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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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OH | State House - 62 | Jean Schmidt | Republican | 91% |
Bill Young | 91% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 26 | Michael Burgess | Republican | 89% |
Richard Burr | 89% | |||
TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 89% |
Mike Fitzpatrick | 89% | |||
LA | Treasurer | John Fleming, Jr. | Republican | 89% |
Rodney Frelinghuysen | 89% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 9 | Paul Gosar | Republican | 89% |
Ralph Hall | 89% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Jordan | Republican | 89% |
Steve King | 89% | |||
Jon Kyl | 89% | |||
LA | Governor | Jeff Landry | Republican | 89% |
KY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mitch McConnell, Jr. | Republican | 89% |
David McKinley | 89% | |||
KS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jerry Moran | Republican | 89% |
Steve Pearce | 89% | |||
Ted Poe | 89% | |||
Ben Quayle | 89% | |||
Dana Rohrabacher | 89% | |||
Jon Runyan | 89% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 1 | David Schweikert | Republican | 89% |
GA | U.S. House - 8 | Austin Scott | Republican | 89% |
Cliff Stearns | 89% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 11 | Daniel Webster | Republican | 89% |
Todd Akin | 88% | |||
Michele Bachmann | 88% | |||
WY | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Barrasso | Republican | 88% |
Robert Corker | 88% | |||
Mike Enzi | 88% | |||
Donald Young | 88% | |||
Paul Broun | 86% | |||
Jason Chaffetz | 86% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 86% |
Trent Franks | 86% | |||
Chris Gibson | 86% | |||
Louie Gohmert | 86% | |||
Tom Graves, Jr. | 86% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 1 | Andy Harris | Republican | 86% |
Tim Huelskamp | 86% | |||
Duncan Hunter | 86% | |||
Jack Kingston | 86% | |||
CO | U.S. House - 5 | Doug Lamborn | Republican | 86% |
Leonard Lance | 86% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 5 | Tom McClintock | Republican | 86% |
Mick Mulvaney | 86% | |||
Collin Peterson | 86% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 8 | Bill Posey | Republican | 86% |
Dave Reichert | 86% | |||
Steve Southerland | 86% | |||
Frank Wolf | 86% | |||
Lamar Alexander | 85% | |||
Saxby Chambliss | 85% | |||
ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 85% |
Jim Inhofe | 85% | |||
Ron Paul | 85% | |||
Pat Toomey | 85% | |||
SC | U.S. House - 3 | Jeff Duncan | Republican | 84% |
Jeff Flake | 84% | |||
Steve LaTourette | 84% | |||
Jeff Sessions III | 84% | |||
Scott Garrett | 83% | |||
Mark Kirk | 83% | |||
SD | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Thune | Republican | 83% |
Rob Bishop | 82% | |||
Justin Amash | 81% | |||
Kelly Ayotte | 81% | |||
Scott Brown | 81% | |||
John Duncan, Jr. | 81% | |||
IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 81% |
Orrin Hatch | 81% | |||
Nan Hayworth | 81% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Johnson | Republican | 81% |
AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 81% |
ID | U.S. Senate - Jr | James Risch | Republican | 81% |
Richard Shelby | 81% | |||
John McCain III | 80% | |||
John Barrow | 78% | |||
Charlie Bass | 78% | |||
Bob Dold | 78% | |||
Mike McIntyre | 77% | |||
FL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Marco Rubio | Republican | 77% |
CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 76% |
Thomas Coburn | 75% | |||
James DeMint | 74% | |||
UT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Lee | Republican | 74% |
KY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Rand Paul | Republican | 74% |
David Vitter | 74% | |||
Mary Landrieu | 73% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 72% |
Jason Altmire | 70% | |||
ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 70% |
Tim Johnson | 70% | |||
Frank LoBiondo | 70% | |||
Jim Webb, Jr. | 70% | |||
Joe Donnelly, Sr. | 69% | |||
Olympia Snowe | 69% | |||
Leonard Boswell | 68% | |||
Mark Critz | 68% |