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State Office Name Party Rating
Donald Payne 95%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 45%
Clay Pell, Jr. 95%
Collin Peterson 55%
Pete Peterson 60%
Tom Petri 20%
Owen Pickett 45%
Richard Pombo 5%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
John Edward Porter 25%
Rob Portman 10%
Glenn Poshard 70%
Larry Pressler 5%
Deborah Pryce 5%
David Pryor 70%
James Quillen 0%
Jack Quinn 35%
George Radanovich 0%
Nick Rahall II 75%
James Ramstad 35%
Charlie Rangel 95%
Ralph Regula 15%
Harry Reid 85%
Bill Richardson 75%
Frank Riggs 10%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 95%
Charles Robb 80%
Pat Roberts 5%
Jay Rockefeller IV 85%
Timothy Roemer 60%
Dana Rohrabacher 15%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 30%
Charles Rose III 70%
Toby Roth 5%
William Roth, Jr. 10%
Marge Roukema 50%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 90%
Ed Royce 15%
Bobby Rush 95%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
Matt Salmon 10%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 10%
Rick Santorum 15%
Paul Sarbanes 95%
Thomas Sawyer 90%
Jim Saxton 15%
Joe Scarborough 10%
Daniel Schaefer 0%
Steven Schiff 25%
Pat Schroeder 80%
Andrea Seastrand 5%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 20%
José Serrano 95%
John Shadegg 5%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Christopher Shays 30%
Richard Shelby 5%
E.G. Shuster 0%
Paul Simon 90%
Alan Simpson 20%
Norman Sisisky 35%
David Skaggs 90%
Joseph Skeen 5%
Ike Skelton 40%
Louise Slaughter 90%
Lamar Smith 10%
Linda Smith 5%
Nick Smith 10%
Bob Smith 5%
Olympia Snowe 35%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 5%
Mark Souder 10%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 5%
John Spratt, Jr. 60%
Pete Stark 80%
Cliff Stearns 5%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 20%
Steve Stockman 20%
Louis Stokes 65%
Gerry Studds 90%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 75%
James Talent 10%
John Tanner 45%
Randy Tate 5%
William Tauzin II 0%
Charles Taylor 5%
Gene Taylor 30%
Frank Tejeda 60%
Craig Thomas 5%
William Thomas 5%
Fred Thompson 0%
Mac Thornberry 0%
Ray Thornton 55%
Karen Thurman 75%
Strom Thurmond 5%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Peter Torkildsen 55%
State Office Name Party Rating
Donald Payne 95%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 45%
Clay Pell, Jr. 95%
Collin Peterson 55%
Pete Peterson 60%
Tom Petri 20%
Owen Pickett 45%
Richard Pombo 5%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
John Edward Porter 25%
Rob Portman 10%
Glenn Poshard 70%
Larry Pressler 5%
Deborah Pryce 5%
David Pryor 70%
James Quillen 0%
Jack Quinn 35%
George Radanovich 0%
Nick Rahall II 75%
James Ramstad 35%
Charlie Rangel 95%
Ralph Regula 15%
Harry Reid 85%
Bill Richardson 75%
Frank Riggs 10%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 95%
Charles Robb 80%
Pat Roberts 5%
Jay Rockefeller IV 85%
Timothy Roemer 60%
Dana Rohrabacher 15%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 30%
Charles Rose III 70%
Toby Roth 5%
William Roth, Jr. 10%
Marge Roukema 50%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 90%
Ed Royce 15%
Bobby Rush 95%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
Matt Salmon 10%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 10%
Rick Santorum 15%
Paul Sarbanes 95%
Thomas Sawyer 90%
Jim Saxton 15%
Joe Scarborough 10%
Daniel Schaefer 0%
Steven Schiff 25%
Pat Schroeder 80%
Andrea Seastrand 5%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 20%
José Serrano 95%
John Shadegg 5%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Christopher Shays 30%
Richard Shelby 5%
E.G. Shuster 0%
Paul Simon 90%
Alan Simpson 20%
Norman Sisisky 35%
David Skaggs 90%
Joseph Skeen 5%
Ike Skelton 40%
Louise Slaughter 90%
Lamar Smith 10%
Linda Smith 5%
Nick Smith 10%
Bob Smith 5%
Olympia Snowe 35%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 5%
Mark Souder 10%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 5%
John Spratt, Jr. 60%
Pete Stark 80%
Cliff Stearns 5%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 20%
Steve Stockman 20%
Louis Stokes 65%
Gerry Studds 90%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 75%
James Talent 10%
John Tanner 45%
Randy Tate 5%
William Tauzin II 0%
Charles Taylor 5%
Gene Taylor 30%
Frank Tejeda 60%
Craig Thomas 5%
William Thomas 5%
Fred Thompson 0%
Mac Thornberry 0%
Ray Thornton 55%
Karen Thurman 75%
Strom Thurmond 5%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Peter Torkildsen 55%
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