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State Office Name Party Rating
Charles Boustany, Jr. 20%
Kevin Brady 20%
Mo Brooks 20%
FL U.S. House - 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 20%
Larry Bucshon 20%
Ann Marie Buerkle 20%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert Republican 20%
Dave Camp 20%
Eric Cantor 20%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito Republican 20%
TX U.S. House - 31 John Carter Republican 20%
LA U.S. Senate - Sr Bill Cassidy Republican 20%
Steve Chabot 20%
Howard Coble 20%
OK U.S. House - 4 Tom Cole Republican 20%
Mike Conaway 20%
Chip Cravaack 20%
AR U.S. House - 1 Rick Crawford Republican 20%
Ander Crenshaw 20%
John Culberson 20%
Geoff Davis 20%
Jeff Denham 20%
Charlie Dent 20%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy Republican 20%
Renee Ellmers 20%
Jo Ann Emerson 20%
Blake Farenthold 20%
Stephen Fincher 20%
Mike Fitzpatrick 20%
TN U.S. House - 3 Chuck Fleischmann Republican 20%
Bill Flores 20%
Randy Forbes 20%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 20%
Elton Gallegly 20%
Cory Gardner 20%
Jim Gerlach 20%
Bob Gibbs 20%
Chris Gibson 20%
Phil Gingrey 20%
Bob Goodlatte 20%
AZ U.S. House - 9 Paul Gosar Republican 20%
Kay Granger 20%
MO U.S. House - 6 Sam Graves Republican 20%
AR Attorney General Tim Griffin Republican 20%
Frank Guinta 20%
KY U.S. House - 2 Brett Guthrie Republican 20%
Ralph Hall 20%
Gregg Harper 20%
Vicky Hartzler 20%
Doc Hastings 20%
Nan Hayworth 20%
Joe Heck, Jr. 20%
Jeb Hensarling 20%
Wally Herger, Jr. 20%
Duncan Hunter 20%
Robert Hurt 20%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa Republican 20%
Sam Johnson 20%
Bill Johnson 20%
PA U.S. House - 16 Mike Kelly, Jr. Republican 20%
Pete King 20%
Jack Kingston 20%
Adam Kinzinger 20%
John Kline 20%
Steve LaTourette 20%
Leonard Lance 20%
LA Governor Jeff Landry Republican 20%
OK U.S. Senate - Sr James Lankford Republican 20%
Tom Latham 20%
OH U.S. House - 5 Bob Latta Republican 20%
Jerry Lewis 20%
Frank LoBiondo 20%
Billy Long 20%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas Republican 20%
Blaine Luetkemeyer 20%
WY U.S. Senate - Jr Cynthia Lummis Republican 20%
Connie Mack IV 20%
Don Manzullo 20%
Kenny Marchant 20%
Kevin McCarthy 20%
Thaddeus McCotter 20%
Patrick McHenry 20%
Buck McKeon 20%
Pat Meehan 20%
John Mica 20%
Candice Miller 20%
Tim Murphy 20%
Sue Myrick 20%
Rich Nugent 20%
Devin Nunes 20%
Alan Nunnelee 20%
Pete Olson 20%
Steven Palazzo 20%
Ron Paul 20%
Erik Paulsen 20%
Steve Pearce 20%
Tom Petri 20%
Joe Pitts 20%
Bill Posey 20%
Ben Quayle 20%
State Office Name Party Rating
Charles Boustany, Jr. 20%
Kevin Brady 20%
Mo Brooks 20%
FL U.S. House - 16 Vern Buchanan R 20%
Larry Bucshon 20%
Ann Marie Buerkle 20%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert R 20%
Dave Camp 20%
Eric Cantor 20%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito R 20%
TX U.S. House - 31 John Carter R 20%
LA U.S. Senate - Sr Bill Cassidy R 20%
Steve Chabot 20%
Howard Coble 20%
OK U.S. House - 4 Tom Cole R 20%
Mike Conaway 20%
Chip Cravaack 20%
AR U.S. House - 1 Rick Crawford R 20%
Ander Crenshaw 20%
John Culberson 20%
Geoff Davis 20%
Jeff Denham 20%
Charlie Dent 20%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy R 20%
Renee Ellmers 20%
Jo Ann Emerson 20%
Blake Farenthold 20%
Stephen Fincher 20%
Mike Fitzpatrick 20%
TN U.S. House - 3 Chuck Fleischmann R 20%
Bill Flores 20%
Randy Forbes 20%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 20%
Elton Gallegly 20%
Cory Gardner 20%
Jim Gerlach 20%
Bob Gibbs 20%
Chris Gibson 20%
Phil Gingrey 20%
Bob Goodlatte 20%
AZ U.S. House - 9 Paul Gosar R 20%
Kay Granger 20%
MO U.S. House - 6 Sam Graves R 20%
AR Attorney General Tim Griffin R 20%
Frank Guinta 20%
KY U.S. House - 2 Brett Guthrie R 20%
Ralph Hall 20%
Gregg Harper 20%
Vicky Hartzler 20%
Doc Hastings 20%
Nan Hayworth 20%
Joe Heck, Jr. 20%
Jeb Hensarling 20%
Wally Herger, Jr. 20%
Duncan Hunter 20%
Robert Hurt 20%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa R 20%
Sam Johnson 20%
Bill Johnson 20%
PA U.S. House - 16 Mike Kelly, Jr. R 20%
Pete King 20%
Jack Kingston 20%
Adam Kinzinger 20%
John Kline 20%
Steve LaTourette 20%
Leonard Lance 20%
LA Governor Jeff Landry R 20%
OK U.S. Senate - Sr James Lankford R 20%
Tom Latham 20%
OH U.S. House - 5 Bob Latta R 20%
Jerry Lewis 20%
Frank LoBiondo 20%
Billy Long 20%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas R 20%
Blaine Luetkemeyer 20%
WY U.S. Senate - Jr Cynthia Lummis R 20%
Connie Mack IV 20%
Don Manzullo 20%
Kenny Marchant 20%
Kevin McCarthy 20%
Thaddeus McCotter 20%
Patrick McHenry 20%
Buck McKeon 20%
Pat Meehan 20%
John Mica 20%
Candice Miller 20%
Tim Murphy 20%
Sue Myrick 20%
Rich Nugent 20%
Devin Nunes 20%
Alan Nunnelee 20%
Pete Olson 20%
Steven Palazzo 20%
Ron Paul 20%
Erik Paulsen 20%
Steve Pearce 20%
Tom Petri 20%
Joe Pitts 20%
Bill Posey 20%
Ben Quayle 20%
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