Please Note: This is the final list of 1997 Senate Party-Opposition Scores through November 8, 1997 (298 possible votes). Totals, comparisons, party grouping, state grouping, and summaries are not included on this list. That information (and other lists) is available to subscribers.

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Name                  Party          State               Votes  Poss. Percent
                                                         Agnst  Votes Opposition
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Abraham, Spencer      Republican     Michigan              9     148   6.08%
Akaka, Daniel         Democrat       Hawaii                2     147   1.36%
Allard, Wayne         Republican     Colorado              4     148   2.70%
Ashcroft, John        Republican     Missouri              4     148   2.70%
Baucus, Max           Democrat       Montana              30     148  20.27%
Bennett, Robert       Republican     Utah                  8     144   5.55%
Biden, Joe            Democrat       Delaware             18     147  12.24%
Bingaman, Jeff        Democrat       New Mexico           11     148   7.43%
Bond, Kit             Republican     Missouri             10     146   6.84%
Boxer, Barbara        Democrat       California            5     148   3.37%
Breaux, John          Democrat       Louisiana            42     149  28.18%
Brownback, Sam        Republican     Kansas                5     148   3.37%
Bryan, Richard        Democrat       Nevada               34     149  22.81%
Bumpers, Dale         Democrat       Arkansas              6     150      4%
Burns, Conrad         Republican     Montana               6     144   4.16%
Byrd, Robert          Democrat       West Virginia        24     150     16%
Campbell, Ben         Republican     Colorado             18     148  12.16%
Chafee, John          Republican     Rhode Island         46     146  31.50%
Cleland, Max          Democrat       Georgia              15     150     10%
Coats, Daniel         Republican     Indiana              10     139   7.19%
Cochran, Thad         Republican     Mississippi          15     147  10.20%
Collins, Susan        Republican     Maine                45     148  30.40%
Conrad, Kent          Democrat       North Dakota         18     148  12.16%
Coverdell, Paul       Republican     Georgia               7     148   4.72%
Craig, Larry          Republican     Idaho                 2     148   1.35%
D'Amato, Alfonse      Republican     New York             37     147  25.17%
Daschle, Tom          Democrat       South Dakota          5     149   3.35%
DeWine, Mike          Republican     Ohio                 18     148  12.16%
Dodd, Christopher     Democrat       Connecticut          14     150   9.33%
Domenici, Pete        Republican     New Mexico           11     146   7.53%
Dorgan, Byron         Democrat       North Dakota         15     147  10.20%
Durbin, Richard       Democrat       Illinois              4     149   2.68%
Enzi, Mike            Republican     Wyoming               6     146   4.10%
Faircloth, Lauch      Republican     North Carolina       10     146   6.84%
Feingold, Russell     Democrat       Wisconsin            19     150  12.66%
Feinstein, Dianne     Democrat       California           14     148   9.45%
Ford, Wendell         Democrat       Kentucky             24     150     16%
Frist, Bill           Republican     Tennessee            11     148   7.43%
Glenn, John           Democrat       Ohio                 13     147   8.84%
Gorton, Slade         Republican     Washington           14     148   9.45%
Graham, Bob           Democrat       Florida              33     149  22.14%
Gramm, Phil           Republican     Texas                 4     148   2.70%
Grams, Rod            Republican     Minnesota             4     144   2.77%
Grassley, Charles     Republican     Iowa                 12     148   8.10%
Gregg, Judd           Republican     New Hampshire        14     148   9.45%
Hagel, Chuck          Republican     Nebraska              4     148   2.70%
Harkin, Tom           Democrat       Iowa                 10     146   6.84%
Hatch, Orrin          Republican     Utah                  7     146   4.79%
Helms, Jesse          Republican     North Carolina        4     147   2.72%
Hollings, Ernest      Democrat       South Carolina       31     143  21.67%
Hutchinson, Tim       Republican     Arkansas              7     144   4.86%
Hutchison, Kay        Republican     Texas                 7     148   4.72%
Inhofe, James         Republican     Oklahoma              2     144   1.38%
Inouye, Daniel        Democrat       Hawaii               10     139   7.19%
Jeffords, James       Republican     Vermont              57     143  39.86%
Johnson, Tim          Democrat       South Dakota         15     150     10%
Kempthorne, Dirk      Republican     Idaho                 2     147   1.36%
Kennedy, Edward       Democrat       Massachusetts         4     148   2.70%
Kerrey, Robert        Democrat       Nebraska             23     149  15.43%
Kerry, John           Democrat       Massachusetts         0     150      0%
Kohl, Herbert         Democrat       Wisconsin            33     150     22%
Kyl, Jon              Republican     Arizona               5     147   3.40%
Landrieu, Mary        Democrat       Louisiana            23     147  15.64%
Lautenberg, Frank     Democrat       New Jersey            6     150      4%
Leahy, Patrick        Democrat       Vermont              10     148   6.75%
Levin, Carl           Democrat       Michigan              6     150      4%
Lieberman, Joseph     Democrat       Connecticut          26     149  17.44%
Lott, Trent           Republican     Mississippi           3     148   2.02%
Lugar, Richard        Republican     Indiana              18     148  12.16%
Mack, Connie          Republican     Florida              11     144   7.63%
McCain, John          Republican     Arizona              21     146  14.38%
McConnell, Mitch      Republican     Kentucky              2     148   1.35%
Mikulski, Barbara     Democrat       Maryland             10     142   7.04%
Moseley-Braun, Carol  Democrat       Illinois             18     149  12.08%
Moynihan, Daniel      Democrat       New York             25     149  16.77%
Murkowski, Frank      Republican     Alaska                5     146   3.42%
Murray, Patty         Democrat       Washington           11     150   7.33%
Nickles, Don          Republican     Oklahoma              4     148   2.70%
Reed, Jack            Democrat       Rhode Island          0     148      0%
Reid, Harry           Democrat       Nevada               22     150  14.66%
Robb, Charles         Democrat       Virginia             36     150     24%
Roberts, Pat          Republican     Kansas                5     142   3.52%
Rockefeller, John     Democrat       West Virginia        13     141   9.21%
Roth, William         Republican     Delaware             19     147  12.92%
Santorum, Rick        Republican     Pennsylvania         12     146   8.21%
Sarbanes, Paul        Democrat       Maryland              1     149   0.67%
Sessions, Jeff        Republican     Alabama               4     148   2.70%
Shelby, Richard       Republican     Alabama              10     148   6.75%
Smith, Bob            Republican     New Hampshire         8     148   5.40%
Smith, Gordon         Republican     Oregon               12     147   8.16%
Snowe, Olympia        Republican     Maine                49     148  33.10%
Specter, Arlen        Republican     Pennsylvania         65     147  44.21%
Stevens, Ted          Republican     Alaska               20     146  13.69%
Thomas, Craig         Republican     Wyoming               4     148   2.70%
Thompson, Fred        Republican     Tennessee            13     148   8.78%
Thurmond, Strom       Republican     South Carolina        7     148   4.72%
Torricelli, Robert    Democrat       New Jersey           10     150   6.66%
Warner, John          Republican     Virginia             12     148   8.10%
Wellstone, Paul       Democrat       Minnesota             7     144   4.86%
Wyden, Ron            Democrat       Oregon               23     150  15.33%