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State Office Name Party Rating
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 58%
Collin Peterson 58%
Rob Portman 58%
Glenn Poshard 58%
Ted Strickland 58%
John Sununu 58%
Richard Bryan 56%
Howard Coble 56%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 56%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 56%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 56%
Jon David Fox 56%
Elizabeth Furse 56%
Sam Gejdenson 56%
John Glenn 56%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 56%
Frank Lautenberg 56%
Patrick Leahy 56%
Joe Lieberman 56%
James Maloney 56%
George Miller 56%
John Moakley 56%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 56%
Jay Rockefeller IV 56%
José Serrano 56%
Pete Stark 56%
Xavier Becerra 53%
David Edward Bonior 53%
Barbara Boxer 53%
Elijah Cummings 53%
James Davis 53%
Sam Farr 53%
Bob Filner 53%
Mark Foley 53%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 53%
Patrick Kennedy 53%
John Kerry 53%
Tom Lantos 53%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 53%
Paul McHale 53%
Bob Menendez 53%
Carol Moseley Braun 53%
Steve Rothman 53%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 53%
Bobby Rush 53%
Martin Olav Sabo 53%
Louise Slaughter 53%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 53%
Nick Smith 53%
Ben Cardin 50%
Dan Coats 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Christopher Cox 50%
Patsy Ann Danner 50%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 50%
Eliot Engel 50%
Harris Fawell 50%
Dianne Feinstein 50%
Bob Goodlatte 50%
James Greenwood 50%
Gilbert Gutknecht 50%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 50%
Jon Kyl 50%
Stephen Largent 50%
Rick Lazio 50%
John McCain III 50%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 50%
Patrick Moynihan 50%
Charlie Rangel 50%
Bart Stupak 50%
Fred Thompson 50%
Robert Torricelli 50%
Jon Lynn Christensen 47%
William Clay, Sr. 47%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 47%
Chris Dodd 47%
Vern Ehlers 47%
Ernest Hollings 47%
Timothy Johnson 47%
Sue Kelly 47%
Dale Kildee 47%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 47%
Jack Kingston 47%
Jim Moran, Jr. 47%
James Nussle 47%
Michael Pappas 47%
David Price 47%
Joe Scarborough 47%
David Skaggs 47%
Louis Stokes 47%
Zach Wamp 47%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 47%
Neil Abercrombie 44%
John Ashcroft 44%
Joe Biden, Jr. 44%
Robert Borski, Jr. 44%
George Brown, Jr. 44%
Sam Brownback 44%
Robert Byrd 44%
John Chafee 44%
State Office Name Party Rating
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 58%
Collin Peterson 58%
Rob Portman 58%
Glenn Poshard 58%
Ted Strickland 58%
John Sununu 58%
Richard Bryan 56%
Howard Coble 56%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 56%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 56%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 56%
Jon David Fox 56%
Elizabeth Furse 56%
Sam Gejdenson 56%
John Glenn 56%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 56%
Frank Lautenberg 56%
Patrick Leahy 56%
Joe Lieberman 56%
James Maloney 56%
George Miller 56%
John Moakley 56%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi D 56%
Jay Rockefeller IV 56%
José Serrano 56%
Pete Stark 56%
Xavier Becerra 53%
David Edward Bonior 53%
Barbara Boxer 53%
Elijah Cummings 53%
James Davis 53%
Sam Farr 53%
Bob Filner 53%
Mark Foley 53%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 53%
Patrick Kennedy 53%
John Kerry 53%
Tom Lantos 53%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 53%
Paul McHale 53%
Bob Menendez 53%
Carol Moseley Braun 53%
Steve Rothman 53%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 53%
Bobby Rush 53%
Martin Olav Sabo 53%
Louise Slaughter 53%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 53%
Nick Smith 53%
Ben Cardin 50%
Dan Coats 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Christopher Cox 50%
Patsy Ann Danner 50%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 50%
Eliot Engel 50%
Harris Fawell 50%
Dianne Feinstein 50%
Bob Goodlatte 50%
James Greenwood 50%
Gilbert Gutknecht 50%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 50%
Jon Kyl 50%
Stephen Largent 50%
Rick Lazio 50%
John McCain III 50%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 50%
Patrick Moynihan 50%
Charlie Rangel 50%
Bart Stupak 50%
Fred Thompson 50%
Robert Torricelli 50%
Jon Lynn Christensen 47%
William Clay, Sr. 47%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 47%
Chris Dodd 47%
Vern Ehlers 47%
Ernest Hollings 47%
Timothy Johnson 47%
Sue Kelly 47%
Dale Kildee 47%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 47%
Jack Kingston 47%
Jim Moran, Jr. 47%
James Nussle 47%
Michael Pappas 47%
David Price 47%
Joe Scarborough 47%
David Skaggs 47%
Louis Stokes 47%
Zach Wamp 47%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 47%
Neil Abercrombie 44%
John Ashcroft 44%
Joe Biden, Jr. 44%
Robert Borski, Jr. 44%
George Brown, Jr. 44%
Sam Brownback 44%
Robert Byrd 44%
John Chafee 44%
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