Rating Group: The Club for Growth

2010 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 72%
AK U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Begich D 3%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 65%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 90%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 94%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 83%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 81%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 86%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 85%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 29%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 82%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 97%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 100%
AZ U.S. House-1 Ann Kirkpatrick D 22%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 0%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 5%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 97%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 5%
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 10%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 0%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 9%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 97%
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 0%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 17%
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 9%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 97%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 96%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 0%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 86%
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 0%
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 5%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 0%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 86%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 0%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 85%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 3%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 100%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 0%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 86%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 100%
CA U.S. House-50 Duncan Hunter R 86%
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 10%
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 14%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 100%
CO U.S. House-6 Michael Coffman R 87%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 0%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 13%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 0%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 0%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 4%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 0%
CT U.S. House-4 Jim Himes D 0%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 7%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 14%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 84%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 75%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 0%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 78%
FL U.S. House-8 Bill Posey R 77%
FL U.S. House-9 Alan Grayson D 7%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 75%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 90%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 0%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 85%
FL U.S. House-17 Thomas Rooney R 83%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 3%
FL U.S. House-21 Ted Deutch D 0%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 0%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 74%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 66%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 73%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 92%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 86%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 98%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 8%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 89%
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 89%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 25%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 0%
GA U.S. House-14 Tom Graves, Jr. R 96%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 0%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 76%
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 90%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 100%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 87%
ID U.S. Senate-Jr James Risch R 92%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 87%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 0%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 66%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 3%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 20%
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 75%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 3%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 0%
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 2%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 84%
IL U.S. House-18 Aaron Schock R 72%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 8%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 7%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 93%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 88%
KS U.S. House-2 Lynn Jenkins R 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 97%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 90%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 68%
KY U.S. House-2 Brett Guthrie R 84%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 0%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 84%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 4%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 89%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 98%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 93%
LA U.S. House-4 John Fleming, Jr. R 100%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 100%
LA U.S. House-6 Bill Cassidy R 82%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 0%
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 15%
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 5%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 0%
MD U.S. House-4 Donna Edwards D 3%
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 51%
ME U.S. House-1 Chellie Pingree D 0%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 4%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 0%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 1%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 82%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 85%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 81%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 0%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 89%
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 6%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 2%
MN U.S. Senate-Jr Al Franken DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 5%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 100%
MN U.S. House-3 Erik Paulsen R 92%
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 44%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 18%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 93%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 5%
MO U.S. House-3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R 84%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 0%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 84%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 81%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 85%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 3%
MS U.S. House-3 Gregg Harper R 84%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 8%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 9%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 0%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 90%
NC U.S. Senate-Jr Kay Hagan D 6%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 3%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 55%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 0%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 86%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 88%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 50%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 89%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 3%
NE U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Johanns R 87%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 79%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 79%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 97%
NH U.S. Senate-Sr Jeanne Shaheen D 0%
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 1%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 0%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 64%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 67%
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 98%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 0%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 3%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 92%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 0%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 1%
NM U.S. Senate-Jr Martin Heinrich D 0%
NM U.S. House-3 Ben Lujan, Jr. D 0%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 0%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 94%
NV U.S. House-1 Dina Titus D 5%
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 89%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 0%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 3%
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 3%
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 15%
NY U.S. House-24 Dan Maffei Other 6%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 0%
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 100%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 5%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 75%
OH U.S. House-11 Marcia Fudge D 3%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 79%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 0%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 93%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 100%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 86%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 89%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 97%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 5%
OR U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Merkley D 2%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 90%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 7%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 0%
OR U.S. House-5 Kurt Schrader D 15%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 3%
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 87%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 62%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 84%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 0%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 0%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 59%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 89%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 61%
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 85%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 87%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 0%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 5%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 94%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 78%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 94%
TN U.S. House-1 Phil Roe R 87%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 79%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 24%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 97%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 0%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 97%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 92%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 98%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 97%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 95%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 100%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 93%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 97%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 95%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 0%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 95%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 95%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 93%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 95%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 6%
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 100%
TX U.S. House-22 Pete Olson R 97%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 100%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 84%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 29%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 3%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 0%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 95%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 97%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 10%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 97%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 87%
UT U.S. House-3 Jason Chaffetz R 100%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 33%
VA U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Warner D 10%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 79%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 7%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 84%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 86%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 100%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 13%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 69%
VA U.S. House-11 Gerry Connolly D 5%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 0%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 0%
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 15%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 11%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 97%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 94%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 0%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 86%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 6%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 0%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 97%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 6%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 7%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 86%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 69%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 4%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 74%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 9%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 84%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 89%
WY U.S. House-At-Large Cynthia Lummis R 95%
Gary Ackerman Other 0%
John Adler Other 29%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 5%
Todd Akin Other 85%
Jason Altmire Other 25%
Michael Arcuri Other 22%
Steve Austria Other 87%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 0%
Brian Baird Other 22%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 86%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 94%
Evan Bayh Other 35%
Melissa Bean Other 8%
Bob Bennett Other 91%
Shelley Berkley Other 5%
Howard Berman Other 0%
Marion Berry Other 44%
Judy Biggert Other 72%
Brian Bilbray Other 77%
Jeff Bingaman Other 3%
John Boccieri Other 6%
Kit Bond Other 87%
Mary Bono Mack Other 91%
Dan Boren Other 60%
Leonard Boswell Other 5%
Rick Boucher Other 33%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 12%
Bobby Bright Other 65%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 73%
Scott Brown Other 62%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 69%
Jim Bunning Other 90%
Roland Burris Other 0%
Dan Burton Other 89%
Steve Buyer Other 96%
Joseph Cao Other 40%
Dennis Cardoza Other 19%
Russ Carnahan Other 0%
Christopher Carney Other 8%
Mike Castle Other 40%
Ben Chandler III Other 30%
Travis Childers Other 43%
Kent Conrad Other 1%
Jerry Costello Other 13%
Mark Critz Other 21%
Kathy Dahlkemper Other 13%
Artur Davis Other 32%
Geoff Davis Other 84%
Lincoln Davis Other 40%
Bill Delahunt Other 0%
James DeMint Other 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 66%
Norm Dicks Other 0%
Charles Djou Other 79%
Chris Dodd Other 0%
Byron Dorgan Other 0%
David Dreier Other 97%
Steve Driehaus Other 6%
Chet Edwards Other 36%
Vern Ehlers Other 67%
Brad Ellsworth Other 10%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 73%
John Ensign Other 89%
Bob Etheridge Other 0%
Russ Feingold Other 27%
Barney Frank Other 0%
Elton Gallegly Other 86%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 16%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 0%
Bart Gordon Other 6%
Judd Gregg Other 77%
Parker Griffith, Jr. Other 86%
John Hall Other 0%
Debbie Halvorson Other 12%
Phil Hare Other 5%
Jane Harman Other 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 100%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 37%
Baron Hill Other 7%
Maurice Hinchey Other 0%
Paul Hodes Other 8%
Pete Hoekstra Other 79%
Thomas Holden Other 28%
Kay Hutchison Other 89%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 84%
Daniel Inouye Other 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 0%
Tim Johnson Other 75%
Steve Kagen Other 5%
Paul Kanjorski Other 3%
Ted Kaufman Other 5%
Patrick Kennedy Other 0%
Dale Kildee Other 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 4%
Mary Jo Kilroy Other 0%
Larry Kissell Other 24%
Ron Klein Other 7%
Herb Kohl Other 6%
Suzanne Kosmas Other 7%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. Other 31%
Dennis Kucinich Other 4%
Jon Kyl Other 97%
Steve LaTourette Other 69%
Chris Lee Other 79%
George LeMieux Other 88%
Jerry Lewis Other 97%
Joe Lieberman Other 12%
Blanche Lincoln Other 37%
John Linder Other 96%
Dick Lugar Other 70%
Dan Lungren Other 83%
Connie Mack IV Other 95%
Don Manzullo Other 82%
Betsy Markey Other 17%
Jim Marshall Other 38%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 71%
Michael McMahon Other 35%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 0%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 30%
Brad Miller Other 0%
Walt Minnick Other 56%
Harry Mitchell Other 34%
Alan Mollohan Other 5%
Dennis Moore Other 0%
Patrick Murphy Other 2%
Scott Murphy Other 8%
Sue Myrick Other 86%
Ben Nelson Other 50%
Glenn Nye III Other 39%
Jim Oberstar Other 0%
Dave Obey Other 0%
John Olver Other 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 9%
Ron Paul Other 90%
Donald Payne Other 3%
Tom Perriello Other 16%
Todd Platts Other 72%
Earl Pomeroy Other 10%
George Radanovich Other 95%
Denny Rehberg Other 84%
Silvestre Reyes Other 5%
Laura Richardson Other 0%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 3%
Mike Ross Other 37%
Steve Rothman Other 0%
Mark Schauer Other 5%
Jean Schmidt Other 100%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 0%
John Shadegg Other 97%
Heath Shuler Other 38%
Ike Skelton Other 30%
Olympia Snowe Other 49%
Vic Snyder Other 17%
Zack Space Other 27%
Arlen Specter Other 0%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 0%
Pete Stark Other 0%
Cliff Stearns Other 87%
Bart Stupak Other 2%
John Sullivan Other 100%
Betty Sutton Other 0%
John Tanner Other 34%
Gene Taylor Other 57%
Harry Teague Other 30%
Todd Tiahrt Other 100%
Ed Towns Other 0%
George Voinovich Other 63%
Zach Wamp Other 64%
Diane Watson Other 0%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 8%
Anthony Weiner Other 0%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 5%
Lynn Woolsey Other 0%
David Wu Other 2%

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