List of freshman class members of the 109th United States Congress
Senate
Columns: 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 | 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 | 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 | Member U.S. House of Representatives | Presbyterian | 1951