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Oct. 23, 2006 – SUPPLEMENT

Preliminary Senate Presidential Support Scores for 2006 — Arranged by Party
The table below shows how frequently senators have supported President Bush during roll-call votes this year. The 2006 support scores reflect the percentage of the time that a lawmaker's vote on the floor matched a clear presidential position. As of Sept. 30, when the chamber recessed for the elections, the president had taken a position on 60 of 263 Senate roll-call votes, according to the judgment of the editors of Congressional Quarterly. For comparison purposes, the table also shows each senator's 2005 presidential support score.

House Scores: Arranged by State | Arranged by Party
Senate Scores: Arranged by State | Arranged by Party
STATE POSITION NAME PARTY PRESIDENTIAL SUPPORT
2006 2005
Republicans
Nebraska 1 Chuck Hagel R 97 89
Idaho 1 Larry E. Craig R 93 82
New Hampshire 1 Judd Gregg R 93 82
Kansas 1 Sam Brownback R 93 93
Tennessee 2 Lamar Alexander R 92 88
Georgia 1 Saxby Chambliss R 92 91
Georgia 2 Johnny Isakson R 92 91
Tennessee 1 Bill Frist R 92 87
Wyoming 1 Craig Thomas R 92 84
Kentucky 2 Jim Bunning R 91 91
New Mexico 1 Pete V. Domenici R 91 89
South Carolina 1 Lindsey Graham R 91 89
Alaska 1 Ted Stevens R 91 93
Florida 2 Mel Martinez R 91 91
Wyoming 2 Michael B. Enzi R 91 84
Arizona 2 Jon Kyl R 90 89
Colorado 1 Wayne Allard R 90 98
Indiana 1 Richard G. Lugar R 90 84
Kentucky 1 Mitch McConnell R 90 93
Ohio 2 George V. Voinovich R 90 87
Texas 2 John Cornyn R 90 98
Virginia 2 George Allen R 90 96
Alabama 2 Jeff Sessions R 90 90
New Hampshire 2 John E. Sununu R 90 81
South Carolina 2 Jim DeMint R 90 91
Virginia 1 John W. Warner R 90 89
Nevada 2 John Ensign R 89 89
Minnesota 2 Norm Coleman R 89 84
Mississippi 1 Thad Cochran R 89 96
Pennsylvania 2 Rick Santorum R 89 95
Iowa 1 Charles E. Grassley R 88 89
Missouri 1 Christopher S. Bond R 88 93
North Carolina 2 Richard M. Burr R 88 89
Ohio 1 Mike DeWine R 88 76
Utah 2 Robert F. Bennett R 88 93
Kansas 2 Pat Roberts R 88 93
North Carolina 1 Elizabeth Dole R 88 93
Oklahoma 1 James M. Inhofe R 88 91
Oklahoma 2 Tom Coburn R 88 91
Utah 1 Orrin G. Hatch R 87 93
Alaska 2 Lisa Murkowski R 87 87
Idaho 2 Michael D. Crapo R 86 84
South Dakota 2 John Thune R 86 86
Louisiana 2 David Vitter R 86 89
Mississippi 2 Trent Lott R 86 93
Montana 2 Conrad Burns R 86 88
Alabama 1 Richard C. Shelby R 83 89
Oregon 2 Gordon H. Smith R 83 79
Missouri 2 Jim Talent R 83 91
Texas 1 Kay Bailey Hutchison R 83 96
Arizona 1 John McCain R 88 77
Maine 2 Susan Collins R 77 62
Pennsylvania 1 Arlen Specter R 74 85
Maine 1 Olympia J. Snowe R 74 67
Rhode Island 2 Lincoln Chafee R 66 56
Democrats PRESIDENTIAL SUPPORT
2006 2005
Nebraska 2 Ben Nelson D 73 76
Louisiana 1 Mary L. Landrieu D 69 64
Arkansas 2 Mark Pryor D 63 58
Delaware 2 Thomas R. Carper D 60 38
Colorado 2 Ken Salazar D 60 49
South Dakota 1 Tim Johnson D 60 45
Montana 1 Max Baucus D 59 45
Florida 1 Bill Nelson D 59 47
Arkansas 1 Blanche Lincoln D 58 50
Connecticut 2 Joseph I. Lieberman D 57 46
Washington 1 Patty Murray D 55 33
Nevada 1 Harry Reid D 55 38
Indiana 2 Evan Bayh D 54 36
North Dakota 1 Kent Conrad D 54 48
California 1 Dianne Feinstein D 53 40
New Mexico 2 Jeff Bingaman D 53 43
Washington 2 Maria Cantwell D 53 36
Wisconsin 1 Herb Kohl D 51 45
West Virginia 1 Robert C. Byrd D 51 44
Hawaii 2 Daniel K. Akaka D 50 40
Michigan 1 Carl Levin D 50 41
New Jersey 2 Robert Menendez D 50  
Rhode Island 1 Jack Reed D 50 29
Wisconsin 2 Russ Feingold D 50 37
Connecticut 1 Christopher J. Dodd D 49 33
Illinois 2 Barack Obama D 49 33
Massachusetts 1 Edward M. Kennedy D 49 26
Minnesota 1 Mark Dayton D 49 31
Hawaii 1 Daniel K. Inouye D 49 44
Maryland 1 Paul S. Sarbanes D 48 31
Maryland 2 Barbara A. Mikulski D 48 35
Michigan 2 Debbie Stabenow D 48 33
New York 2 Hillary Rodham Clinton D 48 31
New York 1 Charles E. Schumer D 48 31
California 2 Barbara Boxer D 48 30
North Dakota 2 Byron L. Dorgan D 47 40
Oregon 1 Ron Wyden D 47 26
Vermont 1 Patrick J. Leahy D 47 36
Illinois 1 Richard J. Durbin D 47 33
Iowa 2 Tom Harkin D 47 27
New Jersey 1 Frank R. Lautenberg D 46 27
Massachusetts 2 John Kerry D 45 34
West Virginia 2 John D. Rockefeller IV D 43 40
Delaware 1 Joseph R. Biden Jr. D 50 27
Independent
Vermont 2 James M. Jeffords I 50 36


Source: CQ Weekly
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