list of freshman class members of the 109th united states congress
senate
Table:
State

Senator

Party

Switched Party

Prior background

Religion

Birth year

Colorado

Ken Salazar

Democratic

Yes
Open Seat; Replaced Ben Nighthorse Campbell

Attorney General of Colorado

Roman Catholic

1955

Florida

Mel Martinez

Republican

Yes
Open Seat; Replaced Bob Graham

United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Roman Catholic

1946

Georgia

Johnny Isakson

Republican

Yes
Open Seat; Replaced Zell Miller

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

United Methodist

1944

Illinois

Barack Obama

Democratic

Yes
Open Seat; Replaced Peter Fitzgerald

Member of Illinois Senate

Christianity/United Church of Christ

1961

Louisiana

David Vitter

Republican

Yes
Open Seat; Replaced John Breaux

Former Member Louisiana House of Representatives, Member U.S. House of Representatives

Roman Catholic

1961

North Carolina

Richard Burr

Republican

Yes
Open Seat; Replaced John Edwards

Member U.S. House of Representatives

Methodist

1955

Oklahoma

Tom Coburn

Republican

No
Open Seat; Replaced Don Nickles

Former Member U.S. House of Representatives

Baptist

1948

South Carolina

Jim DeMint

Republican

Yes
Open Seat; Replaced Ernest Hollings

MemberU.S. House of Representatives

Presbyterian

1951

South Dakota

John Thune

Republican

Yes
Defeated Tom Daschle

Former MemberU.S. House of Representatives

Evangelical Christian

1961

With reference to the table in the article 'list of freshman class members of the 109th united states congress' (section 'senate'), assign the correct type(s) to the highlighted column using this list of possible types: exhibitions.exhibition_sponsor, protected_sites.listed_site, award.award, basketball.basketball_team, film.writer, soccer.football_position, book.written_work, film.film_genre, broadcast.artist, music.musical_scale, tv.tv_personality, religion.religious_leader, royalty.monarch, music.instrument, location.uk_statistical_location, book.periodical_subject, people.family_member, architecture.venue, book.newspaper, basketball.basketball_coach, business.industry, fictional_universe.fictional_character, broadcast.radio_format, government.politician, baseball.baseball_team, baseball.baseball_position, sports.professional_sports_team, sports.sports_championship, geography.mountain, location.jp_prefecture, soccer.football_league, aviation.airline, book.book, location.location, astronomy.celestial_object, tv.tv_series_season, location.us_state, music.writer, film.actor, award.hall_of_fame_inductee, computer.software_license, film.music_contributor, architecture.building, tv.tv_director, boats.ship_type, people.person, music.genre, ice_hockey.hockey_player, location.region, organization.non_profit_organization, basketball.basketball_player, chemistry.chemical_element, food.food, sports.sports_facility, basketball.basketball_conference, education.educational_institution, american_football.football_player, soccer.football_team, sports.sports_league_draft, business.business_operation, chemistry.chemical_compound, language.human_language, book.periodical, book.magazine, music.performance_role, government.election, government.general_election, astronomy.asteroid, royalty.kingdom, internet.website_owner, automotive.company, broadcast.tv_station, sports.sports_position, music.album, biology.organism, music.music_video_director, music.musical_group, organization.membership_organization, education.fraternity_sorority, music.record_label, sports.sports_league, law.legal_case, finance.currency, interests.collection_category, biology.organism_classification, sports.school_sports_team, biology.animal, boats.ship_class, soccer.football_world_cup, business.consumer_product, music.media_format, visual_art.visual_artist, sports.golfer, music.lyricist, government.government_office_or_title, astronomy.orbital_relationship, music.artist, amusement_parks.ride, time.recurring_event, broadcast.tv_channel, location.hud_county_place, american_football.football_team, business.job_title, film.film_festival_focus, music.producer, royalty.noble_title, cvg.cvg_genre, aviation.airport, education.educational_degree, film.film_character, business.customer, location.us_county, military.military_conflict, location.in_district, military.armed_force, film.film_distributor, government.political_party, sports.sports_award_type, soccer.football_award, award.award_discipline, location.in_state, medicine.medical_treatment, computer.operating_system, chess.chess_player, broadcast.radio_station, cvg.cvg_publisher, government.legislative_session, tennis.tennis_tournament_champion, education.school, tv.tv_writer, aviation.aircraft_owner, ice_hockey.hockey_team, government.us_president, sports.boxer, business.defunct_company, music.composition, location.australian_state, sports.sports_championship_event, business.product_category, theater.play, basketball.basketball_position, soccer.fifa, location.australian_local_government_area, tv.tv_character, celebrities.celebrity, sports.sports_team, award.award_category, medicine.drug_ingredient, geography.river, media_common.media_genre, tv.tv_producer, business.consumer_company, broadcast.broadcast, sports.cyclist, internet.website, military.military_post, astronomy.constellation, tv.tv_genre, tv.tv_series_episode, award.competition, amusement_parks.park, astronomy.astronomical_discovery, film.producer, law.court, award.recurring_competition, architecture.architectural_structure_owner, music.group_member, film.director, metropolitan_transit.transit_system, film.production_company, royalty.noble_person, theater.theater_actor, sports.sports_league_season, transportation.road, tennis.tennis_tournament, meteorology.tropical_cyclone_season, award.award_ceremony, soccer.football_player, cricket.cricket_stadium, religion.religion, location.citytown, education.field_of_study, cvg.cvg_developer, government.government_agency, military.military_unit, architecture.structure, sports.sports_award_winner, computer.software, astronomy.star_system_body, spaceflight.astronaut, medicine.muscle, medicine.disease, location.province, cvg.cvg_platform, book.periodical_publisher, location.capital_of_administrative_division, government.election_campaign, baseball.baseball_player, geography.island, business.brand, cricket.cricket_bowler, cricket.cricket_team, tv.tv_actor, book.author, people.ethnicity, soccer.football_team_manager, comic_books.comic_book_character, broadcast.genre, government.governmental_body, american_football.football_coach, music.composer, cvg.computer_videogame, soccer.football_league_season, film.film, medicine.drug, tennis.tennis_player, sports.multi_event_tournament, baseball.baseball_league, location.country, education.university, military.rank, meteorology.tropical_cyclone, government.u_s_congressperson, tv.tv_program, geography.body_of_water, organization.organization, olympics.olympic_games, location.administrative_division, metropolitan_transit.transit_stop, cricket.cricket_player, rail.locomotive_class, automotive.model, boats.ship, award.award_presenting_organization, ice_hockey.hockey_position, law.invention, sports.sport, american_football.football_conference, royalty.chivalric_order_member, computer.computer, aviation.aircraft_model, location.uk_constituent_country, medicine.anatomical_structure, travel.accommodation, olympics.olympic_event_competition, sports.tournament_event_competition, military.military_person, fictional_universe.fictional_organization, tv.tv_program_creator, sports.pro_athlete, metropolitan_transit.transit_line, time.event, education.athletics_brand, tv.tv_network, martial_arts.martial_artist. Output just the chosen type(s) (comma-separate multiple values) inside the list of {"answer": ["ANSWER"]}.

{"answer": ["government.u_s_congressperson", "government.politician", "people.person"]}