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State Office Name Party Rating
Ed Bryant 20%
Jim Bunning 20%
Conrad Burns 10%
Richard Burr 30%
Dan Burton 20%
Steve Buyer 20%
Robert Byrd 90%
Herbert Callahan 20%
Dave Camp 20%
Ben Campbell 30%
Thomas Campbell 50%
Chris Cannon 10%
Lois Capps 78%
Ben Cardin 80%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 50%
Steve Chabot 20%
John Chafee 60%
Saxby Chambliss 20%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 20%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 80%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 90%
Robert Clement 60%
Howard Coble 20%
Thomas Coburn 20%
Thad Cochran 20%
Michael Collins 20%
Larry Combest 20%
Gary Condit 44%
Kent Conrad 70%
John Conyers, Jr. 90%
Merrill Cook 30%
John Cooksey 20%
Jerry Costello 90%
Paul Coverdell 20%
Christopher Cox 20%
William Coyne 90%
Larry Craig 10%
Robert Cramer 40%
Philip Crane 20%
Barbara Cubin 20%
Elijah Cummings 90%
Randall Cunningham 20%
Patsy Ann Danner 40%
Thomas Daschle 80%
James Davis 50%
Thomas Davis III 20%
Peter DeFazio 90%
Thomas DeLay 20%
Nathan Deal 33%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Peter Deutsch 67%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 30%
Jay Dickey 20%
Norm Dicks 70%
John Dingell 90%
Julian Dixon 90%
Chris Dodd 80%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 10%
Calvin Dooley 50%
John Doolittle 20%
Byron Dorgan 80%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 70%
David Dreier 10%
John Duncan, Jr. 30%
Jennifer Dunn 20%
Chet Edwards 60%
Vern Ehlers 40%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 20%
Jo Ann Emerson 20%
Eliot Engel 100%
Philip English 20%
Mike Enzi 10%
Anna Eshoo 90%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Lane Evans 90%
Terry Everett 20%
Thomas Ewing 40%
Sam Farr 90%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 100%
Russ Feingold 90%
Dianne Feinstein 80%
Bob Filner 100%
Mark Foley 40%
Michael Patrick Forbes 60%
Harold Ford, Jr. 88%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 30%
Tillie Fowler 20%
Barney Frank 78%
Robert Franks 40%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 50%
William Frist 30%
Jonas Frost III 70%
Elton Gallegly 30%
John Ganske 40%
Sam Gejdenson 90%
George Gekas 30%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 78%
Jim Gibbons 10%
State Office Name Party Rating
Ed Bryant 20%
Jim Bunning 20%
Conrad Burns 10%
Richard Burr 30%
Dan Burton 20%
Steve Buyer 20%
Robert Byrd 90%
Herbert Callahan 20%
Dave Camp 20%
Ben Campbell 30%
Thomas Campbell 50%
Chris Cannon 10%
Lois Capps 78%
Ben Cardin 80%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 50%
Steve Chabot 20%
John Chafee 60%
Saxby Chambliss 20%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 20%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 80%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 90%
Robert Clement 60%
Howard Coble 20%
Thomas Coburn 20%
Thad Cochran 20%
Michael Collins 20%
Larry Combest 20%
Gary Condit 44%
Kent Conrad 70%
John Conyers, Jr. 90%
Merrill Cook 30%
John Cooksey 20%
Jerry Costello 90%
Paul Coverdell 20%
Christopher Cox 20%
William Coyne 90%
Larry Craig 10%
Robert Cramer 40%
Philip Crane 20%
Barbara Cubin 20%
Elijah Cummings 90%
Randall Cunningham 20%
Patsy Ann Danner 40%
Thomas Daschle 80%
James Davis 50%
Thomas Davis III 20%
Peter DeFazio 90%
Thomas DeLay 20%
Nathan Deal 33%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Peter Deutsch 67%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 30%
Jay Dickey 20%
Norm Dicks 70%
John Dingell 90%
Julian Dixon 90%
Chris Dodd 80%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 10%
Calvin Dooley 50%
John Doolittle 20%
Byron Dorgan 80%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 70%
David Dreier 10%
John Duncan, Jr. 30%
Jennifer Dunn 20%
Chet Edwards 60%
Vern Ehlers 40%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 20%
Jo Ann Emerson 20%
Eliot Engel 100%
Philip English 20%
Mike Enzi 10%
Anna Eshoo 90%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Lane Evans 90%
Terry Everett 20%
Thomas Ewing 40%
Sam Farr 90%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 100%
Russ Feingold 90%
Dianne Feinstein 80%
Bob Filner 100%
Mark Foley 40%
Michael Patrick Forbes 60%
Harold Ford, Jr. 88%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 30%
Tillie Fowler 20%
Barney Frank 78%
Robert Franks 40%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 50%
William Frist 30%
Jonas Frost III 70%
Elton Gallegly 30%
John Ganske 40%
Sam Gejdenson 90%
George Gekas 30%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 78%
Jim Gibbons 10%
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