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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Ron Paul | 100% | |||
Walter Jones, Jr. | 97% | |||
KY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Rand Paul | Republican | 95% |
CA | U.S. House - 5 | Tom McClintock | Republican | 93% |
Justin Amash | 92% | |||
Paul Broun | 92% | |||
Todd Akin | 91% | |||
John Duncan, Jr. | 90% | |||
UT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Lee | Republican | 90% |
ID | Attorney General | Raúl Labrador | Republican | 89% |
SC | U.S. House - 3 | Jeff Duncan | Republican | 88% |
LA | Governor | Jeff Landry | Republican | 87% |
James DeMint | 85% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Johnson | Republican | 85% |
Tim Johnson | 85% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 8 | Bill Posey | Republican | 85% |
AZ | U.S. House - 1 | David Schweikert | Republican | 85% |
Pat Toomey | 85% | |||
Connie Mack IV | 84% | |||
Joe Walsh | 84% | |||
Mo Brooks | 83% | |||
TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 83% |
LA | Treasurer | John Fleming, Jr. | Republican | 83% |
Louie Gohmert | 83% | |||
Trey Gowdy III | 83% | |||
Tom Graves, Jr. | 83% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 1 | Andy Harris | Republican | 83% |
Dennis Ross | 83% | |||
Marlin Stutzman | 83% | |||
Jeff Flake | 82% | |||
Tim Huelskamp | 82% | |||
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | 82% | |||
Rob Bishop | 81% | |||
Thomas Coburn | 81% | |||
FL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Marco Rubio | Republican | 81% |
WY | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Barrasso | Republican | 80% |
ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 80% |
Mike Enzi | 80% | |||
VA | U.S. House - 9 | Morgan Griffith | Republican | 80% |
Mick Mulvaney | 80% | |||
Randy Neugebauer | 80% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 8 | Austin Scott | Republican | 80% |
Cliff Stearns | 80% | |||
Scott Tipton | 80% | |||
Lynn Westmoreland | 80% | |||
Jason Chaffetz | 79% | |||
Orrin Hatch | 79% | |||
Jim Inhofe | 79% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Jordan | Republican | 79% |
NC | U.S. House - 10 | Patrick McHenry | Republican | 79% |
Ted Poe | 79% | |||
ID | U.S. Senate - Jr | James Risch | Republican | 79% |
OH | State House - 62 | Jean Schmidt | Republican | 79% |
David Vitter | 79% | |||
Sandy Adams | 78% | |||
Dan Burton | 78% | |||
TN | U.S. House - 4 | Scott DesJarlais | Republican | 78% |
Stephen Fincher | 78% | |||
NC | U.S. House - 5 | Virginia Foxx | Republican | 78% |
Ralph Hall | 78% | |||
MI | U.S. House - 4 | Bill Huizenga | Republican | 78% |
CO | U.S. House - 5 | Doug Lamborn | Republican | 78% |
John McCain III | 78% | |||
Tom Petri | 78% | |||
SC | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tim Scott | Republican | 78% |
MI | U.S. House - 5 | Tim Walberg | Republican | 78% |
SC | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Wilson, Sr. | Republican | 78% |
Michele Bachmann | 77% | |||
Trent Franks | 77% | |||
Cory Gardner | 77% | |||
Kenny Marchant | 77% | |||
Ben Quayle | 77% | |||
Reid Ribble | 77% | |||
Richard Shelby | 77% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 9 | Paul Gosar | Republican | 76% |
Steve Chabot | 75% | |||
Jo Ann Emerson | 75% | |||
Scott Garrett | 75% | |||
Phil Gingrey | 75% | |||
WY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Cynthia Lummis | Republican | 75% |
KS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jerry Moran | Republican | 75% |
Steve Pearce | 75% | |||
Tom Price | 75% | |||
Denny Rehberg | 75% | |||
Dana Rohrabacher | 75% | |||
Steve Southerland | 75% | |||
Roscoe Bartlett | 74% | |||
Charles Boustany, Jr. | 74% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 26 | Michael Burgess | Republican | 74% |
John Campbell III | 74% | |||
Geoff Davis | 74% | |||
Dean Heller | 74% | |||
Steve King | 74% | |||
Jack Kingston | 74% | |||
Don Manzullo | 74% | |||
SD | Governor | Kristi Noem | Republican | 74% |
Jeff Sessions III | 74% | |||
Joe Barton | 73% | |||
Dan Coats | 73% | |||
Blake Farenthold | 73% |