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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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James DeMint | 99% | |||
UT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Lee | Republican | 99% |
SC | U.S. House - 3 | Jeff Duncan | Republican | 97% |
Jeff Flake | 97% | |||
Trent Franks | 97% | |||
Tom Graves, Jr. | 97% | |||
Paul Broun | 96% | |||
KY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Rand Paul | Republican | 96% |
FL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Marco Rubio | Republican | 96% |
OH | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Jordan | Republican | 95% |
Mick Mulvaney | 95% | |||
Trey Gowdy III | 94% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Johnson | Republican | 94% |
CO | U.S. House - 5 | Doug Lamborn | Republican | 94% |
AZ | U.S. House - 1 | David Schweikert | Republican | 94% |
Jeff Miller | 93% | |||
Ben Quayle | 93% | |||
Joe Walsh | 93% | |||
SC | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Wilson, Sr. | Republican | 93% |
Jason Chaffetz | 92% | |||
Louie Gohmert | 92% | |||
Tim Huelskamp | 92% | |||
Dennis Ross | 92% | |||
Justin Amash | 91% | |||
Michele Bachmann | 91% | |||
Orrin Hatch | 91% | |||
LA | Treasurer | John Fleming, Jr. | Republican | 90% |
Scott Garrett | 90% | |||
Marlin Stutzman | 90% | |||
Thomas Coburn | 89% | |||
MI | U.S. House - 4 | Bill Huizenga | Republican | 89% |
CA | U.S. House - 5 | Tom McClintock | Republican | 89% |
ID | U.S. Senate - Jr | James Risch | Republican | 89% |
Ed Royce | 88% | |||
SC | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tim Scott | Republican | 88% |
Pat Toomey | 88% | |||
Lynn Westmoreland | 88% | |||
Dan Burton | 87% | |||
ID | Attorney General | Raúl Labrador | Republican | 87% |
Randy Neugebauer | 87% | |||
Jim Inhofe | 86% | |||
Phil Gingrey | 85% | |||
Connie Mack IV | 85% | |||
Mike Pompeo | 85% | |||
John Campbell III | 84% | |||
TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 84% |
ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 84% |
FL | U.S. House - 8 | Bill Posey | Republican | 84% |
Steve Southerland | 84% | |||
Sandy Adams | 83% | |||
Mo Brooks | 83% | |||
Jeb Hensarling | 83% | |||
David Vitter | 83% | |||
MI | U.S. House - 5 | Tim Walberg | Republican | 83% |
Todd Akin | 82% | |||
Steve Chabot | 82% | |||
Steve King | 82% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 1 | Andy Harris | Republican | 81% |
LA | Governor | Jeff Landry | Republican | 81% |
LA | U.S. House - 1 | Steve Scalise | Republican | 81% |
Cliff Stearns | 81% | |||
TN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Marsha Blackburn | Republican | 80% |
NC | U.S. House - 5 | Virginia Foxx | Republican | 80% |
Mike Pence | 80% | |||
Diane Black | 79% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 26 | Michael Burgess | Republican | 79% |
CO | Mayor - At-Large | Michael Coffman | Republican | 79% |
Mike Conaway | 79% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 9 | Paul Gosar | Republican | 79% |
IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 79% |
Lynn Jenkins | 79% | |||
Kenny Marchant | 79% | |||
NC | U.S. House - 10 | Patrick McHenry | Republican | 79% |
Ted Poe | 79% | |||
IN | Attorney General | Todd Rokita | Republican | 79% |
Dan Coats | 78% | |||
Tom Price | 78% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 8 | Austin Scott | Republican | 78% |
Rob Woodall | 78% | |||
Richard Burr | 77% | |||
John Culberson | 77% | |||
Mike Enzi | 77% | |||
Bill Flores | 77% | |||
Jon Kyl | 77% | |||
Don Manzullo | 77% | |||
Reid Ribble | 77% | |||
Jeff Sessions III | 77% | |||
Kevin Yoder | 77% | |||
Wally Herger, Jr. | 76% | |||
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | 76% | |||
WY | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Barrasso | Republican | 75% |
Robert Corker | 75% | |||
Dean Heller | 75% | |||
Randy Hultgren | 75% | |||
Billy Long | 75% | |||
John McCain III | 75% | |||
KY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mitch McConnell, Jr. | Republican | 75% |
Ron Paul | 75% | |||
Dana Rohrabacher | 75% | |||
Kelly Ayotte | 74% |