The Choosen: Jewish members of the 111th Congress

The 111th U.S. Congress is slated to have 13 Jewish senators and, with three first-time victories, 32 members of the House of Representatives.

By JTA

article created on: 2008-11-01T00:00:00

NEW YORK (JTA)— The following is a list of the 45 Jewish members —13
senators and 32 representatives — who will serve in the 111th U.S.
Congress that convenes in January:

 

Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.)

Norm Coleman (R-Minn.)**

Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.)

Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.)

Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)**

Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.)

Carl Levin (D-Mich.)**

Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.)

Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)

Arlen Specter (R-Pa.)

Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.)

John Adler (D-N.J.)*

Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)

Howard Berman (D-Calif.)

Eric Cantor (R-Va.)

Stephen Cohen (D-Tenn.)

Susan Davis (D-Calif.)

Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.)

Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.)

Bob Filner (D-Calif.)

Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.)

Alan Grayson (D-Fla.)

Jane Harman (D-Calif.)

Paul Hodes (D-N.H.)

Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)

Steve Kagen (D-Wisc.)

Ron Klein (D-Fla.)

Sander Levin (D-Mich.)

Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.)

Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

Jared Polis (D-Colo.)*

Steve Rothman (D-N.J.)

Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)

Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.)

Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)

Brad Sherman (D-Calif.)

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.)

Henry Waxman (D-Calif.)

Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)

Robert Wexler (D-Fla.)

John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

* Elected to Congress for the first time

** Senators who were re-elected (Coleman defeated Democratic challenger Al
Franken in Minnesota by fewer than 700 votes, triggering a state-mandated
recount. Franken also is Jewish, leaving 13 Jewish senators regardless of who
emerges as the winner.)