# List of new members of the 116th United States Congress

The 116th United States Congress began on January 3, 2019. There were nine new senators (two Democrats, seven Republicans) and a minimum of 89 new representatives (59 Democrats, 29 Republicans, with one open seat pending), as well as one new delegate (a Democrat), at the start of its first session. Additionally, three senators (one Democrat, two Republicans) and eight representatives (two Democrats, six Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 117th Congress before it ended on January 3, 2021.
The co-presidents of the House Democratic freshman class were Colin Allred of Texas and Haley Stevens of Michigan, while the president of the House Republican freshman class was Mark E. Green of Tennessee. Additionally, the Democratic Freshmen Leadership Representatives were Katie Hill of California and Joe Neguse of Colorado, and the Republican's freshmen liaison was Guy Reschenthaler of Pennsylvania. Veronica Escobar of Texas replaced Hill upon her resignation in November 2019.

## Senate
### Took office January 3, 2019

| State | Senator | Seniority | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Arizona (Class 3) | Martha McSally (R) | 4th (95th overall) | No Appointed; replaced Jon Kyl (R) | U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Air Force Colonel | 1966 |
| Arizona (Class 1) | Kyrsten Sinema (D) | 2nd (93rd overall) | Yes Open seat; replaced Jeff Flake (R) | U.S. House of Representatives Arizona Senate Arizona House of Representatives | 1976 |
| Indiana | Mike Braun (R) | 7th (98th overall) | Yes Defeated Joe Donnelly (D) | Indiana House of Representatives | 1954 |
| Missouri | Josh Hawley (R) | 8th (99th overall) | Yes Defeated Claire McCaskill (D) | Missouri Attorney General | 1979 |
| Nevada | Jacky Rosen (D) | 5th (96th overall) | Yes Defeated Dean Heller (R) | U.S. House of Representatives | 1957 |
| North Dakota | Kevin Cramer (R) | 3rd (94th overall) | Yes Defeated Heidi Heitkamp (D) | U.S. House of Representatives North Dakota Public Service Commission Chair of the North Dakota Republican Party | 1961 |
| Tennessee | Marsha Blackburn (R) | 1st (92nd overall) | No Open seat; replaced Bob Corker (R) | U.S. House of Representatives Tennessee Senate Chair of the Williamson County Republican Party | 1952 |
| Utah | Mitt Romney (R) | 6th (97th overall) | No Open seat; replaced Orrin Hatch (R) | Governor of Massachusetts Co-founder of Bain Capital CEO of Bain & Company | 1947 |

### Took office during the 116th Congress

| State | Senator | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Florida | Rick Scott (R) | January 8, 2019 | Yes Defeated Bill Nelson (D) | Governor of Florida Co-founder of Columbia Hospital Corporation U.S. Navy Petty Officer | 1952 |
| Georgia | Kelly Loeffler (R) | January 6, 2020 | No Appointed; replaced Johnny Isakson (R) | CEO of Bakkt | 1970 |
| Arizona | Mark Kelly (D) | December 2, 2020 | Yes Defeated Martha McSally (R) | NASA astronaut U.S. Navy Captain | 1964 |

## House of Representatives
### Took office January 3, 2019

| District | Representative | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Arizona 2 | Ann Kirkpatrick (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Martha McSally (R) | U.S. House of Representatives Arizona House of Representatives | 1950 |
| Arizona 9 | Greg Stanton (D) | No Open seat; replaced Kyrsten Sinema (D) | Mayor of Phoenix Phoenix City Council | 1970 |
| California 10 | Josh Harder (D) | Yes Defeated Jeff Denham (R) | Venture capital investor | 1986 |
| California 21 | TJ Cox (D) | Yes Defeated David Valadao (R) | Chemical engineer | 1963 |
| California 25 | Katie Hill (D) | Yes Defeated Steve Knight (R) | Social services administrator | 1987 |
| California 39 | Gil Cisneros (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Ed Royce (R) | Philanthropist U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander | 1971 |
| California 45 | Katie Porter (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Mimi Walters (R) | Lawyer Professor | 1974 |
| California 48 | Harley Rouda (D) | Yes Defeated Dana Rohrabacher (R) | Lawyer Businessman | 1961 |
| California 49 | Mike Levin (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Darrell Issa (R) | Attorney | 1978 |
| Colorado 2 | Joe Neguse (D) | No Open seat; replaced Jared Polis (D) | Colorado Director of Regulatory Agencies Regents of the University of Colorado | 1984 |
| Colorado 6 | Jason Crow (D) | Yes Defeated Mike Coffman (R) | Lawyer U.S. Army Ranger | 1979 |
| Connecticut 5 | Jahana Hayes (D) | No Open seat; replaced Elizabeth Esty (D) | Educator | 1973 |
| Florida 6 | Michael Waltz (R) | No Open seat; replaced Ron DeSantis (R) | U.S. Army Special Forces | 1974 |
| Florida 15 | Ross Spano (R) | No Open seat; replaced Dennis Ross (R) | Florida House of Representatives | 1966 |
| Florida 17 | Greg Steube (R) | No Open seat; replaced Tom Rooney (R) | Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps | 1978 |
| Florida 26 | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D) | Yes Defeated Carlos Curbelo (R) | Academic administrator | 1971 |
| Florida 27 | Donna Shalala (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Asst. Sec. of Housing and Urban Development President of the Clinton Foundation President of the University of Miami | 1941 |
| Georgia 6 | Lucy McBath (D) | Yes Defeated Karen Handel (R) | Gun control advocate | 1960 |
| Hawaii 1 | Ed Case (D) | No Open seat; replaced Colleen Hanabusa (D) | U.S. House of Representatives Hawaii House of Representatives | 1952 |
| Idaho 1 | Russ Fulcher (R) | No Open seat; replaced Raúl Labrador (R) | Idaho Senate | 1962 |
| Illinois 4 | Chuy García (D) | No Open seat; replaced Luis Gutiérrez (D) | Cook County Board of Commissioners Illinois Senate Chicago City Council | 1956 |
| Illinois 6 | Sean Casten (D) | Yes Defeated Peter Roskam (R) | Co-founder of Recycled Energy Development Scientist | 1971 |
| Illinois 14 | Lauren Underwood (D) | Yes Defeated Randy Hultgren (R) | Senior advisor at the U.S. HHS Department Registered nurse | 1986 |
| Indiana 4 | Jim Baird (R) | No Open seat; replaced Todd Rokita (R) | Indiana House of Representatives U.S. Army First Lieutenant | 1945 |
| Indiana 6 | Greg Pence (R) | No Open seat; replaced Luke Messer (R) | Businessman U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant | 1956 |
| Iowa 1 | Abby Finkenauer (D) | Yes Defeated Rod Blum (R) | Iowa House of Representatives | 1988 |
| Iowa 3 | Cindy Axne (D) | Yes Defeated David Young (R) | Businesswoman | 1965 |
| Kansas 2 | Steve Watkins (R) | No Open seat; replaced Lynn Jenkins (R) | U.S. Army Captain | 1976 |
| Kansas 3 | Sharice Davids (D) | Yes Defeated Kevin Yoder (R) | Attorney Mixed martial artist | 1980 |
| Maine 2 | Jared Golden (D) | Yes Defeated Bruce Poliquin (R) | Maine House of Representatives U.S. Marine Corps | 1982 |
| Maryland 6 | David Trone (D) | No Open seat; replaced John Delaney (D) | Co-founder of Total Wine & More | 1955 |
| Massachusetts 3 | Lori Trahan (D) | No Open seat; replaced Niki Tsongas (D) | Businesswoman Chief of staff to Representative Marty Meehan | 1973 |
| Massachusetts 7 | Ayanna Pressley (D) | No Defeated Mike Capuano (D) in a primary | Boston City Council Senior aide to Senator John Kerry | 1974 |
| Michigan 8 | Elissa Slotkin (D) | Yes Defeated Mike Bishop (R) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (ISA) Central Intelligence Agency | 1976 |
| Michigan 9 | Andy Levin (D) | No Open seat; replaced Sander Levin (D) | Deputy Director of the Michigan DELEG Trade union organizer | 1960 |
| Michigan 11 | Haley Stevens (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Dave Trott (R) | Chief of staff to the Pres. Auto Industry Task Force | 1983 |
| Michigan 13 | Rashida Tlaib (D) | No Open seat; replaced Brenda Jones (D) | Michigan House of Representatives | 1976 |
| Minnesota 1 | Jim Hagedorn (R) | Yes Open seat; replaced Tim Walz (DFL) | Bureau of Engraving and Printing official Financial Management Service official Legislative aide to Representative Arlan Stangeland | 1962 |
| Minnesota 2 | Angie Craig (DFL) | Yes Defeated Jason Lewis (R) | Journalist | 1972 |
| Minnesota 3 | Dean Phillips (DFL) | Yes Defeated Erik Paulsen (R) | President of Phillips Distilling Company Co-owner of Talenti | 1969 |
| Minnesota 5 | Ilhan Omar (DFL) | No Open seat; replaced Keith Ellison (DFL) | Minnesota House of Representatives Policy aide to City Councilor Andrew Johnson | 1982 |
| Minnesota 8 | Pete Stauber (R) | Yes Open seat; replaced Rick Nolan (DFL) | St. Louis County Commission Hermantown City Council Duluth Police Department Professional ice hockey player | 1966 |
| Mississippi 3 | Michael Guest (R) | No Open seat; replaced Gregg Harper (R) | Madison and Rankin Counties District Attorney | 1970 |
| Nevada 3 | Susie Lee (D) | No Open seat; replaced Jacky Rosen (D) | President of Nevada Communities In Schools | 1966 |
| Nevada 4 | Steven Horsford (D) | No Open seat; replaced Ruben Kihuen (D) | U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader of the Nevada Senate | 1973 |
| New Hampshire 1 | Chris Pappas (D) | No Open seat; replaced Carol Shea-Porter (D) | Executive Council of New Hampshire New Hampshire House of Representatives | 1980 |
| New Jersey 2 | Jeff Van Drew (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Frank LoBiondo (R) | New Jersey Senate New Jersey General Assembly Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders | 1953 |
| New Jersey 3 | Andy Kim (D) | Yes Defeated Tom MacArthur (R) | U.S. National Security Council | 1982 |
| New Jersey 7 | Tom Malinowski (D) | Yes Defeated Leonard Lance (R) | Assistant Secretary of State (D/HR/L) Human Rights Watch U.S. National Security Council | 1965 |
| New Jersey 11 | Mikie Sherrill (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Rodney Frelinghuysen (R) | Assistant U.S. Attorney U.S. Navy Lieutenant | 1972 |
| New Mexico 1 | Deb Haaland (D) | No Open seat; replaced Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) | Chair of the Democratic Party of New Mexico | 1960 |
| New Mexico 2 | Xochitl Torres Small (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Steve Pearce (R) | Law clerk | 1984 |
| New York 11 | Max Rose (D) | Yes Defeated Dan Donovan (R) | Army National Guard Captain | 1986 |
| New York 14 | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) | No Defeated Joe Crowley (D) in a primary | Activist | 1989 |
| New York 19 | Antonio Delgado (D) | Yes Defeated John Faso (R) | Attorney | 1977 |
| New York 22 | Anthony Brindisi (D) | Yes Defeated Claudia Tenney (R) | New York State Assembly | 1978 |
| North Dakota at-large | Kelly Armstrong (R) | No Open seat; replaced Kevin Cramer (R) | Chair of the North Dakota Republican Party North Dakota Senate | 1976 |
| Ohio 16 | Anthony Gonzalez (R) | No Open seat; replaced Jim Renacci (R) | Professional football player | 1984 |
| Oklahoma 5 | Kendra Horn (D) | Yes Defeated Steve Russell (R) | Lawyer | 1976 |
| Pennsylvania 4 | Madeleine Dean (D) | New seat | Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 1959 |
| Pennsylvania 6 | Chrissy Houlahan (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Ryan Costello (R) | COO of AND1 U.S. Air Force Reserve Captain | 1967 |
| Pennsylvania 9 | Dan Meuser (R) | No Open seat; replaced Lou Barletta (R) | Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue | 1964 |
| Pennsylvania 13 | John Joyce (R) | No Open seat; replaced Bill Shuster (R) | Dermatologist | 1957 |
| Pennsylvania 14 | Guy Reschenthaler (R) | New seat | Pennsylvania State Senate U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps | 1983 |
| South Carolina 1 | Joe Cunningham (D) | Yes Replaced Mark Sanford (R), who was defeated in a primary | Marine engineer Construction attorney | 1982 |
| South Carolina 4 | William Timmons (R) | No Open seat; replaced Trey Gowdy (R) | South Carolina Senate Air National Guard Captain | 1984 |
| South Dakota at-large | Dusty Johnson (R) | No Open seat; replaced Kristi Noem (R) | Chief of staff to Governor Dennis Daugaard South Dakota Public Utilities Commission | 1976 |
| Tennessee 2 | Tim Burchett (R) | No Open seat; replaced Jimmy Duncan (R) | Mayor of Knox County Tennessee Senate Tennessee House of Representatives | 1964 |
| Tennessee 6 | John Rose (R) | No Open seat; replaced Diane Black (R) | Tennessee Commissioner of Agriculture | 1965 |
| Tennessee 7 | Mark E. Green (R) | No Open seat; replaced Marsha Blackburn (R) | Tennessee Senate U.S. Army Major | 1964 |
| Texas 2 | Dan Crenshaw (R) | No Open seat; replaced Ted Poe (R) | U.S. Navy SEAL | 1984 |
| Texas 3 | Van Taylor (R) | No Open seat; replaced Sam Johnson (R) | Texas Senate Texas House of Representatives U.S. Marine Corps Major | 1972 |
| Texas 5 | Lance Gooden (R) | No Open seat; replaced Jeb Hensarling (R) | Texas House of Representatives | 1982 |
| Texas 6 | Ron Wright (R) | No Open seat; replaced Joe Barton (R) | Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector Chief of staff to Representative Joe Barton Arlington City Council | 1953 |
| Texas 7 | Lizzie Fletcher (D) | Yes Defeated John Culberson (R) | Attorney | 1975 |
| Texas 16 | Veronica Escobar (D) | No Open seat; replaced Beto O'Rourke (D) | El Paso County Judge El Paso County Commission | 1969 |
| Texas 21 | Chip Roy (R) | No Open seat; replaced Lamar Smith (R) | Chief of staff to Senator Ted Cruz | 1972 |
| Texas 29 | Sylvia Garcia (D) | No Open seat; replaced Gene Green (D) | Texas Senate Harris County Commission Houston City Controller | 1950 |
| Texas 32 | Colin Allred (D) | Yes Defeated Pete Sessions (R) | Professional football player Lawyer | 1983 |
| Utah 4 | Ben McAdams (D) | Yes Defeated Mia Love (R) | Mayor of Salt Lake County Utah State Senate | 1974 |
| Virginia 2 | Elaine Luria (D) | Yes Defeated Scott Taylor (R) | U.S. Navy Commander | 1975 |
| Virginia 5 | Denver Riggleman (R) | No Open seat; replaced Tom Garrett (R) | National Security Agency contractor U.S. Air Force ISR Agency | 1970 |
| Virginia 6 | Ben Cline (R) | No Open seat; replaced Bob Goodlatte (R) | Virginia House of Delegates | 1972 |
| Virginia 7 | Abigail Spanberger (D) | Yes Defeated Dave Brat (R) | Central Intelligence Agency | 1979 |
| Virginia 10 | Jennifer Wexton (D) | Yes Defeated Barbara Comstock (R) | Senate of Virginia | 1968 |
| Washington 8 | Kim Schrier (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Dave Reichert (R) | Pediatrician | 1968 |
| West Virginia 3 | Carol Miller (R) | No Open seat; replaced Evan Jenkins (R) | West Virginia House of Delegates | 1950 |
| Wisconsin 1 | Bryan Steil (R) | No Open seat; replaced Paul Ryan (R) | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents | 1981 |

#### Non-voting members

| District | Image | Delegate | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year | Ref |
| Guam at-large | | Michael San Nicolas (D) | No Defeated Madeleine Bordallo (D) in a primary | Legislature of Guam | 1981 | |

### Took office during the 116th Congress

| District | Representative | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Pennsylvania 12 | Fred Keller (R) | May 21, 2019 | No Succeeded Tom Marino (R) | Pennsylvania House of Representatives | 1965 |
| North Carolina 3 | Greg Murphy (R) | September 17, 2019 | No Succeeded Walter B. Jones Jr. (R) | North Carolina House of Representatives Urologist | 1963 |
| North Carolina 9 | Dan Bishop (R) | September 17, 2019 | No Succeeded Robert Pittenger (R) | North Carolina Senate North Carolina House of Representatives Mecklenburg County Commission | 1964 |
| Maryland 7 | Kweisi Mfume (D) | May 5, 2020 | No Succeeded Elijah Cummings (D) | President of the NAACP U.S. House of Representatives Baltimore City Council | 1948 |
| California 25 | Mike Garcia (R) | May 19, 2020 | Yes Succeeded Katie Hill (D) | Business development manager U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander | 1976 |
| Wisconsin 7 | Tom Tiffany (R) | May 19, 2020 | No Succeeded Sean Duffy (R) | Wisconsin Senate Wisconsin State Assembly | 1957 |
| New York 27 | Chris Jacobs (R) | July 21, 2020 | No Succeeded Chris Collins (R) | New York State Senate Erie County Clerk Secretary of State of New York | 1966 |
| Georgia 5 | Kwanza Hall (D) | December 3, 2020 | No Succeeded John Lewis (D) | Atlanta City Council | 1971 |