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2003 Positions

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State Office Name Party Rating
Neil Abercrombie 50%
Gary Ackerman 50%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 89%
Todd Akin 50%
Lamar Alexander 44%
Rodney Alexander 50%
Wayne Allard 33%
George Allen 33%
Thomas Allen 50%
Rob Andrews 50%
Joe Baca, Sr. 50%
Spencer Bachus 100%
Brian Baird 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 50%
J. Gresham Barrett 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
Joe Barton 50%
Charlie Bass 50%
Max Baucus 56%
Evan Bayh 89%
Bob Beauprez 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra 50%
Bob Bennett 44%
Shelley Berkley 50%
Howard Berman 50%
Marion Berry 50%
Judy Biggert 50%
Michael Bilirakis 50%
Jeff Bingaman 89%
Rob Bishop 50%
Tim Bishop 50%
Roy Blunt 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
John Boehner 50%
Kit Bond 44%
Henry Bonilla 50%
Jo Bonner, Jr. 50%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Barbara Boxer 89%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 100%
Kevin Brady 50%
Bob Brady 50%
Corrine Brown 50%
Henry Brown, Jr. 50%
Ginny Brown-Waite 50%
Sam Brownback 44%
Jim Bunning 44%
Conrad Burns 44%
Richard Burr 50%
Dan Burton 50%
Steve Buyer 50%
Robert Byrd 89%
Dave Camp 50%
Chris Cannon 50%
Eric Cantor 50%
Lois Capps 50%
Mike Capuano 50%
Dennis Cardoza 100%
Julia Carson 50%
Mike Castle 100%
Steve Chabot 50%
Lincoln Chafee 67%
Saxby Chambliss 44%
Chris Chocola 50%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 50%
Hillary Clinton 89%
Howard Coble 0%
Thad Cochran 44%
Norm Coleman 44%
Kent Conrad 89%
John Conyers, Jr. 50%
Jim Cooper 0%
Jerry Costello 50%
Larry Craig 11%
Robert Cramer 100%
Ander Crenshaw 50%
Joe Crowley 50%
Barbara Cubin 50%
John Culberson 50%
Elijah Cummings 50%
Randall Cunningham 50%
Artur Davis 50%
James Davis 50%
Jo Ann Davis 100%
Lincoln Davis 100%
Susan Davis 50%
Thomas Davis III 50%
Mark Dayton 89%
Peter DeFazio 50%
Thomas DeLay 50%
James DeMint 50%
Nathan Deal 50%
Bill Delahunt 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
Norm Dicks 50%
John Dingell 50%
Chris Dodd 89%
Elizabeth Dole 44%
State Office Name Party Rating
Neil Abercrombie 50%
Gary Ackerman 50%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 89%
Todd Akin 50%
Lamar Alexander 44%
Rodney Alexander 50%
Wayne Allard 33%
George Allen 33%
Thomas Allen 50%
Rob Andrews 50%
Joe Baca, Sr. 50%
Spencer Bachus 100%
Brian Baird 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 50%
J. Gresham Barrett 50%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
Joe Barton 50%
Charlie Bass 50%
Max Baucus 56%
Evan Bayh 89%
Bob Beauprez 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra 50%
Bob Bennett 44%
Shelley Berkley 50%
Howard Berman 50%
Marion Berry 50%
Judy Biggert 50%
Michael Bilirakis 50%
Jeff Bingaman 89%
Rob Bishop 50%
Tim Bishop 50%
Roy Blunt 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
John Boehner 50%
Kit Bond 44%
Henry Bonilla 50%
Jo Bonner, Jr. 50%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Barbara Boxer 89%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 100%
Kevin Brady 50%
Bob Brady 50%
Corrine Brown 50%
Henry Brown, Jr. 50%
Ginny Brown-Waite 50%
Sam Brownback 44%
Jim Bunning 44%
Conrad Burns 44%
Richard Burr 50%
Dan Burton 50%
Steve Buyer 50%
Robert Byrd 89%
Dave Camp 50%
Chris Cannon 50%
Eric Cantor 50%
Lois Capps 50%
Mike Capuano 50%
Dennis Cardoza 100%
Julia Carson 50%
Mike Castle 100%
Steve Chabot 50%
Lincoln Chafee 67%
Saxby Chambliss 44%
Chris Chocola 50%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 50%
Hillary Clinton 89%
Howard Coble 0%
Thad Cochran 44%
Norm Coleman 44%
Kent Conrad 89%
John Conyers, Jr. 50%
Jim Cooper 0%
Jerry Costello 50%
Larry Craig 11%
Robert Cramer 100%
Ander Crenshaw 50%
Joe Crowley 50%
Barbara Cubin 50%
John Culberson 50%
Elijah Cummings 50%
Randall Cunningham 50%
Artur Davis 50%
James Davis 50%
Jo Ann Davis 100%
Lincoln Davis 100%
Susan Davis 50%
Thomas Davis III 50%
Mark Dayton 89%
Peter DeFazio 50%
Thomas DeLay 50%
James DeMint 50%
Nathan Deal 50%
Bill Delahunt 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
Norm Dicks 50%
John Dingell 50%
Chris Dodd 89%
Elizabeth Dole 44%
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