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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Dan Coats | 75% | |||
TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 75% |
IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 75% |
Orrin Hatch | 75% | |||
ID | U.S. Senate - Jr | James Risch | Republican | 75% |
SD | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Thune | Republican | 75% |
David Vitter | 75% | |||
MS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 75% |
Sandy Adams | 74% | |||
AL | U.S. House - 4 | Robert Aderholt | Republican | 74% |
Rick Berg | 74% | |||
Brian Bilbray | 74% | |||
Jo Ann Emerson | 74% | |||
Cory Gardner | 74% | |||
Michael Grimm | 74% | |||
Frank Guinta | 74% | |||
KY | U.S. House - 2 | Brett Guthrie | Republican | 74% |
MD | U.S. House - 1 | Andy Harris | Republican | 74% |
Robert Hurt | 74% | |||
PA | U.S. House - 16 | Mike Kelly, Jr. | Republican | 74% |
LA | Governor | Jeff Landry | Republican | 74% |
Tom Latham | 74% | |||
OK | U.S. House - 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | 74% |
Kevin McCarthy | 74% | |||
NC | U.S. House - 10 | Patrick McHenry | Republican | 74% |
Tim Murphy | 74% | |||
Rich Nugent | 74% | |||
Steve Pearce | 74% | |||
Tom Price | 74% | |||
Martha Roby | 74% | |||
Phil Roe | 74% | |||
OH | State House - 62 | Jean Schmidt | Republican | 74% |
Bill Shuster | 74% | |||
ID | U.S. House - 2 | Mike Simpson | Republican | 74% |
Lee Terry | 74% | |||
Mac Thornberry | 74% | |||
Lynn Westmoreland | 74% | |||
Roscoe Bartlett | 72% | |||
Joe Barton | 72% | |||
IN | U.S. House - 8 | Larry Bucshon | Republican | 72% |
Ann Marie Buerkle | 72% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 26 | Michael Burgess | Republican | 72% |
Jason Chaffetz | 72% | |||
Ander Crenshaw | 72% | |||
Jeff Denham | 72% | |||
David Dreier | 72% | |||
Blake Farenthold | 72% | |||
Elton Gallegly | 72% | |||
Scott Garrett | 72% | |||
Trey Gowdy III | 72% | |||
Pete King | 72% | |||
Adam Kinzinger | 72% | |||
Dan Lungren | 72% | |||
David McKinley | 72% | |||
SD | Governor | Kristi Noem | Republican | 72% |
Joe Pitts | 72% | |||
Denny Rehberg | 72% | |||
Reid Ribble | 72% | |||
Aaron Schock | 72% | |||
SC | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tim Scott | Republican | 72% |
Cliff Stearns | 72% | |||
Marlin Stutzman | 72% | |||
PA | U.S. House - 15 | GT Thompson, Jr. | Republican | 72% |
Pat Tiberi | 72% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 10 | Mike Turner | Republican | 72% |
Kevin Yoder | 72% | |||
Michele Bachmann | 70% | |||
Mary Bono Mack | 70% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 16 | Vern Buchanan | Republican | 70% |
OK | U.S. House - 4 | Tom Cole | Republican | 70% |
Stephen Fincher | 70% | |||
TN | U.S. House - 3 | Chuck Fleischmann | Republican | 70% |
AZ | U.S. House - 9 | Paul Gosar | Republican | 70% |
Joe Heck, Jr. | 70% | |||
Jack Kingston | 70% | |||
Kenny Marchant | 70% | |||
Candice Miller | 70% | |||
Erik Paulsen | 70% | |||
Todd Platts | 70% | |||
David Rivera | 70% | |||
IN | Attorney General | Todd Rokita | Republican | 70% |
Peter Roskam | 70% | |||
Jon Runyan | 70% | |||
Lamar Smith | 70% | |||
Greg Walden | 70% | |||
Kelly Ayotte | 69% | |||
Richard Burr | 69% | |||
Thad Cochran | 69% | |||
SC | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 69% |
Johnny Isakson | 69% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Johnson | Republican | 69% |
Jon Kyl | 69% | |||
KS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jerry Moran | Republican | 69% |
Pat Roberts | 69% | |||
FL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Marco Rubio | Republican | 69% |
Dave Camp | 68% | |||
Eric Cantor | 68% | |||
Jeff Fortenberry | 68% | |||
Jim Gerlach | 68% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 12 | Kay Granger | Republican | 68% |