James Merrill Jeffords was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. senator from Vermont. Sworn into the Senate in 1989,he served as a Republican until 2001,when he left the party to become an independent and began caucusing with the Democrats. Jeffords retired from the Senate in 2007. Prior to serving in the Senate,he served as the U.S. representative for Vermont's at-large congressional district from 1975 to 1989.
Charles Ernest Grassley is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Iowa,having held the seat since 1981. Grassley was first elected to the Senate in 1980 and has been reelected seven times. As of 2024,he is the oldest senator at 91 years old,and is the longest-serving Republican in Congressional history and the sixth-longest-serving U.S. senator in history.
Michael Dean Crapo is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Idaho,a seat he has held since 1999. A member of the Republican Party,Crapo served as the U.S. representative for Idaho's 2nd congressional district from 1993 to 1999. He is the dean of Idaho's congressional delegation,having served since 1993.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) is the Democratic Hill committee for the United States Senate. Its purpose is to elect Democrats to the United States Senate. The DSCC's current Chair is Senator Gary Peters of Michigan,who succeeded Nevada's Catherine Cortez Masto after the 2020 Senate elections. DSCC's current executive director is Christie Roberts.
Raymond Jon Tester is an American politician and farmer serving as the senior United States senator from Montana since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the dean of Montana's congressional delegation and the only Democrat who holds statewide office in Montana. He served in the Montana Senate from 1999 to 2007,and as its president for his last two years in the chamber.
Christopher Andrew Coons is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2010 as the junior United States senator from Delaware. A member of the Democratic Party,Coons served as the county executive of New Castle County from 2005 to 2010.
John Patrick Williams is an American Democratic legislator who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1997.
In U.S. politics,an independent Democrat is an individual who loosely identifies with the ideals of the Democratic Party but chooses not to be a formal member of the party or is denied the Democratic nomination in a caucus or primary election. Independent Democrat is not a political party. Several elected officials,including members of Congress,have identified as independent Democrats.
David Wayne Loebsack is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 2nd congressional district from 2007 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,he also is an emeritus professor of political science at Cornell College,where he had taught since 1982. On April 12,2019,Loebsack announced he would not seek reelection.
Steve Kettering is the Iowa State Senator from the 26th District. A Republican,he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2003,when he won a special election to fill the vacancy left after Steve King was elected to Iowa's 5th congressional district. He got his B.A. from Buena Vista College and his master's degree from California State University,Long Beach.
Bradley Zaun (R-Urbandale) is an Iowa State Senator representing the 22nd District as well as the Iowa Senate President pro tempore. He was the Republican nominee for Iowa's 3rd congressional district in the 2010 general election.
Paul McKinley is the Iowa State Senator from the 36th District. He has served in the Iowa Senate since 2001 and served as Senate minority leader from 2009 until November 2011.
Nancy Jane Boettger was the Iowa State Senator from the 9th District. A Republican,she served in the Iowa Senate since 1995. She received a B.A. in Sociology from Iowa State University in 1965 and a B.A. from Buena Vista College in Education in 1982.
Keith A. Kreiman is an American politician who served as an Iowa State Senator from the 47th District from 2003 to 2011. He received his AA from Ellsworth Community College,his BA from Seattle University,and his JD from the University of Iowa College of Law. He works as an attorney in private practice.
Hubert M. Houser was the Iowa State Senator from the 49th District. He served in the Iowa Senate from 2002,when he filled a vacancy left by Derryl McLaren's resignation,until 2013.
David Hartsuch was the Iowa State Senator from the 41st District. He served in the Iowa Senate from 2007 to 2011.
Steven David Daines is an American politician and former corporate executive serving as the junior United States senator from Montana since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he represented Montana's at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015.
David Joseph Tomassoni was an American politician who served in the Minnesota Legislature from 1993 to 2022. A former member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Tomassoni left the party to become independent in November 2020 and joined the Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus.
John Robert Moolenaar is an American politician and former chemist serving since 2015 as a U.S. representative from Michigan,representing the state's 2nd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2003 to 2008 and the Michigan Senate from 2011 to 2014.
The 2016 presidential campaign of Rick Santorum, former United States Senator from Pennsylvania,was formally announced at a rally in Pittsburgh on May 27,2015. His campaign for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 2016 was his second bid for the office,after having been a candidate in 2012,where he received the second most delegates after 2012 nominee Mitt Romney.
