Craig Thomas 70%
William Thomas 60%
Mac Thornberry 60%
Todd Tiahrt 90%
Pat Tiberi 90%
John Tierney 0%
Pat Toomey 80%
Ed Towns 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
James Turner 50%
Mark Udall 10%
Tom Udall 0%
Fred Upton 30%
Pete Visclosky 10%
David Vitter 80%
George Voinovich 30%
Greg Walden 70%
James Walsh 30%
Zach Wamp 50%
John Warner 10%
Diane Watson 0%
Mel Watt 10%
Henry Waxman 0%
Anthony Weiner 0%
David Weldon 70%
W. Curtis Weldon 30%
Gerald Weller 40%
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