Lisa Ann Murkowski is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Alaska,having held the seat since 2002. She is the first woman to represent Alaska in the Senate and is the Senate's second-most senior Republican woman. Murkowski became dean of Alaska's congressional delegation upon Representative Don Young's death.
Shelley Wellons Moore Capito is an American politician and retired educator serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia;she has served in the senate since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,Capito served seven terms as the U.S. representative from West Virginia's 2nd congressional district from 2001 to 2015. The daughter of three-term West Virginia governor Arch Alfred Moore Jr,she is the dean of West Virginia's congressional delegation,having served in Congress since 2001.
Maxine Moore Waters is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 43rd congressional district since 1991. The district,numbered as the 29th district from 1991 to 1993 and as the 35th district from 1993 to 2013,includes much of southern Los Angeles,as well as portions of Gardena,Inglewood and Torrance.
David Joseph Weldon is an American politician and physician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives,representing Florida's 15th congressional district,and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in Florida's 2012 U.S. Senate race.
Elizabeth Lynne Cheney is an American attorney and politician. She represented Wyoming's at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023,and served as chair of the House Republican Conference—the third-highest position in the House Republican leadership—from 2019 to 2021. Cheney is known for her vocal opposition to Donald Trump. As of March 2023,she is a professor of practice at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
Jefferson H. Van Drew is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district since 2019. Formerly a Democrat,he has been a member of the Republican Party since 2020.
Roy Matz Goodman was an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the New York State Senate from 1969 to 2002. He was the Republican nominee in the 1977 New York City mayoral election,receiving 4.08% of the vote.
Andrea Alice Stewart-Cousins is an American politician and educator from Yonkers,New York. A member of the Democratic Party,Stewart-Cousins has represented District 35 in the New York State Senate since 2007 and served as Majority Leader and Temporary President of that body since 2019. She has served twice as acting lieutenant governor of New York under Governor Kathy Hochul,for 16 days in 2021 and between April and May 2022. Stewart-Cousins is the first Black woman to serve as New York's lieutenant governor,although in an acting capacity. She is the first woman in New York State history to lead a conference in the New York State Legislature and the first female Senate Majority Leader in New York history.
John Anthony Barrasso III is an American physician and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Wyoming,a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Republican Party,he served in the Wyoming State Senate from 2003 to 2007. As Senate majority whip since 2025,he is the second-ranking Senate Republican.
Deborah Ann Dingell is an American politician serving as a U.S. representative from Michigan since 2015,representing the state's 6th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she succeeded her late husband,John Dingell,who was the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history.
Elise Marie Stefanik is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 21st congressional district. As chair of the House Republican Conference since 2021,she is the fourth-ranking House Republican. Stefanik's district covers most of the North Country and the Adirondack Mountains,some of the outer suburbs of Utica,and the Capital District in New York. In addition to being the first woman to occupy her House seat,Stefanik was 30 when first elected to the House in 2014,making her the youngest woman elected to Congress at the time.
The Freedom Caucus,also known as the House Freedom Caucus,is a congressional caucus consisting of Republican members of the United States House of Representatives. It is generally considered to be the most conservative and furthest right bloc within the chamber. The caucus was formed in January 2015 by a group of conservatives and Tea Party movement members,with the aim of pushing the Republican leadership to the right. Its first chairman,Jim Jordan,described the caucus as a "smaller,more cohesive,more agile and more active" group of conservative representatives. Its current chairman,Andy Harris is considered to be a far-right politician due to some of his radical proposals.
Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Nevada since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,she was the U.S. representative for Nevada's 3rd congressional district from 2017 to 2019.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Wyoming,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Cynthia Lummis defeated Democrat Merav Ben-David by more than 46 percentage points,becoming the first female U.S. Senator from Wyoming and succeeding fellow Republican Mike Enzi,who did not run for reelection. This was the first open Senate seat since 1996,when Enzi was first elected. The Democratic and Republican party primary elections were held on August 18,2020. This was the first time since 1996 that Democrats won any county for this seat. Enzi died aged 77 on July 26,2021,from injuries in a bicycle accident,less than seven months after his retirement from the Senate.
Michael Kent Braun is an American businessman and politician serving since 2025 as the 52nd governor of Indiana. A member of the Republican Party,he served from 2019 to 2025 as a United States senator from Indiana and from 2014 to 2017 as the representative for the 63rd district in the Indiana House of Representatives. Braun was elected to the United States Senate in 2018,defeating Democratic incumbent Joe Donnelly. He was elected governor in 2024,defeating Democratic nominee Jennifer McCormick and Libertarian nominee Donald Rainwater.
The 2024 United States Senate elections were held on November 5,2024. Regularly scheduled elections were held for 33 out of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate,and special elections were held in California and Nebraska. U.S. senators are divided into three classes whose six-year terms are staggered so that a different class is elected every two years. Class 1 senators faced election in 2024. Republicans flipped four Democratic-held seats,regaining a Senate majority for the first time in four years.
Harvey Epstein is an American politician from the state of New York. He is a member of the New York State Assembly from the 74th district,which consists parts of the Lower East Side,East Village,and Midtown East neighborhoods of Manhattan.
Kelly Lynn Loeffler is an American businesswoman and politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia from 2020 to 2021. Loeffler was announced as the presumptive nominee for the Administrator of the Small Business Administration on December 5,2024 by President-elect Trump.
Harriet Maxine Hageman is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district since 2023. She is a member of the Republican Party.
The 119th United States Congress is the current term of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It convened on January 3,2025,during the final 17 days of Joe Biden's presidency,and will end in 2027. It will meet during the first two years of Donald Trump's second presidency.
