# Congressional Arts Caucus

The Congressional Arts Caucus is a registered Congressional Member Organization for the US House of Representatives in the 115th Congress.

## History

The Congressional Arts Caucus was created in the 1980s as a way for the various members of Congress interested in the arts to be able to influence art legislation and to promote the National Endowment for the Arts.

## Members

As of the 117th Congress, the Congressional Arts Caucus has 120 members (106 Democrats, 14 Republicans). The members are listed by state:
* Terri Sewell (AL-07)
* Ruben Gallego (AZ-7)
* Raul Grijalva (AZ-3)
* French Hill (AR-2)
* Julia Brownley (CA-26)
* Tony Cardenas (CA-29)
* Lou Correa (CA-46)
* Anna Eshoo (CA-18)
* Jared Huffman (CA-2)
* Barbara Lee (CA-13)
* Ted Lieu (CA-33)
* Zoe Lofgren (CA-19)
* Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) retiring at end of current Congress.
* Doris Matsui (CA-6)
* Tom McClintock (CA-4)
* Grace Napolitano (CA-32)
* Jimmy Panetta (CA-20)
* Scott Peters (CA-52)
* Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) retiring at end of current Congress.
* Linda Sanchez (CA-38)
* Adam Schiff (CA-28)
* Brad Sherman (CA-30)
* Jackie Speier (CA-14) retiring at end of current Congress.
* Mark Takano (CA-41)
* Mike Thompson (CA-5)
* Diana DeGette (CO-1)
* Joe Courtney (CT-2)
* Rosa DeLauro (CT-3)
* Jim Himes (CT-4)
* John Larson (CT-1)
* Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-at large)
* Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-at large)
* Vern Buchanan (FL-16)
* Kathy Castor (FL-14)
* Ted Deutch (FL-21) retiring at end of current Congress.
* Lois Frankel (FL-22)
* Bill Posey (FL-8)
* Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23)
* Frederica Wilson (FL-24)
* Hank Johnson (GA-4)
* Michael Simpson (ID-2)
* Danny Davis (IL-7)
* Bill Foster (IL-11)
* Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-8)
* Mike Quigley (IL-5)
* Jan Schakowsky (IL-9)
* André Carson (IN-7)
* Brett Guthrie (KY-2)
* John Yarmuth (KY-3) retiring at end of current Congress.
* Jared Golden (ME-2)
* Chellie Pingree (ME-1)
* John Sarbanes (MD-3)
* Bill Keating (MA-9)
* Stephen Lynch (MA-8)
* James McGovern (MA-2)
* Seth Moulton (MA-06)
* Richard Neal (MA-1)
* Ayanna Pressley (MA-7)
* Debbie Dingell (MI-12)
* Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) retiring at end of current Congress.
* Haley Stevens (MI-11)
* Fred Upton (MI-6) retiring at end of current Congress.
* Betty McCollum (MN-4)
* Dean Phillips (MN-3)
* Billy Long (MO-7) retiring at end of current Congress.
* Dina Titus (NV-1)
* Ann Kuster (NH-2)
* Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5)
* Donald Norcross (NJ-1)
* Frank Pallone (NJ-6)
* Bill Pascrell (NJ-9)
* Donald Payne Jr. (NJ-10)
* Albio Sires (NJ-8) retiring at end of current Congress.
* Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12)
* Yvette Clarke (NY-9)
* Brian Higgins (NY-26)
* Carolyn Maloney (NY-12) lost renomination in 2022 due to redistricting.
* Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) lost re-election in 2022
* Jerry Nadler (NY-10)
* Elise Stefanik (NY-21)
* Paul Tonko (NY-20)
* Nydia Velázquez (NY-7)
* Alma Adams (NC-12)
* G. K. Butterfield (NC-1) retiring at end of current Congress.
* David Price (NC-4) retiring at end of current Congress.
* Gregorio Sablan (NMI- at large)
* Bill Johnson (OH-6)
* Marcy Kaptur (OH-9)
* Tim Ryan (OH-13) retiring at end of current Congress.
* Earl Blumenauer (OR-3)
* Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1)
* Peter DeFazio (OR-4) retiring at end of current Congress.
* Kurt Schrader (OR-5) lost renomination in Democratic primary.
* Brendan Boyle (PA-2)
* Mike Doyle (PA-14) retiring at end of current Congress.
* Glenn Thompson (PA-15)
* David Cicilline (RI-1)
* James Langevin (RI-2) retiring at end of current Congress.
* James Clyburn (SC-6)
* Joe Wilson (SC-2)
* Steve Cohen (TN-9)
* Jim Cooper (TN-5) retiring at end of current Congress.
* Lloyd Doggett (TX-35)
* Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15)
* Kay Granger (TX-12)
* Al Green (TX-9)
* Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18)
* Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) retiring at end of current Congress.
* Marc Veasey (TX-33)
* Peter Welch (VT-at large) retiring at end of current Congress.
* Don Beyer (VA-8)
* Gerry Connolly (VA-11)
* Robert Scott (VA-3)
* Suzan DelBene (WA-1)
* Derek Kilmer (WA-6)
* Rick Larsen (WA-2)
* Adam Smith (WA-9)
* David McKinley (WV-1) lost renomination in Republican primary.
* Ron Kind (WI-3) retiring at end of current Congress.
* Mark Pocan (WI-2)

### Former members

* Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-1) – retired in 2016 to seek a U.S. Senate seat, returned to the House in 2018 but did not rejoin caucus.
* Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-9) – retired in 2018 to successfully seek a U.S. Senate seat.
* Lois Capps (CA-24) – retired from the House in 2016.
* Susan Davis (CA-53) - retired from the House in 2020.
* Sam Farr (CA-20) – retired from the House in 2016.
* Mike Honda (CA-17) – lost re-election in 2016.
* Duncan D. Hunter (CA-50) – resigned from the House in 2020.
* Loretta Sanchez (CA-46) – retired in 2016 to seek a U.S. Senate seat.
* Mike Coffman (CO-6) – lost re-election in 2018.
* Jared Polis (CO-2) – retired in 2018 to successfully run for Governor of Colorado.
* Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) – retired from the House in 2018.
* Corrine Brown (FL-5) – lost renomination in the 2016 Democratic primary.
* Alcee Hastings (FL-20) - died in office in 2021.
* Patrick Murphy (FL-18) – retired in 2016 to seek a U.S. Senate seat.
* Alan Grayson (FL-9) – retired in 2016 to seek a U.S. Senate seat.
* Tom Rooney (FL-17) – retired from the House in 2018.
* Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27) – retired from the House in 2018.
* John Lewis (GA-5) – died in office in 2020.
* Robert Dold (IL-10) – lost re-election in 2016.
* Luis Gutierrez (IL-4) – retired from the House in 2018.
* Dan Lipinski (IL-3) - retired from the House in 2020.
* Pete Visclosky (IN-1) - retired from the House in 2020.
* David Loebsack (IA-2) - retired from the House in 2020.
* Lynn Jenkins (KS-2) – retired from the House in 2018.
* John Fleming (LA-4) – retired in 2016 to seek a U.S. senate seat.
* Elijah Cummings (MD-7) – died in office in 2019.
* John Delaney (MD-6) – retired in 2018 to run for President of the United States.
* Donna Edwards (MD-4) – retired in 2016 to seek a U.S. Senate seat.
* Chris Van Hollen (MD-8) – retired in 2016 to successfully seek a U.S. Senate seat.
* Michael Capuano (MA-7) – lost renomination in the 2018 Democratic primary.
* Niki Tsongas (MA-3) – retired from the House in 2018.
* John Conyers (MI-13) – resigned from the House in 2017.
* Sander Levin (MI-9) – retired from the House in 2018.
* Keith Ellison (MN-5) – retired in 2018 to successfully run for Attorney General of Minnesota.
* Rick Nolan (MN-8) – retired from the House in 2018.
* Erik Paulsen (MN-3) – lost re-election in 2018.
* Collin Peterson (MN-7) - lost re-election in 2020.
* Tim Walz (MN-1) – retired in 2018 to successfully run for Governor of Minnesota.
* Gregg Harper (MS-3) – retired from the House in 2018.
* William Lacy Clay (MO-1) - lost renomination in the 2020 Democratic primary.
* Brad Ashford (NE-2) – lost re-election in 2016.
* Carol Shea-Porter (NH-1) – retired from the House in 2018.
* Leonard Lance (NJ-7) – lost re-election in 2018.
* Frank LoBiondo (NJ-2) – retired from the House in 2018.
* Ben Ray Lujan (NM-3) - retired in 2020 to successfully seek a U.S. Senate seat.
* Antonio Delgado (NY-19) - resigned in 2022 to become Lieutenant Governor of New York.
* Eliot Engel (NY-16) - lost renomination in the 2020 Democratic primary.
* Steve Israel (NY-3) – retired from the House in 2016.
* Nita Lowey (NY-17) - retired from the House in 2020.
* Charles Rangel (NY-13) – retired from the House in 2016.
* José E. Serrano (NY-15) - retired from the House in 2020.
* Louise Slaughter (NY-25) – died in office in 2018.
* Marcia Fudge (OH-11) - resigned in 2021 to become U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
* Steve Stivers (OH-15) - resigned in 2021 to become President and CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.
* Betty Sutton (OH-13) – lost re-election in 2012.
* Kendra Horn (OK-5) - lost re-election in 2020.
* Bob Brady (PA-1) – retired from the House in 2018.
* Charlie Dent (PA-15) – resigned from the House in 2018.
* Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-8) – Left caucus, still serving in the House.
* Tim Murphy (PA-18) – resigned from the House in 2017.
* Pedro Pierluisi (PR-at large) – retired from the House in 2016.
* Kristi Noem (SD-at large) – retired in 2018 to successfully run for Governor of South Dakota.
* Phil Roe (TN-1) - retired from the House in 2020.
* Gene Green (TX-29) – retired from the House in 2018.
* Pete Olson (TX-22) - retired from the House in 2020.
* Beto O'Rourke (TX-16) – retired in 2018 to seek a U.S. Senate seat.
* Lamar Smith (TX-21) – retired from the House in 2018.
* Jason Chaffetz (UT-3) – retired from the House in 2018.
* Barbara Comstock (VA-10) – lost re-election in 2018.
* Denny Heck (WA-10) - retired in 2020 to successfully run for Lieutenant Governor of Washington.
* Jim McDermott (WA-7) – retired from the House in 2016.
* Dave Reichert (WA-8) – retired from the House in 2018.
* Evan Jenkins (WV-3) – resigned from the House in 2018.
* Reid Ribble (WI-8) – retired from the House in 2016.
* Cynthia Lummis (WY-at large) – retired from the House in 2016.
Last updated: May 31, 2022