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The 117th United States Congress began on January 3, 2021. 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.

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.

Senate

Took office January 3, 2021

State Image Senator Seniority Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Alabama Tommy Tuberville (R) 6th
(99th overall) 		Yes
Defeated Doug Jones (D) 		College football coach 1954
Colorado John Hickenlooper (D) 4th
(97th overall) 		Yes
Defeated Cory Gardner (R) 		Governor of Colorado
Mayor of Denver 		1952
Kansas Roger Marshall (R) 3rd
(96th overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced Pat Roberts (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives
Obstetrician
U.S. Army Reserve Captain 		1960
New Mexico Ben Ray Luján (D) 1st
(94th overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced Tom Udall (D) 		U.S. House of Representatives
New Mexico Public Regulation Commission 		1972
Tennessee Bill Hagerty (R) 5th
(98th overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced Lamar Alexander (R) 		U.S. Ambassador to Japan
Tennessee Commissioner of Economic Development
Advisor to President George H. W. Bush 		1959
Wyoming Cynthia Lummis (R) 2nd
(95th overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced Mike Enzi (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives
Treasurer of Wyoming
Wyoming Senate
Wyoming House of Representatives 		1954

Took office during the 117th Congress

State Image Senator Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
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
Georgia
(Class 2) 		Jon Ossoff (D) January 20, 2021 Yes
Defeated David Perdue (R) 		Investigative journalist 1987
Georgia
(Class 3) 		Raphael Warnock (D) January 20, 2021 Yes
Defeated Kelly Loeffler (R) 		Senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church 1969

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 2021

District Image Representative Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Alabama 1 Jerry Carl (R) No
Open seat; replaced Bradley Byrne (R) 		President of the Mobile County Commission 1958
Alabama 2 Barry Moore (R) No
Open seat; replaced Martha Roby (R) 		Alabama House of Representatives 1966
California 8 Jay Obernolte (R) No
Open seat; replaced Paul Cook (R) 		California State Assembly
President of FarSight Studios 		1970
California 21 David Valadao (R) Yes
Defeated TJ Cox (D) 		U.S. House of Representatives
California State Assembly 		1977
California 39 Young Kim (R) Yes
Defeated Gil Cisneros (D) 		California State Assembly 1962
California 48 Michelle Steel (R) Yes
Defeated Harley Rouda (D) 		Chair of the Orange County Board of Supervisors
California State Board of Equalization 		1955
California 50 Darrell Issa (R) No
Open seat; replaced Duncan D. Hunter (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives
CEO of Directed Electronics
U.S. Army Captain 		1953
California 53 Sara Jacobs (D) No
Open seat; replaced Susan Davis (D) 		Contractor 1989
Colorado 3 Lauren Boebert (R) No
Defeated Scott Tipton (R) in a primary 		Business owner 1986
Florida 3 Kat Cammack (R) No
Open seat; replaced Ted Yoho (R) 		Advisor to Representative Ted Yoho 1988
Florida 15 Scott Franklin (R) No
Defeated Ross Spano (R) in a primary 		Lakeland City Commission
U.S. Navy Commander 		1964
Florida 19 Byron Donalds (R) No
Open seat; replaced Francis Rooney (R) 		Florida House of Representatives 1978
Florida 26 Carlos A. Giménez (R) Yes
Defeated Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D) 		Mayor of Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade County Commission
City Manager of Miami
Miami Fire-Rescue Department 		1954
Florida 27 María Elvira Salazar (R) Yes
Defeated Donna Shalala (D) 		Television news anchor 1961
Georgia 5 Nikema Williams (D) No
Open seat; replaced Kwanza Hall (D) 		Chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia
Georgia State Senate 		1978
Georgia 7 Carolyn Bourdeaux (D) Yes
Open seat; replaced Rob Woodall (R) 		Professor 1970
Georgia 9 Andrew Clyde (R) No
Open seat; replaced Doug Collins (R) 		Business owner
U.S. Navy Commander 		1963
Georgia 14 Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) No
Open seat; replaced Tom Graves (R) 		Businesswoman 1974
Hawaii 2 Kai Kahele (D) No
Open seat; replaced Tulsi Gabbard (D) 		Hawaii Senate
U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel 		1974
Illinois 3 Marie Newman (D) No
Defated Dan Lipinski (D) in a primary 		Marketing consultant 1964
Illinois 15 Mary Miller (R) No
Open seat; replaced John Shimkus (R) 		Farmer 1959
Indiana 1 Frank J. Mrvan (D) No
Open seat; replaced Pete Visclosky (D) 		North Township Trustee 1969
Indiana 5 Victoria Spartz (R) No
Open seat; replaced Susan Brooks (R) 		Indiana Senate 1978
Iowa 1 Ashley Hinson (R) Yes
Defeated Abby Finkenauer (D) 		Iowa House of Representatives 1983
Iowa 2 Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) Yes
Open seat; replaced Dave Loebsack (D) 		Iowa Senate
Iowa Director of Public Health 		1955
Iowa 4 Randy Feenstra (R) No
Defeated Steve King (R) in a primary 		Iowa Senate
Sioux County Treasurer 		1969
Kansas 1 Tracey Mann (R) No
Open seat; replaced Roger Marshall (R) 		Lieutenant Governor of Kansas 1976
Kansas 2 Jake LaTurner (R) No
Defeated Steve Watkins (R) in a primary 		Kansas State Treasurer
Kansas Senate 		1988
Massachusetts 4 Jake Auchincloss (D) No
Open seat; replaced Joe Kennedy III (D) 		Newton City Council
U.S. Marine Corps Major 		1988
Michigan 3 Peter Meijer (R) Yes
Open seat; replaced Justin Amash (L) 		Business analyst
U.S. Army Sergeant 		1988
Michigan 10 Lisa McClain (R) No
Open seat; replaced Paul Mitchell (R) 		Finance executive 1966
Minnesota 7 Michelle Fischbach (R) Yes
Defeated Collin Peterson (DFL) 		Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
President of the Minnesota Senate
Paynesville City Council 		1965
Missouri 1 Cori Bush (D) No
Defeated Lacy Clay (D) in a primary 		Black Lives Matter activist 1976
Montana at-large Matt Rosendale (R) No
Open seat; replaced Greg Gianforte (R) 		Montana State Auditor
Montana Senate
Montana House of Representatives 		1960
New Mexico 2 Yvette Herrell (R) Yes
Defeated Xochitl Torres Small (D) 		New Mexico House of Representatives 1964
New Mexico 3 Teresa Leger Fernandez (D) No
Open seat; replaced Ben Ray Luján (D) 		Attorney 1959
New York 2 Andrew Garbarino (R) No
Open seat; replaced Peter King (R) 		New York State Assembly 1984
New York 11 Nicole Malliotakis (R) Yes
Defeated Max Rose (D) 		New York State Assembly 1980
New York 15 Ritchie Torres (D) No
Open seat; replaced José E. Serrano (D) 		New York City Council 1988
New York 16 Jamaal Bowman (D) No
Defeated Eliot Engel (D) in a primary 		Educator 1976
New York 17 Mondaire Jones (D) No
Open seat; replaced Nita Lowey (D) 		Lawyer 1987
North Carolina 2 Deborah K. Ross (D) Yes
Open seat; replaced George Holding (R) 		North Carolina House of Representatives 1963
North Carolina 6 Kathy Manning (D) Yes
Open seat; replaced Mark Walker (R) 		Lawyer 1956
North Carolina 11 Madison Cawthorn (R) No
Open seat; replaced Mark Meadows (R) 		Staffer for Representative Mark Meadows 1995
Oklahoma 5 Stephanie Bice (R) Yes
Defeated Kendra Horn (D) 		Oklahoma Senate 1973
Oregon 2 Cliff Bentz (R) No
Open seat; replaced Greg Walden (R) 		Oregon State Senate
Oregon House of Representatives 		1952
South Carolina 1 Nancy Mace (R) Yes
Defeated Joe Cunningham (D) 		South Carolina House of Representatives 1977
Tennessee 1 Diana Harshbarger (R) No
Open seat; replaced Phil Roe (R) 		Pharmacist 1960
Texas 4 Pat Fallon (R) No
Open seat; replaced John Ratcliffe (R) 		Texas Senate
Texas House of Representatives
U.S. Air Force Captain 		1967
Texas 11 August Pfluger (R) No
Open seat; replaced Mike Conaway (R) 		U.S. National Security Council
U.S. Air Force Colonel 		1978
Texas 13 Ronny Jackson (R) No
Open seat; replaced Mac Thornberry (R) 		Chief Medical Advisor to the President
Physician to the President
U.S. Navy Medical Corps 		1967
Texas 17 Pete Sessions (R) No
Open seat; replaced Bill Flores (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives 1955
Texas 22 Troy Nehls (R) No
Open seat; replaced Pete Olson (R) 		Fort Bend County Sheriff
U.S. Army Major 		1968
Texas 23 Tony Gonzales (R) No
Open seat; replaced Will Hurd (R) 		U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer 1980
Texas 24 Beth Van Duyne (R) No
Open seat; replaced Kenny Marchant (R) 		U.S. HUD Department official
Mayor of Irving
Irving City Council 		1970
Utah 1 Blake Moore (R) No
Open seat; replaced Rob Bishop (R) 		U.S. Foreign Service 1980
Utah 4 Burgess Owens (R) Yes
Defeated Ben McAdams (D) 		Nonprofit executive
Professional football player 		1951
Virginia 5 Bob Good (R) No
Defeated Denver Riggleman (R) in a primary 		Campbell County Board of Supervisors 1965
Washington 10 Marilyn Strickland (D) No
Open seat; replaced Denny Heck (D) 		President of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Mayor of Tacoma
Tacoma City Council 		1962
Wisconsin 5 Scott L. Fitzgerald (R) No
Open seat; replaced Jim Sensenbrenner (R) 		Majority Leader of the Wisconsin Senate
U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel 		1963

Took office during the 117th Congress

District Image Representative Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
New York 22 Claudia Tenney (R) February 11, 2021 Yes
Defeated Anthony Brindisi (D) 		U.S. House of Representatives
New York State Assembly 		1961
Louisiana 5 Julia Letlow (R) April 14, 2021 No
Succeeded Luke Letlow (R) 		Academic administrator 1981
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
New Mexico 1 Melanie Stansbury (D) June 14, 2021 No
Succeeded Deb Haaland (D) 		New Mexico House of Representatives 1979
Texas 6 Jake Ellzey (R) July 30, 2021 No
Succeeded Ron Wright (R) 		Texas House of Representatives
U.S. Navy Commander 		1970
Ohio 11 Shontel Brown (D) November 4, 2021 No
Succeeded Marcia Fudge (D) 		Cuyahoga County Council 1975
Ohio 15 Mike Carey (R) November 4, 2021 No
Succeeded Steve Stivers (R) 		Coal lobbyist
Army National Guard 		1971
Florida 20 Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D) January 18, 2022 No
Succeeded Alcee Hastings (D) 		Healthcare executive 1979
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
Texas 34 Mayra Flores (R) June 21, 2022 Yes
Succeeded Filemon Vela Jr. (D) 		Respiratory therapist 1986
Nebraska 1 Mike Flood (R) July 12, 2022 No
Succeeded Jeff Fortenberry (R) 		Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature 1975
Minnesota 1 Brad Finstad (R) August 12, 2022 No
Succeeded Jim Hagedorn (R) 		USDA Rural Development Director for Minnesota
Minnesota House of Representatives 		1976
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
New York 19 Pat Ryan (D) September 13, 2022 No
Succeeded Antonio Delgado (D) 		Ulster County Executive
U.S. Army 		1982
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
Indiana 2 Rudy Yakym (R) November 14, 2022 No
Succeeded Jackie Walorski (R) 		Congressional staffer
Businessman 		1984

See also

Notes

  1. Elected to the 115th Congress, serving from 2017 to 2021 in Kansas's 1st district.
  2. Elected to the 111th Congress, serving from 2009 to 2021 in New Mexico's 3rd district.
  3. Elected to the 111th Congress, serving from 2009 to 2017 in Wyoming's at-large district.
  4. Previously elected to the 113th Congress, serving from 2013 to 2019.
  5. Previously elected to the 107th Congress in California's 48th district, serving from 2001 to 2019.
  6. Elected in the special election to replace John Lewis after a December 1, 2020 runoff.
  7. Mitchell left the Republican Party in December 2020, before he left Congress but after McClain was elected.
  8. Previously elected to the 105th Congress in Texas's 5th district, serving from 1997 to 2019.
  9. Previously elected to the 115th Congress, serving from 2017 to 2019.
  10. 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.

References

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  14. "PADILLA, Alejandro (Alex)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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  31. "WILLIAMS, Nikema". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  32. "BOURDEAUX, Carolyn". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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  42. "FEENSTRA, Randy". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  43. "MANN, Tracey". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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  45. "AUCHINCLOSS, Jake". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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  50. "BUSH, Cori". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  51. "ROSENDALE, Matthew M., Sr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  52. "HERRELL, Yvette". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  53. "LEGER FERNANDEZ, Teresa". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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  61. "CAWTHORN, Madison". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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  63. "BENTZ, Cliff". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  64. "MACE, Nancy". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  65. "HARSHBARGER, Diana". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  66. "FALLON, Pat". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  67. "PFLUGER, August". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  68. "JACKSON, Ronny". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  69. "JACKSON, Ronny". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  70. "NEHLS, Troy E." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  71. "GONZALES, Tony". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  72. "VAN DUYNE, Beth". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  73. "VAN DUYNE, Beth". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  74. "OWENS, Burgess". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  75. "GOOD, Bob". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  76. "STRICKLAND, Marilyn". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  77. "FITZGERALD, Scott". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  78. "TENNEY, Claudia". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  79. "LETLOW, Julia". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  80. "CARTER, Troy". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  81. "STANSBURY, Melanie Ann". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  82. "ELLZEY, Jake". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  83. "BROWN, Shontel M." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  84. "CAREY, Mike". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  85. "CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Sheila". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  86. "CONWAY, Connie". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  87. "FLORES, Mayra". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  88. "FLOOD, Mike". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  89. "FINSTAD, Brad". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  90. "PELTOLA, Mary Sattler". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  91. "RYAN, Patrick". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  92. "SEMPOLINSKI, Joseph". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  93. "YAKYM, Rudy, III". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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