Rating Group: American Conservative Union

2009 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 68%
AK U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Begich D 12%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 75%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 88%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 96%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 92%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 80%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 92%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 92%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 8%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 96%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 96%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 100%
AZ U.S. House-1 Ann Kirkpatrick D 36%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 0%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 0%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 0%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 0%
CA U.S. House-3 John Garamendi D 0%
CA U.S. House-4 Tom McClintock R 100%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 0%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 0%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 12%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 0%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 0%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 0%
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 4%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 12%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 0%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 0%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 0%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 0%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 96%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 100%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 0%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 96%
CA U.S. House-27 Judy Chu D 0%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 0%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 0%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 90%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 0%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 0%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 4%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 5%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 100%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 0%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 92%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 0%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 92%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 0%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 100%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 100%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 0%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 0%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 16%
CO U.S. Senate-Jr Michael Bennet D 8%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 0%
CO U.S. House-2 Jared Polis D 4%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 100%
CO U.S. House-6 Michael Coffman R 92%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 0%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 8%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 4%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 0%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 0%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 0%
CT U.S. House-4 Jim Himes D 4%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 4%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 4%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 100%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 84%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 0%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 100%
FL U.S. House-8 Bill Posey R 100%
FL U.S. House-9 Alan Grayson D 0%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 100%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 92%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 0%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 88%
FL U.S. House-17 Thomas Rooney R 96%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 0%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 0%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 72%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 72%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 96%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 92%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 96%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 96%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 8%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 100%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 0%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 0%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 100%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 100%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 96%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 17%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 100%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 0%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 96%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 0%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 0%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 0%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 80%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 96%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 92%
ID U.S. Senate-Jr James Risch R 96%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 84%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 0%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 72%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 0%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 8%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 0%
IL U.S. House-5 Mike Quigley D 0%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 100%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 0%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 0%
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 4%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 92%
IL U.S. House-18 Aaron Schock R 92%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 24%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 8%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 96%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 96%
KS U.S. House-2 Lynn Jenkins R 92%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 92%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 96%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 88%
KY U.S. House-2 Brett Guthrie R 88%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 0%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 88%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 16%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 100%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 100%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 96%
LA U.S. House-4 John Fleming, Jr. R 100%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 88%
LA U.S. House-6 Bill Cassidy R 88%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 4%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 0%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 0%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 0%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 0%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 0%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 4%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 0%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 0%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 4%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 0%
MD U.S. House-4 Donna Edwards D 0%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 0%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 0%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 0%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 48%
ME U.S. House-1 Chellie Pingree D 0%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 8%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 0%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 0%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 88%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 72%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 92%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 0%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 80%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 0%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 0%
MI U.S. House-14 Gary Peters D 8%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 12%
MN U.S. Senate-Jr Al Franken DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 4%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 100%
MN U.S. House-3 Erik Paulsen R 88%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 100%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 24%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 28%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 92%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 4%
MO U.S. House-3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R 96%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 0%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 96%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 84%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 88%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 0%
MS U.S. House-3 Gregg Harper R 96%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 20%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 16%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 0%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 100%
NC U.S. Senate-Jr Kay Hagan D 16%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 0%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 83%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 0%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 100%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 96%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 38%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 100%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 0%
NE U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Johanns R 95%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 88%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 88%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 100%
NH U.S. Senate-Sr Jeanne Shaheen D 8%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 0%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 0%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 0%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 0%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 60%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 64%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 100%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-7 Leonard Lance R 68%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 0%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 68%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 0%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 8%
NM U.S. Senate-Jr Martin Heinrich D 4%
NM U.S. House-3 Ben Lujan, Jr. D 0%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 8%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 92%
NV U.S. House-1 Dina Titus D 4%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 0%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 0%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 0%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 88%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 0%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 0%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 0%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 0%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 0%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 0%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 0%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 0%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 0%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 0%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 0%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 0%
NY U.S. House-20 Paul Tonko D 0%
NY U.S. House-21 Bill Owens D 14%
NY U.S. House-24 Dan Maffei Other 0%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 4%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 0%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 0%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 100%
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 100%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 96%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 17%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 72%
OH U.S. House-11 Marcia Fudge D 0%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 83%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 4%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 100%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 91%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 92%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 96%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 4%
OR U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Merkley D 4%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 80%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 0%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 12%
OR U.S. House-5 Kurt Schrader D 8%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 12%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 0%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 0%
PA U.S. House-5 G.T. Thompson, Jr. R 88%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 76%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 88%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 0%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 4%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 72%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 96%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 68%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 0%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 0%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 4%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 88%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 96%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 0%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 8%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 100%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 68%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 84%
TN U.S. House-1 Phil Roe R 92%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 92%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 16%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 100%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 0%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 100%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 100%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 92%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 100%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 92%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 100%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 96%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 100%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 100%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 0%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 96%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 100%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 92%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 100%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 0%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 0%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 100%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 96%
TX U.S. House-22 Pete Olson R 100%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 100%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 100%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 12%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 0%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 0%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 96%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 100%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 12%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 88%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 100%
UT U.S. House-3 Jason Chaffetz R 100%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 24%
VA U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Warner D 24%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 92%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 4%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 96%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 100%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 100%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 0%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 80%
VA U.S. House-11 Gerry Connolly D 0%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 8%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 12%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 0%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 0%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 8%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 0%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 96%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 96%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 4%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 60%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 0%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 0%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 96%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 8%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 0%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 100%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 92%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 0%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 75%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 12%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 100%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 100%
WY U.S. House-At-Large Cynthia Lummis R 100%
Gary Ackerman Other 0%
John Adler Other 16%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 0%
Todd Akin Other 100%
Jason Altmire Other 20%
Michael Arcuri Other 16%
Steve Austria Other 88%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 4%
Brian Baird Other 12%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 96%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 96%
Evan Bayh Other 40%
Melissa Bean Other 16%
Bob Bennett Other 84%
Shelley Berkley Other 0%
Howard Berman Other 0%
Marion Berry Other 22%
Judy Biggert Other 80%
Brian Bilbray Other 88%
Jeff Bingaman Other 4%
John Boccieri Other 8%
Kit Bond Other 76%
Mary Bono Mack Other 79%
Dan Boren Other 44%
Leonard Boswell Other 0%
Rick Boucher Other 14%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 13%
Bobby Bright Other 72%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 96%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 84%
Jim Bunning Other 96%
Roland Burris Other 0%
Dan Burton Other 96%
Steve Buyer Other 88%
Robert Byrd Other 21%
Joseph Cao Other 55%
Dennis Cardoza Other 8%
Russ Carnahan Other 0%
Christopher Carney Other 20%
Mike Castle Other 56%
Ben Chandler III Other 20%
Travis Childers Other 40%
Kent Conrad Other 13%
Jerry Costello Other 12%
Kathy Dahlkemper Other 13%
Artur Davis Other 20%
Geoff Davis Other 92%
Lincoln Davis Other 29%
Bill Delahunt Other 0%
James DeMint Other 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 71%
Norm Dicks Other 0%
Chris Dodd Other 0%
Byron Dorgan Other 12%
David Dreier Other 92%
Steve Driehaus Other 12%
Chet Edwards Other 16%
Vern Ehlers Other 76%
Brad Ellsworth Other 32%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 72%
John Ensign Other 100%
Bob Etheridge Other 4%
Russ Feingold Other 24%
Barney Frank Other 0%
Elton Gallegly Other 96%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 20%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 0%
Bart Gordon Other 16%
Judd Gregg Other 81%
Parker Griffith, Jr. Other 56%
John Hall Other 0%
Debbie Halvorson Other 20%
Phil Hare Other 0%
Jane Harman Other 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 100%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 20%
Baron Hill Other 20%
Maurice Hinchey Other 0%
Paul Hodes Other 4%
Pete Hoekstra Other 96%
Thomas Holden Other 16%
Duncan Hunter Other 100%
Kay Hutchison Other 96%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 92%
Daniel Inouye Other 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 0%
Tim Johnson Other 80%
Steve Kagen Other 0%
Paul Kanjorski Other 8%
Ted Kaufman Other 4%
Patrick Kennedy Other 0%
Dale Kildee Other 4%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 4%
Mary Jo Kilroy Other 4%
Paul Kirk, Jr. Other 0%
Larry Kissell Other 20%
Ron Klein Other 0%
Herb Kohl Other 8%
Suzanne Kosmas Other 20%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. Other 28%
Dennis Kucinich Other 12%
Jon Kyl Other 92%
Steve LaTourette Other 68%
Chris Lee Other 88%
George LeMieux Other 86%
Jerry Lewis Other 84%
Joe Lieberman Other 20%
Blanche Lincoln Other 24%
John Linder Other 100%
Dick Lugar Other 68%
Dan Lungren Other 100%
Connie Mack IV Other 100%
Don Manzullo Other 96%
Betsy Markey Other 8%
Jim Marshall Other 32%
Eric Massa Other 20%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 84%
Michael McMahon Other 16%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 0%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 27%
Brad Miller Other 0%
Walt Minnick Other 44%
Harry Mitchell Other 40%
Alan Mollohan Other 13%
Dennis Moore Other 0%
Patrick Murphy Other 4%
Scott Murphy Other 11%
Jack Murtha Other 4%
Sue Myrick Other 96%
Ben Nelson Other 44%
Glenn Nye III Other 32%
Jim Oberstar Other 4%
Dave Obey Other 4%
John Olver Other 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 12%
Ron Paul Other 91%
Donald Payne Other 0%
Tom Perriello Other 18%
Todd Platts Other 76%
Earl Pomeroy Other 8%
George Radanovich Other 100%
Denny Rehberg Other 92%
Silvestre Reyes Other 4%
Laura Richardson Other 0%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 12%
Mike Ross Other 20%
Steve Rothman Other 0%
Mark Schauer Other 8%
Jean Schmidt Other 100%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 0%
John Shadegg Other 100%
Heath Shuler Other 24%
Ike Skelton Other 21%
Olympia Snowe Other 48%
Vic Snyder Other 4%
Mark Souder Other 91%
Zack Space Other 20%
Arlen Specter Other 20%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 4%
Pete Stark Other 10%
Cliff Stearns Other 96%
Bart Stupak Other 16%
John Sullivan Other 100%
Betty Sutton Other 0%
John Tanner Other 20%
Gene Taylor Other 56%
Harry Teague Other 29%
Todd Tiahrt Other 96%
Ed Towns Other 0%
George Voinovich Other 71%
Zach Wamp Other 96%
Diane Watson Other 0%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 20%
Anthony Weiner Other 0%
Robert Wexler Other 0%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 13%
Lynn Woolsey Other 0%
David Wu Other 0%

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