House: New Members

Representative Shomari Figures, D-AL-2

Figures, the son of two Alabama state Senators, attended the University of Alabama for his bachelor’s and law degrees. Figures served as the Domestic Director of Presidential Personnel in the Obama White House, before becoming a White House Liaison at the Department of Justice. Figures then spent time in Congress as a Counsel. He was on the Biden-Harris Transition Team before serving as Deputy Chief of Staff and Counselor Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Representative Nick Begich, R-AK

Begich started his career at Ford Motor Company, where he worked with tech, finance and product development. In 2004, Begich returned to Alaska, where he has kickstarted numerous businesses and served as a coach and mentor for early-stage companies. He worked with the Alaska Policy Forum, Club for Growth and spent years as board director for Matanuska Telecom Association. Begich is the lone representative for Alaska’s at-large district, replacing Representative Mary Peltola, co-chair of the Congressional Blue Dog Coalition.

Representative Yassamin Ansari, D-AZ-3

Ansari served as the vice mayor of Phoenix and was the youngest woman ever elected to the Phoenix City Council. She began her career in 2014 as an advisor in the Executive Office of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. Ansari later worked with the Office of California Governor Jerry Brown when she served as deputy policy director for the Global Climate Action Summit and served as a senior policy advisor to UN secretary general Antonio Gutierres. Ansari attended Stanford University and received a master’s degree from the University of Cambridge.

Representative Abraham Hamadeh, R-AZ-8

Hamadeh is a former US Army Reserve captain and Intelligence officer and Maricopa County prosecutor. He is the son of immigrants and grew up in the Arizona District he will be representing. Hamadeh is an advocate for election integrity and border security.  Hamadeh worked in the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office before running for attorney general of Arizona in 2022. After his defeat in the race, he ran for the US House seat of retiring Representative Debbie Lesko (R-08).

Representative Lateefah Simon, D-CA-12

Simons has served in nonprofit and foundation leadership roles in the San Francisco area, and in gubernatorial appointments for the state of California. A former teen mom who was born legally blind, Simons became the executive director of Young Women’s Freedom Center at 19 and was the youngest woman to receive a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship in 2003. In 2016, Simons became president of the Akonadi Foundation, and in 2020, she was appointed a senior advisor on police reform for California Governor Gavin Newsom. Simons will take the seat being vacated by Representative Barbara Lee, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for US Senate.

Representative Adam Gray, D-CA-13

Gray won the seat he had previously sought and lost to Representative John Duarte in 2022. Their 2024 race to represent parts of the Central Valley was one of the last determining races for control of the House, with Duarte conceding in early December. Gray was elected to the California State Assembly in 2012 where he served for a decade, leading the New Democratic Caucus and founding the California Problem Solvers Caucus. He has been a key organizer on environmental issues, helped establish a joint medical school at UC Merced and UCSF-Fresno, and helped develop a gang violence reduction program. Gray currently runs a small business and teaches a class on Legislature at UC Merced.

Representative Sam Liccardo, D-CA-16

Liccardo is taking the seat of retiring Representative Anna Eshoo and won in a race that had a three-way general election after his opponents tied for second place. Liccardo served two terms as mayor of San José from 2015 to 2022. During this time, Liccardo led the California Big City Mayors coalition for two years. After his time in office, Liccardo taught several classes at Stanford, worked with stakeholders to launch and lead the “FAIR California” coalition. Prior to his service in elected office, Liccardo was a prosecutor in the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office and served as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of California. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Georgetown University.

Representative George Whitesides, D-CA-27

Whitesides was the first CEO of Virgin Galactic, the human spaceflight company founded by Richard Branson and held the position for over ten years. After working on President Obama’s transition team in 2008, Whitesides served as chief of staff for NASA during the Obama administration. Whitesides co-chaired the Antelope Valley Covid-19 Task Force and received NASA’s Exceptional Public Achievement Medal.

Representative Luz Rivas, D-CA-29

Rivas was the endorsed successor of retiring Representative Tony Cardenas. Rivas worked as an electrical design engineer at Motorola before founding DIY Girls, a nonprofit that provides enrichment programs focused on encouraging young girls to pursue careers in STEM. In 2016, she was appointed by mayor Eric Garcetti to the Los Angeles Board of Public Works. In 2018, Rivas was elected and sworn into the California State Assembly where she served as the chair of the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and currently serves on the Assembly Committee on Communications and Conveyance; Public Employment and Retirement; Revenue and Taxation; and Water, Parks and Wildlife. Rivas received a bachelor’s degree from MIT and a Master of Education from Harvard.

Representative Laura Friedman, D-CA-30

Friedman won the West Los Angeles County district vacated by Representative Adam Schiff as he sought California’s US Senate seat. Friedman started off her career as a film and television executive. She was elected to the Glendale City Council in 2009, served as mayor from 2011 to 2012 and was re-elected in 2013. Friedman was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2016, where her legislative work focused on three primary areas: addressing the housing affordability and homelessness crisis, combating climate change, and protecting vulnerable communities.

Representative Gil Cisneros, D-CA-31

Cisneros recently served as undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, and as the Pentagon’s chief Diversity and Inclusion officer. He previously served as an officer in the US Navy, education nonprofit leader, and was a member of Congress representing California’s 39^th district from 2018 to 2020. He stepped down from the Pentagon in 2023 and announced he was running for the US House 301^st district that was open following the retirement of Representative Grace Napolitano.

Representative Derek Tran, D-CA-45

In one of the closest House elections of this cycle, Tran unseated incumbent Representative Michelle Steel by just a few hundred votes and a cost of $34M in the historically republican stronghold of Orange County. Tran previously ran the Tran Firm, a consumer rights law group, and is a co-owner of a pharmacy with his wife in Anaheim. Tran is a consumer rights attorney, city commissioner and small business owner. He is the son of Vietnamese refugees and also served in the US Army.

Representative David Min, D-CA-47

Min comes to Congress from the California Senate, which he had represented since 2020.

In the California Senate, Min focused on gun violence prevention, climate action, economic development and innovation, and investing in public education. He chaired the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee, which has jurisdiction over the state’s environmental stewardship, including protection of California’s public lands and coastline, oil and gas regulation, and preserving biodiversity

Before joining the state Senate, Senator Min was a law professor at UC Irvine, where he taught and researched in the area of business law. He is one of the country’s leading experts on banking and housing policy and has testified six times before Congress on these issues. Min previously ran for the 45^th district in 2018 and lost.

Representative Jeff Hurd, R-CO-3

Prior to running for Congress, Hurd was a lawyer who clerked for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, then practiced at Sullivan and Cromwell before starting his own firm in Colorado.

Hurd served as chairman of the Board of the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce and is a trustee of the Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado, which supports free non-criminal legal services for those in need across every county in the 3rd Congressional District. Hurd was initially challenging Representative Lauren Boebert for Colorado’s 3^rd District seat, but she moved to the 4^th district where she was re-elected to Congress.

Representative Jeff Crank, R-CO-5

Crank is a radio host and regional director at Americans for Prosperity, a grassroots free-market, free-enterprise organization. He is also the president of his own real estate investment company and ran a political consulting firm. He was a candidate for US Congress in the 5th Congressional District Republican Primary in 2008 and 2006.

Representative Gabe Evans, R-CO-8

Evans is an Army and National Guard veteran, who was deployed to the Middle East and responded to wildfires and search and rescues throughout Colorado. He was also a police officer in Arvada and operates a farm with his family. Evans defeated a former Colorado state representative in the Republican Primary and defeated democratic incumbent Yadira Caraveo in the general.

Representative Sarah McBride, D-DE

McBride is the first openly transgender person elected to the US House and comes to her seat from the Delaware State Senate. She worked for former Governor Jack Markell, the late Attorney General Beau Biden, and served in the Obama-Biden White House as a state senator, she serves as chair of the Senate Health and Social Services Committee and is a member of the Senate’s Judiciary Committee, Education Committee, Banking, Business, Insurance, and Technology Committee, and Executive Committee. Prior to her election in Delaware, she served as the national spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign.

Representative Mike Haridopolos, R-FL-8

Haridopolos is a political and business consultant who served in the Florida House and Senate for 12 years. In the Florida Legislature, he made transforming the Florida Senate into a more conservative policy body a key objective of his Senate presidency, which he held from 2010 to 2012. Haridopolos ran for the congressional seat vacated by retiring Representative Bill Posey, and was named to the House Science, Space and Technology Committee.

Representative Brian Jack, R-GA-3

Jack served as a trusted advisor to President Trump for the last eight years and served as his political director in the White House and in the 2024 presidential campaign of secretary Ben Carson before jumping in the race. Earlier in his career, he was on the campaign of Secretary Ben Carson.

Representative Marlin Stutzman, R-IN-3

Stutzman is an entrepreneur with companies in agriculture, restaurants and recreational vehicles. He was elected to the Indiana House when he was 25 and serve there for eight years before moving to the Indiana Senate. Stutzman ran for US Senate in 2010, was defeated in the primary and went on to win the US House seat that he held until 2017.  His previous committees were Financial Services, Agriculture, Budget and Veterans Affairs.

Representative Jefferson Shreve, R-IN-6

Shreve was the founder of Storage Express, which he sold to Extra Space Storage in 2012. He has been a member of the Indianapolis City Council, an appointee for Governor Mike Pence, and ran for Indiana Senate. Shreve ran for mayor of Indianapolis in 2022, was defeated, and is taking the seat of Representative Greg Pence, brother of former Vice President Mike Pence.

Representative Mark Messmer, R-IN-8

Messmer is a small business owner who served in the Indiana State Senate from 2014 to 2024, Before that, he served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 2008 to 2014. In the Indiana Senate, Messmer chaired the Environment and Joint Rules Committees. Messmer announced his candidacy for the US House after the retirement of Representative Larry Buschon, and defeated former Representative John Hostettler in the primary.

Representative Derek Schmidt, R-KS-2

Schmidt was the attorney general for the state of Kansas and argued three cases before the US Supreme Court. He was a state senator for 10 years, where he served four years as chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee and six as Senate Majority Leader. Schmidt has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas, his master’s degree from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom, a law degree from Georgetown University, and his doctorate in law from the University of Kansas.

Representative Cleo Fields, D-LA-6

In 1987, Fields was elected to the Louisiana Senate as the age of 24, making him the youngest person ever elected to the state Senate in Louisiana’s history and at the time, the youngest in the nation. Fields was elected to Congress in 1992 at the age of 29, the youngest member of the 103rd Congress. In 1995, Fields ran to be governor of Louisiana. Fields also had a law firm and was re-elected to the state Senate in 1997 to 2012 and again in 2019. During his time in the Senate, Fields chaired the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus, Chairman of Education, Local and Municipal Affairs and Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee. Fields graduated from Southern University and earned a JD from Southern University Law Center.

Representative Johnny Olszewski, D-MD-2

Olszewski, the first in his family to receive a college degree, was a civics teacher in Baltimore County Public Schools for seven years. He went on to serve as a Baltimore County executive. As a county executive, Olszewski passed legislation setting security standards for gun retailers, closed the budget deficit, and raised teacher pay. Olszewski defeated Baltimore radio host republican Kimberly Klacik in the election.

Representative Sarah Elfreth, D-MD-3

Elfreth was the youngest woman ever elected to the Maryland State Senate in 2018. She served on the Budget and Taxation Committee chairing the Subcommittee on Public Safety, Transportation, and Environment Subcommittee. Before her time in the state senate, she was the government affairs director of the National Aquarium in Baltimore before working in the private sector as director of university projects for Margrave Strategies. During her time in the state Senate, Elfreth taught public policy at Towson University’s Honors College and worked as a senior advisor on conservation and fisheries management campaigns.

Representative April McClain-Delaney, D-MD-6

McClain-Delaney served as the deputy assistant secretary for communications at the Department of Commerce in the Biden-Harris administration and also served as deputy administrator of the National Telecommunications Information Administration. She holds a leadership role at the nonprofit Common Sense Media. McClain-Delaney was born and raised in Idaho and has four daughters. She is serving in the seat her husband Congressman John Delaney held from 2013 to 2019.

Representative Tom Barrett, R-MI-7

In 2022, Barrett ran unsuccessfully for the seat won by Representative Eliana Slotkin in a race that cost US$34M. He successfully won it in 2024, after Slotkin vacated the seat to successfully run for US Senate. Barrett previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019 and in the Michigan State Senate from 2015 to 2019. Barrett served in the military for 22 years, where he served in the Iraq War, Guantanamo Bay, Kuwait and the Korean DMZ. Barrett is the grandson of Michigan Representative Louis Rabaut and has requested to take his grandfather’s former office in the Longworth House Office Building.

Representative Kristen McDonald Rivett, D-MI-8

Before McDonald Rivet served as a Michigan state senator, she was the executive director of Michigan Head Start, chief of staff for Michigan’s Department of Education and vice president of the Skillman Foundation. Kristen attended Michigan State University and got her master’s degree at University of Michigan-Flint. She has six children, and lives in Bay City Michigan with her husband.

Representative Kelly Morrison, D-MN-3

Morrisson successfully ran for the seat vacated by Representative Dean Phillips’ run in the democratic presidential primary. Morrison has spent over 20 years as an OB-GYN in Minnesota. In 2018 she was elected to the Minnesota House and then the Minnesota Senate, flipping seats previously held by republicans. Morrison is a member of the Minnesota Democrat Farmer Labor party.

Representative Wesley Bell, D-MO-1

Bell defeated Representative Cori Bush in the Democratic primary, after previously announcing a challenge to Senator Josh Hawley’s seat, which he dropped and went for Bush’s seat instead. Bell was a criminal justice professor, municipal judge, and member of the Ferguson City Council, which he joined after the 2015 protests. In 2018, he was elected as a St. Louis prosecuting attorney. He spent years working as a public defender in St. Louis. He worked at Shoney’s, for a phone company and as a youth sports referee to help put himself through college at Lindenwood University. He later attended University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law.

Representative Bob Onder, R-MO-3

Onder is a physician and attorney who served two terms in the Missouri Senate, where he was a co-founder of the Missouri Senate Conservative Caucus. In his elections he was endorsed by Missouri Right to Life and the NRA. He is an ex-officio member of the Missouri Freedom Caucus. He was a delegate for President Trump at the Republican National Convention in 2016, an alternate delegate in 2020, and served as a surrogate for the president in the 2024 Iowa Caucuses. Onder ran for the seat vacated by retiring republican Representative Blaine Lutkemeyer.

Representative Troy Downing, R-MT-2

Downing has previously served as Montana state auditor and commissioner of securities and insurance. He founded a technology startup company that merged with Yahoo! Inc. in the 1990s and he founded a nationwide insurance company and a nationwide commercial real estate firm. After 9/11, he served eight years in a Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) squadron and two tours of duty in Afghanistan. Downing is a lifetime member of the Montana Veterans of Foreign Wars and a member of the Montana American Legion.

Representative Maggie Goodlander, D-NH-2

Goodlander, wife of President Biden’s national security advisor Jake Sullivan, won the seat being vacated by retiring member Representative Annie Kuster. Goodlander worked as a foreign policy advisor in the United States Senate and as an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve for over a decade. Goodlander served as a law clerk on the US Supreme Court before she taught constitutional law at UNH and Dartmouth. Goodlander served as counsel in the first impeachment of former President Donald Trump. She was appointed as deputy assistant attorney general at the US Department of Justice and served as a senior advisor at the White House under Biden.

Representative Herb Conaway, D-NJ-3

Conway spent four years in the US Air Force, where he became a captain in the Medical Corps at McGuire Air Force Base. After his service, Dr. Conaway worked in primary care settings before working as a clinical professor in a community hospital. In the New Jersey Legislature, Dr. Conaway was chairman of the Health Committee, a member of the Budget Committee, and a member of the Military and Veterans Affairs Committee. Dr. Conaway received an undergrad degree from Princeton University, a medical degree from Jefferson Medical College and a law degree from Rutgers Law School in Camden.

Representative Nellie Pou, D-NJ-9

Pou served in the New Jersey State Assembly from 1997 until 2012 and then won a New Jersey Senate seat she served in from 2013 to 2017. There she chaired Commerce and was vice-chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and chairwoman of the New Jersey Legislative Latino Caucus. Pou worked for the City of Paterson for over three decades, including as business administrator. Pou was selected by New Jersey democrats to replace Representative Bill Pascrell following his death last August.

Representative Laura Gillen, D-NY-4

Gillen flipped the Long Island seat held by Representative Anthony D’Esposito for one term, who she had lost to in 2022. Gillen is a lawyer who was elected as the first democrat town supervisor in Nassau County in 112 years. She was a litigator with Cahill Gordon and Reindel, LLP before joining the Westerman firm in Nassau County. Gillen was endorsed by labor unions, former Representatives Steve Israel and Carolyn McCarthy, and EMILY’s List.

Representative George Latimer, D-NY-16

Latimer a former tenant organizer, spent three decades in public service, working on the Rye City Council, the County Legislature to the State Legislature, and as Westchester County executive. Latimer was the first democratic chair of the County Legislature before winning a seat in the state Senate in 2012 and then becoming a county executive in 2017. Latimer got his bachelor’s from Fordham University and an MPA from New York University. 

Representative Josh Riley, D-NY-19

Riley ran for the seat in 2022, and was defeated by Representative Mark Molinaro, who he defeated in 2024. Riley worked as a policy analyst at the Department of Labor and as general counsel to US Senator Al Franken on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Riley represented the American Academy for Pediatrics in a civil rights lawsuit, and as an attorney in private practice filed bipartisan briefs in the US Supreme Court.

Representative John Mannion, D-NY-22

Mannion defeated incumbent Representative Brandon Williams to win the seat, after serving in the New York Senate since 2020. Mannion was an AP Biology and Chemistry teacher at West Genesee and the Syracuse City School District for almost 30 years. During his time in the Senate, he created a new police department in New York at Syracuse airport and served as chair of the Committee on Disabilities.

Representative Addison McDowell, R-NC-6

McDowell was motivated for his run for the US House by the death of his younger brother by fentanyl overdose. He previously worked as a constituent liaison for Congressman (now US Senator) Ted Budd. He then went on to work as a lobbyist for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Northern Carolina. McDowell graduated from UNC Charlotte in 2016.

Representative Mark Harris, R-NC-8

Harris first ran for US Senate in 2014, and also for US House in 2018, which was contested and Harris dropped out of the race. In the 2024 race, Harris ran for the seat being vacated by Representative Dan Bishop running for North Carolina attorney general. Harris has held pastoral roles across North Carolina and Georgia, including as senior pastor at Mooresville Baptist and at First Baptist Charlotte. Born and raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. An Appalachian State University graduate with a BS in political science, he earned his master’s of divinity and doctor of ministry degree in Christian Leadership from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Representative Pat Harrigan, R-NC-10

Harrigan ran for North Carolina’s 9^th district in 2022 and switched to successfully run for the seat held by retiring Representative Patrick McHenry for 2024. Harrigan graduated from West Point with a degree in nuclear engineering, commissioned into the infantry, completed ranger school, and was sent to Fort Wainwright, Alaska, for his first assignment as infantry platoon leader. His career experience includes co-owning ZRODelta, UnBrandedAR and US Optics.

Representative Brad Knott, R-NC-13

Knott’s 2024 race for US House went to a runoff in the primary, where he was endorsed by President Trump and Americans for Prosperity. After clerking for Supreme Court Justice Paul Newby, Knott worked as a prosecutor in the US Attorney’s Office for Eastern North Carolina For seven and a half years. He teaches bible study and lives with his wife and daughters in Northern Carolina. He went to law school at Wake Forest University.

Representative Tim Moore, R-NC-14

Moore served in the North Carolina Legislature since 2002 and is the owner of a metal recycling business. He became speaker of the North Carolina House in 2015. He was also hired as an attorney for Cleveland County, North Carolina, a job which he worked at the same time as he was speaker. Moore will be the first representative of the new 14^th district of North Carolina.

Representative Julie Fedorchak, R-ND

Fedorchak is the first woman elected to the US House from North Dakota and comes to the seat being vacated by Representative Kelly Armstrong, who became North Dakota governor.  Fedorchak served as a communications director to Governor Ed Schafer in the 1990s. She went on to start a communications and marketing business which she operated for 10 years. Fedorchak then served as state director for US Senator John Hoeven for two years. In 2013, she was appointed as a member of the North Dakota Public Service Commission vacated by Kevin Cramer.

Representative David Taylor, R-OH-2

Taylor is taking the seat being vacated by retiring Representative Brad Wenstrup. Taylor is a small business owner who runs Sardinia Ready Mix, Inc. Before taking over his family’s small business, Taylor received a law degree from the University of Dayton School of Law and worked in the local prosecutor’s office for several years. He is a graduate from Miami University (in Ohio).

Representative Maxine Dexter, D-OR-3

Dexter is taking the seat being vacated by retiring Representative Earl Blumenauer. She worked as a physician at Kaiser Permanente, and as a state representative. Dexter began working at Albertsons as a UFCW union member at 16 and was the first member of her family to graduate from college. She went to the University of Washington.

Representative Janelle Bynum, D-OR-5

Bynum will be the first Black member of Congress from Oregon, after defeating republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who was nominated as President Trump’s secretary of labor. Bynum served as a state representative since 2016, where she chaired the Committee for Economic Development and Small Business. She and her husband own several McDonald’s franchises. Bynum put herself through school, earning her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and her master’s degree in business administration.

Representative Ryan Mackenzie, R-PA-7

Mackenzie comes to Congress as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, where he served as chair of the House Labor and Industry Committee and co-chair of the House International Relations Caucus.

Prior to being elected to office, Mackenzie served as the director of policy at the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.

Representative Robert Bresnahan, R-PA-8

Breshanan was CEO of Kuharchik Construction and also founded a commercial real estate development company in northeastern Pennsylvania. He defeated incumbent democrat Matt Cartwright. He also served on the local Board for Junior Achievement, Big Brothers Big Sisters and on boards for Luzerne County Industrial Development Authority, National Electrical Contractors Association and IBEW 163.

Representative Sheri Biggs, R-SC-3

A former nurse practitioner and lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard, Biggs has been active in South Carolina politics. She launched her candidacy following Representative Jeff Duncan’s announcement that he would be stepping down from the seat.

Representative Craig Goldman, R-TX-12

Goldman has served as a Texas State representative from the Fort Worth area since 2012. In the Texas House, he served as chairman of the House Energy Resources Committee and championed legislation improving law enforcement communication. Goldman will take the seat vacated by Representative Kay Granger, appropriations chair, who had held the seat since 1997.

Representative Sylvester Turner, D-TX-18

Turner won the seat held by the late Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, who had represented central Houston since 1995. He served as mayor of Houston for two terms and announced his candidacy after Jackson-Lee’s passing in July of 2024. Turner is a lawyer and community advocate, who also served in the Texas House for 25 years. During that time, he served on the Legislative Budget Board, as vice-chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, chairman of the Subcommittee of Articles 1, 4 and 5 (General Government, Judiciary, Public Safety and Criminal Justice) and the House State Affairs Committee. He also chaired the Texas Legislative Black Caucus.

Representative Brandon Gill, R-TX-26

Gill was the founder of the conservative DC Examiner and also worked on promotions for advocacy films produced by his father-in-law, conservative activist Dinesh D’Sousa. Gill also worked in investment banking and at a hedge fund in New York. A year prior to the retirement of Representative Michael Burgess, Gill moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth area district and is originally from Abilene.

Representative Julie Johnson, D-TX-32

Johnson comes to Congress from the Texas House of Representatives, where she served for three terms. Johnson was one of the first openly gay members of the Texas House and will take the seat vacated by Representative Collin Allred’s candidacy for US Senate. She served on the House Committee on Insurance and was the vice-chair of the House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence.

Johnson was a member of the House Democratic Caucus, vice chair of the Women’s Health Caucus, treasurer of the Texas House LGBTQ Caucus, Early Childhood Caucus, Innovation and Technology Caucus and the Sportsmen’s Caucus.

Representative Mike Kennedy, R-UT-3

Kennedy is a former Utah state senator and Utah House member, and physician and lawyer. In 2018, Kennedy challenged Senator Mitt Romney in a republican primary Romney narrowly won. In the Utah House, Kennedy served on the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee, the House Health and Human Services Committee, and the House Political Subdivisions Committee. Kennedy will take the US House seat vacated by Representative John Curtis, who will become Utah’s junior senator.  

Representative John McGuire, R-VA-5

McGuire is a former Navy SEAL, businessman, and member of the Virginia General Assembly. elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2018 and to the Virginia Senate in 2024. McGuire served on the Local Government, Privileges and Elections, and Transportation Committees. He also ran for the US House in 2020. In his 2024 race, McGuire challenged incumbent Representative Bob Good in the primary and won by just 374 votes. McGuire went on to win the general election.

Representative Eugene Vindman, D-VA-7

Vindman is a 25-year veteran in the US Army, where he became a judge advocate general (JAG) prosecutor. He is a former refugee of then Soviet Ukraine, and the brother of Alex Vindman, who was an intelligence officer in Trump’s first term impeachment hearings. Eugene and Alex were fired from the White House two days after Trump’s acquittal. Following his government service, Eugene joined Alex in a venture to support Ukraine with contracting support and also worked at a think tank. Vindman will serve in the district vacated by Representative Abigail Spanberger.

Representative Suhas Subramanyam, D-VA-10

Subramanyam was Virginia’s first Indian American member of its House of Delegates. He later became an aide on Capitol Hill and the White House. After serving in the White House, Suhas started his own small business in Loudoun County and also served his community as a volunteer EMT and firefighter.

In 2019, Subramanyam was elected to the Virginia General Assembly, where he created the Commonwealth Caucus, a group of legislators dedicated to finding bipartisan solutions. He was endorsed by retiring Representative Jennifer Wexton to succeed her for the US House.

Representative Michael Baumgartner, R-WA-5

Baumgartner is a former Washington state senator and diplomat, now serving as the treasurer of Spokane County overseeing a US$1.8 billion fixed-income investment fund. After serving eight years in Washington state’s legislature, Baumgartner unsuccessfully challenged US Senator Maria Cantwell. He then ran for Spokane County treasurer and filed to replace Representative Cathy McMorris-Rogers when she announced her retirement from Congress. Baumgartner also worked for the Department of State in Iraq, and in Afghanistan.

Representative Emily Randall, D-WA-6

Randall comes to Congress from her role as the deputy majority leader of the Washington State Senate, where she was one of its first openly gay members. In the Senate, she serves on the Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee, the Senate Health and Long-Term Care and Ways and Means Committees. Randall announced her candidacy after Representative Derek Kilmer stepped down.

Representative Riley Moore, R-WV-2

Moore has served as treasurer of West Virginia since 2020. He previously worked on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, as a contractor with the Department of Homeland Security, and in the defense and aerospace industry at Textron.

In the West Virginia House, he was an assistant majority whip and in 2018 he was named the incoming majority leader of the House of Delegates. Moore’s grandfather served as governor of West Virginia, and his aunt is Senator Shelly Moore Capito.  

Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner-elect (non-voting): Pablo Jose Hernandez Rivera (Popular Democratic Party)

Hernandez Rivera served as an aide to Governor Padilla and coordinated political activities for Puerto Rico’s Popular Democratic Party. He also served as a public policy consultant in Washington. He is the grandson of former Puerto Rico governor Rafel Hernandez Colon and is the first Puerto Rican elected to Congress in decades to be anti-statehood.

Northern Mariana Islands (non-voting delegate): Kimberlyn King-Hinds, R

King-Hinds has served throughout the government of the Northern Mariana Island. She served as an advisor to the lieutenant governor, in the Commission for Public Utilities, and chaired the board of the Commonwealth Ports Authority. Her win was seen as a historic win for republicans in the US Pacific Island territories, as she is the first republican to win the seat since it was created in 2009.