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State Office Name Party Rating
Loretta Sanchez 15%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 20%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 85%
Rick Santorum 90%
Paul Sarbanes 15%
Thomas Sawyer 20%
Jim Saxton 70%
Joe Scarborough 90%
Robert Schaffer 95%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 100%
José Serrano 5%
Jeff Sessions III 85%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 95%
Christopher Shays 50%
Richard Shelby 80%
John Shimkus 85%
E.G. Shuster 90%
Norman Sisisky 35%
Joseph Skeen 95%
Ike Skelton 25%
Louise Slaughter 10%
Gordon Smith 85%
Lamar Smith 90%
Nick Smith 80%
Bob Smith 95%
Olympia Snowe 60%
Vic Snyder 20%
Mark Souder 75%
Arlen Specter 45%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 85%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
Debbie Stabenow 20%
Pete Stark 10%
Cliff Stearns 90%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 85%
Ted Strickland 10%
Bob Stump 90%
Bart Stupak 10%
John Sununu 95%
James Talent 95%
John Tanner 30%
Ellen Tauscher 30%
William Tauzin II 90%
Charles Taylor 85%
Gene Taylor 65%
Craig Thomas 90%
William Thomas 95%
Fred Thompson 85%
Mac Thornberry 95%
Karen Thurman 15%
Strom Thurmond 85%
Todd Tiahrt 95%
John Tierney 15%
Robert Torricelli 30%
Ed Towns 5%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
James Turner 25%
Fred Upton 70%
Bruce Vento 15%
Pete Visclosky 15%
James Walsh 50%
Zach Wamp 80%
John Warner 90%
Wesley Watkins 85%
Mel Watt 15%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 80%
Henry Waxman 15%
David Weldon 95%
W. Curtis Weldon 60%
Gerald Weller 75%
Paul Wellstone 20%
Robert Wexler 5%
Bob Weygand 20%
Ed Whitfield 75%
Heather Wilson 88%
Bob Wise, Jr. 10%
Frank Wolf 85%
Lynn Woolsey 10%
Albert Wynn 10%
Bill Young 85%
Donald Young 65%
State Office Name Party Rating
Loretta Sanchez 15%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 20%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 85%
Rick Santorum 90%
Paul Sarbanes 15%
Thomas Sawyer 20%
Jim Saxton 70%
Joe Scarborough 90%
Robert Schaffer 95%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 100%
José Serrano 5%
Jeff Sessions III 85%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 95%
Christopher Shays 50%
Richard Shelby 80%
John Shimkus 85%
E.G. Shuster 90%
Norman Sisisky 35%
Joseph Skeen 95%
Ike Skelton 25%
Louise Slaughter 10%
Gordon Smith 85%
Lamar Smith 90%
Nick Smith 80%
Bob Smith 95%
Olympia Snowe 60%
Vic Snyder 20%
Mark Souder 75%
Arlen Specter 45%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 85%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
Debbie Stabenow 20%
Pete Stark 10%
Cliff Stearns 90%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 85%
Ted Strickland 10%
Bob Stump 90%
Bart Stupak 10%
John Sununu 95%
James Talent 95%
John Tanner 30%
Ellen Tauscher 30%
William Tauzin II 90%
Charles Taylor 85%
Gene Taylor 65%
Craig Thomas 90%
William Thomas 95%
Fred Thompson 85%
Mac Thornberry 95%
Karen Thurman 15%
Strom Thurmond 85%
Todd Tiahrt 95%
John Tierney 15%
Robert Torricelli 30%
Ed Towns 5%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
James Turner 25%
Fred Upton 70%
Bruce Vento 15%
Pete Visclosky 15%
James Walsh 50%
Zach Wamp 80%
John Warner 90%
Wesley Watkins 85%
Mel Watt 15%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 80%
Henry Waxman 15%
David Weldon 95%
W. Curtis Weldon 60%
Gerald Weller 75%
Paul Wellstone 20%
Robert Wexler 5%
Bob Weygand 20%
Ed Whitfield 75%
Heather Wilson 88%
Bob Wise, Jr. 10%
Frank Wolf 85%
Lynn Woolsey 10%
Albert Wynn 10%
Bill Young 85%
Donald Young 65%
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