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State Office Name Party Rating
Charles Pickering, Jr. 25
Owen Pickett 31
Joe Pitts 34
Richard Pombo 36
Earl Pomeroy 47
John Edward Porter 33
Rob Portman 48
David Price 40
Deborah Pryce 31
Jack Quinn 31
George Radanovich 21
Nick Rahall II 43
James Ramstad 62
Charlie Rangel 50
Ralph Regula 21
Harry Reid 40
Silvestre Reyes 34
Thomas Reynolds 27
Bob Riley 25
Lynn Nancy Rivers 66
Charles Robb 53
Pat Roberts 23
Jay Rockefeller IV 38
Ciro Rodriguez 33
Timothy Roemer 51
James Rogan 43
Dana Rohrabacher 55
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 27
William Roth, Jr. 43
Steve Rothman 48
Marge Roukema 49
Lucille Roybal-Allard 45
Ed Royce 57
Bobby Rush 53
Paul Ryan 58
Jim Ryun 40
Martin Olav Sabo 44
Matt Salmon 57
Loretta Sanchez 47
Max Sandlin, Jr. 33
Mark Sanford, Jr. 70
Rick Santorum 26
Paul Sarbanes 43
Thomas Sawyer 47
Jim Saxton 30
Joe Scarborough 45
Robert Schaffer 57
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 57
José Serrano 52
Jeff Sessions III 28
John Shadegg 43
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 34
Christopher Shays 62
Richard Shelby 20
Donald Sherwood 30
John Shimkus 26
Ronnie Shows 33
E.G. Shuster 31
Norman Sisisky 38
Joseph Skeen 19
Ike Skelton 32
Louise Slaughter 51
Gordon Smith 35
Lamar Smith 22
Nick Smith 48
Bob Smith 33
Olympia Snowe 33
Vic Snyder 40
Mark Souder 37
Arlen Specter 36
Floyd Spence, Sr. 31
John Spratt, Jr. 38
Pete Stark 67
Cliff Stearns 45
Charles Stenholm 32
Ted Stevens 20
Ted Strickland 55
Bob Stump 34
Bart Stupak 55
John Sununu 54
John Sweeney 31
James Talent 19
Tom Tancredo 58
John Tanner 34
Ellen Tauscher 38
William Tauzin II 18
Charles Taylor 30
Gene Taylor 55
Lee Terry 47
Craig Thomas 37
William Thomas 20
Fred Thompson 30
Mac Thornberry 26
Karen Thurman 39
Strom Thurmond 15
Todd Tiahrt 31
John Tierney 72
Pat Toomey 57
Robert Torricelli 40
Ed Towns 48
State Office Name Party Rating
Charles Pickering, Jr. 25
Owen Pickett 31
Joe Pitts 34
Richard Pombo 36
Earl Pomeroy 47
John Edward Porter 33
Rob Portman 48
David Price 40
Deborah Pryce 31
Jack Quinn 31
George Radanovich 21
Nick Rahall II 43
James Ramstad 62
Charlie Rangel 50
Ralph Regula 21
Harry Reid 40
Silvestre Reyes 34
Thomas Reynolds 27
Bob Riley 25
Lynn Nancy Rivers 66
Charles Robb 53
Pat Roberts 23
Jay Rockefeller IV 38
Ciro Rodriguez 33
Timothy Roemer 51
James Rogan 43
Dana Rohrabacher 55
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 27
William Roth, Jr. 43
Steve Rothman 48
Marge Roukema 49
Lucille Roybal-Allard 45
Ed Royce 57
Bobby Rush 53
Paul Ryan 58
Jim Ryun 40
Martin Olav Sabo 44
Matt Salmon 57
Loretta Sanchez 47
Max Sandlin, Jr. 33
Mark Sanford, Jr. 70
Rick Santorum 26
Paul Sarbanes 43
Thomas Sawyer 47
Jim Saxton 30
Joe Scarborough 45
Robert Schaffer 57
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 57
José Serrano 52
Jeff Sessions III 28
John Shadegg 43
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 34
Christopher Shays 62
Richard Shelby 20
Donald Sherwood 30
John Shimkus 26
Ronnie Shows 33
E.G. Shuster 31
Norman Sisisky 38
Joseph Skeen 19
Ike Skelton 32
Louise Slaughter 51
Gordon Smith 35
Lamar Smith 22
Nick Smith 48
Bob Smith 33
Olympia Snowe 33
Vic Snyder 40
Mark Souder 37
Arlen Specter 36
Floyd Spence, Sr. 31
John Spratt, Jr. 38
Pete Stark 67
Cliff Stearns 45
Charles Stenholm 32
Ted Stevens 20
Ted Strickland 55
Bob Stump 34
Bart Stupak 55
John Sununu 54
John Sweeney 31
James Talent 19
Tom Tancredo 58
John Tanner 34
Ellen Tauscher 38
William Tauzin II 18
Charles Taylor 30
Gene Taylor 55
Lee Terry 47
Craig Thomas 37
William Thomas 20
Fred Thompson 30
Mac Thornberry 26
Karen Thurman 39
Strom Thurmond 15
Todd Tiahrt 31
John Tierney 72
Pat Toomey 57
Robert Torricelli 40
Ed Towns 48
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