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State Office Name Party Rating
Merrill Cook 91%
David Dreier 91%
Terry Everett 91%
Thomas Ewing 91%
George Gekas 91%
Jim Gibbons 91%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 91%
Robert Hayes 91%
Wally Herger, Jr. 91%
Van Hilleary 91%
Kenny Hulshof 91%
Christopher John 91%
Sam Johnson 91%
Jack Kingston 91%
Tom Latham 91%
Sue Myrick 91%
Anne Northup 91%
James Nussle 91%
Doug Ose 91%
Michael Oxley 91%
Edward Pease 91%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 91%
Joe Pitts 91%
Richard Pombo 91%
Bob Riley 91%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers Republican 91%
Robert Schaffer 91%
John Shadegg 91%
Donald Sherwood 91%
Ronnie Shows 91%
E.G. Shuster 91%
Lamar Smith 91%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 91%
Lee Terry 91%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 91%
Todd Tiahrt 91%
Ed Whitfield 91%
Frank Wolf 91%
Bill Young 91%
Donald Young 91%
Mary Bono Mack 90%
Barbara Cubin 90%
Jay Dickey 90%
Tillie Fowler 90%
Gilbert Gutknecht 90%
Duncan Hunter 90%
James Kolbe 90%
Jack Metcalf 90%
Owen Pickett 90%
Thomas Reynolds 90%
David Weldon 90%
Steve Buyer 89%
Charles Taylor 89%
John Peterson 86%
David Vitter 86%
Bill Archer 82%
Richard Armey 82%
Cass Ballenger 82%
Roscoe Bartlett 82%
Marion Berry 82%
Judy Biggert 82%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 82%
Richard Burr 82%
Robert Clement 82%
Gary Condit 82%
Robert Cramer 82%
Patsy Ann Danner 82%
Thomas Davis III 82%
Thomas DeLay 82%
James DeMint 82%
Nathan Deal 82%
Calvin Dooley 82%
John Doolittle 82%
Elton Gallegly 82%
William Goodling 82%
Porter Goss 82%
SC U.S. Senate - Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 82%
Mark Green 82%
James Greenwood 82%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 82%
David Lee Hobson 82%
Pete Hoekstra 82%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 82%
Nancy Johnson 82%
Walter Jones, Jr. 82%
John Kasich 82%
Ray LaHood 82%
Steve LaTourette 82%
James Leach 82%
John Linder 82%
Ken Lucas 82%
Don Manzullo 82%
John McHugh 82%
Mike McIntyre 82%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 82%
John Edward Porter 82%
Rob Portman 82%
James Rogan 82%
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions Republican 82%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 82%
State Office Name Party Rating
Merrill Cook 91%
David Dreier 91%
Terry Everett 91%
Thomas Ewing 91%
George Gekas 91%
Jim Gibbons 91%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 91%
Robert Hayes 91%
Wally Herger, Jr. 91%
Van Hilleary 91%
Kenny Hulshof 91%
Christopher John 91%
Sam Johnson 91%
Jack Kingston 91%
Tom Latham 91%
Sue Myrick 91%
Anne Northup 91%
James Nussle 91%
Doug Ose 91%
Michael Oxley 91%
Edward Pease 91%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 91%
Joe Pitts 91%
Richard Pombo 91%
Bob Riley 91%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers R 91%
Robert Schaffer 91%
John Shadegg 91%
Donald Sherwood 91%
Ronnie Shows 91%
E.G. Shuster 91%
Lamar Smith 91%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 91%
Lee Terry 91%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune R 91%
Todd Tiahrt 91%
Ed Whitfield 91%
Frank Wolf 91%
Bill Young 91%
Donald Young 91%
Mary Bono Mack 90%
Barbara Cubin 90%
Jay Dickey 90%
Tillie Fowler 90%
Gilbert Gutknecht 90%
Duncan Hunter 90%
James Kolbe 90%
Jack Metcalf 90%
Owen Pickett 90%
Thomas Reynolds 90%
David Weldon 90%
Steve Buyer 89%
Charles Taylor 89%
John Peterson 86%
David Vitter 86%
Bill Archer 82%
Richard Armey 82%
Cass Ballenger 82%
Roscoe Bartlett 82%
Marion Berry 82%
Judy Biggert 82%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 82%
Richard Burr 82%
Robert Clement 82%
Gary Condit 82%
Robert Cramer 82%
Patsy Ann Danner 82%
Thomas Davis III 82%
Thomas DeLay 82%
James DeMint 82%
Nathan Deal 82%
Calvin Dooley 82%
John Doolittle 82%
Elton Gallegly 82%
William Goodling 82%
Porter Goss 82%
SC U.S. Senate - Sr Lindsey Graham R 82%
Mark Green 82%
James Greenwood 82%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 82%
David Lee Hobson 82%
Pete Hoekstra 82%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 82%
Nancy Johnson 82%
Walter Jones, Jr. 82%
John Kasich 82%
Ray LaHood 82%
Steve LaTourette 82%
James Leach 82%
John Linder 82%
Ken Lucas 82%
Don Manzullo 82%
John McHugh 82%
Mike McIntyre 82%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 82%
John Edward Porter 82%
Rob Portman 82%
James Rogan 82%
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions R 82%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 82%
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