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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Jo Bonner, Jr. | 77% | |||
Charles Boustany, Jr. | 77% | |||
Jason Chaffetz | 77% | |||
Jeff Flake | 77% | |||
KY | U.S. House - 2 | Brett Guthrie | Republican | 77% |
Dean Heller | 77% | |||
Jack Kingston | 77% | |||
John Kline | 77% | |||
OK | U.S. House - 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | 77% |
MO | U.S. House - 3 | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Republican | 77% |
CA | U.S. House - 5 | Tom McClintock | Republican | 77% |
NC | U.S. House - 10 | Patrick McHenry | Republican | 77% |
Candice Miller | 77% | |||
AL | U.S. House - 3 | Mike Rogers | Republican | 77% |
John Shadegg | 77% | |||
NE | U.S. House - 3 | Adrian Smith | Republican | 77% |
Cliff Stearns | 77% | |||
SC | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Wilson, Sr. | Republican | 77% |
John Campbell III | 76% | |||
Parker Griffith, Jr. | 76% | |||
Ralph Hall | 76% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 48 | Darrell Issa | Republican | 76% |
Henry Brown, Jr. | 75% | |||
Ginny Brown-Waite | 75% | |||
Steve Buyer | 75% | |||
Chris Lee | 75% | |||
John Sullivan | 75% | |||
Robert Corker | 74% | |||
IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 74% |
Jon Kyl | 74% | |||
George LeMieux | 74% | |||
Jeff Sessions III | 74% | |||
Richard Shelby | 73% | |||
Orrin Hatch | 72% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 26 | Michael Burgess | Republican | 71% |
Richard Burr | 71% | |||
CO | Mayor - At-Large | Michael Coffman | Republican | 71% |
David Dreier | 71% | |||
Doc Hastings | 71% | |||
Tom Latham | 71% | |||
Buck McKeon | 71% | |||
Mike Rogers | 71% | |||
Tom Rooney | 71% | |||
John Shimkus | 71% | |||
Lee Terry | 71% | |||
PA | U.S. House - 15 | GT Thompson, Jr. | Republican | 71% |
Fred Upton | 71% | |||
Greg Walden | 71% | |||
VA | U.S. House - 1 | Rob Wittman | Republican | 71% |
Frank Wolf | 71% | |||
Bill Young | 71% | |||
Mike Johanns | 70% | |||
Brian Bilbray | 69% | |||
Jo Ann Emerson | 69% | |||
John Ensign | 69% | |||
Gregg Harper | 69% | |||
Bob Inglis, Sr. | 69% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 10 | Michael McCaul | Republican | 69% |
FL | U.S. House - 8 | Bill Posey | Republican | 69% |
WA | U.S. House - 5 | Cathy Rodgers | Republican | 69% |
KY | U.S. House - 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 69% |
Lamar Smith | 69% | |||
Kit Bond | 68% | |||
Bob Bennett | 67% | |||
Pete King | 67% | |||
Leonard Lance | 67% | |||
WY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Cynthia Lummis | Republican | 67% |
Thaddeus McCotter | 67% | |||
Erik Paulsen | 67% | |||
Adam Putnam | 67% | |||
ID | U.S. House - 2 | Mike Simpson | Republican | 67% |
LA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bill Cassidy | Republican | 66% |
OK | U.S. House - 4 | Tom Cole | Republican | 66% |
Jeff Fortenberry | 66% | |||
Elton Gallegly | 66% | |||
SC | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 66% |
Aaron Schock | 66% | |||
Ed Whitfield | 66% | |||
Judd Gregg | 65% | |||
Frank LoBiondo | 65% | |||
Ron Paul | 65% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 65% |
Pat Tiberi | 65% | |||
Mary Bono Mack | 64% | |||
Bobby Bright | 64% | |||
Rodney Frelinghuysen | 64% | |||
Tim Johnson | 64% | |||
Dick Lugar | 64% | |||
Judy Biggert | 63% | |||
Scott Brown | 63% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 16 | Vern Buchanan | Republican | 63% |
WV | U.S. Senate - Jr | Shelley Capito | Republican | 63% |
Jim Gerlach | 63% | |||
Gene Taylor | 63% | |||
Walter Jones, Jr. | 62% | |||
Steve LaTourette | 62% | |||
AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 62% |
Dave Reichert | 62% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 10 | Mike Turner | Republican | 62% |
Mark Critz | 61% |