Question: An american polotician in the 2006 United States Senate election in Maryland served as a member of what from 1971 to 1977?
Context: The 2016 United States Senate election in Maryland took place on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Maryland, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Jeffrey "Jeff" P. Weaver (born 1966) was the campaign manager for the 2016 campaign of US Senator Bernie Sanders for President of the United States.  He formerly served as the campaign manager for Sanders' 2006 United States Senate election and as chief of staff in Sanders’ House and Senate offices.  In August 2016, Weaver was named president of Our Revolution, a political organization created by Sanders. The 2006 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006.  Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes, Maryland's longest serving United States Senator, decided to retire instead of seeking a sixth term.  Democratic nominee Ben Cardin won the open seat. The 2006 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held November 7, 2006.  Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ben Nelson won re-election to a second term.  As of 2017, this is the last Senate election in Nebraska won by a Democrat. The 2010 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 2, 2010, alongside 33 other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections to fill Indiana's class III United States Senate seat.  Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Evan Bayh decided in February 2010 to retire instead of seeking a third term shortly after former U.S. Senator Dan Coats announced his candidacy for Bayh's contested seat.  No Democratic candidate submitted enough signatures by the deadline to run, leading Democratic officials to choose U.S. Congressman Brad Ellsworth to be the nominee.  The Libertarian Party nominated YMCA instructor Rebecca Sink-Burris, who had previously run against Evan Bayh in the United States Senate election in Indiana, 1998 but with less success than in this election.  Republican nominee and former U.S. Senator Dan Coats won the open seat. The 2006 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 7, 2006, to decide who would serve as senator for Missouri between January 3, 2007, and January 3, 2013.  The incumbent was Republican Jim Talent.  Talent was elected in a special election in 2002 when he narrowly defeated incumbent Democrat Jean Carnahan.  Carnahan had been appointed to the Senate seat following the posthumous election of her husband Mel Carnahan, who had died in a plane crash shortly before the 2000 election.  Talent's Democratic opponent was Missouri State Auditor Claire McCaskill.  Early on the morning of November 8, Talent conceded defeat to McCaskill, having faced considerable political headwinds.  Talent lost the election with 47% of the vote, to 50% of the vote for McCaskill. The 2006 United States Senate election in New York was held November 7, 2006.  Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton won, by a more than two-to-one margin, a second term representing New York in the United States Senate.  Clinton was challenged by Republican John Spencer, a former Mayor of Yonkers, New York.  Spencer won his party nomination by defeating former national security staffer K. T. McFarland in a primary. The 2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 7, 2006.  The election winner, Bob Corker, served his term between January 3, 2007 and January 3, 2013.  Corker replaced Republican Bill Frist in the Senate, who retired upon the end of his second term in 2007.  Corker was the Republican nominee, and the Democratic nominee was Harold Ford, Jr..  The race between Ford and Corker was one of the most competitive Senate races of 2006, with Corker winning the race by less than three percent of the vote.  Corker was the only non-incumbent Republican to win a U.S. Senate seat in 2006.  Since 1994, the Republican Party has held both of Tennessee's Senate seats. Paul Spyros Sarbanes (born February 3, 1933) is an American politician and attorney.  A member of the Democratic Party from Maryland he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and as a United States Senator from 1977 to 2007.  Sarbanes was the longest-serving senator in Maryland history until it was surpassed by Barbara Mikulski by a single day when her term ended on January 3, 2017. The 2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 7, 2006.  Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Menendez was elected to represent New Jersey in the United States Senate for a six-year term which ended in January 2013.  The seat was previously held by Democratic Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine.  After he stepped down from his Senate seat and was sworn in Governor, Corzine appointed Rep. Menendez, who was sworn in on January 18, 2006.  Menendez was challenged by Republican Thomas Kean, Jr. and seven other candidates.  Filing for the primary closed on April 10, 2006.  The primary election was held on June 6, 2006.  Menendez became the first Hispanic to hold a U.S. Senate seat from New Jersey, and was the first Latino elected to statewide office in the state.
Answer: United States House of Representatives