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State Office Name Party Rating
Charles Pickering, Jr. 5%
Joe Pitts 5%
Todd Platts 25%
Richard Pombo 10%
Earl Pomeroy 70%
Rob Portman 15%
David Price 85%
Deborah Pryce 15%
Adam Putnam 15%
Jack Quinn 30%
George Radanovich 0%
Nick Rahall II 85%
James Ramstad 65%
Charlie Rangel 100%
Ralph Regula 15%
Denny Rehberg 5%
Harry Reid 75%
Silvestre Reyes 65%
Thomas Reynolds 20%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Pat Roberts 0%
Jay Rockefeller IV 80%
Ciro Rodriguez 80%
Timothy Roemer 90%
Mike Rogers 10%
Dana Rohrabacher 10%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 20%
Mike Ross 50%
Steve Rothman 95%
Marge Roukema 50%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 85%
Ed Royce 5%
Bobby Rush 60%
Paul Ryan 25%
Jim Ryun 5%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
Loretta Sanchez 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 45%
Rick Santorum 5%
Paul Sarbanes 95%
Thomas Sawyer 100%
Jim Saxton 60%
Robert Schaffer 5%
Edward Schrock 5%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 25%
José Serrano 80%
Jeff Sessions III 0%
John Shadegg 5%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 20%
Christopher Shays 65%
Richard Shelby 0%
Donald Sherwood 10%
John Shimkus 5%
Ronnie Shows 40%
Bill Shuster 11%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
Joseph Skeen 5%
Ike Skelton 50%
Louise Slaughter 90%
Gordon Smith 20%
Lamar Smith 5%
Nick Smith 5%
Bob Smith 15%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 80%
Mark Souder 5%
Arlen Specter 45%
John Spratt, Jr. 70%
Pete Stark 80%
Cliff Stearns 15%
Charles Stenholm 25%
Ted Stevens 10%
Ted Strickland 85%
Bob Stump 5%
Bart Stupak 80%
John Sununu 30%
John Sweeney 30%
Tom Tancredo 5%
John Tanner 40%
Ellen Tauscher 90%
William Tauzin II 5%
Charles Taylor 10%
Gene Taylor 45%
Lee Terry 10%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 5%
Mac Thornberry 5%
Karen Thurman 85%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Pat Tiberi 5%
John Tierney 100%
Pat Toomey 10%
Robert Torricelli 65%
Ed Towns 70%
James Traficant, Jr. 10%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 95%
James Turner 45%
State Office Name Party Rating
Charles Pickering, Jr. 5%
Joe Pitts 5%
Todd Platts 25%
Richard Pombo 10%
Earl Pomeroy 70%
Rob Portman 15%
David Price 85%
Deborah Pryce 15%
Adam Putnam 15%
Jack Quinn 30%
George Radanovich 0%
Nick Rahall II 85%
James Ramstad 65%
Charlie Rangel 100%
Ralph Regula 15%
Denny Rehberg 5%
Harry Reid 75%
Silvestre Reyes 65%
Thomas Reynolds 20%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Pat Roberts 0%
Jay Rockefeller IV 80%
Ciro Rodriguez 80%
Timothy Roemer 90%
Mike Rogers 10%
Dana Rohrabacher 10%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 20%
Mike Ross 50%
Steve Rothman 95%
Marge Roukema 50%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 85%
Ed Royce 5%
Bobby Rush 60%
Paul Ryan 25%
Jim Ryun 5%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
Loretta Sanchez 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 45%
Rick Santorum 5%
Paul Sarbanes 95%
Thomas Sawyer 100%
Jim Saxton 60%
Robert Schaffer 5%
Edward Schrock 5%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 25%
José Serrano 80%
Jeff Sessions III 0%
John Shadegg 5%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 20%
Christopher Shays 65%
Richard Shelby 0%
Donald Sherwood 10%
John Shimkus 5%
Ronnie Shows 40%
Bill Shuster 11%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
Joseph Skeen 5%
Ike Skelton 50%
Louise Slaughter 90%
Gordon Smith 20%
Lamar Smith 5%
Nick Smith 5%
Bob Smith 15%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 80%
Mark Souder 5%
Arlen Specter 45%
John Spratt, Jr. 70%
Pete Stark 80%
Cliff Stearns 15%
Charles Stenholm 25%
Ted Stevens 10%
Ted Strickland 85%
Bob Stump 5%
Bart Stupak 80%
John Sununu 30%
John Sweeney 30%
Tom Tancredo 5%
John Tanner 40%
Ellen Tauscher 90%
William Tauzin II 5%
Charles Taylor 10%
Gene Taylor 45%
Lee Terry 10%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 5%
Mac Thornberry 5%
Karen Thurman 85%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Pat Tiberi 5%
John Tierney 100%
Pat Toomey 10%
Robert Torricelli 65%
Ed Towns 70%
James Traficant, Jr. 10%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 95%
James Turner 45%
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