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 (D-PA-13) Predecessor: Allyson Schwartz (0%) [2004-2014] Endorsements: Planned Parenthood
John Ratcliffe (R-TX-04) Predecessor: Ralph Hall (R) (100%) [1980-2014] Endorsements: NRLC
Will Hurd (R-TX-23) Predecessor: Pete Gallego (D) (0%) [2012-2014] Endorsements: Unknown
Brian Babin (R-TX-36) Predecessor: Steve Stockman (R) (100%) [1996-1998, 2012-2014] Endorsements: Unknown* *Texas Right to Life endorsed
Mia Love (R-UT-04) Predecessor: Jim Matheson (D) (100%**) [2000-2014] Endorsements: NRLC, SBA List
Dave Brat (R-VA-07) Predecessor: Eric Cantor (R) (100%) [2000-2014] Endorsements: FRC
Barbara Comstock (R-VA-10) Predecessor: Frank Wolf (R) (100%) [1980-2014] Endorsements: NRLC, SBA
Don Beyer (D-VA-08) Predecessor: Jim Moran (D) (0%) [1990-2014] Endorsements: NARAL, Planned Parenthood
Alex Mooney (R-WV-02) Predecessor: Shelley Moore Capito (R) (100%**) [2000-2014] Endorsements: CWA, FRC, NRLC
Evan Jenkins (R-WV-03) Predecessor: Nick Rahall (D) (100%**) [1976-2014] Endorsements: NRLC
Glenn Grothman (R-WI-06) Predecessor: Tom Petri (R) (100%**) [1979-2014] Endorsements: NRLC
Too Close To Call (as of 5 pm Nov. 5)
McSally, Martha (R-AZ-02) Challenging: Ron Barber (D) (0%) [2012-2014] Endorsements: NRLC, FRC
Doug Ose (R-CA-07) Challenging: Ami Bera (D) (0%) [2012- 2014] Endorsements: Unknown FORMER MEMBER OF CONGRESS (Mixed Record)
Tony Amador (R-CA-09) Challenging: Jerry McNerney (D) (0%) [2006-2014] Endorsements: NRLC
Johnny Tacherra (R-CA-16) Challenging: Jim Costa (D) (0%) [2004- 2014] Endorsements: NRLC
Ro Khanna (D-CA-17) Challenging: Mike Honda (D) (0%) [2000- 2014] Endorsements: Unknown* * Board Member of Planned Parenthood of Mar Monte
Jeff Gorrell (R-CA-26) Predecessor: Julia Brownley (D) (0%) [2012-2014] Endorsements: Unknown *Pro-abortion statement on campaign website
Paul Chabot (R-CA-31) Challenging: Pete Aguilar Predecessor: Gary Miller (R) (100%) [1998-2014] Endorsements: NRLC
Pete Aguilar (D-CA-31) Challenging: Paul Chabot Predecessor: Gary Miller (R) (100%) [1998-2014] Endorsements: NARAL, Planned Parenthood
Carl DeMaio (R-CA-52) Challenging: Scott Peters (D) (0%) [2012-2014] Endorsements: Unknown *Pro-abortion statement on campaign website
Dan Bongino (R-MD-06) Challenging: John Delaney (D) (0%) [2012-2014] Endorsements: Unknown
Clint Didier (R-WA-04) Challenging: Dan Newhouse Predecessor: Doc Hastings (R) (100%) [1994-2014] Endorsements: FRC* *Human Life of Washington endorsed
Dan Newhouse (R-WA-04) Challenging: Clint Didier Predecessor: Doc Hastings (R) (100%) [1994-2014] Endorsements: Unknown* *Human Life of Washington indicated Newhouse had “substantial agreement” with its positions