The Congressional Evaluation Project: Table 3

The Congressional Evaluation Project: Table 3 — Senate Incumbents' Background, 2004, arranged by percentage of vote received in 1998.

Includes only those Senators whose term of office expires in 2004.

Incumbent Senator	state	party	RR in state GOP	% vote 1998	terms	religious affiliation	military service
Murkowski, Lisa	AK	R	strong-nc	none	0.5	Catholic	no
Shelby, Richard	AL	R	strong-nc	63	3	Presbyterian	no
Lincoln, Blanche	AR	D	strong-up	55	1	Episcopalian	no
McCain, John	AZ	R	moderate-down	69	3	Episcopalian	Navy, 1958-80 V
Boxer, Barbara	CA	D	moderate-down	53	2	Jewish	no
Campbell, Ben Nighthorse ***	CO	R	strong-upup	62	2	none	USAF 1951-53 K
Dodd, Christopher	CT	D	weak-nc	65	4	Catholic	Army Reserves, 1969-75
Graham, Bob ***	FL	D	moderate-down	62	3	United Church of Christ	no
Miller, Zell ***	GA	D	moderate-down	58	1	Methodist	USMC, 1953-56
Inouye, Daniel	HI	D	moderate-down	79	7	United Methodist	Army, 1943-47 WWII
Grassley, Charles	IA	R	strong-nc	68	4	Baptist	no
Crapo, Mike	ID	R	strong-nc	70	1	Mormon	no
Fitzgerald, Peter ***	IL	R	moderate-up	50	1	Catholic	no
Bayh, Evan	IN	D	moderate-nc	64	1	Episcopalian	no
Brownback, Sam	KS	R	moderate-nc	65	1	Methodist	no
Bunning, Jim	KY	R	moderate-nc	50	1	Catholic	no
Breaux, John ***	LA	D	moderate-down	64	3	Catholic	no
Mikulski, Barbara	MD	D	moderate-up	71	3	Catholic	no
Bond, Christopher	MO	R	strong-upup	53	3	Presbyterian	no
Edwards, John ***	NC	D	moderate-down	51	1	Methodist	no
Dorgan, Byron	ND	D	moderate-up	63	2	Lutheran	no
Gregg, Judd	NH	R	moderate-up	68	2	Protestant	no
Reid, Harry	NV	D	moderate-nc	48	3	Mormon	no
Schumer, Charles	NY	D	weak-nc	55	1	Jewish	no
Voinovich, George	OH	R	moderate-nc	56	1	Catholic	no
Nickels, Don ***	OK	R	strong-nc	66	4	Catholic	OK Natl. Guard, 1970-76
Wyden, Ron	OR	D	strong-nc	61	1	Jewish	no
Spector, Arlen	PA	R	moderate-nc	61	4	Jewish	USAF 1951-53
Hollings, Ernest ***	SC	D	strong-nc	53	6	Lutheran	Army 1942-45 WWII
Daschle, Tom	SD	D	strong-upup	62	3	Catholic	USAF, '69-72; Reserves, '75-78
Bennett, Robert	UT	R	moderate-nc	64	2	Mormon	Chaplain, Army Nat'l Guard, 1957-60
Leahy, Patrick	VT	D	weak-nc	72	5	Catholic	no
Murray, Patty	WA	D	moderate-down	58	2	Catholic	no
Feingold, Russell	WI	D	moderate-nc	51	2	Jewish	no

Key to Abbreviations
State or state/district : the incumbent's constituents.
Party: Democrat (D), Republican (R), Democrat-Farm-Labor (DFL), Independent (I).
RR in state GOP: Estimated strength of the Religious Right in the state Republican Party.
% vote 1998 or % vote 2002: Incumbent's winning percentage of the last vote.
Terms: The number of terms served in this elected position.
Religious affiliation: Primary religious affiliation.
Military service.: Service in the U.S. military, National Guard or Peace Corps. Wartime service is indicated by WW for World War II, K for Korea, V for Vietnam. OCS is Officers Candidate School.
***: not running for re-election this year.
sp. el.: put into office by a special election in 2004

The Congressional Evaluation Project
Table 2 — House Incumbents Overview, Arranged by State
Table 4 — Senate Incumbents Ratings by State

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