The following is a list of Jewish lawmakers who will serve in the 109th Congress. The number of Jews in the Senate will remain at 11; the number in the House of Representatives will hold steady at 26, with two new faces.
New members of Congress are in bold; senators who weren’t up for re-election are italicized.
U.S. Senate
Barbara Boxer
Norm Coleman
Russell Feingold
Dianne Feinstein
Herb Kohl
Frank Lautenberg
Joseph Lieberman
Carl Levin
Charles Schumer
Arlen Specter
Ron Wyden
Democrat
Republican
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Republican
Democrat
Calif.
Minn.
Wis.
Calif.
Wis.
N.J.
Conn.
Mich.
N.Y.
Pa.
Ore.
U.S. House of Representatives
Gary Ackerman
Shelley Berkley
Howard Berman
Eric Cantor
Benjamin Cardin
Susan Davis
Rahm Emanuel
Eliot Engel
Bob Filner
Barney Frank
Jane Harman
Steve Israel
Tom Lantos
Sander Levin
Nita Lowey
Jerrold Nadler
Steven Rothman
Bernard Sanders
Jan Schakowsky
Adam Schiff
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Allyson Schwartz
Brad Sherman
Henry Waxman
Anthony Weiner
Robert Wexler
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Republican
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Independent
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
N.Y.
Nev.
Calif.
Va.
Md.
Calif.
Ill.
N.Y.
Calif.
Mass.
Calif.
N.Y.
Calif.Mich.
N.Y.
N.Y.
N.J.
Vt.
Ill.
Calif.
Fla.
Pa.
Calif.
Calif.
N.Y.
Fla.
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