List of freshman class 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.

The Co-Presidents of the House Democratic Freshman Class are Colin Allred and Haley Stevens, while the President of the House Republican Freshman Class is Mark E. Green.^[1]^[2]

Senate[edit]

State	Senator	Incoming class seniority	Party change	Prior political experience	Birth year
Arizona	Martha McSally (R)	4th (95th overall)^[a]	No Gubernatorial appointment Replaced Jon Kyl (R)	U.S. Representative	1966
Arizona	Kyrsten Sinema (D)	2nd (93rd overall)	Yes Open seat Replaced Jeff Flake (R)	U.S. Representative State Senator State Representative	1976
Florida	Rick Scott (R)	9th (100th overall)^[b]	Yes Defeated Bill Nelson (D)	Governor of Florida	1952
Indiana	Mike Braun (R)	7th (98th overall)	Yes Defeated Joe Donnelly (D)	State Representative	1954
Missouri	Josh Hawley (R)	8th (99th overall)	Yes Defeated Claire McCaskill (D)	State Attorney General	1979
Nevada	Jacky Rosen (D)	5th (96th overall)	Yes Defeated Dean Heller (R)	U.S. Representative	1957
North Dakota	Kevin Cramer (R)	3rd (94th overall)	Yes Defeated Heidi Heitkamp (D)	U.S. Representative State Party Chair	1961
Tennessee	Marsha Blackburn (R)	1st (92nd overall)	No Open seat Replaced Bob Corker (R)	U.S. Representative State Senator	1952
Utah	Mitt Romney (R)	6th (97th overall)	No Open seat Replaced Orrin Hatch (R)	Governor of Massachusetts 2012 presidential nominee	1947

House of Representatives[edit]

District	Representative	Party change	Prior experience	Birth year
Arizona 2	Ann Kirkpatrick (D)	Yes	U.S. Representative for AZ-1 (2009–2011, 2013–2017), State Representative	1950
Arizona 9	Greg Stanton (D)	No	Mayor of Phoenix, Phoenix City Councilor	1970
California 10	Josh Harder (D)	Yes	Businessman	1986
California 21	TJ Cox (D)	Yes	Engineer, businessman	1963
California 25	Katie Hill (D)	Yes	Nonprofit director (Resigned on November 3, 2019)	1987
California 39	Gil Cisneros (D)	Yes	Philanthropist, lottery winner	1972
California 45	Katie Porter (D)	Yes	Attorney, law professor	1974
California 48	Harley Rouda (D)	Yes	Real estate businessman	1961
California 49	Mike Levin (D)	Yes	Environmental attorney, clean energy businessman	1978
Colorado 2	Joe Neguse (D)	No	Attorney	1984
Colorado 6	Jason Crow (D)	Yes	Attorney; Ranger, U.S. Army	1979
Connecticut 5	Jahana Hayes (D)	No	Educator, 2016 Recipient of National Teacher of the Year	1973
Florida 6	Michael Waltz (R)	No	Special Forces, U.S. Army	1974
Florida 15	Ross Spano (R)	No	State Representative	1966
Florida 17	Greg Steube (R)	No	State Senator, State Representative	1978
Florida 26	Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D)	Yes	Nonprofit director	1971
Florida 27	Donna Shalala (D)	Yes	President of the University of Miami, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services	1941
Georgia 6	Lucy McBath (D)	Yes	Gun control activist	1960
Hawaii 1	Ed Case (D)	No	U.S. Representative for HI-1 (2002–2007), State Representative	1952
Idaho 1	Russ Fulcher (R)	No	State Senator	1962
Illinois 4	Chuy García (D)	No	Cook County Commissioner	1956
Illinois 6	Sean Casten (D)	Yes	Clean energy businessman	1971
Illinois 14	Lauren Underwood (D)	Yes	Registered nurse	1986
Indiana 4	Jim Baird (R)	No	State Representative, Putnam County Commissioner	1945
Indiana 6	Greg Pence (R)	No	Businessman	1956
Iowa 1	Abby Finkenauer (D)	Yes	State Representative	1988
Iowa 3	Cindy Axne (D)	Yes	Businesswoman, State government official	1965
Kansas 2	Steve Watkins (R)	No	Businessman; Captain, U.S. Army	1976
Kansas 3	Sharice Davids (D)	Yes	Attorney	1980
Maine 2	Jared Golden (D)	Yes	State Representative	1982
Maryland 6	David Trone (D)	No	Businessman	1955
Massachusetts 3	Lori Trahan (D)	No	Businesswoman, Congressional staffer	1973
Massachusetts 7	Ayanna Pressley (D)	No	Boston City Councilor	1974
Michigan 8	Elissa Slotkin (D)	Yes	Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, CIA analyst	1976
Michigan 9	Andy Levin (D)	No	Attorney	1960
Michigan 11	Haley Stevens (D)	Yes	Manufacturing executive, Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry	1983
Michigan 13	Rashida Tlaib (D)	No	State Representative	1976
Minnesota 1	Jim Hagedorn (R)	Yes	Congressional staffer, U.S. Treasury Department staffer	1962
Minnesota 2	Angie Craig (D)	Yes	Businesswoman	1972
Minnesota 3	Dean Phillips (D)	Yes	Businessman	1969
Minnesota 5	Ilhan Omar (D)	No	State Representative	1981
Minnesota 8	Pete Stauber (R)	Yes	St. Louis County Commissioner	1966
Mississippi 3	Michael Guest (R)	No	Attorney	1970
Nevada 3	Susie Lee (D)	No	Education advocate	1966
Nevada 4	Steven Horsford (D)	No	U.S. Representative for NV-4 (2013–2015), State Senate Majority Leader	1973
New Hampshire 1	Chris Pappas (D)	No	State Executive Councillor, State Representative	1980
New Jersey 2	Jeff Van Drew (D)	Yes	State Senator, Dentist	1953
New Jersey 3	Andy Kim (D)	Yes	United States National Security Council	1982
New Jersey 7	Tom Malinowski (D)	Yes	Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor	1965
New Jersey 11	Mikie Sherrill (D)	Yes	Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey; Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy	1972
New Mexico 1	Deb Haaland (D)	No	State Party Chair	1960
New Mexico 2	Xochitl Torres Small (D)	Yes	Attorney	1984
New York 11	Max Rose (D)	Yes	Captain, U.S. Army	1986
New York 14	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D)	No	Political organizer, Senate staffer, bartender	1989
New York 19	Antonio Delgado (D)	Yes	Attorney	1977
New York 22	Anthony Brindisi (D)	Yes	State Assembly	1978
North Dakota at-large	Kelly Armstrong (R)	No	State Senator	1976
Ohio 16	Anthony Gonzalez (R)	No	Businessman, NFL wide receiver	1984
Oklahoma 5	Kendra Horn (D)	Yes	Attorney	1976
Pennsylvania 4	Madeleine Dean (D)	No	State Representative	1959
Pennsylvania 6	Chrissy Houlahan (D)	Yes	Businesswoman; Captain, United States Air Force	1967
Pennsylvania 9	Dan Meuser (R)	No	Businessman, State Revenue Secretary	1964
Pennsylvania 13	John Joyce (R)	No	Dermatologist	1957
Pennsylvania 14	Guy Reschenthaler (R)	No	State Senator	1983
South Carolina 1	Joe Cunningham (D)	Yes	Attorney, ocean engineer	1982
South Carolina 4	William Timmons (R)	No	State Senator	1984
South Dakota at-large	Dusty Johnson (R)	No	Government staffer, State Public Utilities Commissioner	1976
Tennessee 2	Tim Burchett (R)	No	County Mayor, State Senator	1964
Tennessee 6	John Rose (R)	No	Businessman, State Agriculture Commissioner	1965
Tennessee 7	Mark Green (R)	No	State Senator; Major, United States Army	1964
Texas 2	Dan Crenshaw (R)	No	Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy SEALs	1984
Texas 3	Van Taylor (R)	No	State Senator, State Representative	1972
Texas 5	Lance Gooden (R)	No	State Representative	1982
Texas 6	Ron Wright (R)	No	Tarrant County Tax Assessor	1953
Texas 7	Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (D)	Yes	Attorney	1975
Texas 16	Veronica Escobar (D)	No	El Paso County Judge	1969
Texas 21	Chip Roy (R)	No	Attorney, political staffer	1972
Texas 29	Sylvia Garcia (D)	No	State Senator	1950
Texas 32	Colin Allred (D)	Yes	Attorney, HUD staffer, NFL linebacker	1983
Utah 4	Ben McAdams (D)	Yes	Salt Lake County Mayor, State Senate	1974
Virginia 2	Elaine Luria (D)	Yes	Businesswoman; Commander, United States Navy	1975
Virginia 5	Denver Riggleman (R)	No	Businessman; Intelligence Officer, United States Air Force	1970
Virginia 6	Ben Cline (R)	No	State Delegate	1972
Virginia 7	Abigail Spanberger (D)	Yes	Operations Officer, CIA	1979
Virginia 10	Jennifer Wexton (D)	Yes	State Senator	1968
Washington 8	Kim Schrier (D)	Yes	Pediatrician	1968
West Virginia 3	Carol Miller (R)	No	State Delegate	1950
Wisconsin 1	Bryan Steil (R)	No	University of Wisconsin Regent	1981

Non-voting members[edit]

District	Image	Representative	Party change	Prior experience	Birth year
Guam at-large		Michael San Nicolas (D)	No	Territorial Senator	1981

Notes[edit]

^ Governor Doug Ducey stated that Kyrsten Sinema would be sworn in before McSally on January 3, 2019.^[3]
^ Scott served out his full term as governor, which expired on January 8, 2019. He was sworn in as senator later that afternoon.^[4]

References[edit]

^ Gillman, Todd J. (November 28, 2018). "Colin Allred elected freshman class co-president by new Democrats in Congress". Dallas News. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
^ Willis, Alexander (November 28, 2018). "Congressman-elect Mark Green elected president of Republican Freshman Class". Franklin Home Page. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
^ Pramuk, Jacob (December 18, 2018). "Arizona Gov. Ducey will appoint Republican Rep. Martha McSally to John McCain's Senate seat". CNBC. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
^ Greenwood, Max (December 4, 2018). "Rick Scott delays Senate swearing-in ceremony". The Hill. Retrieved December 5, 2018.

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[4] Governor Doug Ducey stated that Kyrsten Sinema would be sworn in before McSally on January 3, 2019.^[3]

[6] Scott served out his full term as governor, which expired on January 8, 2019. He was sworn in as senator later that afternoon.^[4]

[1] Gillman, Todd J. (November 28, 2018). "Colin Allred elected freshman class co-president by new Democrats in Congress". Dallas News. Retrieved November 30, 2018.

[2] Willis, Alexander (November 28, 2018). "Congressman-elect Mark Green elected president of Republican Freshman Class". Franklin Home Page. Retrieved November 30, 2018.

[3] Pramuk, Jacob (December 18, 2018). "Arizona Gov. Ducey will appoint Republican Rep. Martha McSally to John McCain's Senate seat". CNBC. Retrieved December 18, 2018.

[5] Greenwood, Max (December 4, 2018). "Rick Scott delays Senate swearing-in ceremony". The Hill. Retrieved December 5, 2018.

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