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These are the 65 freshman members of the 111th Congress. Click on a name to read information on their records and positions on issues. There were 39 Democrats (plus two non-voting members who caucus with Democrats) and 24 Republicans.

Contents 1 Senate freshmen 2 House freshmen 3 Articles and references 3.1 See also 3.2 References 3.3 External resources 3.4 External articles and posts

Senate freshmen

Senators elected in 2008 are members of Senate Class II.^[1]

There are currently nine new Senate freshman, but four to five will join it soon:

• Roland Burris (D) was named to succeed President Barack Obama (D-Ill.), and Ted Kaufman (D) was named to succeed Vice President Joe Biden (D-Del.).
• Kirsten Gillibrand (D) was named to succeed Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), and Michael Bennet was named to succeed Ken Salazar (D-Colo.).
• Al Franken (D) was certified as the winner of the Senate election in Minnesota, and his election withstood several legal challengers by incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman (R). Franken was sworn in on July 7, 2009.

The freshman class includes eight Democrats and two Republicans. It also includes Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and Tom Udall (D-New Mexico), who were both representatives but won election to the Senate in 2008.

Picture	Senator	Party	State	Notes
50px	Mark Begich	Democratic	Alaska
50px	Michael Bennet	Democratic	Colorado
50px	Roland Burris	Democratic	Illinois
50px	Al Franken	Democratic	Minnesota
50px	Kirsten Gillibrand	Democratic	New York
50px	Kay R. Hagan	Democratic	North Carolina
50px	Mike Johanns	Republicans	Nebraska
50px	Ted Kaufman	Democratic	Delaware
50px	Jeff Merkley	Democratic	Oregon
50px	Jim Risch	Republicans	Idaho
50px	Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	New Hampshire
50px	Mark Udall	Democratic	Colorado
50px	Tom Udall	Democratic	New Mexico
50px	Mark R. Warner	Democratic	Virginia

House freshmen

There are currently 56 freshman members of the House (including one non-voting Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico and one non-voting delegate from Northern Marianas), but two others will likely join it soon:

• A special election will be held to replace Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), who has resigned from the House to join the Obama administration. A primary is scheduled for March 3rd and a general election is set for April 7th.[1]
• A special election will be held to replace Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) once she resigns her seat to become the Secretary of Labor in the Obama administration. Once she resigns, the California governor must call for a special election within 14 days, and the election must be held within 140 days of that.[2][3]

The freshman include 32 Democrats (plus the Northern Marianas' non-voting delegate and Puerto Rico's non-voting Resident Commissioner, both of whom caucus with the Democrats) and 22 Republicans.

Marcia L. Fudge is not counted here because she was sworn into the 110th Congress on Nov. 19, 2008 to fill the rest of Stephanie Tubbs Jones' term.^[2]

Picture	Name	Party	State	Notes
50px	John Adler	Democratic	New Jersey
50px	Steve Austria	Republican	Ohio
50px	John Boccieri	Democratic	Ohio
50px	Bobby Bright	Democratic	Alabama
50px	Anh "Joseph" Cao	Republican	Louisiana
50px	Bill Cassidy	Republican	Louisiana
50px	Jason Chaffetz	Republican	Utah
50px	Mike Coffman	Republican	Colorado
50px	Gerald E. Connolly	Democratic	Virginia
50px	Kathy Dahlkemper	Democratic	Pennsylvania
50px	Steven Driehaus	Democratic	Ohio
50px	John Fleming Jr.	Republican	Louisiana
50px	Alan Grayson	Democratic	Alabama
50px	Parker Griffith	Democratic	Alabama
50px	Brett Guthrie	Republican	Kentucky
50px	Debbie Halvorson	Democratic	Illinois
50px	Gregg Harper	Republican	Mississippi
50px	Martin Heinrich	Democratic	New Mexico
50px	Jim Himes	Democratic	Connecticut
50px	Duncan D. Hunter	Republican	California
50px	Lynn Jenkins	Republican	Kansas
50px	Mary Jo Kilroy	Democratic	Ohio
50px	Ann Kirkpatrick	Democratic	Arizona
50px	Larry Kissell	Democratic	North Carolina
50px	Suzanne Kosmas	Democratic	Florida
50px	Frank Kratovil	Democratic	Maryland
50px	Leonard Lance	Republican	New Jersey
50px	Chris Lee	Republican	New York
50px	Blaine Luetkemeyer	Republican	Missouri
50px	Ben Lujan	Democratic	New Mexico
50px	Cynthia Lummis	Republican	Wyoming
50px	Dan Maffei	Democratic	New York
50px	Betsy Markey	Democratic	Colorado
50px	Eric Massa	Democratic	New York
50px	Thomas McClintock	Republican	California
50px	Michael McMahon	Democratic	New York
50px	Walter Minnick	Democratic	Idaho
50px	Glenn Nye	Democratic	Virginia
50px	Pete Olson	Republican	Texas
50px	Erik Paulsen	Republican	Minnesota
50px	Tom Perriello	Democratic	Virginia
50px	Gary Peters	Democratic	Michigan
50px	Pedro Pierluisi	Partido Nuevo Progresista	Puerto Rico	Resident Commissioner, caucuses with Democrats
50px	Chellie Pingree	Democratic	Maine
50px	Jared Polis	Democratic	Colorado
50px	Bill Posey	Republican	Florida
50px	Phil Roe	Republican	Tennessee
50px	Tom Rooney	Republican	Florida
	Gregorio Kilili Sablan	Independent	Northern Marianas (At-Large)	Non-voting delegate, caucuses with Democrats[3]
50px	Mark Schauer	Democratic	Michigan
50px	Aaron Schock	Republican	Illinois
50px	Kurt Schrader	Democratic	Oregon
50px	Harry Teague	Democratic	New Mexico
50px	Glenn Thompson	Republican	Pennsylvania
50px	Dina Titus	Democratic	Nevada
50px	Paul Tonko	Democratic	New York

Articles and references

See also

References

1. ↑ Class II "Senators Whose Term of Service Expire in 2015", Senate.gov, retrieved January 12, 2009
2. ↑ Official bio, Marcia Fudge's official House website, retrieved Jan. 06, 2008.
3. ↑ Agnes E. Donato, "Kilili to caucus with Democrats in US Congress," Saipan Tribune, Nov. 17, 2008.

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