DATELINE: CAPITOL HILL Brett Reistad, Chairman, National Legislative Commission NEW MEMBERS, 114TH CONGRESS Following are names of the new members of the 114th Congress. New senators are listed first, followed by representatives. In cases in which a new member is a veteran, that person’s period of service is indicated in boldface. If the new member belongs to The American Legion, that is indicated with [AL]. ALABAMA: 6th Gary Palmer (R), former think tank director, state-level bureaucrat. – ALASKA: Sen. Dan Sullivan (R), former attorney general, former state Natural Resources – commissioner (Persian Gulf) [AL] 2nd Martha McSally (R), college professor (Panama, ARIZONA: Persian Gulf) [AL] – 7th Ruben Gallego (D), state representative, former state party official (Persian Gulf) – ARKANSAS: Sen. Tom Cotton (R), U.S. Representative (2013-present), attorney (Persian Gulf) [AL] – 2nd French Hill (R), banker and former White House aide – 4th Bruce Westerman (R), state House majority leader, former school board president. & – agricultural engineer CALIFORNIA: 11th Mark DeSaulnier (D), senator, former county supervisor, former city mayor & – restaurant owner 25th Knight (R), state senator, former state assemblyman, former police officer – 31st Pete Aguilar (D), city mayor, lobbyist, former gubernatorial aide – 33rd Ted Lieu (D), state senator, former state assemblyman, former city councilman, attorney – 35th Norma Torres (D), state senator, former state assemblywoman & former policy dispatcher – 45th Mimi Walters (R), state senator, former state assemblywoman, former city councilwoman & – investment banker COLORADO: Sen. Cory Gardner (R), U.S. representative (2011-present), former House minority – whip & attorney
DATELINE: CAPITOL HILL Brett Reistad, Chairman, National Legislative Commission NEW MEMBERS, 114TH CONGRESS Following are names of the new members of the 114th Congress. New senators are listed first, followed by representatives. In cases in which a new member is a veteran, that person’s period of service is indicated in boldface. If the new member belongs to The American Legion, that is indicated with [AL]. ALABAMA: 6th – Gary Palmer (R), former think tank director, state-level bureaucrat. ALASKA: Sen. – Dan Sullivan (R), former attorney general, former state Natural Resources commissioner (Persian Gulf) [AL] ARIZONA: 2nd – Martha McSally (R), college professor (Panama, Persian Gulf) [AL] 7th – Ruben Gallego (D), state representative, former state party official (Persian Gulf) ARKANSAS: Sen. – Tom Cotton (R), U.S. Representative (2013-present), attorney (Persian Gulf) [AL] 2nd – French Hill (R), banker and former White House aide 4th – Bruce Westerman (R), state House majority leader, former school board president. & agricultural engineer CALIFORNIA: 11th – Mark DeSaulnier (D), senator, former county supervisor, former city mayor & restaurant owner 25th – Knight (R), state senator, former state assemblyman, former police officer 31st – Pete Aguilar (D), city mayor, lobbyist, former gubernatorial aide 33rd – Ted Lieu (D), state senator, former state assemblyman, former city councilman, attorney 35th – Norma Torres (D), state senator, former state assemblywoman & former policy dispatcher 45th – Mimi Walters (R), state senator, former state assemblywoman, former city councilwoman & investment banker COLORADO: Sen. – Cory Gardner (R), U.S. representative (2011-present), former House minority whip & attorney
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