Kay Bailey Hutchison is an American attorney,television correspondent,politician,diplomat,and was the 22nd United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 2017 until 2021. A member of the Republican Party,she was a United States Senator from Texas from 1993 to 2013.
Susan Margaret Collins is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maine. A member of the Republican Party,she has held her seat since 1997 and is Maine's longest-serving member of Congress.
Shelley Wellons Moore Capito is an American politician and retired educator serving as the junior United States senator from West Virginia since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,Capito served 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.
Bartholomew Thomas Stupak is an American politician and lobbyist. A member of the Democratic Party,Stupak served as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 2011.
Dale Edward Kildee was an American politician who served as U.S. Representative of Michigan from 1977 to 2013. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
The Michigan Senate is the upper house of the Michigan Legislature. Along with the Michigan House of Representatives,it composes the state legislature,which has powers,roles and duties defined by Article IV of the Michigan Constitution,adopted in 1963. The primary purpose of the Legislature is to enact new laws and amend or repeal existing laws.
Ann Louise Wagner is an American politician and diplomat serving as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 2nd congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,she was the United States ambassador to Luxembourg from 2005 to 2009.
Tom Casperson was an American politician from the State of Michigan. He formerly served as a Republican member of the Michigan State Senate,representing the 38th district,which includes much of the Upper Peninsula. He previously served in the Michigan State House of Representatives,representing the 108th district.
Martha G. Scott is an American politician serving as a member of the Wayne County Commission. She previously served as a Democratic member of the Michigan State Senate from 2001 through 2010,a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1994 through 2001. Her senate district included the northeast section of Detroit and the cities of Hamtramck,Highland Park,Harper Woods,and the five Grosse Pointes. She was term limited at the 2010 elections,and ran for the office of Wayne County Commissioner.
Gary Charles Peters Sr. is an American lawyer,politician,and former military officer serving as the junior United States senator from Michigan since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the U.S. representative for Michigan's 14th congressional district,which includes the eastern half of Detroit,the Grosse Pointes,Hamtramck,Southfield,and Pontiac,from 2013 to 2015. He represented Michigan's 9th congressional district from 2009 to 2013.
Jaime Lynn Herrera Beutler is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Washington's 3rd congressional district. The district is situated in the southwestern region of Washington state,lying across the Columbia River from the Portland metropolitan area in Oregon. A Republican,Herrera Beutler was appointed to the Washington House of Representatives in 2007 and elected to that body in 2008. In 2010,she was elected to represent Washington's 3rd congressional district in Congress. Herrera Beutler was reelected five times before being defeated by primary challengers Joe Kent and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez in 2022.
Cindy Hyde-Smith is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Mississippi since 2018. A member of the Republican Party,she was previously the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and a member of the Mississippi State Senate.
Michelle Louise Helene Fischbach is an American attorney and politician who is the U.S. representative from Minnesota's 7th congressional district. The district,which is very rural,is Minnesota's largest congressional district and includes most of the western area of the state. A Republican,Fischbach served as the 49th lieutenant governor of Minnesota under Governor Mark Dayton.
Edward R. Reilly is an American politician. He is a Republican member of the Maryland Senate,appointed by Governor Martin O'Malley to represent District 33 after State Senator Janet Greenip resigned. He then ran and was elected in November 2010 to his first full term.
Daniel Joseph Benishek was an American physician and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2017. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Michelle R. Benson is an American accountant,politician,and Republican member of the Minnesota Senate. She represents District 31,which includes portions of Anoka,Isanti and Sherburne counties in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Benson is the Deputy Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate.
Judy K. Emmons is a former Michigan state senator who represented District 33. She is the former chair of the Families,Seniors and Human Services Committee,and former vice-chair of Education.
Lana Theis is an American politician from Michigan. A member of the Republican Party,she has represented the 22nd district of the Michigan Senate since 2019. Theis was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.
Kathryn Fry Hester is a Democratic member of the Maryland Senate from the 9th District,based in Carroll County and Howard County.
Michigan's 35th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 35th district was created with the adoption of the 1963 Michigan Constitution,as the previous 1908 state constitution only permitted 34 senatorial districts. It has been represented by Republican Curt VanderWall since 2019,succeeding fellow Republican Darwin Booher.
