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Newly elected members to the 115th Congress
This page lists the freshman members of Congress who were first elected on November 8, 2016. It includes the winners of the three House special elections that coincided with the general election who were sworn in November 2016. It does not include special election winners from earlier in the 114th Congress or winners of special elections that took place after the November 2016 general election.
Senate
Seven senators were newly elected in 2016. Five were Democrats, and the remaining two were Republicans.
| Name | Party | State |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine Cortez Masto |  Democratic
| Nevada |
| Chris Van Hollen | Democratic
| Maryland |
| John Neely Kennedy |  Republican
| Louisiana |
| Kamala D. Harris | Democratic
| California |
| Maggie Hassan | Democratic
| New Hampshire |
| Tammy Duckworth | Democratic
| Illinois |
| Todd C. Young | Republican
| Indiana |
House
Fifty-five new representatives were elected on November 8, 2016, meaning that freshman representatives made up 12.6% of the House in the 115th Congress. The new members were evenly divided; 27 were Democrats and 28 were Republicans. There was also one new resident commissioner elected from Puerto Rico.
| Name | Party | District |
|---|---|---|
| Adriano Espaillat | Democratic
| New York, District 13 |
| Alfred Lawson | Democratic
| Florida, District 5 |
| Andy Biggs | Republican
| Arizona, District 5 |
| Anthony G. Brown | Democratic
| Maryland, District 4 |
| Brad Schneider* | Democratic
| Illinois, District 10 |
| Brian Fitzpatrick | Republican
| Pennsylvania, District 8 |
| Brian Mast | Republican
| Florida, District 18 |
| Carol Shea-Porter* | Democratic
| New Hampshire, District 1 |
| Charlie Crist | Democratic
| Florida, District 13 |
| Claudia Tenney | Republican
| New York, District 22 |
| Clay Higgins | Republican
| Louisiana, District 3 |
| Colleen Hanabusa* | Democratic
| Hawaii, District 1 |
| Darren Soto | Democratic
| Florida, District 9 |
| David Kustoff | Republican
| Tennessee, District 8 |
| Don Bacon | Republican
| Nebraska, District 2 |
| Donald McEachin | Democratic
| Virginia, District 4 |
| Drew Ferguson | Republican
| Georgia, District 3 |
| Dwight Evans | Democratic
| Pennsylvania, District 2 |
| Francis Rooney | Republican
| Florida, District 19 |
| Jack Bergman | Republican
| Michigan, District 1 |
| Jacky Rosen | Democratic
| Nevada, District 3 |
| James Comer Jr. | Republican
| Kentucky, District 1 |
| Jamie Raskin | Democratic
| Maryland, District 8 |
| Jason Lewis | Republican
| Minnesota, District 2 |
| Jennifer Gonzalez Colon |  New Progressive Party
| Puerto Rico, At-Large District |
| Jim Banks | Republican
| Indiana, District 3 |
| Jimmy Panetta | Democratic
| California, District 20 |
| Jodey Arrington | Republican
| Texas, District 19 |
| John Faso | Republican
| New York, District 19 |
| John Rutherford | Republican
| Florida, District 4 |
| Josh Gottheimer | Democratic
| New Jersey, District 5 |
| Lisa Blunt Rochester | Democratic
| Delaware, At-Large District |
| Liz Cheney | Republican
| Wyoming, At-Large District |
| Lloyd Smucker | Republican
| Pennsylvania, District 16 |
| Lou Correa | Democratic
| California, District 46 |
| Matt Gaetz | Republican
| Florida, District 1 |
| Mike Gallagher | Republican
| Wisconsin, District 8 |
| Mike Johnson | Republican
| Louisiana, District 4 |
| Nanette Barragan | Democratic
| California, District 44 |
| Neal Dunn | Republican
| Florida, District 2 |
| Paul Mitchell | Republican
| Michigan, District 10 |
| Pramila Jayapal | Democratic
| Washington, District 7 |
| Raja Krishnamoorthi | Democratic
| Illinois, District 8 |
| Ro Khanna | Democratic
| California, District 17 |
| Roger Marshall | Republican
| Kansas, District 1 |
| Ruben J. Kihuen | Democratic
| Nevada, District 4 |
| Salud Carbajal | Democratic
| California, District 24 |
| Scott Taylor | Republican
| Virginia, District 2 |
| Stephanie Murphy | Democratic
| Florida, District 7 |
| Ted Budd | Republican
| North Carolina, District 13 |
| Thomas Garrett | Republican
| Virginia, District 5 |
| Tom O'Halleran | Democratic
| Arizona, District 1 |
| Tom Suozzi | Democratic
| New York, District 3 |
| Trey Hollingsworth | Republican
| Indiana, District 9 |
| Val Demings | Democratic
| Florida, District 10 |
| Vicente González | Democratic
| Texas, District 15 |
Note: An asterisk (*) denotes members who served a previous, non-consecutive term or terms in the House.
See also
- United States Congress elections, 2016
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2016
- United States Senate elections, 2016
- List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2016
