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State Office Name Party Rating
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 22%
Ed Pastor 78%
Ron Paul 67%
Donald Payne 44%
Collin Peterson 56%
John Peterson 75%
Tom Petri 67%
David Phelps 56%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 78%
Joe Pitts 75%
Richard Pombo 22%
Earl Pomeroy 89%
Rob Portman 78%
David Price 89%
Deborah Pryce 78%
Jack Quinn 44%
George Radanovich 89%
Nick Rahall II 22%
James Ramstad 100%
Charlie Rangel 88%
Ralph Regula 67%
Harry Reid 40%
Silvestre Reyes 67%
Thomas Reynolds 78%
Bob Riley 33%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 50%
Pat Roberts 87%
Jay Rockefeller IV 64%
Ciro Rodriguez 78%
Timothy Roemer 86%
Dana Rohrabacher 22%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 33%
Steve Rothman 22%
Marge Roukema 67%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 63%
Ed Royce 67%
Bobby Rush 67%
Paul Ryan 89%
Jim Ryun 78%
Martin Olav Sabo 56%
Loretta Sanchez 43%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 89%
Rick Santorum 73%
Paul Sarbanes 47%
Thomas Sawyer 89%
Jim Saxton 56%
Joe Scarborough 38%
Robert Schaffer 44%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 33%
José Serrano 88%
Jeff Sessions III 47%
John Shadegg 78%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 78%
Christopher Shays 100%
Richard Shelby 60%
Donald Sherwood 78%
John Shimkus 89%
Ronnie Shows 67%
Joseph Skeen 67%
Ike Skelton 67%
Louise Slaughter 75%
Gordon Smith 80%
Lamar Smith 67%
Nick Smith 78%
Bob Smith 33%
Olympia Snowe 27%
Vic Snyder 89%
Mark Souder 22%
Arlen Specter 60%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 43%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Pete Stark 44%
Cliff Stearns 33%
Charles Stenholm 89%
Ted Stevens 67%
Ted Strickland 33%
Bob Stump 78%
Bart Stupak 25%
John Sununu 89%
John Sweeney 56%
Tom Tancredo 33%
John Tanner 89%
Ellen Tauscher 89%
William Tauzin II 78%
Charles Taylor 22%
Gene Taylor 22%
Lee Terry 89%
Craig Thomas 80%
William Thomas 78%
Fred Thompson 73%
Mac Thornberry 78%
Karen Thurman 89%
Strom Thurmond 33%
Todd Tiahrt 78%
John Tierney 44%
Pat Toomey 78%
Robert Torricelli 33%
Ed Towns 67%
James Traficant, Jr. 11%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 56%
State Office Name Party Rating
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 22%
Ed Pastor 78%
Ron Paul 67%
Donald Payne 44%
Collin Peterson 56%
John Peterson 75%
Tom Petri 67%
David Phelps 56%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 78%
Joe Pitts 75%
Richard Pombo 22%
Earl Pomeroy 89%
Rob Portman 78%
David Price 89%
Deborah Pryce 78%
Jack Quinn 44%
George Radanovich 89%
Nick Rahall II 22%
James Ramstad 100%
Charlie Rangel 88%
Ralph Regula 67%
Harry Reid 40%
Silvestre Reyes 67%
Thomas Reynolds 78%
Bob Riley 33%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 50%
Pat Roberts 87%
Jay Rockefeller IV 64%
Ciro Rodriguez 78%
Timothy Roemer 86%
Dana Rohrabacher 22%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 33%
Steve Rothman 22%
Marge Roukema 67%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 63%
Ed Royce 67%
Bobby Rush 67%
Paul Ryan 89%
Jim Ryun 78%
Martin Olav Sabo 56%
Loretta Sanchez 43%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 89%
Rick Santorum 73%
Paul Sarbanes 47%
Thomas Sawyer 89%
Jim Saxton 56%
Joe Scarborough 38%
Robert Schaffer 44%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 33%
José Serrano 88%
Jeff Sessions III 47%
John Shadegg 78%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 78%
Christopher Shays 100%
Richard Shelby 60%
Donald Sherwood 78%
John Shimkus 89%
Ronnie Shows 67%
Joseph Skeen 67%
Ike Skelton 67%
Louise Slaughter 75%
Gordon Smith 80%
Lamar Smith 67%
Nick Smith 78%
Bob Smith 33%
Olympia Snowe 27%
Vic Snyder 89%
Mark Souder 22%
Arlen Specter 60%
Floyd Spence, Sr. 43%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Pete Stark 44%
Cliff Stearns 33%
Charles Stenholm 89%
Ted Stevens 67%
Ted Strickland 33%
Bob Stump 78%
Bart Stupak 25%
John Sununu 89%
John Sweeney 56%
Tom Tancredo 33%
John Tanner 89%
Ellen Tauscher 89%
William Tauzin II 78%
Charles Taylor 22%
Gene Taylor 22%
Lee Terry 89%
Craig Thomas 80%
William Thomas 78%
Fred Thompson 73%
Mac Thornberry 78%
Karen Thurman 89%
Strom Thurmond 33%
Todd Tiahrt 78%
John Tierney 44%
Pat Toomey 78%
Robert Torricelli 33%
Ed Towns 67%
James Traficant, Jr. 11%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 56%
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