List of new members of the 119th United States Congress

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The 119th United States Congress began on January 3, 2025. There were nine new senators (four Democrats, five Republicans) and 63 new representatives (33 Democrats, 30 Republicans), as well as two new delegates (a Democrat and a Republican), at the start of its first session. Additionally, four senators (all Republicans) and nine representatives (four Democrats, five Republicans) have taken office in order to fill vacancies during the 119th Congress.

The president of the House Democratic freshman class is Yassamin Ansari of Arizona, while the president of the House Republican freshman class is Brandon Gill of Texas. Additionally, the Democratic freshmen leadership representative is Kristen McDonald Rivet of Michigan, and the Republican's freshmen liaison is Riley Moore of West Virginia.[1]

Senate

Took office January 3, 2025

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State Image Senator Seniority Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Arizona Ruben Gallego (D) 1st
(91st overall)		 Yes
Open seat; replaced Kyrsten Sinema (I)		 U.S. House of Representatives[a]
Arizona House of Representatives
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Corporal		 1979 [2]
Delaware Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) 3rd
(93rd overall)		 No
Open seat; replaced Tom Carper (D)		 U.S. House of Representatives[b]
Delaware secretary of labor		 1962 [3]
Indiana Jim Banks (R) 2nd
(92nd overall)		 No
Open seat; replaced Mike Braun (R)		 U.S. House of Representatives[c]
Indiana Senate		 1979 [4]
Maryland Angela Alsobrooks (D) 8th
(98th overall)		 No
Open seat; replaced Ben Cardin (D)		 Prince George's County Executive
Prince George's County state attorney		 1971 [5]
Michigan Elissa Slotkin (D) 5th
(95th overall)		 No
Open seat; replaced Debbie Stabenow (D)		 U.S. House of Representatives[d]
Assistant Secretary of Defense (ISA)
Central Intelligence Agency		 1976 [6]
Montana Tim Sheehy (R) 9th
(99th overall)		 Yes
Defeated Jon Tester (D)		 CEO of Bridger Aerospace
Aerial firefighter
U.S. Navy SEAL		 1985 [7]
Ohio
(Class 1)		 Bernie Moreno (R) 7th
(97th overall)		 Yes
Defeated Sherrod Brown (D)		 Car sales businessman 1967 [8]
Pennsylvania Dave McCormick (R) 6th
(96th overall)		 Yes
Defeated Bob Casey Jr. (D)		 Under Secretary of the Treasury
Under Secretary of Commerce
CEO of Bridgewater Associates		 1965 [9]
Utah John Curtis (R) 4th
(94th overall)		 No
Open seat; replaced Mitt Romney (R)		 U.S. House of Representatives[e]
Mayor of Provo		 1960 [10]
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Took office during the 119th Congress

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State Image Senator Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
West Virginia Jim Justice (R) January 14, 2025[f] Yes
Open seat; replaced Joe Manchin (I)		 Governor of West Virginia
Owner of the Greenbrier		 1951 [11]
Florida Ashley Moody (R) January 21, 2025 No
Appointed; replaced Marco Rubio (R)		 Attorney General of Florida
Judge of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida		 1975 [12]
Ohio
(Class 3)		 Jon Husted (R) January 21, 2025 No
Appointed; replaced JD Vance (R)		 Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
Ohio secretary of state
Ohio Senate
Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives		 1967 [13]
Oklahoma Alan S. Armstrong (R) March 24, 2026 No
Appointed; replaced Markwayne Mullin (R)		 CEO of Williams Companies
Director of Constellation Energy		 1962 [14]
Oklahoma TBD TBD TBD
Open seat; replacing Alan S. Armstrong (R)[g]
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House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 2025

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District Image Representative Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Alabama 2 Shomari Figures (D) New seat Deputy chief of staff to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland 1985 [15]
Alaska at-large Nick Begich III (R) Yes
Defeated Mary Peltola (D)		 Software businessman
Alaska Policy Forum Board		 1977 [16]
Arizona 3 Yassamin Ansari (D) No
Open seat; replaced Ruben Gallego (D)		 Phoenix City Council 1992 [17]
Arizona 8 Abraham Hamadeh (R) No
Open seat; replaced Debbie Lesko (R)		 Prosecutor
U.S. Army intelligence officer		 1991 [18]
California 12 Lateefah Simon (D) No
Open seat; replaced Barbara Lee (D)		 Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors 1977 [19]
California 13 Adam Gray (D) Yes
Defeated John Duarte (R)		 California State Assembly 1977 [20]
California 16 Sam Liccardo (D) No
Open seat; replaced Anna Eshoo (D)		 Mayor of San Jose
San Jose City Council		 1970 [21]
California 27 George Whitesides (D) Yes
Defeated Mike Garcia (R)		 CEO of Virgin Galactic
Chief of Staff of NASA		 1974 [22]
California 29 Luz Rivas (D) No
Open seat; replaced Tony Cárdenas (D)		 California State Assembly 1974 [23]
California 30 Laura Friedman (D) No
Open seat; replaced Adam Schiff (D)		 California State Assembly
Mayor of Glendale		 1966 [24]
California 31 Gil Cisneros (D) No
Open seat; replaced Grace Napolitano (D)		 Under Secretary of Defense (P&R)
U.S. House of Representatives[h]
U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander		 1971 [25]
California 45 Derek Tran (D) Yes
Defeated Michelle Steel (R)		 Attorney
U.S. Army		 1980 [26]
California 47 Dave Min (D) No
Open seat; replaced Katie Porter (D)		 California State Senate 1976 [27]
Colorado 3 Jeff Hurd (R) No
Open seat; replaced Lauren Boebert (R)[i]		 Attorney 1979 [28]
Colorado 5 Jeff Crank (R) No
Open seat; replaced Doug Lamborn (R)		 Outdoorsman
Radio show host		 1967 [29]
Colorado 8 Gabe Evans (R) Yes
Defeated Yadira Caraveo (D)		 Colorado House of Representatives
Arvada Police Department
U.S. Army Captain		 1986 [30]
Delaware at-large Sarah McBride (D) No
Open seat; replaced Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)		 Delaware Senate 1990 [31]
Florida 8 Mike Haridopolos (R) No
Open seat; replaced Bill Posey (R)		 President of the Florida Senate
Florida House of Representatives		 1970 [32]
Georgia 3 Brian Jack (R) No
Open seat; replaced Drew Ferguson (R)		 White House director of political affairs 1988 [33]
Indiana 3 Marlin Stutzman (R) No
Open seat; replaced Jim Banks (R)		 U.S. House of Representatives[j]
Indiana Senate
Indiana House of Representatives		 1976 [34]
Indiana 6 Jefferson Shreve (R) No
Open seat; replaced Greg Pence (R)		 Indianapolis City-County Council 1965 [35]
Indiana 8 Mark Messmer (R) No
Open seat; replaced Larry Bucshon (R)		 Majority Leader of the Indiana Senate
Indiana House of Representatives		 1967 [36]
Kansas 2 Derek Schmidt (R) No
Open seat; replaced Jake LaTurner (R)		 Kansas attorney general
Kansas Senate		 1968 [37]
Louisiana 6 Cleo Fields (D) Yes
Open seat; replaced Garret Graves (R)		 U.S. House of Representatives[k]
Louisiana Senate		 1962 [38]
Maryland 2 Johnny Olszewski (D) No
Open seat; replaced Dutch Ruppersberger (D)		 Baltimore County executive
Maryland House of Delegates		 1982 [39]
Maryland 3 Sarah Elfreth (D) No
Open seat; replaced John Sarbanes (D)		 Maryland Senate 1988 [40]
Maryland 6 April McClain Delaney (D) No
Open seat; replaced David Trone (D)		 Lawyer
U.S. Department of Commerce official		 1964 [41]
Michigan 7 Tom Barrett (R) Yes
Open seat; replaced Elissa Slotkin (D)		 Michigan Senate
Michigan House of Representatives
Michigan Army National Guard		 1981 [42]
Michigan 8 Kristen McDonald Rivet (D) No
Open seat; replaced Dan Kildee (D)		 Michigan Senate 1970 [43]
Minnesota 3 Kelly Morrison (DFL) No
Open seat; replaced Dean Phillips (DFL)		 Minnesota Senate
Minnesota House of Representatives		 1969 [44]
Missouri 1 Wesley Bell (D) No
Defeated Cori Bush (D) in a primary		 St. Louis County prosecuting attorney 1974 [45]
Missouri 3 Bob Onder (R) No
Open seat; replaced Blaine Luetkemeyer (R)		 Missouri Senate
Missouri House of Representatives		 1962 [46]
Montana 2 Troy Downing (R) No
Open seat; replaced Matt Rosendale (R)		 Montana state auditor 1967 [47]
New Hampshire 2 Maggie Goodlander (D) No
Open seat; replaced Annie Kuster (D)		 Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division 1986 [48]
New Jersey 3 Herb Conaway (D) No
Open seat; replaced Andy Kim (D)		 New Jersey General Assembly 1963 [49]
New Jersey 9 Nellie Pou (D) No
Open seat; replaced Bill Pascrell (D)		 New Jersey Senate
New Jersey General Assembly		 1956 [50]
New York 4 Laura Gillen (D) Yes
Defeated Anthony D'Esposito (R)		 Town Supervisor of Hempstead 1969 [51]
New York 16 George Latimer (D) No
Defeated Jamaal Bowman (D) in a primary		 Westchester County Executive
New York State Senate
New York State Assembly
Westchester County Board of Legislators		 1953 [52]
New York 19 Josh Riley (D) Yes
Defeated Marc Molinaro (R)		 Lawyer 1981 [53]
New York 22 John Mannion (D) Yes
Defeated Brandon Williams (R)		 New York State Senate 1968 [54]
North Carolina 6 Addison McDowell (R) New seat Healthcare lobbyist 1994 [55]
North Carolina 8 Mark Harris (R) No
Open seat; replaced Dan Bishop (R)		 Pastor 1966 [56]
North Carolina 10 Pat Harrigan (R) No
Open seat; replaced Patrick McHenry (R)		 Firearms manufacturer 1987 [57]
North Carolina 13 Brad Knott (R) Yes
Open seat; replaced Wiley Nickel (D)		 Attorney 1986 [58]
North Carolina 14 Tim Moore (R) Yes
Open seat; replaced Jeff Jackson (D)		 Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives 1970 [59]
North Dakota at-large Julie Fedorchak (R) No
Open seat; replaced Kelly Armstrong (R)		 North Dakota Public Service Commission 1968 [60]
Ohio 2 David Taylor (R) No
Open seat; replaced Brad Wenstrup (R)		 Attorney 1969 [61]
Oregon 3 Maxine Dexter (D) No
Open seat; replaced Earl Blumenauer (D)		 Oregon House of Representatives 1972 [62]
Oregon 5 Janelle Bynum (D) Yes
Defeated Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R)		 Oregon House of Representatives 1975 [63]
Pennsylvania 7 Ryan Mackenzie (R) Yes
Defeated Susan Wild (D)		 Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1982 [64]
Pennsylvania 8 Rob Bresnahan (R) Yes
Defeated Matt Cartwright (D)		 Businessman 1990 [65]
South Carolina 3 Sheri Biggs (R) No
Open seat; replaced Jeff Duncan (R)		 Nurse practitioner 1970 [66]
Texas 12 Craig Goldman (R) No
Open seat; replaced Kay Granger (R)		 Texas House of Representatives 1968 [67]
Texas 18 Sylvester Turner (D) No
Open seat; replaced Erica Lee Carter (D)[l]		 Mayor of Houston
Texas House of Representatives		 1954 [68]
Texas 26 Brandon Gill (R) No
Open seat; replaced Michael C. Burgess (R)		 Conservative media website founder 1994 [69]
Texas 32 Julie Johnson (D) No
Open seat; replaced Colin Allred (D)		 Texas House of Representatives 1966 [70]
Utah 3 Mike Kennedy (R) No
Open seat; replaced John Curtis (R)		 Utah Senate
Utah House of Representatives		 1969 [71]
Virginia 5 John McGuire (R) No
Defeated Bob Good (R) in a primary		 Virginia Senate
Virginia House of Delegates		 1968 [72]
Virginia 7 Eugene Vindman (D) No
Open seat; replaced Abigail Spanberger (D)		 U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel
Legal advisor to the National Security Council		 1975 [73]
Virginia 10 Suhas Subramanyam (D) No
Open seat; replaced Jennifer Wexton (D)		 Virginia Senate
Virginia House of Delegates		 1986 [74]
Washington 5 Michael Baumgartner (R) No
Open seat; replaced Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R)		 Treasurer of Spokane County
Washington Senate		 1975 [75]
Washington 6 Emily Randall (D) No
Open seat; replaced Derek Kilmer (D)		 Washington Senate 1985 [76]
West Virginia 2 Riley Moore (R) No
Open seat; replaced Alex Mooney (R)		 West Virginia state treasurer
West Virginia House of Delegates		 1980 [77]
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Non-voting delegates

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District Image Delegate Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Northern Mariana Islands at-large Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R) Yes
Open seat; replaced Gregorio Sablan (D)		 Chair of the Commonwealth Ports Authority Board of Directors 1975 [78]
Puerto Rico at-large Pablo Hernández Rivera (PDP/D) Yes
Open seat; replaced Jenniffer González-Colón (PNP/R)		 Popular Democratic Party official 1991 [79]
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Took office during the 119th Congress

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District Image Representative Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Florida 1 Jimmy Patronis (R) April 2, 2025 No
Succeeded Matt Gaetz (R)		 Chief Financial Officer of Florida
Florida House of Representatives		 1972 [80]
Florida 6 Randy Fine (R) April 2, 2025 No
Succeeded Mike Waltz (R)		 Florida Senate
Florida House of Representatives		 1974 [81]
Virginia 11 James Walkinshaw (D) September 10, 2025 No
Succeeded Gerry Connolly (D)		 Fairfax County Board of Supervisors 1982 [82]
Arizona 7 Adelita Grijalva (D) November 12, 2025[m] No
Succeeded Raúl Grijalva (D)		 Pima County Board of Supervisors 1970 [83]
Tennessee 7 Matt Van Epps (R) December 4, 2025 No
Succeeded Mark Green (R)		 Tennessee Department of General Services
U.S. Army		 1983 [84]
Texas 18 Christian Menefee (D) February 2, 2026 No
Succeeded Sylvester Turner (D)		 Harris County Attorney 1988 [85]
Georgia 14 Clay Fuller (R) April 14, 2026 No
Succeeded Marjorie Taylor Greene (R)		 Lookout Mountain District Attorney
Georgia Air National Guard		 1981 [86]
New Jersey 11 Analilia Mejia (D) April 20, 2026 No
Succeeded Mikie Sherrill (D)		 Non-profit organization co-director 1977 [87]
California 1 James Gallagher (R) TBD No
Succeeding Doug LaMalfa (R)		 Minority Leader of the California State Assembly
Sutter County Board of Supervisors		 1981
California 14 TBD TBD
Succeeding Eric Swalwell (D)
Texas 23 TBD TBD
Succeeding Tony Gonzales (R)
Florida 20 TBD TBD
Succeeding Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D)
Georgia 13 TBD TBD
Succeeding David Scott (D)
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Elected to the 114th Congress, serving from 2015 to 2023 in Arizona's 7th congressional district and from 2023 to 2025 in Arizona's 3rd congressional district.
  2. [b]
    Elected to the 115th Congress, serving from 2017 to 2025 in Delaware's at-large congressional district.
  3. [c]
    Elected to the 115th Congress, serving from 2017 to 2025 in Indiana's 3rd congressional district.
  4. [d]
    Elected to the 116th Congress, serving from 2019 to 2025 in Michigan's 7th congressional district.
  5. [e]
    Elected to the 115th Congress, serving from 2017 to 2025 in Utah's 3rd congressional district.
  6. [f]
    Justice was duely elected in November 2024, but chose to delay the start of his service in the Senate by a few days until the end of his term as Governor of West Virginia.
  7. [g]
    In Oklahoma, Armstrong did not run to finish the final months of the current term.
  8. [h]
    Previously elected to the 116th Congress, serving from 2019 to 2021 in California's 39th congressional district.
  9. [i]
    Incumbent Republican Lauren Boebert ran in the 4th district, in which in turn was held by incumbent Greg Lopez, who retired at the end of the previous Congress.
  10. [j]
    Previously elected to the 111th Congress, serving from 2010 to 2017.
  11. [k]
    Previously elected to the 103rd Congress, serving from 1993 to 1997 in Louisiana's 4th congressional district.
  12. [l]
    Elected in the special election to replace Sheila Jackson Lee.
  13. [m]
    Grijalva was duely elected on September 23, 2025, although her swearing-in was delayed by Speaker Mike Johnson amid the government shutdown and the process of the Epstein files vote.

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