Freshmen senators, House members taking office
Democrats (32):
John Adler, N.J.; John Boccieri, Ohio; Bobby Bright, Ala.; Gerald Connolly, Va.; Kathleen Dahlkemper, Pa.; Steve Driehaus, Ohio; Alan Grayson, Fla.; Parker Griffith, Ala.; Deborah Halvorson, Ill.; Martin Heinrich, N.M.; Jim Himes, Conn.; Mary Jo Kilroy, Ohio; Ann Kirkpatrick, Ariz.; Larry Kissell, N.C.; Suzanne Kosmas, Fla.; Frank Kratovil Jr., Md.; Ben R. Lujan, N.M.; Michael McMahon, N.Y.; Daniel Maffei, N.Y.; Betsy Markey, Colo.; Eric Massa, N.Y.; Walt Minnick, Idaho; Glenn Nye, Va.; Thomas Perriello, Va.; Gary Peters, Mich.; Chellie Pingree, Maine; Jared Polis, Colo.; Mark Schauer, Mich.; Kurt Schrader, Ore.; Harry Teague, N.M.; Dina Titus, Nev.; Paul Tonko, N.Y.
Republicans (22):
Delegates (2):
Pedro Pierluisi, D-Puerto Rico; Gregorio Sablan, I-Northern Mariana Islands.
The 100-member Senate will swear in nine freshmen members. Still in dispute is the Minnesota race between GOP incumbent Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken. Also undecided is how the Senate will handle former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris, picked by scandal-plagued Gov. Rod Blagojevich to succeed President-elect Barack Obama. Colorado's governor has picked Denver public schools superintendent Michael Bennet to succeed Democratic Sen. Ken Salazar, once he is confirmed as Interior secretary. New York's governor must also appoint a successor to Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton, after she is confirmed as secretary of State.
The new senators taking office Tuesday are:
Democrats (7):
Mark Begich, Alaska. Begich, 46, is a two-term mayor of Anchorage who defeated 85-year-old Ted Stevens, the longest serving Senate Republican, by less than 4,000 votes. Begich wasn't declared the winner until two weeks after the election, securing the seat in the GOP-dominated state after Stevens was convicted on corruption charges. His father, Nick Begich, who was Alaska's only congressman in 1972, was killed when his plane disappeared over the Gulf of Alaska with then-House Majority Leader Hale Boggs of Louisiana.
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