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114Th Congress New Members 114th Congress New Members This information about incoming new members includes a pictorial guide to new Members with information about his/her position on life. Please feel free to contact the Pro-life Caucus staff if you have questions or concerns about the information included in the guide. Pro-life Caucus Staff, Autumn Christensen ([email protected]) or Megan McCrum ([email protected]) can be reached by phone at 202-225-3765. NOTES This document includes the names of new Members of the 113th Congress including the following additional information: The name of the Member of Congress representing the district in the 113th Congress labeled “predecessor” along with the predecessor’s National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) score for the 113th Congress. The NRLC score is indicated in brackets after the Member’s name. For Members who had 100% in the 113th, a double asterisk indicates a mixed record on pro-life issues in a previous congress. Limited endorsement information to provide information about how the new Member is likely to vote on pro-life issues. Endorsement abbreviations are: o NRLC: National Right to Life Committee o SBA: Susan B. Anthony List o FRC: Family Research Council o CWA: Concerned Woman For America No Change Pro-life Loss PA Members replacing PA Members PA Members replacing a PL Members 1. AZ-07 Ruben Gallego (replacing Pastor) 1. FL-02 Gwen Graham (replacing Southerland) 2. CA-11 Mark DeSaulnier (replacing George Miller) 2. NE-02 Brad Ashford (replacing Terry) 3. CA-33 Ted Lieu (replacing Waxman) 4. CA-35 Norma Torres (replacing Negrete McLeod) Pro-life Improvement 5. HI-01 Mark Takai (replacing Hanabusa) PL Members replacing a PA or MR Members 6. MA-06 Seth Moulton (replacing Tierney) 1. FL-26 Carlos Curbelo (replacing Garcia) 7. MI-12 Debbie Dingell (replacing Dingell) 2. GA-12 Rick Allen (replacing Barrow) 8. MI-14 Brenda Lawrence (replacing Peters) 3. IL-12 Mike Bost (replacing Enyart) 9. NJ-01 Donald Norcross (replacing Andrews) 4. IA-01 Rod Blum (replacing Braley) 10. NJ-12 Bonnie Watson Coleman (replacing Holt) 5. ME-02 Bruce Poliquin (replacing Michaud) 11. NY-04 Kathleen Rice (replacing McCarthy) 6. NV-04 Cresent Hardy (replacing Horsford) 12. NC-12 Alma Adams (replacing Watt) 7. NH-01 Frank Guinta (replacing Shea-Porter) 13. PA-13 Brendan Boyle (replacing Schwartz) 8. NY-01 Lee Zeldin (replacing Bishop) 14. VA-08 Don Beyer (replacing Moran) 9. NY-21 Elise Stefanik (replacing Owens) 10. UT-04 Mia Love (replacing Matheson) PL Members replacing PL Members 1. AL-06 Gary Palmer (replacing Bachus) Mixed Improvement 2. AR-02 French Hill (replacing Griffin) PL Members replacing MR Members 3. AR-04 Bruce Westerman (replacing Cotton) 1. NJ-03 Tom McArthur (replacing Runyan) 4. CA-25 Steve Knight (replacing McKeon) 2. PA-06 Ryan Costello (replacing Gerlach) 5. CA-45 Mimi Walters (replacing Campbell) 3. WV-02 Alex Mooney (replacing Capito) 6. CO-04 Ken Buck (replacing Gardner) 7. GA-01 Earl Carter (replacing Kingston) MR Members replacing PA Members 8. GA-10 Jody Hice (replacing Broun) 4. IL-10 Robert Dold (replacing Schneider) 9. GA-11 Barry Loudermilk (replacing Gingrey) 10. IA-03 David Young (replacing Latham) Unknown 11. MI-04 John Moolenaar (replacing Camp) No endorsement information available 12. MI-08 Mike Bishop (replacing Rogers) 1. TX-23 Will Hurd (replacing Gallego) 13. MI-11 David Trott (replacing Bentivolio) 14. MN-06 Tom Emmer (replacing Bachmann) 2. NY-24 John Katko (replacing Maffei) 15. MT-AL Ryan Zinke (replacing Daines) 16. NC -04 Mark Walker (replacing Coble) Too close to call as of Nov. 5 at 5 pm 17. NC-07 David Rouzer (replacing McIntyre) 1. AZ-02 PA incumbent Ron Barber v. PL Martha McSally 18. OK-05 Steve Russell (replacing Lankford) 2. CA-07 PA Ami Bera v. PA Republican Doug Ose 19. TX-04 John Ratcliffe (replacing Hall) 3. CA-09 PA incumbent Jerry McNerney v. PL Tony Amador 20. TX-36 Brian Babin (replacing Stockman) 4. CA-16 PA incumbent Jim Costa v. PL Johnny Tacherra 21. VA-07 David Brat (replacing Cantor) 5. CA-17 PA incumbent Mike Honda vs. PA Dem Ro Khanna 22. VA-10 Barbara Comstock (replacing Wolf) 6. CA-26 PA Julia Brownley v. PA Republican Jeff Gorell 23. WV-03 Evan Jenkins (replacing Rahall) 7. CA-31 PA Pete Aguilar v. PL Paul Chabot (replacing Gary 24. WI-06 Glenn Grothman (replacing Petri) Miller) 8. CA-52 PA incumbent Scott Peters v. PA Republican Carl DeMaio 9. MD-06 PA incumbent John Delaney v. PL Dan Bongino 10. NY-25 PA incumbent Louise Slaughter v. unknown Mark Key Assini Republicans in plain text 11. WA-04 PL Clint Didier v. PL/MR /unknown Dan Newhouse Democrats in italics (replacing Hastings) MR = Mixed Record Heading to December runoff PA = Pro-Abortion 1. LA-05 Jamie Mayo v. Ralph Abraham ( replacing McAllister) PL = Pro-life 2. LA-06 Edwin Edwards v. Garret Graves (replacing Cassidy) New Members (listed by state and congressional district) Gary Palmer (R-AL-06) Endorsements: NRLC, FRC Ruben Gallego (R-AZ-07) Predecessor: Ed Pastor (D) (0%) [1991-2014] Endorsements: NARAL, Planned Parenthood French Hill (R-AR-02) Predecessor: Tim Griffin (R) (100%) [2010-2014] Endorsements: NRLC Bruce Westerman (R-AR-04) Predecessor: Tom Cotton (R) (100%) [2012-2014] Endorsements: NRLC, FRC Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11) Predecessor: George Miller (D) (0%) [1974- 2014] Endorsements: NOW Steve Knight (R-CA-25) Predecessor: Buck McKeon (R) (100%**) [1992-2014] Endorsements: Unknown *Pro-life statements per news reports Ted Lieu (D-CA-33) Predecessor: Henry Waxman (D) (0%) [1974-2014] Endorsements: Unknown ** Pro-abortion voting record as a state senator per campaign website Norma Torres (D-CA-35) Predecessor: Gloria Negrete McLeod (D) (0%) [2012-2014] Endorsements: EMILY’s List, NARAL, Planned Parenthood Mimi Walters (R-CA-45) Predecessor: John Campbell (R) (100%) [2005-2014] Endorsements: NRLC, SBA Ken Buck (R-CO-04) Predecessor: Cory Gardner (R) (100%)[2010-2012] Endorsements: FRC Gwen Graham (R-FL-02) Predecessor: Steve Southerland (R) (100%) [2010-2014] Endorsements: EMILY’s List, Planned Parenthood Carlos Curbelo (R-FL-09) Predecessor: Joe Garcia (D) (0%) [2012-2014] Endorsements: NRLC Earl “Buddy” Carter (R-GA-01) Predecessor: Jack Kingston (R) (100%) [1992-2014] Endorsements: NRLC Jody Hice (R-GA-10) Predecessor: Paul Broun (R) (50%) [2007-2014] Endorsements: NRLC, FRC Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11) Predecessor: Phil Gingrey (R) (100%) [2002-2014] Endorsements: NRLC, FRC, CWA Rick Allen (R-GA-12) Predecessor: John Barrow (D) (0%) [2004-2014] Endorsements: NRLC Mark Takai (D-HI-01) Predecessor: Colleen Hanabusa (D) (0%) [2010-2014] Endorsements: Planned Parenthood Robert Dold (R-IL-10) Predecessor: Brad Schnedier (D) (0%) [2012-2014] Endorsements: Unknown FORMER MEMBER OF CONGRESS (Mixed Record) Mike Bost (R-11-12) Predecessor: Bill Enyart (D) (0%) [2012-2014] Endorsements: NRLC Rod Blum (R-IA-01) Predecessor: Bruce Braley (D) (0%) [2006-2014] Endorsements: NRLC David Young (R-IA-03) Predecessor: Tom Latham (R) (100%) [1994-2014] Endorsements: FRC, NRLC Bruce Poliquin (R-ME-02) Predecessor: Mike Michaud (D) (0%) [2002-2014] Endorsements: NRLC Seth Moulton (D-MA-06) Predecessor: John Tierney (D) (0%) [1996-2014] Endorsements: Unknown *Pro-abortion per news reports John Moolenaar (R-MI-04) Predecessor: Dave Camp (R) (100%) [1990-2014] Endorsements: NRLC Mike Bishop (R-MI-08) Predecessor: Mike Rogers (R) (100%) [2000-2014] Endorsements: NRLC David Trott (R-MI-11) Predecessor: Kerry Bentivolio (R) (100%) [2012-2014] Endorsements: NRLC Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12) Predecessor: John Dingell (D) (0%) [1955-2014] Endorsements: EMILY’s List, NOW Brenda Lawrence (D-MI-14) Predecessor: Gary Peters (D) (0%) [2008-2014] Endorsements: EMILY’s List Tom Emmer (R-MN-06) Predecessor: Michele Bachmann (R) (100%) [2006-2014] Endorsements: NRLC Ryan Zinke (R-MT-AL) Predecessor: Steve Daines (R) (100%) [2012-2014] Endorsements: NRLC Brad Ashford (D-NE-02) Challenging: Lee Terry (R) (100%) [1998-2014] Endorsements: Planned Parenthood Cresent Hardy (R-NV-04) Predecessor: Steve Horsford (D) (0%) [2012-2014] Endorsements: NRLC Frank Guinta (R-NH-01) Predecessor: Carol Shea-Porter (D) (0%) [2006-2010, 2012-2014] Endorsements: NRLC FORMER MEMBER OF CONGRESS (PL record) Donald Norcross (D-NJ-01) Predecessor: Robert Andrews (D) (0%) [1990-2014] Endorsements: Unknown *Statements attacking his opponent’s pro-life position on campaign website Tom MacArthur (R-NJ-03) Predecessor: Jon Runyan (R) (66%) [2010-2014] Endorsements: NRLC, SBA Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12) Predecessor: Rush Holt (D) (0%) [1998-2014] Endorsements: EMILY’s List, NARAL, NOW, Planned Parenthood Lee Zeldin (R-NY-01) Predecessor: Tim Bishop (D) (0%) [2002-2014] Endorsements: NRLC Kathleen Rice (R-NY-04) Predecessor: Carolyn McCarthy (D) (0%) [1996-2014] Endorsements: EMILY’s List, NARAL Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) Predecessor: Bill Owens (D) (0%) [2009-2014] Endorsements: NRLC, SBA John Katko (R-NY-24) Predecessor: Dan Maffei (D) (0%) [2008-2010, 2012-2014] Endorsements: Unknown* *Recommended by New York State Right to Life Mark Walker (R-NC-06) Predecessor: Howard Coble (R) (100%**) [1984-2014] Endorsements: NRLC David Rouzer (R-NC-07) Predecessor: Mike McIntyre (D) (100%) [1996-2014] Endorsements: NRLC Alma Adams (D-NC-12) Predecessor: Mel Watt (D) (0%) [1992-2014] Endorsements: EMILY’s List, NARAL, NOW, Planned Parenthood Steve Russell (R-OK-05) Predecessor: James Lankford (R) (100%) [2010-2014] Endorsements: NRLC, FRC Ryan Costello (R-PA-06) Predecessor: Jim Gerlach (R) (100%**) [2002-2014] Endorsements: NRLC Brendan Boyle
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