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State Office Name Party Rating
John Breaux 18%
Corrine Brown 50%
Henry Brown, Jr. 17%
Sherrod Brown 67%
Sam Brownback 27%
Jim Bunning 27%
Conrad Burns 18%
Richard Burr 17%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 17%
Robert Byrd 18%
Dave Camp 17%
Ben Campbell 18%
Chris Cannon 17%
Eric Cantor 17%
Lois Capps 83%
Mike Capuano 50%
Ben Cardin 67%
Tom Carper 18%
Brad Carson 17%
Julia Carson 67%
Mike Castle 33%
Steve Chabot 33%
Lincoln Chafee 36%
Saxby Chambliss 17%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 33%
Hillary Clinton 55%
Howard Coble 17%
Thad Cochran 0%
Michael Collins 33%
Kent Conrad 18%
John Conyers, Jr. 83%
Jon Corzine 45%
Jerry Costello 17%
Christopher Cox 33%
Larry Craig 27%
Robert Cramer 17%
Philip Crane 17%
Ander Crenshaw 17%
Joe Crowley 83%
Barbara Cubin 17%
John Culberson 33%
Elijah Cummings 33%
Randall Cunningham 17%
Thomas Daschle 18%
James Davis 67%
Jo Ann Davis 17%
Susan Davis 83%
Thomas Davis III 50%
Mark Dayton 27%
Peter DeFazio 100%
Thomas DeLay 33%
James DeMint 17%
Nathan Deal 17%
Bill Delahunt 67%
Peter Deutsch 33%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 17%
Norm Dicks 17%
John Dingell 33%
Chris Dodd 18%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 9%
Calvin Dooley 17%
John Doolittle 33%
Byron Dorgan 27%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 50%
David Dreier 33%
John Duncan, Jr. 67%
Jennifer Dunn 33%
John Edwards 27%
Chet Edwards 17%
Vern Ehlers 33%
Jo Ann Emerson 17%
Eliot Engel 67%
Philip English 0%
John Ensign 64%
Mike Enzi 45%
Anna Eshoo 83%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Lane Evans 67%
Terry Everett 17%
Sam Farr 83%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 50%
Russ Feingold 55%
Dianne Feinstein 45%
Michael Ferguson 33%
Bob Filner 67%
Peter Fitzgerald 36%
Jeff Flake 33%
Mark Foley 17%
Randy Forbes 17%
Harold Ford, Jr. 17%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 33%
Barney Frank 83%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 33%
William Frist 18%
Jonas Frost III 50%
Elton Gallegly 50%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 67%
Jim Gibbons 50%
Wayne Gilchrest 17%
State Office Name Party Rating
John Breaux 18%
Corrine Brown 50%
Henry Brown, Jr. 17%
Sherrod Brown 67%
Sam Brownback 27%
Jim Bunning 27%
Conrad Burns 18%
Richard Burr 17%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 17%
Robert Byrd 18%
Dave Camp 17%
Ben Campbell 18%
Chris Cannon 17%
Eric Cantor 17%
Lois Capps 83%
Mike Capuano 50%
Ben Cardin 67%
Tom Carper 18%
Brad Carson 17%
Julia Carson 67%
Mike Castle 33%
Steve Chabot 33%
Lincoln Chafee 36%
Saxby Chambliss 17%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 33%
Hillary Clinton 55%
Howard Coble 17%
Thad Cochran 0%
Michael Collins 33%
Kent Conrad 18%
John Conyers, Jr. 83%
Jon Corzine 45%
Jerry Costello 17%
Christopher Cox 33%
Larry Craig 27%
Robert Cramer 17%
Philip Crane 17%
Ander Crenshaw 17%
Joe Crowley 83%
Barbara Cubin 17%
John Culberson 33%
Elijah Cummings 33%
Randall Cunningham 17%
Thomas Daschle 18%
James Davis 67%
Jo Ann Davis 17%
Susan Davis 83%
Thomas Davis III 50%
Mark Dayton 27%
Peter DeFazio 100%
Thomas DeLay 33%
James DeMint 17%
Nathan Deal 17%
Bill Delahunt 67%
Peter Deutsch 33%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 17%
Norm Dicks 17%
John Dingell 33%
Chris Dodd 18%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 9%
Calvin Dooley 17%
John Doolittle 33%
Byron Dorgan 27%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 50%
David Dreier 33%
John Duncan, Jr. 67%
Jennifer Dunn 33%
John Edwards 27%
Chet Edwards 17%
Vern Ehlers 33%
Jo Ann Emerson 17%
Eliot Engel 67%
Philip English 0%
John Ensign 64%
Mike Enzi 45%
Anna Eshoo 83%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Lane Evans 67%
Terry Everett 17%
Sam Farr 83%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 50%
Russ Feingold 55%
Dianne Feinstein 45%
Michael Ferguson 33%
Bob Filner 67%
Peter Fitzgerald 36%
Jeff Flake 33%
Mark Foley 17%
Randy Forbes 17%
Harold Ford, Jr. 17%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 33%
Barney Frank 83%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 33%
William Frist 18%
Jonas Frost III 50%
Elton Gallegly 50%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 67%
Jim Gibbons 50%
Wayne Gilchrest 17%
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