List of new members of the 108th United States Congress

The 108th United States Congress began on January 3, 2003. There were nine new senators (seven Republicans, two Democrats) and 53 new representatives (32 Republicans, 21 Democrats), as well as one new delegate (a Democrat), at the start of its first session. Additionally, four representatives (three Democrats, one Republican) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 108th Congress before it ended on January 3, 2005.

Due to redistricting after the 2000 census, 16 representatives were elected from newly established congressional districts.

Senate

State	Senator	Seniority	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year
Arkansas	Mark Pryor (D)	8th (100th overall)	Yes Defeated Tim Hutchinson (R)	Attorney General of Arkansas Arkansas House of Representatives	1963
Georgia	Saxby Chambliss (R)	2nd (94th overall)	Yes Defeated Max Cleland (D)	U.S. House of Representatives^[a]	1943
Minnesota	Norm Coleman (R)	7th (99th overall)	Yes Open seat; replaced Dean Barkley (IMN)	Mayor of Saint Paul	1949
New Hampshire	John E. Sununu (R)	4th (96th overall)	No Defeated Bob Smith (R) in a primary	U.S. House of Representatives^[b]	1964
New Jersey	Frank Lautenberg (D)	1st (93rd overall)	No Replaced Robert Torricelli (D), who withdrew after the primary	U.S. Senate^[c]	1924
North Carolina	Elizabeth Dole (R)	6th (98th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Jesse Helms (R)	U.S. Secretary of Labor U.S. Secretary of Transportation Federal Trade Commission	1936
South Carolina	Lindsey Graham (R)	3rd (95th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Strom Thurmond (R)	U.S. House of Representatives^[d] South Carolina House of Representatives	1955
Tennessee	Lamar Alexander (R)	5th (97th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Fred Thompson (R)	U.S. Secretary of Education Governor of Tennessee	1940

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 2003

District	Representative	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year
Alabama 1	Jo Bonner (R)	No	Campaign press secretary	1959
Alabama 3	Mike Rogers (R)	No	State Representative	1958
Alabama 7	Artur Davis (D)	No	Attorney	1967
Arizona 1	Rick Renzi (R)	New seat	Property and casualty agent	1958
Arizona 2	Trent Franks (R)	No	State Representative	1957
Arizona 7	Raúl Grijalva (D)	New seat	Pima County supervisor	1948
California 18	Dennis Cardoza (D)	No	State Assemblyman	1959
California 21	Devin Nunes (R)	New seat	Dairy farmer	1973
California 39	Linda Sánchez (D)	Yes	Labor lawyer	1969
Colorado 4	Marilyn Musgrave (R)	No	State Senator	1949
Colorado 7	Bob Beauprez (R)	New seat	State Party Chairman	1948
Florida 5	Ginny Brown-Waite (R)	Yes	State Senator	1943
Florida 13	Katherine Harris (R)	No	Secretary of State of Florida	1957
Florida 17	Kendrick Meek (D)	No	State Senator	1966
Florida 24	Tom Feeney (R)	New seat	State House Speaker	1958
Florida 25	Mario Diaz-Balart (R)	New seat	State Senator	1961
Georgia 3	Jim Marshall (D)	Yes	Mayor of Macon	1948
Georgia 4	Denise Majette (D)	No	Judge	1955
Georgia 11	Phil Gingrey (R)	New seat	State Senator	1942
Georgia 12	Max Burns (R)	New seat	Professor	1948
Georgia 13	David Scott	New seat	State Senator	1945
Illinois 5	Rahm Emanuel (D)	No	Senior Advisor to the President	1959
Indiana 2	Chris Chocola (R)	Yes	Businessman	1962
Iowa 5	Steve King (R)	No	State Senator	1949
Louisiana 5	Rodney Alexander (D)	Yes	State Representative	1946
Maine 2	Mike Michaud (D)	No	State Senator	1955
Maryland 2	Dutch Ruppersberger (D)	Yes	County Executive	1946
Maryland 8	Chris Van Hollen (D)	Yes	State Senator	1959
Michigan 10	Candice Miller (R)	Yes	Secretary of State of Michigan	1954
Michigan 11	Thaddeus McCotter (R)	New seat	State Senator	1965
Minnesota 2	John Kline (R)	Yes	U.S. Marine	1947
Nevada 3	Jon Porter (R)	New seat	State Senator	1955
New Hampshire 1	Jeb Bradley (R)	No	State Representative	1952
New Jersey 5	Scott Garrett (R)	No	State Assemblyman	1959
New Mexico 2	Steve Pearce (R)	No	State Representative	1947
New York 1	Tim Bishop (D)	Yes	Provost	1950
North Carolina 1	Frank Ballance (D)	No	State Senator	1942
North Carolina 13	Brad Miller (D)	New seat	State Senator	1953
Ohio 3	Mike Turner (R)	Yes	Mayor of Dayton	1960
Ohio 17	Tim Ryan (D)	No	State Senator	1973
Pennsylvania 6	Jim Gerlach (R)	New seat	State Senator	1955
Pennsylvania 18	Tim Murphy (R)	New seat	State Senator	1952
South Carolina 3	Gresham Barrett (R)	No	State Representative	1961
South Dakota at-large	Bill Janklow (R)	No	Governor of South Dakota	1939
Tennessee 4	Lincoln Davis (D)	Yes	State Senator	1943
Tennessee 5	Jim Cooper (D)	No	U.S. House of Representatives^[e]	1954
Tennessee 7	Marsha Blackburn (R)	No	State Senator	1952
Texas 5	Jeb Hensarling (R)	New seat	Campaign manager	1957
Texas 25	Chris Bell (D)	No	Houston City Council	1959
Texas 26	Michael C. Burgess	No	Gynecologist	1950
Texas 31	John Carter	New seat	Judge	1941
Utah 1	Rob Bishop	No	State House Speaker	1951

Non-voting members

District	Delegate	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year
Guam at-large	Madeleine Bordallo (D)	No	Lieutenant Governor of Guam	1933

Took office during the 108th Congress

District	Representative	Took office	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year
Texas 19	Randy Neugebauer (R)	June 5, 2003	No	City councilor	1949
Kentucky 6	Ben Chandler (D)	February 17, 2004	Yes	Attorney General of Kentucky	1959
South Dakota at-large	Stephanie Herseth (D)	June 1, 2004	Yes	Law clerk	1970
North Carolina 1	G. K. Butterfield (D)	July 20, 2004	No	North Carolina Supreme Court	1947

Notes

^ Elected to the 104th Congress, serving from 1995 to 2003 in Georgia's 8th congressional district.
^ Elected to the 105th Congress, serving from 1997 to 2003 in New Hampshire's 1st congressional district.
^ Previously elected to the 97th Congress, serving from 1982 to 2001.
^ Elected to the 104th Congress, serving from 1995 to 2003 in South Carolina's 3rd congressional district.
^ Previously elected to the 98th Congress, serving from 1983 to 1995 in the 4th district.

Preceded by New members of the 107th Congress	New members of the 108th Congress 2003–2005	Succeeded by New members of the 109th Congress

[1] Elected to the 104th Congress, serving from 1995 to 2003 in Georgia's 8th congressional district.

[2] Elected to the 105th Congress, serving from 1997 to 2003 in New Hampshire's 1st congressional district.

[3] Previously elected to the 97th Congress, serving from 1982 to 2001.

[4] Elected to the 104th Congress, serving from 1995 to 2003 in South Carolina's 3rd congressional district.

[5] Previously elected to the 98th Congress, serving from 1983 to 1995 in the 4th district.

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