List of new members of the 117th United States Congress
The 117th United States Congress began on January 3, 2021.[1][2][3] There were six new senators (two Democrats, four Republicans) and 60 new representatives (15 Democrats, 45 Republicans) at the start of the first session. Additionally, three senators (all Democrats) and 16 representatives (six Democrats, ten Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 117th Congress before it ended on January 3, 2023.
One representative-elect, Luke Letlow of Louisiana, died before taking office.[4]
The president of the House Democratic freshman class was Nikema Williams of Georgia, while the president of the House Republican freshman class was Stephanie Bice of Oklahoma. Additionally, the Democratic Freshmen Leadership Representative was Mondaire Jones of New York, and the Republican's freshmen liaison was Andrew Clyde of Georgia.[5][6][7]
Senate
Took office January 3, 2021
Took office during the 117th Congress
State | Image | Senator | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year | Ref |
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California | Alex Padilla (D) | January 20, 2021 | No Appointed; replaced Kamala Harris (D) |
Secretary of State of California California State Senate President of the Los Angeles City Council |
1973 | [14] | |
Georgia | Jon Ossoff (D) | January 20, 2021 | Yes Defeated David Perdue (R) |
Investigative journalist | 1987 | [15] | |
Georgia | Raphael Warnock (D) | January 20, 2021 | Yes Defeated Kelly Loeffler (R) |
Senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church | 1969 | [16] |
House of Representatives
Took office January 3, 2021
Took office during the 117th Congress
District | Image | Representative | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year | Ref |
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New York 22 | Claudia Tenney (R) | February 11, 2021 | Yes Defeated Anthony Brindisi (D) |
U.S. House of Representatives[i] New York State Assembly |
1961 | [78] | |
Louisiana 5 | Julia Letlow (R) | April 14, 2021 | No Succeeded Luke Letlow (R)[j] |
Academic administrator | 1981 | [79] | |
Louisiana 2 | Troy Carter (D) | May 11, 2021 | No Succeeded Cedric Richmond (D) |
Minority Leader of the Louisiana State Senate New Orleans City Council Louisiana House of Representatives |
1963 | [80] | |
New Mexico 1 | Melanie Stansbury (D) | June 14, 2021 | No Succeeded Deb Haaland (D) |
New Mexico House of Representatives | 1979 | [81] | |
Texas 6 | Jake Ellzey (R) | July 30, 2021 | No Succeeded Ron Wright (R) |
Texas House of Representatives U.S. Navy Commander |
1970 | [82] | |
Ohio 11 | Shontel Brown (D) | November 4, 2021 | No Succeeded Marcia Fudge (D) |
Cuyahoga County Council | 1975 | [83] | |
Ohio 15 | Mike Carey (R) | November 4, 2021 | No Succeeded Steve Stivers (R) |
Coal lobbyist Army National Guard |
1971 | [84] | |
Florida 20 | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D) | January 18, 2022 | No Succeeded Alcee Hastings (D) |
Healthcare executive | 1979 | [85] | |
California 22 | Connie Conway (R) | June 14, 2022 | No Succeeded Devin Nunes (R) |
Minority Leader of the California State Assembly Tulare County Board of Supervisors |
1950 | [86] | |
Texas 34 | Mayra Flores (R) | June 21, 2022 | Yes Succeeded Filemon Vela Jr. (D) |
Respiratory therapist | 1986 | [87] | |
Nebraska 1 | Mike Flood (R) | July 12, 2022 | No Succeeded Jeff Fortenberry (R) |
Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature | 1975 | [88] | |
Minnesota 1 | Brad Finstad (R) | August 12, 2022 | No Succeeded Jim Hagedorn (R) |
USDA Rural Development Director for Minnesota Minnesota House of Representatives |
1976 | [89] | |
Alaska at-large | Mary Peltola (D) | September 13, 2022 | Yes Succeeded Don Young (R) |
Orutsararmiut Native Council Tribal Court Alaska House of Representatives Bethel City Council |
1973 | [90] | |
New York 19 | Pat Ryan (D) | September 13, 2022 | No Succeeded Antonio Delgado (D) |
Ulster County Executive U.S. Army |
1982 | [91] | |
New York 23 | Joe Sempolinski (R) | September 13, 2022 | No Succeeded Tom Reed (R) |
Chair of the Steuben County Republican Committee Chief of staff to Assemblyman Joseph Giglio |
1983 | [92] | |
Indiana 2 | Rudy Yakym (R) | November 14, 2022 | No Succeeded Jackie Walorski (R) |
Congressional staffer Businessman |
1984 | [93] |
See also
- List of United States senators in the 117th Congress
- List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 117th Congress by seniority
Notes
- ^ Elected to the 115th Congress, serving from 2017 to 2021 in Kansas's 1st district.
- ^ Elected to the 111th Congress, serving from 2009 to 2021 in New Mexico's 3rd district.
- ^ Elected to the 111th Congress, serving from 2009 to 2017 in Wyoming's at-large district.
- ^ Previously elected to the 113th Congress, serving from 2013 to 2019.
- ^ Previously elected to the 107th Congress in California's 48th district, serving from 2001 to 2019.
- ^ The titleholder was previously held by Kwanza Hall (D), who had won the special election to replace John Lewis after a December 1, 2020 runoff. However, he was not a candidate in the regular election.
- ^ Mitchell left the Republican Party in December 2020, before he left Congress but after McClain was elected.[47]
- ^ Previously elected to the 105th Congress in Texas's 5th district, serving from 1997 to 2019.
- ^ Previously elected to the 115th Congress, serving from 2017 to 2019.
- ^ Luke Letlow elected in the regular election to replace the retiring Ralph Abraham (R), having died from COVID-19 a week before he was set to take office.
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