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Rating Group: The John Birch Society

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State Office Name Party Rating
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Rick Boucher 40%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 40%
Jeb Bradley 40%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert Republican 40%
Dave Camp 40%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito Republican 40%
TX U.S. House - 31 John Carter Republican 40%
Ben Chandler III 40%
OK U.S. House - 4 Tom Cole Republican 40%
Jerry Costello 40%
Lincoln Davis 40%
Thomas Davis III 40%
David Dreier 40%
Chet Edwards 40%
Vern Ehlers 40%
Michael Ferguson 40%
Mark Foley 40%
Elton Gallegly 40%
Paul Gillmor 40%
Kay Granger 40%
Ralph Hall 40%
David Lee Hobson 40%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa Republican 40%
Nancy Johnson 40%
Tim Johnson 40%
Sue Kelly 40%
Mark Kennedy 40%
Joseph Knollenberg 40%
Steve LaTourette 40%
Tom Latham 40%
Jerry Lewis 40%
Joe Lieberman 40%
Frank LoBiondo 40%
Jim Matheson 40%
John McHugh 40%
Buck McKeon 40%
John Mica 40%
Candice Miller 40%
Anne Northup 40%
James Nussle 40%
Michael Oxley 40%
Jon Porter, Sr. 40%
Rob Portman 40%
Deborah Pryce 40%
James Ramstad 40%
Ralph Regula 40%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers Republican 40%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Donald Sherwood 40%
Ike Skelton 40%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 40%
Lamar Smith 40%
John Sweeney 40%
Charles Taylor 40%
William Thomas 40%
OH U.S. House - 10 Mike Turner Republican 40%
Fred Upton 40%
Greg Walden 40%
James Walsh 40%
W. Curtis Weldon 40%
Gerald Weller 40%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker Republican 40%
SC U.S. House - 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 40%
Frank Wolf 40%
Robert Cramer 38%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 38%
James Merrill Jeffords 38%
Hillary Clinton 33%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 33%
Mark Kirk 33%
Devin Nunes 33%
Thomas William Osborne 33%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 33%
Charlie Bass 30%
Marion Berry 30%
Mary Bono Mack 30%
Robert Byrd 30%
Mike Castle 30%
Kent Conrad 30%
Peter DeFazio 30%
Philip English 30%
Jim Gerlach 30%
Mary Landrieu 30%
James Leach 30%
Mark Pryor 30%
Mike Ross 30%
Christopher Shays 30%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 30%
Bart Stupak 30%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 25%
Tom Carper 22%
Harold Ford, Jr. 22%
Daniel Inouye 22%
Patrick Leahy 22%
Tim Ryan 22%
Brian Baird 20%
Joe Biden, Jr. 20%
Judy Biggert 20%
Jeff Bingaman 20%
State Office Name Party Rating
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Rick Boucher 40%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 40%
Jeb Bradley 40%
CA U.S. House - 41 Ken Calvert R 40%
Dave Camp 40%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito R 40%
TX U.S. House - 31 John Carter R 40%
Ben Chandler III 40%
OK U.S. House - 4 Tom Cole R 40%
Jerry Costello 40%
Lincoln Davis 40%
Thomas Davis III 40%
David Dreier 40%
Chet Edwards 40%
Vern Ehlers 40%
Michael Ferguson 40%
Mark Foley 40%
Elton Gallegly 40%
Paul Gillmor 40%
Kay Granger 40%
Ralph Hall 40%
David Lee Hobson 40%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa R 40%
Nancy Johnson 40%
Tim Johnson 40%
Sue Kelly 40%
Mark Kennedy 40%
Joseph Knollenberg 40%
Steve LaTourette 40%
Tom Latham 40%
Jerry Lewis 40%
Joe Lieberman 40%
Frank LoBiondo 40%
Jim Matheson 40%
John McHugh 40%
Buck McKeon 40%
John Mica 40%
Candice Miller 40%
Anne Northup 40%
James Nussle 40%
Michael Oxley 40%
Jon Porter, Sr. 40%
Rob Portman 40%
Deborah Pryce 40%
James Ramstad 40%
Ralph Regula 40%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers R 40%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Donald Sherwood 40%
Ike Skelton 40%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 40%
Lamar Smith 40%
John Sweeney 40%
Charles Taylor 40%
William Thomas 40%
OH U.S. House - 10 Mike Turner R 40%
Fred Upton 40%
Greg Walden 40%
James Walsh 40%
W. Curtis Weldon 40%
Gerald Weller 40%
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker R 40%
SC U.S. House - 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 40%
Frank Wolf 40%
Robert Cramer 38%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 38%
James Merrill Jeffords 38%
Hillary Clinton 33%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 33%
Mark Kirk 33%
Devin Nunes 33%
Thomas William Osborne 33%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 33%
Charlie Bass 30%
Marion Berry 30%
Mary Bono Mack 30%
Robert Byrd 30%
Mike Castle 30%
Kent Conrad 30%
Peter DeFazio 30%
Philip English 30%
Jim Gerlach 30%
Mary Landrieu 30%
James Leach 30%
Mark Pryor 30%
Mike Ross 30%
Christopher Shays 30%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 30%
Bart Stupak 30%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 25%
Tom Carper 22%
Harold Ford, Jr. 22%
Daniel Inouye 22%
Patrick Leahy 22%
Tim Ryan 22%
Brian Baird 20%
Joe Biden, Jr. 20%
Judy Biggert 20%
Jeff Bingaman 20%
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