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The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023. There were seven new senators (two Democrats, five Republicans) and 74 new representatives (34 Democrats, 40 Republicans), as well as one new delegate (a Republican), at the start of its first session. Additionally, five senators (four Democrats, one Republican) and nine representatives (five Democrats, four Republicans) have taken office in order to fill vacancies during the 118th Congress before it ended on January 3, 2025.

Due to redistricting after the 2020 census, 18 representatives were elected from newly established congressional districts.

The president of the House Democratic freshman class is Robert Garcia of California, while the president of the House Republican freshman class is Russell Fry of South Carolina. Additionally, the Democratic Freshmen Leadership Representative is Jasmine Crockett of Texas, and the Republican's freshmen liaison is Erin Houchin of Indiana.

Senate

Took office January 3, 2023

State	Image	Senator	Seniority	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Alabama		Katie Britt (R)	7th (100th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Richard Shelby (R)	CEO of the Business Council of Alabama Chief of staff to Senator Richard Shelby	1982
Missouri		Eric Schmitt (R)	6th (99th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Roy Blunt (R)	Missouri Attorney General State Treasurer of Missouri Missouri Senate	1975
North Carolina		Ted Budd (R)	3rd (96th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Richard Burr (R)	U.S. House of Representatives	1971
Ohio		JD Vance (R)	5th (98th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Rob Portman (R)	Venture capitalist U.S. Marine Corps Corporal	1984
Oklahoma		Markwayne Mullin (R)	2nd (95th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Jim Inhofe (R)	U.S. House of Representatives	1977
Pennsylvania		John Fetterman (D)	4th (97th overall)	Yes Open seat; replaced Pat Toomey (R)	Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania Mayor of Braddock	1969
Vermont		Peter Welch (D)	1st (94th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Patrick Leahy (D)	U.S. House of Representatives President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate	1947

Took office during the 118th Congress

State	Image	Senator	Took office	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Nebraska		Pete Ricketts (R)	January 23, 2023	No Appointed; replaced Ben Sasse (R)	Governor of Nebraska COO of TD Ameritrade Co-owner of the Chicago Cubs	1964
California		Laphonza Butler (D)	October 3, 2023	No Appointed; replaced Dianne Feinstein (D)	President of EMILY's List UC Board of Regents President of SEIU Local 2015	1979
New Jersey		George Helmy (D)	September 9, 2024	No Appointed; replaced Bob Menendez (D)	Chief of staff to Governor Phil Murphy Port Authority of New York and New Jersey	1979
New Jersey		Andy Kim (D)	December 9, 2024	No Open seat; replaced George Helmy (D)	U.S. House of Representatives U.S. National Security Council	1982
California		Adam Schiff (D)	December 9, 2024	No Open seat; replaced Laphonza Butler (D)	U.S. House of Representatives California Senate	1960

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 2023

District	Image	Representative	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Alabama 5		Dale Strong (R)	No Open seat; replaced Mo Brooks (R)	Chair of the Madison County Commission	1970
Arizona 2		Eli Crane (R)	Yes Defeated Tom O'Halleran (D)	U.S. Navy SEAL	1980
Arizona 6		Juan Ciscomani (R)	Yes Open seat; replaced Ann Kirkpatrick (D)	Vice Chair of the Arizona-Mexico Commission Senior advisor to Governor Doug Ducey	1982
California 3		Kevin Kiley (R)	New seat	California State Assembly	1985
California 13		John Duarte (R)	New seat	Nurseryman	1966
California 15		Kevin Mullin (D)	No Open seat; replaced Jackie Speier (D)	Speaker pro tempore of the California State Assembly	1970
California 37		Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D)	No Open seat; replaced Karen Bass (D)	California State Senate California State Assembly	1972
California 42		Robert Garcia (D)	No Open seat; replaced Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)	Mayor of Long Beach Long Beach City Council	1977
Colorado 7		Brittany Pettersen (D)	No Open seat; replaced Ed Perlmutter (D)	Colorado Senate Colorado House of Representatives	1981
Colorado 8		Yadira Caraveo (D)	New seat	Colorado House of Representatives	1980
Florida 4		Aaron Bean (R)	New seat	President pro tempore of the Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives	1967
Florida 7		Cory Mills (R)	Yes Open seat; replaced Stephanie Murphy (D)	Defense Business Board U.S. Army	1980
Florida 10		Maxwell Frost (D)	No Open seat; replaced Val Demings (D)	Activist	1997
Florida 13		Anna Paulina Luna (R)	Yes Open seat; replaced Charlie Crist (D)	Political commentator U.S. Air Force	1989
Florida 15		Laurel Lee (R)	New seat	Secretary of State of Florida	1974
Florida 23		Jared Moskowitz (D)	No Open seat; replaced Ted Deutch (D)	Broward County Commission Florida Director of Emergency Management Florida House of Representatives	1980
Georgia 6		Rich McCormick (R)	New seat	Emergency physician U.S. Navy Commander	1968
Georgia 10		Mike Collins (R)	No Open seat; replaced Jody Hice (R)	Businessman	1967
Hawaii 2		Jill Tokuda (D)	No Open seat; replaced Kai Kahele (D)	Hawaii Senate	1976
Illinois 1		Jonathan Jackson (D)	No Open seat; replaced Bobby Rush (D)	Businessman Activist	1966
Illinois 3		Delia Ramirez (D)	New seat	Illinois House of Representatives	1983
Illinois 13		Nikki Budzinski (D)	New seat	Chief of staff to OMB Director Shalanda Young	1977
Illinois 17		Eric Sorensen (D)	No Open seat; replaced Cheri Bustos (D)	Meteorologist	1976
Indiana 9		Erin Houchin (R)	No Open seat; replaced Trey Hollingsworth (R)	Indiana Senate	1976
Iowa 3		Zach Nunn (R)	Yes Defeated Cindy Axne (D)	Iowa Senate Iowa House of Representatives U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel	1979
Kentucky 3		Morgan McGarvey (D)	No Open seat; replaced John Yarmuth (D)	Minority Leader of the Kentucky Senate	1979
Maryland 4		Glenn Ivey (D)	No Open seat; replaced Anthony Brown (D)	Prince George's County State's Attorney Chair of the Maryland Public Service Commission	1961
Michigan 3		Hillary Scholten (D)	Yes Replaced Peter Meijer (R) who lost renomination	Attorney	1982
Michigan 10		John James (R)	New seat	Businessman U.S. Army Captain	1981
Michigan 13		Shri Thanedar (D)	New seat	Michigan House of Representatives	1955
Mississippi 4		Mike Ezell (R)	No Defeated Steven Palazzo (R) in a primary	Jackson County Sheriff	1959
Missouri 4		Mark Alford (R)	No Open seat; replaced Vicky Hartzler (R)	Television news journalist	1963
Missouri 7		Eric Burlison (R)	No Open seat; replaced Billy Long (R)	Missouri Senate Missouri House of Representatives	1976
Montana 1		Ryan Zinke (R)	New seat	U.S. Secretary of the Interior U.S. House of Representatives Montana Senate U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six	1961
New Jersey 7		Thomas Kean Jr. (R)	Yes Defeated Tom Malinowski (D)	Minority Leader of the New Jersey Senate New Jersey General Assembly	1968
New Jersey 8		Rob Menendez (D)	No Open seat; replaced Albio Sires (D)	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey	1985
New Mexico 2		Gabe Vasquez (D)	Yes Defeated Yvette Herrell (R)	Las Cruces City Council	1984
New York 1		Nick LaLota (R)	No Open seat; replaced Lee Zeldin (R)	Businessman	1978
New York 3		George Santos (R)	Yes Open seat; replaced Thomas Suozzi (D)	Disputed	1988
New York 4		Anthony D'Esposito (R)	Yes Open seat; replaced Kathleen Rice (D)	Hempstead Town Council	1982
New York 10		Dan Goldman (D)	No Defeated Mondaire Jones (D) in a primary	Attorney	1976
New York 17		Mike Lawler (R)	Yes Defeated Sean Patrick Maloney (D)	New York State Assembly	1986
New York 19		Marc Molinaro (R)	New seat	Dutchess County Executive New York State Assembly Dutchess County Legislature Mayor of Tivoli	1975
New York 22		Brandon Williams (R)	No Open seat; replaced John Katko (R)	Businessman U.S. Navy Lieutenant	1967
New York 23		Nick Langworthy (R)	No Open seat; replaced Joe Sempolinski (R)	Chair of the New York Republican State Committee Chair of the Erie County Republican Party	1981
North Carolina 1		Don Davis (D)	No Open seat; replaced G. K. Butterfield (D)	North Carolina Senate Mayor of Snow Hill U.S. Air Force	1971
North Carolina 4		Valerie Foushee (D)	No Open seat; replaced David Price (D)	North Carolina Senate North Carolina House of Representatives	1956
North Carolina 11		Chuck Edwards (R)	No Defeated Madison Cawthorn (R) in a primary	North Carolina Senate	1960
North Carolina 13		Wiley Nickel (D)	New seat	North Carolina Senate	1975
North Carolina 14		Jeff Jackson (D)	New seat	North Carolina Senate U.S. Army Major	1982
Ohio 1		Greg Landsman (D)	Yes Defeated Steve Chabot (R)	Cincinnati City Council	1976
Ohio 7		Max Miller (R)	No Open seat; replaced Bob Gibbs (R)	Aide to President Donald Trump U.S. Marine Corps Corporal	1988
Ohio 13		Emilia Sykes (D)	No Open seat; replaced Tim Ryan (D)	Minority Leader of the Ohio House of Representatives	1986
Oklahoma 2		Josh Brecheen (R)	No Open seat; replaced Markwayne Mullin (R)	Oklahoma Senate	1979
Oregon 4		Val Hoyle (D)	No Open seat; replaced Peter DeFazio (D)	Oregon Commissioner of Labor Majority Leader of the Oregon House of Representatives	1964
Oregon 5		Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R)	Yes Replaced Kurt Schrader (D) who lost renomination	Mayor of Happy Valley	1968
Oregon 6		Andrea Salinas (D)	New seat	Oregon House of Representatives	1969
Pennsylvania 12		Summer Lee (D)	No Open seat; replaced Mike Doyle (D)	Pennsylvania House of Representatives	1987
Pennsylvania 17		Chris Deluzio (D)	No Open seat; replaced Conor Lamb (D)	Attorney U.S. Navy Lieutenant	1984
Rhode Island 2		Seth Magaziner (D)	No Open seat; replaced James Langevin (D)	General Treasurer of Rhode Island	1983
South Carolina 7		Russell Fry (R)	No Defeated Tom Rice (R) in a primary	South Carolina House of Representatives	1985
Tennessee 5		Andy Ogles (R)	Yes Open seat; replaced Jim Cooper (D)	Mayor of Maury County	1971
Texas 1		Nathaniel Moran (R)	No Open seat; replaced Louie Gohmert (R)	Smith County Judge Tyler City Council	1974
Texas 3		Keith Self (R)	No Open seat; replaced Van Taylor (R)	Collin County Judge U.S. Army Special Forces	1953
Texas 8		Morgan Luttrell (R)	No Open seat; replaced Kevin Brady (R)	Businessman U.S. Navy SEAL	1975
Texas 15		Monica De La Cruz (R)	New seat	Insurance agent	1974
Texas 30		Jasmine Crockett (D)	No Open seat; replaced Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)	Texas House of Representatives Bowie County Public Defender	1981
Texas 35		Greg Casar (D)	New seat	Austin City Council	1989
Texas 38		Wesley Hunt (R)	New seat	U.S. Army	1981
Vermont at-large		Becca Balint (D)	No Open seat; replaced Peter Welch (D)	President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate	1968
Virginia 2		Jen Kiggans (R)	Yes Defeated Elaine Luria (D)	Virginia Senate U.S. Navy	1971
Washington 3		Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D)	Yes Replaced Jaime Herrera Beutler (R) who lost renomination	Business owner	1988
Wisconsin 3		Derrick Van Orden (R)	Yes Open seat; replaced Ron Kind (D)	U.S. Navy SEAL	1969
Wyoming at-large		Harriet Hageman (R)	No Defeated Liz Cheney (R) in a primary	Attorney	1962

Non-voting delegates

District	Image	Delegate	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Guam at-large		James Moylan (R)	Yes Open seat; replaced Michael San Nicolas (D)	Legislature of Guam U.S. Army	1962

Took office during the 118th Congress

District	Image	Representative	Took office	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Virginia 4		Jennifer McClellan (D)	March 7, 2023	No Succeeded Donald McEachin (D)	Virginia Senate Virginia House of Delegates	1972
Rhode Island 1		Gabe Amo (D)	November 13, 2023	No Succeeded David Cicilline (D)	White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Office of Public Liaison	1987
Utah 2		Celeste Maloy (R)	November 28, 2023	No Succeeded Chris Stewart (R)	Legal counsel for Representative Chris Stewart Deputy Washington County Attorney Natural Resources Conservation Service	1981
New York 3		Tom Suozzi (D)	February 28, 2024	Yes Succeeded George Santos (R)	U.S. House of Representatives Nassau County Executive	1962
New York 26		Tim Kennedy (D)	May 6, 2024	No Succeeded Brian Higgins (D)	New York State Senate Erie County Legislature	1976
California 20		Vince Fong (R)	June 3, 2024	No Succeeded Kevin McCarthy (R)	California State Assembly Staffer for Representative Kevin McCarthy	1979
Ohio 6		Michael Rulli (R)	June 25, 2024	No Succeeded Bill Johnson (R)	Ohio Senate Leetonia Exempted Village School District	1969
Colorado 4		Greg Lopez (R)	July 8, 2024	No Succeeded Ken Buck (R)	Small Business Administration Mayor of Parker U.S. Air Force	1964
New Jersey 10		LaMonica McIver (D)	September 23, 2024	No Succeeded Donald Payne Jr. (D)	President of the Newark Municipal Council	1986
Texas 18		Erica Lee Carter (D)	November 12, 2024	No Succeeded Sheila Jackson Lee (D)	Harris County Department of Education	1980
Wisconsin 8		Tony Wied (R)	November 12, 2024	No Succeeded Mike Gallagher (R)	Business owner	1976

See also

• List of United States senators in the 118th Congress
• List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 118th Congress by seniority

Notes

1. Elected to the 115th Congress, serving from 2017 to 2023 in North Carolina's 13th district.
2. Elected to the 113th Congress, serving from 2013 to 2023 in Oklahoma's 2nd district.
3. Elected to the 110th Congress, serving from 2007 to 2023 in Vermont's at-large district.
4. In New Jersey, Helmy did not run to finish the final two months of the current term.
5. Elected to the 116th Congress, serving from 2019 to 2024 in New Jersey's 3rd congressional district.
6. In California, there were two ballot boxes, a special election to fill the seat for the final two months of this congress, and a general election for a full term starting with the 119th Congress. Butler did not run to finish the final two months of the current term.
7. Elected to the 107th Congress, serving from 2001 to 2024 (California's 27th congressional district from 2001 to 2003, 29th district from 2003 to 2013, 28th district from 2013 to 2023, and 30th district from 2023 to 2024.)
8. Previously elected to the 114th Congress, serving from 2015 to 2017 in Montana's at-large district.
9. Previously elected to the 115th Congress, serving from 2017 to 2023.

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