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Senate Party Unity Scores for the 109th Congress — Arranged by State

The table below shows how frequently senators supported their party in 2005 and 2006. The scores reflect the percentage of the time that a lawmaker's vote on the floor matched his or her party's majority on roll-call votes that pitted a most Democrats against most Republicans. The two parties split on 389 of 645 Senate roll-call votes over the two years.
STATE POS NAME PARTY PARTY SUPPORT SCORE
Alabama 1 Richard C. Shelby R 92
Alabama 2 Jeff Sessions R 97
Alaska 1 Ted Stevens R 89
Alaska 2 Lisa Murkowski R 88
Arizona 1 John McCain R 81
Arizona 2 Jon Kyl R 97
Arkansas 1 Blanche Lincoln D 81
Arkansas 2 Mark Pryor D 79
California 1 Dianne Feinstein D 91
California 2 Barbara Boxer D 98
Colorado 1 Wayne Allard R 96
Colorado 2 Ken Salazar D 86
Connecticut 1 Christopher J. Dodd D 94
Connecticut 2 Joseph I. Lieberman D 88
Delaware 1 Joseph R. Biden Jr. D 90
Delaware 2 Thomas R. Carper D 78
Florida 1 Bill Nelson D 80
Florida 2 Mel Martinez R 91
Georgia 1 Saxby Chambliss R 95
Georgia 2 Johnny Isakson R 96
Hawaii 1 Daniel K. Inouye D 90
Hawaii 2 Daniel K. Akaka D 96
Idaho 1 Larry E. Craig R 92
Idaho 2 Michael D. Crapo R 95
Illinois 1 Richard J. Durbin D 98
Illinois 2 Barack Obama D 97
Indiana 1 Richard G. Lugar R 83
Indiana 2 Evan Bayh D 89
Iowa 1 Charles E. Grassley R 95
Iowa 2 Tom Harkin D 97
Kansas 1 Sam Brownback R 91
Kansas 2 Pat Roberts R 94
Kentucky 1 Mitch McConnell R 98
Kentucky 2 Jim Bunning R 98
Louisiana 1 Mary L. Landrieu D 76
Louisiana 2 David Vitter R 94
Maine 1 Olympia J. Snowe R 56
Maine 2 Susan Collins R 62
Maryland 1 Paul S. Sarbanes D 98
Maryland 2 Barbara A. Mikulski D 97
Massachusetts 1 Edward M. Kennedy D 99
Massachusetts 2 John Kerry D 96
Michigan 1 Carl Levin D 96
Michigan 2 Debbie Stabenow D 92
Minnesota 1 Mark Dayton D 95
Minnesota 2 Norm Coleman R 77
Mississippi 1 Thad Cochran R 93
Mississippi 2 Trent Lott R 95
Missouri 1 Christopher S. Bond R 93
Missouri 2 Jim Talent R 84
Montana 1 Max Baucus D 76
Montana 2 Conrad Burns R 92
Nebraska 1 Chuck Hagel R 90
Nebraska 2 Ben Nelson D 42
Nevada 1 Harry Reid D 93
Nevada 2 John Ensign R 93
New Hampshire 1 Judd Gregg R 90
New Hampshire 2 John E. Sununu R 89
New Jersey 1 Frank R. Lautenberg D 97
New Jersey 2 Robert Menendez D 95
New Jersey 2 Jon S. Corzine D 98
New Mexico 1 Pete V. Domenici R 89
New Mexico 2 Jeff Bingaman D 89
New York 1 Charles E. Schumer D 93
New York 2 Hillary Rodham Clinton D 94
North Carolina 1 Elizabeth Dole R 94
North Carolina 2 Richard M. Burr R 95
North Dakota 1 Kent Conrad D 77
North Dakota 2 Byron L. Dorgan D 85
Ohio 1 Mike DeWine R 68
Ohio 2 George V. Voinovich R 81
Oklahoma 1 James M. Inhofe R 94
Oklahoma 2 Tom Coburn R 93
Oregon 1 Ron Wyden D 94
Oregon 2 Gordon H. Smith R 81
Pennsylvania 1 Arlen Specter R 66
Pennsylvania 2 Rick Santorum R 92
Rhode Island 1 Jack Reed D 97
Rhode Island 2 Lincoln Chafee R 44
South Carolina 1 Lindsey Graham R 88
South Carolina 2 Jim DeMint R 97
South Dakota 1 Tim Johnson D 83
South Dakota 2 John Thune R 90
Tennessee 1 Bill Frist R 95
Tennessee 2 Lamar Alexander R 93
Texas 1 Kay Bailey Hutchison R 90
Texas 2 John Cornyn R 96
Utah 1 Orrin G. Hatch R 95
Utah 2 Robert F. Bennett R 93
Vermont 1 Patrick J. Leahy D 97
Vermont 2 James M. Jeffords I 91
Virginia 1 John W. Warner R 84
Virginia 2 George Allen R 95
Washington 1 Patty Murray D 94
Washington 2 Maria Cantwell D 92
West Virginia 1 Robert C. Byrd D 80
West Virginia 2 John D. Rockefeller IV D 90
Wisconsin 1 Herb Kohl D 89
Wisconsin 2 Russell D. Feingold D 94
Wyoming 1 Craig Thomas R 95
Wyoming 2 Michael B. Enzi R 96

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