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Rating Group: Gun Owners of America (GOA)

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State Office Name Party Rating
Jon Kyl 50%
Steve LaTourette 50%
Tom Latham 50%
Jim Matheson 50%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. Republican 50%
Mike McIntyre 50%
James Nussle 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Thomas William Osborne 50%
Michael Oxley 50%
Todd Platts 50%
Rob Portman 50%
Ralph Regula 50%
Pat Roberts 50%
Rick Santorum 50%
Jeff Sessions III 50%
Ike Skelton 50%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 50%
Zach Wamp 50%
Bob Beauprez 40%
Judy Biggert 40%
Leonard Boswell 40%
NH State Senate - 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 40%
Mark Foley 40%
Judd Gregg 40%
J. Dennis Hastert 40%
Orrin Hatch 40%
Henry Hyde 40%
James Kolbe 40%
Trent Lott, Sr. 40%
Jack Murtha 40%
Sue Myrick 40%
Anne Northup 40%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Olympia Snowe 40%
Arlen Specter 40%
Gerald Weller 40%
Bill Young 40%
Brian Baird 30%
Bob Bennett 30%
Mary Bono Mack 30%
Thad Cochran 30%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 30%
Thomas Davis III 30%
John Dingell 30%
Elizabeth Dole 30%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 30%
William Frist 30%
Ron Kind 30%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 30%
Frank LoBiondo 30%
Jim Oberstar 30%
Dave Obey 30%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 30%
Jim Saxton 30%
Gordon Smith 30%
Ted Stevens 30%
Fred Upton 30%
George Voinovich 30%
James Walsh 30%
W. Curtis Weldon 30%
Frank Wolf 30%
Vern Ehlers 20%
James Merrill Jeffords 20%
Pete King 20%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 10%
Thomas Allen 10%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 10%
Max Baucus 10%
Evan Bayh 10%
Shelley Berkley 10%
Marion Berry 10%
NA President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 10%
Jeff Bingaman 10%
Sherwood Boehlert 10%
OH U.S. Senate - Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 10%
Robert Byrd 10%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 10%
DE U.S. Senate - Sr Tom Carper Democratic 10%
Kent Conrad 10%
James Davis 10%
Susan Davis 10%
Mark Dayton 10%
Peter DeFazio 10%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 10%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 10%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 10%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 10%
Byron Dorgan 10%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 10%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 10%
Chet Edwards 10%
Bob Etheridge 10%
Russ Feingold 10%
Michael Ferguson 10%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 10%
Wayne Gilchrest 10%
Tom Harkin 10%
Maurice Hinchey 10%
Mike Honda 10%
State Office Name Party Rating
Jon Kyl 50%
Steve LaTourette 50%
Tom Latham 50%
Jim Matheson 50%
KY U.S. Senate - Sr Mitch McConnell, Jr. R 50%
Mike McIntyre 50%
James Nussle 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Thomas William Osborne 50%
Michael Oxley 50%
Todd Platts 50%
Rob Portman 50%
Ralph Regula 50%
Pat Roberts 50%
Rick Santorum 50%
Jeff Sessions III 50%
Ike Skelton 50%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 50%
Zach Wamp 50%
Bob Beauprez 40%
Judy Biggert 40%
Leonard Boswell 40%
NH State Senate - 3 Jeb Bradley R 40%
Mark Foley 40%
Judd Gregg 40%
J. Dennis Hastert 40%
Orrin Hatch 40%
Henry Hyde 40%
James Kolbe 40%
Trent Lott, Sr. 40%
Jack Murtha 40%
Sue Myrick 40%
Anne Northup 40%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Olympia Snowe 40%
Arlen Specter 40%
Gerald Weller 40%
Bill Young 40%
Brian Baird 30%
Bob Bennett 30%
Mary Bono Mack 30%
Thad Cochran 30%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 30%
Thomas Davis III 30%
John Dingell 30%
Elizabeth Dole 30%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 30%
William Frist 30%
Ron Kind 30%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 30%
Frank LoBiondo 30%
Jim Oberstar 30%
Dave Obey 30%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 30%
Jim Saxton 30%
Gordon Smith 30%
Ted Stevens 30%
Fred Upton 30%
George Voinovich 30%
James Walsh 30%
W. Curtis Weldon 30%
Frank Wolf 30%
Vern Ehlers 20%
James Merrill Jeffords 20%
Pete King 20%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 10%
Thomas Allen 10%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin D 10%
Max Baucus 10%
Evan Bayh 10%
Shelley Berkley 10%
Marion Berry 10%
NA President Joe Biden, Jr. D 10%
Jeff Bingaman 10%
Sherwood Boehlert 10%
OH U.S. Senate - Sr Sherrod Brown D 10%
Robert Byrd 10%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell D 10%
DE U.S. Senate - Sr Tom Carper D 10%
Kent Conrad 10%
James Davis 10%
Susan Davis 10%
Mark Dayton 10%
Peter DeFazio 10%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette D 10%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 10%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 10%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 10%
Byron Dorgan 10%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 10%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 10%
Chet Edwards 10%
Bob Etheridge 10%
Russ Feingold 10%
Michael Ferguson 10%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 10%
Wayne Gilchrest 10%
Tom Harkin 10%
Maurice Hinchey 10%
Mike Honda 10%
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