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State Office Name Party Rating
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson Republican 10%
Joseph Skeen 10%
Nick Smith 10%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 10%
Cliff Stearns 10%
Ted Stevens 10%
Tom Tancredo 10%
William Thomas 10%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 10%
Greg Walden 10%
John Warner 10%
David Weldon 10%
Donald Young 10%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 5%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 5%
Cass Ballenger 5%
Joe Barton 5%
Sam Brownback 5%
Ed Bryant 5%
Richard Burr 5%
Dan Burton 5%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert Republican 5%
Larry Combest 5%
Philip Crane 5%
Barbara Cubin 5%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 5%
John Doolittle 5%
Terry Everett 5%
George Gekas 5%
Bob Goodlatte 5%
Slade Gorton 5%
TX U.S. House - 12 Kay Granger Republican 5%
Mark Green 5%
Charles Hagel 5%
Robert Hayes 5%
Wally Herger, Jr. 5%
Pete Hoekstra 5%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 5%
Joseph Knollenberg 5%
Tom Latham 5%
Dick Lugar 5%
John McCain III 5%
David McIntosh 5%
Buck McKeon 5%
Gary Miller 5%
Frank Murkowski 5%
Sue Myrick 5%
Michael Oxley 5%
Ronald Packard 5%
John Peterson 5%
Richard Pombo 5%
Rob Portman 5%
George Radanovich 5%
Bob Riley 5%
Dana Rohrabacher 5%
Ed Royce 5%
Rick Santorum 5%
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions Republican 5%
E.G. Shuster 5%
Bob Smith 5%
Mark Souder 5%
William Tauzin II 5%
Charles Taylor 5%
Lee Terry 5%
Fred Thompson 5%
Mac Thornberry 5%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Pat Toomey 5%
David Vitter 5%
Wayne Allard 0%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Thad Cochran 0%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
Larry Craig 0%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Mike Enzi 0%
William Frist 0%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Doc Hastings 0%
Orrin Hatch 0%
Jesse Helms 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Jim Inhofe 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Sam Johnson 0%
State Office Name Party Rating
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson R 10%
Joseph Skeen 10%
Nick Smith 10%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 10%
Cliff Stearns 10%
Ted Stevens 10%
Tom Tancredo 10%
William Thomas 10%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune R 10%
Greg Walden 10%
John Warner 10%
David Weldon 10%
Donald Young 10%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 5%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 5%
Cass Ballenger 5%
Joe Barton 5%
Sam Brownback 5%
Ed Bryant 5%
Richard Burr 5%
Dan Burton 5%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert R 5%
Larry Combest 5%
Philip Crane 5%
Barbara Cubin 5%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 5%
John Doolittle 5%
Terry Everett 5%
George Gekas 5%
Bob Goodlatte 5%
Slade Gorton 5%
TX U.S. House - 12 Kay Granger R 5%
Mark Green 5%
Charles Hagel 5%
Robert Hayes 5%
Wally Herger, Jr. 5%
Pete Hoekstra 5%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 5%
Joseph Knollenberg 5%
Tom Latham 5%
Dick Lugar 5%
John McCain III 5%
David McIntosh 5%
Buck McKeon 5%
Gary Miller 5%
Frank Murkowski 5%
Sue Myrick 5%
Michael Oxley 5%
Ronald Packard 5%
John Peterson 5%
Richard Pombo 5%
Rob Portman 5%
George Radanovich 5%
Bob Riley 5%
Dana Rohrabacher 5%
Ed Royce 5%
Rick Santorum 5%
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions R 5%
E.G. Shuster 5%
Bob Smith 5%
Mark Souder 5%
William Tauzin II 5%
Charles Taylor 5%
Lee Terry 5%
Fred Thompson 5%
Mac Thornberry 5%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Pat Toomey 5%
David Vitter 5%
Wayne Allard 0%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Thad Cochran 0%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
Larry Craig 0%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Mike Enzi 0%
William Frist 0%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Doc Hastings 0%
Orrin Hatch 0%
Jesse Helms 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Jim Inhofe 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Sam Johnson 0%
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