List of new members of the 116th United States Congress

The 116th United States Congress began on January 3, 2019. There were nine new senators (two Democrats, seven Republicans) and a minimum of 89 new representatives (59 Democrats, 29 Republicans, with one open seat pending), as well as one new delegate (a Democrat), at the start of its first session. Additionally, three senators (one Democrat, two Republicans) and eight representatives (two Democrats, six Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 117th Congress before it ended on January 3, 2021.

The co-presidents of the House Democratic freshman class were Colin Allred of Texas and Haley Stevens of Michigan, while the president of the House Republican freshman class was Mark E. Green of Tennessee. Additionally, the Democratic Freshmen Leadership Representatives were Katie Hill of California and Joe Neguse of Colorado, and the Republican's freshmen liaison was Guy Reschenthaler of Pennsylvania. Veronica Escobar of Texas replaced Hill upon her resignation in November 2019.^[1][2][3]

Senate

Took office January 3, 2019

State	Image	Senator	Seniority	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Arizona (Class 3)		Martha McSally (R)	4th (95th overall)	No Appointed; replaced Jon Kyl (R)	U.S. House of Representatives[a] U.S. Air Force Colonel	1966	[4]
Arizona (Class 1)		Kyrsten Sinema (D)	2nd (93rd overall)	Yes[b] Open seat; replaced Jeff Flake (R)	U.S. House of Representatives[c] Arizona Senate Arizona House of Representatives	1976	[5]
Indiana		Mike Braun (R)	7th (98th overall)	Yes Defeated Joe Donnelly (D)	Indiana House of Representatives	1954	[6]
Missouri		Josh Hawley (R)	8th (99th overall)	Yes Defeated Claire McCaskill (D)	Missouri Attorney General	1979	[7]
Nevada		Jacky Rosen (D)	5th (96th overall)	Yes Defeated Dean Heller (R)	U.S. House of Representatives[d]	1957	[8]
North Dakota		Kevin Cramer (R)	3rd (94th overall)	Yes Defeated Heidi Heitkamp (D)	U.S. House of Representatives[e] North Dakota Public Service Commission Chair of the North Dakota Republican Party	1961	[9]
Tennessee		Marsha Blackburn (R)	1st (92nd overall)	No Open seat; replaced Bob Corker (R)	U.S. House of Representatives[f] Tennessee Senate Chair of the Williamson County Republican Party	1952	[10]
Utah		Mitt Romney (R)	6th (97th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Orrin Hatch (R)	Governor of Massachusetts Co-founder of Bain Capital CEO of Bain & Company	1947	[11]

Took office during the 116th Congress

State	Image	Senator	Took office	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Florida		Rick Scott (R)	January 8, 2019	Yes Defeated Bill Nelson (D)	Governor of Florida Co-founder of Columbia Hospital Corporation U.S. Navy Petty Officer	1952	[12]
Georgia		Kelly Loeffler (R)	January 6, 2020	No Appointed; replaced Johnny Isakson (R)	CEO of Bakkt	1970	[13]
Arizona		Mark Kelly (D)	December 2, 2020	Yes Defeated Martha McSally (R)	NASA astronaut U.S. Navy Captain	1964	[14]

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 2019

District	Image	Representative	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Arizona 2		Ann Kirkpatrick (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Martha McSally (R)	U.S. House of Representatives[g] Arizona House of Representatives	1950	[15]
Arizona 9		Greg Stanton (D)	No Open seat; replaced Kyrsten Sinema (D)	Mayor of Phoenix Phoenix City Council	1970	[16]
California 10		Josh Harder (D)	Yes Defeated Jeff Denham (R)	Venture capital investor	1986	[17]
California 21		TJ Cox (D)	Yes Defeated David Valadao (R)	Chemical engineer	1963	[18]
California 25		Katie Hill (D)	Yes Defeated Steve Knight (R)	Social services administrator	1987	[19]
California 39		Gil Cisneros (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Ed Royce (R)	Philanthropist U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander	1971	[20]
California 45		Katie Porter (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Mimi Walters (R)	Lawyer Professor	1974	[21]
California 48		Harley Rouda (D)	Yes Defeated Dana Rohrabacher (R)	Lawyer Businessman	1961	[22]
California 49		Mike Levin (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Darrell Issa (R)	Attorney	1978	[23]
Colorado 2		Joe Neguse (D)	No Open seat; replaced Jared Polis (D)	Colorado Director of Regulatory Agencies Regents of the University of Colorado	1984	[24]
Colorado 6		Jason Crow (D)	Yes Defeated Mike Coffman (R)	Lawyer U.S. Army Ranger	1979	[25]
Connecticut 5		Jahana Hayes (D)	No Open seat; replaced Elizabeth Esty (D)	Educator	1973	[26]
Florida 6		Mike Waltz (R)	No Open seat; replaced Ron DeSantis (R)	U.S. Army Special Forces	1974	[27]
Florida 15		Ross Spano (R)	No Open seat; replaced Dennis Ross (R)	Florida House of Representatives	1966	[28]
Florida 17		Greg Steube (R)	No Open seat; replaced Tom Rooney (R)	Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps	1978	[29]
Florida 26		Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D)	Yes Defeated Carlos Curbelo (R)	Academic administrator	1971	[30]
Florida 27		Donna Shalala (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)	U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Asst. Sec. of Housing and Urban Development President of the Clinton Foundation President of the University of Miami	1941	[31]
Georgia 6		Lucy McBath (D)	Yes Defeated Karen Handel (R)	Gun control advocate	1960	[32]
Hawaii 1		Ed Case (D)	No Open seat; replaced Colleen Hanabusa (D)	U.S. House of Representatives[h] Hawaii House of Representatives	1952	[33]
Idaho 1		Russ Fulcher (R)	No Open seat; replaced Raúl Labrador (R)	Idaho Senate	1962	[34]
Illinois 4		Chuy García (D)	No Open seat; replaced Luis Gutiérrez (D)	Cook County Board of Commissioners Illinois Senate Chicago City Council	1956	[35]
Illinois 6		Sean Casten (D)	Yes Defeated Peter Roskam (R)	Co-founder of Recycled Energy Development Scientist	1971	[36]
Illinois 14		Lauren Underwood (D)	Yes Defeated Randy Hultgren (R)	Senior advisor at the U.S. HHS Department Registered nurse	1986	[37]
Indiana 4		Jim Baird (R)	No Open seat; replaced Todd Rokita (R)	Indiana House of Representatives U.S. Army First Lieutenant	1945	[38]
Indiana 6		Greg Pence (R)	No Open seat; replaced Luke Messer (R)	Businessman U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant	1956	[39]
Iowa 1		Abby Finkenauer (D)	Yes Defeated Rod Blum (R)	Iowa House of Representatives	1988	[40]
Iowa 3		Cindy Axne (D)	Yes Defeated David Young (R)	Businesswoman	1965	[41]
Kansas 2		Steve Watkins (R)	No Open seat; replaced Lynn Jenkins (R)	U.S. Army Captain	1976	[42]
Kansas 3		Sharice Davids (D)	Yes Defeated Kevin Yoder (R)	Attorney Mixed martial artist	1980	[43]
Maine 2		Jared Golden (D)	Yes Defeated Bruce Poliquin (R)	Maine House of Representatives U.S. Marine Corps	1982	[44]
Maryland 6		David Trone (D)	No Open seat; replaced John Delaney (D)	Co-founder of Total Wine & More	1955	[45]
Massachusetts 3		Lori Trahan (D)	No Open seat; replaced Niki Tsongas (D)	Businesswoman Chief of staff to Representative Marty Meehan	1973	[46]
Massachusetts 7		Ayanna Pressley (D)	No Defeated Mike Capuano (D) in a primary	Boston City Council Senior aide to Senator John Kerry	1974	[47]
Michigan 8		Elissa Slotkin (D)	Yes Defeated Mike Bishop (R)	Assistant Secretary of Defense (ISA) Central Intelligence Agency	1976	[48]
Michigan 9		Andy Levin (D)	No Open seat; replaced Sander Levin (D)	Deputy Director of the Michigan DELEG Trade union organizer	1960	[49]
Michigan 11		Haley Stevens (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Dave Trott (R)	Chief of staff to the Pres. Auto Industry Task Force	1983	[50]
Michigan 13		Rashida Tlaib (D)	No Open seat; replaced Brenda Jones (D)[i]	Michigan House of Representatives	1976	[51]
Minnesota 1		Jim Hagedorn (R)	Yes Open seat; replaced Tim Walz (DFL)	Bureau of Engraving and Printing official Financial Management Service official Legislative aide to Representative Arlan Stangeland	1962	[52]
Minnesota 2		Angie Craig (DFL)	Yes Defeated Jason Lewis (R)	Journalist	1972	[53]
Minnesota 3		Dean Phillips (DFL)	Yes Defeated Erik Paulsen (R)	President of Phillips Distilling Company Co-owner of Talenti	1969	[54]
Minnesota 5		Ilhan Omar (DFL)	No Open seat; replaced Keith Ellison (DFL)	Minnesota House of Representatives Policy aide to City Councilor Andrew Johnson	1982	[55]
Minnesota 8		Pete Stauber (R)	Yes Open seat; replaced Rick Nolan (DFL)	St. Louis County Commission Hermantown City Council Duluth Police Department Professional ice hockey player	1966	[56]
Mississippi 3		Michael Guest (R)	No Open seat; replaced Gregg Harper (R)	Madison and Rankin Counties District Attorney	1970	[57]
Nevada 3		Susie Lee (D)	No Open seat; replaced Jacky Rosen (D)	President of Nevada Communities In Schools	1966	[58]
Nevada 4		Steven Horsford (D)	No Open seat; replaced Ruben Kihuen (D)	U.S. House of Representatives[j] Majority Leader of the Nevada Senate	1973	[59]
New Hampshire 1		Chris Pappas (D)	No Open seat; replaced Carol Shea-Porter (D)	Executive Council of New Hampshire New Hampshire House of Representatives	1980	[60]
New Jersey 2		Jeff Van Drew (D)	Yes[k] Open seat; replaced Frank LoBiondo (R)	New Jersey Senate New Jersey General Assembly Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders	1953	[61]
New Jersey 3		Andy Kim (D)	Yes Defeated Tom MacArthur (R)	U.S. National Security Council	1982	[62]
New Jersey 7		Tom Malinowski (D)	Yes Defeated Leonard Lance (R)	Assistant Secretary of State (D/HR/L) Human Rights Watch U.S. National Security Council	1965	[63]
New Jersey 11		Mikie Sherrill (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Rodney Frelinghuysen (R)	Assistant U.S. Attorney U.S. Navy Lieutenant	1972	[64]
New Mexico 1		Deb Haaland (D)	No Open seat; replaced Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)	Chair of the Democratic Party of New Mexico	1960	[65]
New Mexico 2		Xochitl Torres Small (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Steve Pearce (R)	Law clerk	1984	[66]
New York 11		Max Rose (D)	Yes Defeated Dan Donovan (R)	Army National Guard Captain	1986	[67]
New York 14		Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D)	No Defeated Joe Crowley (D) in a primary[l]	Activist	1989	[68]
New York 19		Antonio Delgado (D)	Yes Defeated John Faso (R)	Attorney	1977	[69]
New York 22		Anthony Brindisi (D)	Yes Defeated Claudia Tenney (R)	New York State Assembly	1978	[70]
North Dakota at-large		Kelly Armstrong (R)	No Open seat; replaced Kevin Cramer (R)	Chair of the North Dakota Republican Party North Dakota Senate	1976	[71]
Ohio 16		Anthony Gonzalez (R)	No Open seat; replaced Jim Renacci (R)	Professional football player	1984	[72]
Oklahoma 5		Kendra Horn (D)	Yes Defeated Steve Russell (R)	Lawyer	1976	[73]
Pennsylvania 4		Madeleine Dean (D)	New seat	Pennsylvania House of Representatives	1959	[74]
Pennsylvania 6		Chrissy Houlahan (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Ryan Costello (R)	COO of AND1 U.S. Air Force Reserve Captain	1967	[75]
Pennsylvania 9		Dan Meuser (R)	No Open seat; replaced Lou Barletta (R)	Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue	1964	[76]
Pennsylvania 13		John Joyce (R)	No Open seat; replaced Bill Shuster (R)	Dermatologist	1957	[77]
Pennsylvania 14		Guy Reschenthaler (R)	New seat	Pennsylvania State Senate U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps	1983	[78]
South Carolina 1		Joe Cunningham (D)	Yes Replaced Mark Sanford (R), who was defeated in a primary	Marine engineer Construction attorney	1982	[79]
South Carolina 4		William Timmons (R)	No Open seat; replaced Trey Gowdy (R)	South Carolina Senate Air National Guard Captain	1984	[80]
South Dakota at-large		Dusty Johnson (R)	No Open seat; replaced Kristi Noem (R)	Chief of staff to Governor Dennis Daugaard South Dakota Public Utilities Commission	1976	[81]
Tennessee 2		Tim Burchett (R)	No Open seat; replaced Jimmy Duncan (R)	Mayor of Knox County Tennessee Senate Tennessee House of Representatives	1964	[82]
Tennessee 6		John Rose (R)	No Open seat; replaced Diane Black (R)	Tennessee Commissioner of Agriculture	1965	[83]
Tennessee 7		Mark E. Green (R)	No Open seat; replaced Marsha Blackburn (R)	Tennessee Senate U.S. Army Major	1964	[84]
Texas 2		Dan Crenshaw (R)	No Open seat; replaced Ted Poe (R)	U.S. Navy SEAL	1984	[85]
Texas 3		Van Taylor (R)	No Open seat; replaced Sam Johnson (R)	Texas Senate Texas House of Representatives U.S. Marine Corps Major	1972	[86]
Texas 5		Lance Gooden (R)	No Open seat; replaced Jeb Hensarling (R)	Texas House of Representatives	1982	[87]
Texas 6		Ron Wright (R)	No Open seat; replaced Joe Barton (R)	Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector Chief of staff to Representative Joe Barton Arlington City Council	1953	[88]
Texas 7		Lizzie Fletcher (D)	Yes Defeated John Culberson (R)	Attorney	1975	[89]
Texas 16		Veronica Escobar (D)	No Open seat; replaced Beto O'Rourke (D)	El Paso County Judge El Paso County Commission	1969	[90]
Texas 21		Chip Roy (R)	No Open seat; replaced Lamar Smith (R)	Chief of staff to Senator Ted Cruz	1972	[91]
Texas 29		Sylvia Garcia (D)	No Open seat; replaced Gene Green (D)	Texas Senate Harris County Commission Houston City Controller	1950	[92]
Texas 32		Colin Allred (D)	Yes Defeated Pete Sessions (R)	Professional football player Lawyer	1983	[93]
Utah 4		Ben McAdams (D)	Yes Defeated Mia Love (R)	Mayor of Salt Lake County Utah State Senate	1974	[94]
Virginia 2		Elaine Luria (D)	Yes Defeated Scott Taylor (R)	U.S. Navy Commander	1975	[95]
Virginia 5		Denver Riggleman (R)	No Open seat; replaced Tom Garrett (R)	National Security Agency contractor U.S. Air Force ISR Agency	1970	[96]
Virginia 6		Ben Cline (R)	No Open seat; replaced Bob Goodlatte (R)	Virginia House of Delegates	1972	[97]
Virginia 7		Abigail Spanberger (D)	Yes Defeated Dave Brat (R)	Central Intelligence Agency	1979	[98]
Virginia 10		Jennifer Wexton (D)	Yes Defeated Barbara Comstock (R)	Senate of Virginia	1968	[99]
Washington 8		Kim Schrier (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Dave Reichert (R)	Pediatrician	1968	[100]
West Virginia 3		Carol Miller (R)	No Open seat; replaced Evan Jenkins (R)	West Virginia House of Delegates	1950	[101]
Wisconsin 1		Bryan Steil (R)	No Open seat; replaced Paul Ryan (R)	University of Wisconsin Board of Regents	1981	[102]

Non-voting members

District	Image	Delegate	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Guam at-large		Michael San Nicolas (D)	No Defeated Madeleine Bordallo (D) in a primary	Legislature of Guam	1981	[103]

Took office during the 116th Congress

District	Image	Representative	Took office	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Pennsylvania 12		Fred Keller (R)	May 21, 2019	No Succeeded Tom Marino (R)	Pennsylvania House of Representatives	1965	[104]
North Carolina 3		Greg Murphy (R)	September 17, 2019	No Succeeded Walter B. Jones Jr. (R)	North Carolina House of Representatives Urologist	1963	[105]
North Carolina 9		Dan Bishop (R)	September 17, 2019	No Succeeded Robert Pittenger (R)	North Carolina Senate North Carolina House of Representatives Mecklenburg County Commission	1964	[106]
Maryland 7		Kweisi Mfume (D)	May 5, 2020	No Succeeded Elijah Cummings (D)	President of the NAACP U.S. House of Representatives[m] Baltimore City Council	1948	[107]
California 25		Mike Garcia (R)	May 19, 2020	Yes Succeeded Katie Hill (D)	Business development manager U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander	1976	[108]
Wisconsin 7		Tom Tiffany (R)	May 19, 2020	No Succeeded Sean Duffy (R)	Wisconsin Senate Wisconsin State Assembly	1957	[109]
New York 27		Chris Jacobs (R)	July 21, 2020	No Succeeded Chris Collins (R)	New York State Senate Erie County Clerk Secretary of State of New York	1966	[110]
Georgia 5		Kwanza Hall (D)	December 3, 2020	No Succeeded John Lewis (D)	Atlanta City Council	1971	[111]

See also

• List of United States senators in the 116th Congress
• List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 116th Congress by seniority

Notes

1. Elected to the 114th Congress, serving from 2015 to 2019 in Arizona's 2nd district.
2. Sinema became an independent in December 2022, during the 117th Congress.
3. Elected to the 113th Congress, serving from 2013 to 2019 in Arizona's 9th district.
4. Elected to the 115th Congress, serving from 2017 to 2019 in Nevada's 3rd district.
5. Elected to the 113th Congress, serving from 2013 to 2019 in North Dakota's at-large district.
6. Elected to the 108th Congress, serving from 2003 to 2019 in Tennessee's 7th district.
7. Previously elected to the 111th Congress, serving from 2009 to 2011; elected again to the 113th Congress, serving from 2013 to 2017.
8. Previously elected to the 107th Congress, serving from 2002 to 2007.
9. Elected in the special election to replace John Conyers.
10. Previously elected to the 113th Congress, serving from 2013 to 2015.
11. Van Drew switched to the Republican Party in January 2020.
12. Crowley ran in the general election as nominee of Working Families and was subsequently defeated by Ocasio-Cortez.
13. Previously elected to the 100th Congress, serving from 1987 to 1996.