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State Office Name Party Rating
Ron Paul 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 88%
Jeff Flake 88%
John Hostettler 88%
Trent Franks 75%
Jeff Miller 75%
Marilyn Musgrave 75%
John Shadegg 75%
Nick Smith 75%
Tom Tancredo 75%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 67%
Ed Whitfield 67%
Michael Burgess 63%
Jerry Costello 63%
John Culberson 63%
Scott Garrett 63%
Jeb Hensarling 63%
Sam Johnson 63%
Walter Jones, Jr. 63%
Tom Petri 63%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 63%
Henry Bonilla 57%
Barbara Cubin 57%
Terry Everett 57%
Tom Feeney 57%
Steve King 57%
John McHugh 57%
Gary Miller 57%
Todd Akin 50%
Rodney Alexander 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 50%
Joe Barton 50%
Rob Bishop 50%
Ginny Brown-Waite 50%
Chris Cannon 50%
Brad Carson 50%
TX U.S. House - 31 John Carter Republican 50%
Steve Chabot 50%
John Conyers, Jr. 50%
Christopher Cox 50%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 50%
Jo Ann Davis 50%
Nathan Deal 50%
Peter Deutsch 50%
David Dreier 50%
John Duncan, Jr. 50%
Jim Gibbons 50%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 50%
MO U.S. House - 6 Sam Graves Republican 50%
Mark Green 50%
Gilbert Gutknecht 50%
Robert Hayes 50%
Joel Hefley 50%
Pete Hoekstra 50%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 50%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 50%
William Jefferson 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 50%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Richard Keller 50%
Ken Lucas 50%
Jim Matheson 50%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran Republican 50%
Jack Murtha 50%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 50%
Butch Otter 50%
Michael Oxley 50%
Joe Pitts 50%
Jack Quinn 50%
James Ramstad 50%
Ed Royce 50%
Bobby Rush 50%
Paul Ryan 50%
Jim Ryun 50%
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions Republican 50%
Cliff Stearns 50%
John Tanner 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
Pat Toomey 50%
Ed Towns 50%
Sherrod Brown 43%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 43%
Michael Collins 43%
John Doolittle 43%
Jo Ann Emerson 43%
Michael Ferguson 43%
Gene Green 43%
Jack Kingston 43%
Jerry Lewis 43%
John Linder 43%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 43%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 43%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 43%
Edward Schrock 43%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 43%
Pat Tiberi 43%
SC U.S. House - 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 43%
Steve Buyer 40%
Gary Ackerman 38%
State Office Name Party Rating
Ron Paul 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 88%
Jeff Flake 88%
John Hostettler 88%
Trent Franks 75%
Jeff Miller 75%
Marilyn Musgrave 75%
John Shadegg 75%
Nick Smith 75%
Tom Tancredo 75%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 67%
Ed Whitfield 67%
Michael Burgess 63%
Jerry Costello 63%
John Culberson 63%
Scott Garrett 63%
Jeb Hensarling 63%
Sam Johnson 63%
Walter Jones, Jr. 63%
Tom Petri 63%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 63%
Henry Bonilla 57%
Barbara Cubin 57%
Terry Everett 57%
Tom Feeney 57%
Steve King 57%
John McHugh 57%
Gary Miller 57%
Todd Akin 50%
Rodney Alexander 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 50%
Joe Barton 50%
Rob Bishop 50%
Ginny Brown-Waite 50%
Chris Cannon 50%
Brad Carson 50%
TX U.S. House - 31 John Carter R 50%
Steve Chabot 50%
John Conyers, Jr. 50%
Christopher Cox 50%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 50%
Jo Ann Davis 50%
Nathan Deal 50%
Peter Deutsch 50%
David Dreier 50%
John Duncan, Jr. 50%
Jim Gibbons 50%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 50%
MO U.S. House - 6 Sam Graves R 50%
Mark Green 50%
Gilbert Gutknecht 50%
Robert Hayes 50%
Joel Hefley 50%
Pete Hoekstra 50%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 50%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 50%
William Jefferson 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 50%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Richard Keller 50%
Ken Lucas 50%
Jim Matheson 50%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran R 50%
Jack Murtha 50%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 50%
Butch Otter 50%
Michael Oxley 50%
Joe Pitts 50%
Jack Quinn 50%
James Ramstad 50%
Ed Royce 50%
Bobby Rush 50%
Paul Ryan 50%
Jim Ryun 50%
TX U.S. House - 17 Pete Sessions R 50%
Cliff Stearns 50%
John Tanner 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
Pat Toomey 50%
Ed Towns 50%
Sherrod Brown 43%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 43%
Michael Collins 43%
John Doolittle 43%
Jo Ann Emerson 43%
Michael Ferguson 43%
Gene Green 43%
Jack Kingston 43%
Jerry Lewis 43%
John Linder 43%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 43%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 43%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 43%
Edward Schrock 43%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 43%
Pat Tiberi 43%
SC U.S. House - 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 43%
Steve Buyer 40%
Gary Ackerman 38%
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