Congressional Arts Caucus

Congressional Arts Caucus
Democratic Co-Chair	Rep. Chellie Pingree (ME-01)
Republican Co-Chair	Rep. Elise Stefanik (NY-21)
Political position	Bipartisan
Colors	None official (gray unofficial)
Seats in the House	130 / 435
Politics of the United States Political parties Elections

The Congressional Arts Caucus is a registered Congressional Member Organization for the US House of Representatives in the 115th Congress. ^[1]

History

The Congressional Arts Caucus was created in the 1980s as a way for the various members of Congress interested in the arts to be able to influence art legislation and to promote the National Endowment for the Arts. ^{[2] [3]}

Members

As of the 117th Congress, the Congressional Arts Caucus has 120 members (106 Democrats, 14 Republicans). The members are listed by state: ^[4]

• Terri Sewell (AL-07)
• Ruben Gallego (AZ-7)
• Raul Grijalva (AZ-3)
• French Hill (AR-2)
• Julia Brownley (CA-26)
• Tony Cardenas (CA-29)
• Lou Correa (CA-46)
• Anna Eshoo (CA-18)
• Jared Huffman (CA-2)
• Barbara Lee (CA-13)
• Ted Lieu (CA-33)
• Zoe Lofgren (CA-19)
• Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) retiring at end of current Congress.
• Doris Matsui (CA-6)
• Tom McClintock (CA-4)
• Grace Napolitano (CA-32)
• Jimmy Panetta (CA-20)
• Scott Peters (CA-52)
• Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) retiring at end of current Congress.
• Linda Sanchez (CA-38)
• Adam Schiff (CA-28)
• Brad Sherman (CA-30)
• Jackie Speier (CA-14) retiring at end of current Congress.
• Mark Takano (CA-41)
• Mike Thompson (CA-5)
• Diana DeGette (CO-1)
• Joe Courtney (CT-2)
• Rosa DeLauro (CT-3)
• Jim Himes (CT-4)
• John Larson (CT-1)
• Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-at large)
• Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-at large)
• Vern Buchanan (FL-16)
• Kathy Castor (FL-14)
• Ted Deutch (FL-21) retiring at end of current Congress.
• Lois Frankel (FL-22)
• Bill Posey (FL-8)
• Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23)
• Frederica Wilson (FL-24)
• Hank Johnson (GA-4)
• Michael Simpson (ID-2)
• Danny Davis (IL-7)
• Bill Foster (IL-11)
• Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-8)
• Mike Quigley (IL-5)
• Jan Schakowsky (IL-9)
• André Carson (IN-7)
• Brett Guthrie (KY-2)
• John Yarmuth (KY-3) retiring at end of current Congress.
• Jared Golden (ME-2)
• Chellie Pingree (ME-1)
• John Sarbanes (MD-3)
• Bill Keating (MA-9)
• Stephen Lynch (MA-8)
• James McGovern (MA-2)
• Seth Moulton (MA-06)
• Richard Neal (MA-1)
• Ayanna Pressley (MA-7)
• Debbie Dingell (MI-12)
• Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) retiring at end of current Congress.
• Haley Stevens (MI-11)
• Fred Upton (MI-6) retiring at end of current Congress.
• Betty McCollum (MN-4)
• Dean Phillips (MN-3)
• Billy Long (MO-7) retiring at end of current Congress.
• Dina Titus (NV-1)
• Ann Kuster (NH-2)
• Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5)
• Donald Norcross (NJ-1)
• Frank Pallone (NJ-6)
• Bill Pascrell (NJ-9)
• Donald Payne Jr. (NJ-10)
• Albio Sires (NJ-8) retiring at end of current Congress.
• Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12)
• Yvette Clarke (NY-9)
• Brian Higgins (NY-26)
• Carolyn Maloney (NY-12) lost renomination in 2022 due to redistricting.
• Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) lost re-election in 2022
• Jerry Nadler (NY-10)
• Elise Stefanik (NY-21)
• Paul Tonko (NY-20)
• Nydia Velázquez (NY-7)
• Alma Adams (NC-12)
• G. K. Butterfield (NC-1) retiring at end of current Congress.
• David Price (NC-4) retiring at end of current Congress.
• Gregorio Sablan (NMI- at large)
• Bill Johnson (OH-6)
• Marcy Kaptur (OH-9)
• Tim Ryan (OH-13) retiring at end of current Congress.
• Earl Blumenauer (OR-3)
• Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1)
• Peter DeFazio (OR-4) retiring at end of current Congress.
• Kurt Schrader (OR-5) lost renomination in Democratic primary.
• Brendan Boyle (PA-2)
• Mike Doyle (PA-14) retiring at end of current Congress.
• Glenn Thompson (PA-15)
• David Cicilline (RI-1)
• James Langevin (RI-2) retiring at end of current Congress.
• James Clyburn (SC-6)
• Joe Wilson (SC-2)
• Steve Cohen (TN-9)
• Jim Cooper (TN-5) retiring at end of current Congress.
• Lloyd Doggett (TX-35)
• Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15)
• Kay Granger (TX-12)
• Al Green (TX-9)
• Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18)
• Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) retiring at end of current Congress.
• Marc Veasey (TX-33)
• Peter Welch (VT-at large) retiring at end of current Congress.
• Don Beyer (VA-8)
• Gerry Connolly (VA-11)
• Robert Scott (VA-3)
• Suzan DelBene (WA-1)
• Derek Kilmer (WA-6)
• Rick Larsen (WA-2)
• Adam Smith (WA-9)
• David McKinley (WV-1) lost renomination in Republican primary.
• Ron Kind (WI-3) retiring at end of current Congress.
• Mark Pocan (WI-2)

Former members

• Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-1) – retired in 2016 to seek a U.S. Senate seat, returned to the House in 2018 but did not rejoin caucus.
• Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-9) – retired in 2018 to successfully seek a U.S. Senate seat.
• Lois Capps (CA-24) – retired from the House in 2016.
• Susan Davis (CA-53) - retired from the House in 2020.
• Sam Farr (CA-20) – retired from the House in 2016.
• Mike Honda (CA-17) – lost re-election in 2016.
• Duncan D. Hunter (CA-50) – resigned from the House in 2020.
• Loretta Sanchez (CA-46) – retired in 2016 to seek a U.S. Senate seat.
• Mike Coffman (CO-6) – lost re-election in 2018.
• Jared Polis (CO-2) – retired in 2018 to successfully run for Governor of Colorado.
• Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) – retired from the House in 2018.
• Corrine Brown (FL-5) – lost renomination in the 2016 Democratic primary.
• Alcee Hastings (FL-20) - died in office in 2021.
• Patrick Murphy (FL-18) – retired in 2016 to seek a U.S. Senate seat.
• Alan Grayson (FL-9) – retired in 2016 to seek a U.S. Senate seat.
• Tom Rooney (FL-17) – retired from the House in 2018.
• Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27) – retired from the House in 2018.
• John Lewis (GA-5) – died in office in 2020.
• Robert Dold (IL-10) – lost re-election in 2016.
• Luis Gutierrez (IL-4) – retired from the House in 2018.
• Dan Lipinski (IL-3) - retired from the House in 2020.
• Pete Visclosky (IN-1) - retired from the House in 2020.
• David Loebsack (IA-2) - retired from the House in 2020.
• Lynn Jenkins (KS-2) – retired from the House in 2018.
• John Fleming (LA-4) – retired in 2016 to seek a U.S. senate seat.
• Elijah Cummings (MD-7) – died in office in 2019.
• John Delaney (MD-6) – retired in 2018 to run for President of the United States.
• Donna Edwards (MD-4) – retired in 2016 to seek a U.S. Senate seat.
• Chris Van Hollen (MD-8) – retired in 2016 to successfully seek a U.S. Senate seat.
• Michael Capuano (MA-7) – lost renomination in the 2018 Democratic primary.
• Niki Tsongas (MA-3) – retired from the House in 2018.
• John Conyers (MI-13) – resigned from the House in 2017.
• Sander Levin (MI-9) – retired from the House in 2018.
• Keith Ellison (MN-5) – retired in 2018 to successfully run for Attorney General of Minnesota.
• Rick Nolan (MN-8) – retired from the House in 2018.
• Erik Paulsen (MN-3) – lost re-election in 2018.
• Collin Peterson (MN-7) - lost re-election in 2020.
• Tim Walz (MN-1) – retired in 2018 to successfully run for Governor of Minnesota.
• Gregg Harper (MS-3) – retired from the House in 2018.
• William Lacy Clay (MO-1) - lost renomination in the 2020 Democratic primary.
• Brad Ashford (NE-2) – lost re-election in 2016.
• Carol Shea-Porter (NH-1) – retired from the House in 2018.
• Leonard Lance (NJ-7) – lost re-election in 2018.
• Frank LoBiondo (NJ-2) – retired from the House in 2018.
• Ben Ray Lujan (NM-3) - retired in 2020 to successfully seek a U.S. Senate seat.
• Antonio Delgado (NY-19) - resigned in 2022 to become Lieutenant Governor of New York.
• Eliot Engel (NY-16) - lost renomination in the 2020 Democratic primary.
• Steve Israel (NY-3) – retired from the House in 2016.
• Nita Lowey (NY-17) - retired from the House in 2020.
• Charles Rangel (NY-13) – retired from the House in 2016.
• José E. Serrano (NY-15) - retired from the House in 2020.
• Louise Slaughter (NY-25) – died in office in 2018.
• Marcia Fudge (OH-11) - resigned in 2021 to become U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
• Steve Stivers (OH-15) - resigned in 2021 to become President and CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.
• Betty Sutton (OH-13) – lost re-election in 2012.
• Kendra Horn (OK-5) - lost re-election in 2020.
• Bob Brady (PA-1) – retired from the House in 2018.
• Charlie Dent (PA-15) – resigned from the House in 2018.
• Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-8) – Left caucus, still serving in the House.
• Tim Murphy (PA-18) – resigned from the House in 2017.
• Pedro Pierluisi (PR-at large) – retired from the House in 2016.
• Kristi Noem (SD-at large) – retired in 2018 to successfully run for Governor of South Dakota.
• Phil Roe (TN-1) - retired from the House in 2020.
• Gene Green (TX-29) – retired from the House in 2018.
• Pete Olson (TX-22) - retired from the House in 2020.
• Beto O'Rourke (TX-16) – retired in 2018 to seek a U.S. Senate seat.
• Lamar Smith (TX-21) – retired from the House in 2018.
• Jason Chaffetz (UT-3) – retired from the House in 2018.
• Barbara Comstock (VA-10) – lost re-election in 2018.
• Denny Heck (WA-10) - retired in 2020 to successfully run for Lieutenant Governor of Washington.
• Jim McDermott (WA-7) – retired from the House in 2016.
• Dave Reichert (WA-8) – retired from the House in 2018.
• Evan Jenkins (WV-3) – resigned from the House in 2018.
• Reid Ribble (WI-8) – retired from the House in 2016.
• Cynthia Lummis (WY-at large) – retired from the House in 2016.

Last updated: May 31, 2022

References

1. "Congressional Arts Caucus" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
2. "About | Congressional Arts Caucus". Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
3. "History & Purpose | Congressional Arts Caucus". Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
4. "Caucus Membership". May 15, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2020.