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State Office Name Party Rating
Neil Abercrombie 40%
Gary Ackerman 55%
Todd Akin 55%
Rodney Alexander 20%
Thomas Allen 50%
Rob Andrews 65%
Joe Baca, Sr. 35%
Spencer Bachus 35%
Richard Hugh Baker 40%
J. Gresham Barrett 60%
Roscoe Bartlett 55%
Joe Barton 35%
Charlie Bass 50%
Bob Beauprez 60%
NA U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra 55%
Shelley Berkley 45%
Howard Berman 50%
Marion Berry 45%
Judy Biggert 25%
Michael Bilirakis 45%
Tim Bishop 60%
Roy Blunt 10%
Sherwood Boehlert 30%
John Boehner 25%
Henry Bonilla 20%
Jo Bonner, Jr. 10%
Mary Bono Mack 15%
Leonard Boswell 40%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 30%
Kevin Brady 50%
Bob Brady 35%
Corrine Brown 55%
Henry Brown, Jr. 20%
Ginny Brown-Waite 45%
Dan Burton 40%
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 50%
Steve Buyer 35%
Dave Camp 30%
Lois Capps 55%
Mike Capuano 75%
Dennis Cardoza 45%
Julia Carson 55%
Mike Castle 40%
Steve Chabot 60%
Chris Chocola 50%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 40%
Howard Coble 50%
John Conyers, Jr. 50%
Jim Cooper 60%
Jerry Costello 45%
Christopher Cox 40%
Robert Cramer 15%
Ander Crenshaw 20%
Joe Crowley 55%
John Culberson 35%
Elijah Cummings 50%
Randall Cunningham 40%
Artur Davis 40%
James Davis 55%
Lincoln Davis 50%
Susan Davis 55%
Peter DeFazio 60%
Thomas DeLay 15%
Nathan Deal 50%
Bill Delahunt 55%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 20%
John Dingell 60%
John Doolittle 15%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 50%
David Dreier 15%
John Duncan, Jr. 50%
Chet Edwards 30%
Vern Ehlers 30%
Rahm Emanuel 55%
Jo Ann Emerson 20%
Eliot Engel 60%
Philip English 15%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Lane Evans 55%
Terry Everett 40%
Sam Farr 45%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 45%
Tom Feeney 60%
Michael Ferguson 20%
Bob Filner 50%
Jeff Flake 60%
Mark Foley 20%
Harold Ford, Jr. 50%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 60%
Barney Frank 55%
Trent Franks 55%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 20%
Elton Gallegly 20%
Scott Garrett 60%
Jim Gerlach 15%
Jim Gibbons 35%
Wayne Gilchrest 20%
Paul Gillmor 20%
Phil Gingrey 30%
Charlie Gonzalez 55%
State Office Name Party Rating
Neil Abercrombie 40%
Gary Ackerman 55%
Todd Akin 55%
Rodney Alexander 20%
Thomas Allen 50%
Rob Andrews 65%
Joe Baca, Sr. 35%
Spencer Bachus 35%
Richard Hugh Baker 40%
J. Gresham Barrett 60%
Roscoe Bartlett 55%
Joe Barton 35%
Charlie Bass 50%
Bob Beauprez 60%
NA U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra 55%
Shelley Berkley 45%
Howard Berman 50%
Marion Berry 45%
Judy Biggert 25%
Michael Bilirakis 45%
Tim Bishop 60%
Roy Blunt 10%
Sherwood Boehlert 30%
John Boehner 25%
Henry Bonilla 20%
Jo Bonner, Jr. 10%
Mary Bono Mack 15%
Leonard Boswell 40%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 30%
Kevin Brady 50%
Bob Brady 35%
Corrine Brown 55%
Henry Brown, Jr. 20%
Ginny Brown-Waite 45%
Dan Burton 40%
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 50%
Steve Buyer 35%
Dave Camp 30%
Lois Capps 55%
Mike Capuano 75%
Dennis Cardoza 45%
Julia Carson 55%
Mike Castle 40%
Steve Chabot 60%
Chris Chocola 50%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 40%
Howard Coble 50%
John Conyers, Jr. 50%
Jim Cooper 60%
Jerry Costello 45%
Christopher Cox 40%
Robert Cramer 15%
Ander Crenshaw 20%
Joe Crowley 55%
John Culberson 35%
Elijah Cummings 50%
Randall Cunningham 40%
Artur Davis 40%
James Davis 55%
Lincoln Davis 50%
Susan Davis 55%
Peter DeFazio 60%
Thomas DeLay 15%
Nathan Deal 50%
Bill Delahunt 55%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 20%
John Dingell 60%
John Doolittle 15%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 50%
David Dreier 15%
John Duncan, Jr. 50%
Chet Edwards 30%
Vern Ehlers 30%
Rahm Emanuel 55%
Jo Ann Emerson 20%
Eliot Engel 60%
Philip English 15%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Lane Evans 55%
Terry Everett 40%
Sam Farr 45%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 45%
Tom Feeney 60%
Michael Ferguson 20%
Bob Filner 50%
Jeff Flake 60%
Mark Foley 20%
Harold Ford, Jr. 50%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 60%
Barney Frank 55%
Trent Franks 55%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 20%
Elton Gallegly 20%
Scott Garrett 60%
Jim Gerlach 15%
Jim Gibbons 35%
Wayne Gilchrest 20%
Paul Gillmor 20%
Phil Gingrey 30%
Charlie Gonzalez 55%
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