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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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John Sullivan | 91% | |||
Frank Wolf | 91% | |||
John Culberson | 90% | |||
OH | State House - 62 | Jean Schmidt | Republican | 90% |
Kelly Ayotte | 88% | |||
Dan Coats | 88% | |||
SC | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 88% |
IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 88% |
Jim Inhofe | 88% | |||
Jon Kyl | 88% | |||
Dick Lugar | 88% | |||
KY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mitch McConnell, Jr. | Republican | 88% |
KS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jerry Moran | Republican | 88% |
Rob Portman | 88% | |||
David Vitter | 88% | |||
Thaddeus McCotter | 86% | |||
Leonard Boswell | 83% | |||
Mo Brooks | 83% | |||
Paul Broun | 83% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 26 | Michael Burgess | Republican | 83% |
Steve Chabot | 83% | |||
Mike Conaway | 83% | |||
SC | U.S. House - 3 | Jeff Duncan | Republican | 83% |
Blake Farenthold | 83% | |||
Jeff Flake | 83% | |||
LA | Treasurer | John Fleming, Jr. | Republican | 83% |
NC | U.S. House - 5 | Virginia Foxx | Republican | 83% |
Trent Franks | 83% | |||
Chris Gibson | 83% | |||
Phil Gingrey | 83% | |||
Tom Graves, Jr. | 83% | |||
Ralph Hall | 83% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 1 | Andy Harris | Republican | 83% |
Nan Hayworth | 83% | |||
Tim Huelskamp | 83% | |||
MI | U.S. House - 4 | Bill Huizenga | Republican | 83% |
OH | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Jordan | Republican | 83% |
Larry Kissell | 83% | |||
ID | Attorney General | Raúl Labrador | Republican | 83% |
Jeff Miller | 83% | |||
Mick Mulvaney | 83% | |||
Randy Neugebauer | 83% | |||
Rich Nugent | 83% | |||
Erik Paulsen | 83% | |||
Mike Pompeo | 83% | |||
Ben Quayle | 83% | |||
Dave Reichert | 83% | |||
Scott Rigell | 83% | |||
Dana Rohrabacher | 83% | |||
Dennis Ross | 83% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 8 | Austin Scott | Republican | 83% |
NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 83% |
Steve Southerland | 83% | |||
Fred Upton | 83% | |||
MI | U.S. House - 5 | Tim Walberg | Republican | 83% |
Joe Walsh | 83% | |||
Allen West | 83% | |||
Lynn Westmoreland | 83% | |||
Rob Woodall | 83% | |||
Diane Black | 82% | |||
John Campbell III | 82% | |||
Ben Chandler III | 82% | |||
Scott Garrett | 82% | |||
Lynn Jenkins | 82% | |||
LA | Governor | Jeff Landry | Republican | 82% |
Kenny Marchant | 82% | |||
NC | U.S. House - 10 | Patrick McHenry | Republican | 82% |
Brian Bilbray | 80% | |||
Sandy Adams | 75% | |||
Justin Amash | 75% | |||
WY | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Barrasso | Republican | 75% |
Scott Brown | 75% | |||
ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 75% |
Robert Corker | 75% | |||
TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 75% |
CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 75% |
ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 75% |
James DeMint | 75% | |||
Bob Dold | 75% | |||
Mike Enzi | 75% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 9 | Paul Gosar | Republican | 75% |
NY | Governor | Kathy Hochul | Democratic | 75% |
WI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Johnson | Republican | 75% |
Mary Landrieu | 75% | |||
UT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Lee | Republican | 75% |
Frank LoBiondo | 75% | |||
John McCain III | 75% | |||
KY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Rand Paul | Republican | 75% |
FL | U.S. House - 8 | Bill Posey | Republican | 75% |
Mark Pryor | 75% | |||
ID | U.S. Senate - Jr | James Risch | Republican | 75% |
FL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Marco Rubio | Republican | 75% |
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | 75% | |||
Pat Toomey | 75% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 5 | Tom McClintock | Republican | 73% |
AZ | U.S. House - 1 | David Schweikert | Republican | 73% |
Louie Gohmert | 72% | |||
Orrin Hatch | 71% | |||
Connie Mack IV | 71% | |||
Olympia Snowe | 71% |