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Barack Obama
Bill and Hillary Clinton
Al Gore
In the 113th Congress, the following 50 members of the House of Representatives currently belong to the New Democrat Coalition:[12]
Alabama[edit]
Terri Sewell (AL-07)
Arizona[edit]
Ron Barber (AZ-02)
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)
California[edit]
Ami Bera (CA-07)
Lois Capps (CA-24)
Tony Cardenas (CA-29)
Susan Davis (CA-53)
Scott H. Peters (CA-52)
Loretta Sanchez (CA-46)
Adam Schiff (CA-28)
Juan Vargas (CA-51)
Colorado[edit]
Jared Polis (CO-2)
Ed Perlmutter (CO-7)
Connecticut[edit]
Joe Courtney (CT-2)
Elizabeth Esty (CT-05)
Jim Himes (CT-04)
Delaware[edit]
John Carney (DE-At Large)
Florida[edit]
Joe Garcia (FL-26)
Patrick Murphy (FL-18)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23)
Georgia[edit]
David Scott (GA-13)
Hawaii[edit]
Colleen Hanabusa (HI-01)
Illinois[edit]
Bill Foster (IL-11)
Mike Quigley (IL-05)
Brad Schneider (IL-10)
Indiana[edit]
André Carson (IN-7)
Louisiana[edit]
Cedric Richmond (LA-2)
Maryland[edit]
John Delaney (MD-06)
Michigan[edit]
Gary Peters (MI-14)
New Jersey[edit]
Rush D. Holt (NJ-12)
New York[edit]
Dan Maffei (NY-24)
Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18)
Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4)
Gregory Meeks (NY-5)
Eliot L. Engel (NY-16)
Bill Owens (NY-21)
North Carolina[edit]
Mike McIntyre (NC-07)
Oregon[edit]
Kurt Schrader (OR-5)
Pennsylvania[edit]
Allyson Schwartz (PA-13)
Puerto Rico[edit]
Pedro Pierluisi (PR-At Large)
Tennessee
Jim Cooper (TN-05)
Texas[edit]
Joaquin Castro (TX-20)
Filemon Vela, Jr. (TX-34)
Virginia[edit]
Jim Moran (VA-8), charter member
Gerry Connolly (VA-11)
Washington[edit]
Suzan DelBene (WA-01)
Denny Heck (WA-10)
Derek Kilmer (WA-06)
Rick Larsen (WA-2)
Adam Smith (WA-9), Vice-Chair, charter member
Wisconsin[edit]
Ron Kind (WI-3), Vice-Chair, charter member
Former members[edit]
Former Representatives[edit]
Members who have left Congress:
James A. Barcia (MI-5), charter member, did not seek re-election
Chris Bell (TX-25), lost re-election following redistricting
Ken Bentsen (TX-25), charter member, did not seek re-election
Dennis Cardoza (CA-18), did not seek re-election and subsequently resigned in 2012
Ed Case (HI-2), did not seek re-election
Bob Clement (TN-5), charter member, did not seek re-election
Jim Davis (FL-11), charter member, did not seek re-election
Peter Deutsch (FL-20), charter member, did not seek re-election
Norman D. Dicks (WA-6), charter member, did not seek re-election
Bob Etheridge (NC-2), charter member, lost re-election in 2010
Harold Ford (TN-9), did not seek re-election
Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8), resigned from Congress in January 2012
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY-20), appointed to Hillary Clinton's vacant Senate seat
Jane Harman (CA-36), resigned in 2011
Jay Inslee (WA-1), resigned in March 2012, Elected State Governor
John J. LaFalce (NY-29), charter member, did not seek re-election
Nick Lampson (TX-22), lost re-election in 2008
Bill Luther (MN-6), charter member, lost re-election following redistricting
Tim Mahoney (FL-16), lost re-election in 2008
Denise Majette (GA-4), did not seek re-election
Bob Matsui (CA-5), charter member, deceased
Karen McCarthy (MO-5), charter member, did not seek re-election
Juanita Millender-McDonald (CA-37), deceased
Brad Miller (NC-13), did not seek re-election
Earl Pomeroy (ND), charter member, lost re-election in 2010
Steve Rothman (NJ-9), charter member, lost renomination following redistricting
Max Sandlin (TX-1), charter member, lost re-election following redistricting
Thomas C. Sawyer (OH-14), charter member, lost re-election following redistricting
Heath Shuler (NC-11), did not seek re-election
Charles Stenholm (TX-17), charter member, lost re-election following redistricting
Ellen Tauscher (CA-10), appointed Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
Jim Turner (TX-2), charter member, did not seek re-election
Senate New Democrat Coalition members[edit]
The following Senators belong or belonged to the Senate New Democrat Coalition.[13][14][15]
Current senators[edit]
Dianne Feinstein (CA, by 2001)
Thomas R. Carper (DE, by 2001; co-chair from 2003)
Bill Nelson (FL, by 2001)
Mary Landrieu (LA, founder, co-chair from 2003)
Debbie Stabenow (MI, by 2001)
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
Tim Johnson (SD, from 2000)
Maria Cantwell (WA, by 2001)
Former senators[edit]
Blanche Lincoln (AR, founder, from 1999; defeated in 2010)
Evan Bayh (IN, founder, retired from senate in 2011)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY, from 2001; retired from Senate in 2009 to become Secretary of State)[16]
Bob Graham (FL, founder, chair from 20002003; retired from Senate in 2003)
Max Cleland (GA, from 2000; defeated in 2002)
Zell Miller (GA, from 2001; retired from Senate in 2004)
John Breaux (LA, from 2000; retired from Senate in 2004)
Jean Carnahan (MO, from 2001; defeated in 2002)
John Edwards (NC, from 2000; retired from Senate in 2004)
Bob Kerrey (NE, from 2000; retired from Senate in 2000)
Richard Bryan (NV, from 2000; retired from Senate in 2000)
Chuck Robb (VA, from 2000; defeated in 2000)
Jon Corzine (NJ, from 2004; retired to run for Governor in 2005)
John Kerry (MA, from 2000); resigned to take office as Secretary of State in 2013