List of new members of the 117th United States Congress

The 117th United States Congress began on January 3, 2021. ^{[1] [2] [3]} 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. ^[4]

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. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

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	[8]
Colorado		John Hickenlooper (D)	4th (97th overall)	Yes Defeated Cory Gardner (R)	Governor of Colorado Mayor of Denver	1952	[9]
Kansas		Roger Marshall (R)	3rd (96th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Pat Roberts (R)	U.S. House of Representatives [a] Obstetrician U.S. Army Reserve Captain	1960	[10]
New Mexico		Ben Ray Luján (D)	1st (94th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Tom Udall (D)	U.S. House of Representatives [b] New Mexico Public Regulation Commission	1972	[11]
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	[12]
Wyoming		Cynthia Lummis (R)	2nd (95th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Mike Enzi (R)	U.S. House of Representatives [c] Treasurer of Wyoming Wyoming Senate Wyoming House of Representatives	1954	[13]

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	[14]
Georgia (Class 2)		Jon Ossoff (D)	January 20, 2021	Yes Defeated David Perdue (R)	Investigative journalist	1987	[15]
Georgia (Class 3)		Raphael Warnock (D)	January 20, 2021	Yes Defeated Kelly Loeffler (R)	Senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church	1969	[16]

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	[17]
Alabama 2		Barry Moore (R)	No Open seat; replaced Martha Roby (R)	Alabama House of Representatives	1966	[18]
California 8		Jay Obernolte (R)	No Open seat; replaced Paul Cook (R)	California State Assembly President of FarSight Studios	1970	[19]
California 21		David Valadao (R)	Yes Defeated TJ Cox (D)	U.S. House of Representatives [d] California State Assembly	1977	[20]
California 39		Young Kim (R)	Yes Defeated Gil Cisneros (D)	California State Assembly	1962	[21]
California 48		Michelle Steel (R)	Yes Defeated Harley Rouda (D)	Chair of the Orange County Board of Supervisors California State Board of Equalization	1955	[22]
California 50		Darrell Issa (R)	No Open seat; replaced Duncan D. Hunter (R)	U.S. House of Representatives [e] CEO of Directed Electronics U.S. Army Captain	1953	[23]
California 53		Sara Jacobs (D)	No Open seat; replaced Susan Davis (D)	Contractor	1989	[24]
Colorado 3		Lauren Boebert (R)	No Defeated Scott Tipton (R) in a primary	Business owner	1986	[25]
Florida 3		Kat Cammack (R)	No Open seat; replaced Ted Yoho (R)	Advisor to Representative Ted Yoho	1988	[26]
Florida 15		Scott Franklin (R)	No Defeated Ross Spano (R) in a primary	Lakeland City Commission U.S. Navy Commander	1964	[27]
Florida 19		Byron Donalds (R)	No Open seat; replaced Francis Rooney (R)	Florida House of Representatives	1978	[28]
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	[29]
Florida 27		María Elvira Salazar (R)	Yes Defeated Donna Shalala (D)	Television news anchor	1961	[30]
Georgia 5		Nikema Williams (D)	No Open seat; replaced Kwanza Hall (D) [f]	Chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia Georgia State Senate	1978	[31]
Georgia 7		Carolyn Bourdeaux (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Rob Woodall (R)	Professor	1970	[32]
Georgia 9		Andrew Clyde (R)	No Open seat; replaced Doug Collins (R)	Business owner U.S. Navy Commander	1963	[33]
Georgia 14		Marjorie Taylor Greene (R)	No Open seat; replaced Tom Graves (R)	Businesswoman	1974	[34]
Hawaii 2		Kai Kahele (D)	No Open seat; replaced Tulsi Gabbard (D)	Hawaii Senate U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel	1974	[35]
Illinois 3		Marie Newman (D)	No Defated Dan Lipinski (D) in a primary	Marketing consultant	1964	[36]
Illinois 15		Mary Miller (R)	No Open seat; replaced John Shimkus (R)	Farmer	1959	[37]
Indiana 1		Frank J. Mrvan (D)	No Open seat; replaced Pete Visclosky (D)	North Township Trustee	1969	[38]
Indiana 5		Victoria Spartz (R)	No Open seat; replaced Susan Brooks (R)	Indiana Senate	1978	[39]
Iowa 1		Ashley Hinson (R)	Yes Defeated Abby Finkenauer (D)	Iowa House of Representatives	1983	[40]
Iowa 2		Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)	Yes Open seat; replaced Dave Loebsack (D)	Iowa Senate Iowa Director of Public Health	1955	[41]
Iowa 4		Randy Feenstra (R)	No Defeated Steve King (R) in a primary	Iowa Senate Sioux County Treasurer	1969	[42]
Kansas 1		Tracey Mann (R)	No Open seat; replaced Roger Marshall (R)	Lieutenant Governor of Kansas	1976	[43]
Kansas 2		Jake LaTurner (R)	No Defeated Steve Watkins (R) in a primary	Kansas State Treasurer Kansas Senate	1988	[44]
Massachusetts 4		Jake Auchincloss (D)	No Open seat; replaced Joe Kennedy III (D)	Newton City Council U.S. Marine Corps Major	1988	[45]
Michigan 3		Peter Meijer (R)	Yes Open seat; replaced Justin Amash (L)	Business analyst U.S. Army Sergeant	1988	[46]
Michigan 10		Lisa McClain (R)	No [g] Open seat; replaced Paul Mitchell (R)	Finance executive	1966	[48]
Minnesota 7		Michelle Fischbach (R)	Yes Defeated Collin Peterson (DFL)	Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota President of the Minnesota Senate Paynesville City Council	1965	[49]
Missouri 1		Cori Bush (D)	No Defeated Lacy Clay (D) in a primary	Black Lives Matter activist	1976	[50]
Montana at-large		Matt Rosendale (R)	No Open seat; replaced Greg Gianforte (R)	Montana State Auditor Montana Senate Montana House of Representatives	1960	[51]
New Mexico 2		Yvette Herrell (R)	Yes Defeated Xochitl Torres Small (D)	New Mexico House of Representatives	1964	[52]
New Mexico 3		Teresa Leger Fernandez (D)	No Open seat; replaced Ben Ray Luján (D)	Attorney	1959	[53]
New York 2		Andrew Garbarino (R)	No Open seat; replaced Peter King (R)	New York State Assembly	1984	[54]
New York 11		Nicole Malliotakis (R)	Yes Defeated Max Rose (D)	New York State Assembly	1980	[55]
New York 15		Ritchie Torres (D)	No Open seat; replaced José E. Serrano (D)	New York City Council	1988	[56]
New York 16		Jamaal Bowman (D)	No Defeated Eliot Engel (D) in a primary	Educator	1976	[57]
New York 17		Mondaire Jones (D)	No Open seat; replaced Nita Lowey (D)	Lawyer	1987	[58]
North Carolina 2		Deborah K. Ross (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced George Holding (R)	North Carolina House of Representatives	1963	[59]
North Carolina 6		Kathy Manning (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Mark Walker (R)	Lawyer	1956	[60]
North Carolina 11		Madison Cawthorn (R)	No Open seat; replaced Mark Meadows (R)	Staffer for Representative Mark Meadows	1995	[61]
Oklahoma 5		Stephanie Bice (R)	Yes Defeated Kendra Horn (D)	Oklahoma Senate	1973	[62]
Oregon 2		Cliff Bentz (R)	No Open seat; replaced Greg Walden (R)	Oregon State Senate Oregon House of Representatives	1952	[63]
South Carolina 1		Nancy Mace (R)	Yes Defeated Joe Cunningham (D)	South Carolina House of Representatives	1977	[64]
Tennessee 1		Diana Harshbarger (R)	No Open seat; replaced Phil Roe (R)	Pharmacist	1960	[65]
Texas 4		Pat Fallon (R)	No Open seat; replaced John Ratcliffe (R)	Texas Senate Texas House of Representatives U.S. Air Force Captain	1967	[66]
Texas 11		August Pfluger (R)	No Open seat; replaced Mike Conaway (R)	U.S. National Security Council U.S. Air Force Colonel	1978	[67]
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	[68]
Texas 17		Pete Sessions (R)	No Open seat; replaced Bill Flores (R)	U.S. House of Representatives [h]	1955	[69]
Texas 22		Troy Nehls (R)	No Open seat; replaced Pete Olson (R)	Fort Bend County Sheriff U.S. Army Major	1968	[70]
Texas 23		Tony Gonzales (R)	No Open seat; replaced Will Hurd (R)	U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer	1980	[71]
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	[72]
Utah 1		Blake Moore (R)	No Open seat; replaced Rob Bishop (R)	U.S. Foreign Service	1980	[73]
Utah 4		Burgess Owens (R)	Yes Defeated Ben McAdams (D)	Nonprofit executive Professional football player	1951	[74]
Virginia 5		Bob Good (R)	No Defeated Denver Riggleman (R) in a primary	Campbell County Board of Supervisors	1965	[75]
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	[76]
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	[77]

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 [i] New York State Assembly	1961	[78]
Louisiana 5		Julia Letlow (R)	April 14, 2021	No Succeeded Luke Letlow (R) [j]	Academic administrator	1981	[79]
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	[80]
New Mexico 1		Melanie Stansbury (D)	June 14, 2021	No Succeeded Deb Haaland (D)	New Mexico House of Representatives	1979	[81]
Texas 6		Jake Ellzey (R)	July 30, 2021	No Succeeded Ron Wright (R)	Texas House of Representatives U.S. Navy Commander	1970	[82]
Ohio 11		Shontel Brown (D)	November 4, 2021	No Succeeded Marcia Fudge (D)	Cuyahoga County Council	1975	[83]
Ohio 15		Mike Carey (R)	November 4, 2021	No Succeeded Steve Stivers (R)	Coal lobbyist Army National Guard	1971	[84]
Florida 20		Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D)	January 18, 2022	No Succeeded Alcee Hastings (D)	Healthcare executive	1979	[85]
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	[86]
Texas 34		Mayra Flores (R)	June 21, 2022	Yes Succeeded Filemon Vela Jr. (D)	Respiratory therapist	1986	[87]
Nebraska 1		Mike Flood (R)	July 12, 2022	No Succeeded Jeff Fortenberry (R)	Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature	1975	[88]
Minnesota 1		Brad Finstad (R)	August 12, 2022	No Succeeded Jim Hagedorn (R)	USDA Rural Development Director for Minnesota Minnesota House of Representatives	1976	[89]
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	[90]
New York 19		Pat Ryan (D)	September 13, 2022	No Succeeded Antonio Delgado (D)	Ulster County Executive U.S. Army	1982	[91]
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	[92]
Indiana 2		Rudy Yakym (R)	November 14, 2022	No Succeeded Jackie Walorski (R)	Congressional staffer Businessman	1984	[93]

See also

• List of United States representatives in the 117th Congress
• List of United States senators in the 117th Congress

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. ^[47]
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.

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Preceded by New members of the 116th Congress

New members of the 117th Congress 2021–2023

Succeeded by New members of the 118th Congress