The Chosen: Jewish members in the 111th U.S. Congress | Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle

The Chosen: Jewish members in the 111th U.S. Congress

The following is a list of the 44 Jewish members — 13 senators and 31 representatives — who will serve in the 111th U.S. Congress that convenes in January:

U.S. SENATE

Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.)

Norm Coleman (R-Minn.)**

Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.)

Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.)

Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)**

Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.)

Carl Levin (D-Mich.)**

Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.)

Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)

Arlen Specter (R-Pa.)
 
Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.)

John Adler (D-N.J.)*

Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)

Howard Berman (D-Calif.)

Eric Cantor (R-Va.)

Stephen Cohen (D-Tenn.)

Susan Davis (D-Calif.)

Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.)
 
Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.)
 
Bob Filner (D-Calif.)

Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.)

Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) 

Jane Harman (D-Calif.)

Paul Hodes (D-N.H.)
 
Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)
 
Steve Kagen (D-Wisc.)
 
Ron Klein (D-Fla.)

Sander Levin (D-Mich.)

Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.)

Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

Jared Polis (D-Colo.)*

Steve Rothman (D-N.J.)

Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)

Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.)

Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)

Brad Sherman (D-Calif.)

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.)

Henry Waxman (D-Calif.)

Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)

Robert Wexler (D-Fla.)

John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)
 
* Elected to Congress for the first time

** Senators who were re-elected (Coleman defeated Democratic challenger Al Franken in Minnesota by 571 votes, but a recount is expected. Franken also is Jewish, leaving 13 Jewish senators regardless of who emerges as the winner.)