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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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OH | Governor | Mike DeWine | Republican | 47 |
OH | State House - 62 | Jean Schmidt | Republican | 0 |
NH | State Senate - 3 | Jeb Bradley | Republican | 83 |
AL | U.S. House - 4 | Robert Aderholt | Republican | 0 |
TX | U.S. House - 26 | Michael Burgess | Republican | 0 |
CA | U.S. House - 41 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 4 |
TX | U.S. House - 31 | John Carter | Republican | -4 |
OK | U.S. House - 4 | Tom Cole | Republican | 0 |
FL | U.S. House - 26 | Mario Diaz-Balart | Republican | 8 |
NC | U.S. House - 5 | Virginia Foxx | Republican | 8 |
TX | U.S. House - 12 | Kay Granger | Republican | 0 |
MO | U.S. House - 6 | Sam Graves | Republican | 0 |
CA | U.S. House - 48 | Darrell Issa | Republican | 8 |
OK | U.S. House - 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | -4 |
TX | U.S. House - 10 | Michael McCaul | Republican | 0 |
NC | U.S. House - 10 | Patrick McHenry | Republican | 8 |
WA | U.S. House - 5 | Cathy Rodgers | Republican | -4 |
KY | U.S. House - 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 0 |
AL | U.S. House - 3 | Mike Rogers | Republican | 8 |
TX | U.S. House - 17 | Pete Sessions | Republican | 0 |
ID | U.S. House - 2 | Mike Simpson | Republican | -8 |
NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 92 |
OH | U.S. House - 10 | Mike Turner | Republican | 8 |
SC | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Wilson, Sr. | Republican | 0 |
TN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Marsha Blackburn | Republican | 4 |
AR | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Boozman | Republican | 0 |
WV | U.S. Senate - Jr | Shelley Capito | Republican | 8 |
ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 67 |
TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 0 |
ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 0 |
SC | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 20 |
IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 7 |
KY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mitch McConnell, Jr. | Republican | 0 |
KS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jerry Moran | Republican | 0 |
AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 0 |
SD | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Thune | Republican | 0 |
MS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 0 |
Todd Akin | 0 | |||
Lamar Alexander | 13 | |||
Rodney Alexander | 0 | |||
Wayne Allard | 10 | |||
George Allen | 7 | |||
Spencer Bachus | 0 | |||
Richard Hugh Baker | 0 | |||
J. Gresham Barrett | 8 | |||
Roscoe Bartlett | 67 | |||
Joe Barton | -12 | |||
Charlie Bass | 67 | |||
Bob Beauprez | -4 | |||
Bob Bennett | 7 | |||
Judy Biggert | 50 | |||
Michael Bilirakis | 17 | |||
Rob Bishop | -4 | |||
Roy Blunt | 8 | |||
Sherwood Boehlert | 108 | |||
John Boehner | 0 | |||
Kit Bond | -3 | |||
Henry Bonilla | -4 | |||
Jo Bonner, Jr. | 0 | |||
Mary Bono Mack | 17 | |||
Charles Boustany, Jr. | 0 | |||
Kevin Brady | -4 | |||
Henry Brown, Jr. | -4 | |||
Ginny Brown-Waite | 8 | |||
Sam Brownback | 7 | |||
Jim Bunning | 0 | |||
Conrad Burns | 0 | |||
Richard Burr | 13 | |||
Dan Burton | 0 | |||
Steve Buyer | -4 | |||
Dave Camp | 8 | |||
John Campbell III | 0 | |||
Chris Cannon | -4 | |||
Eric Cantor | 8 | |||
Mike Castle | 96 | |||
Steve Chabot | 21 | |||
Lincoln Chafee | 87 | |||
Saxby Chambliss | 0 | |||
Chris Chocola | 8 | |||
Howard Coble | 0 | |||
Thomas Coburn | 7 | |||
Thad Cochran | 0 | |||
Norm Coleman | 47 | |||
Mike Conaway | 0 | |||
Larry Craig | -3 | |||
Ander Crenshaw | 8 | |||
Barbara Cubin | -4 | |||
John Culberson | -4 | |||
Geoff Davis | 8 | |||
Jo Ann Davis | 8 | |||
Thomas Davis III | 71 | |||
Thomas DeLay | 8 | |||
James DeMint | 13 | |||
Nathan Deal | 0 | |||
Charlie Dent | 4 | |||
Lincoln Diaz-Balart | 8 | |||
Elizabeth Dole | 7 | |||
Pete Domenici, Jr. | 3 | |||
John Doolittle | -4 | |||
Thelma Drake | 4 |