Monday, November 15, 2010
Many of those headed to Washington following this month’s election aren’t just new to Congress, but new to political office altogether. About 40 of the newly elected have never held elected office of any kind, representing the highest total since 1948, when there were 44.
Thirty-five of this year’s crop are headed to the U.S. House, and four to the Senate. Of the 39 confirmed newcomers, 38 are Republicans and one, Terri Sewell of Alabama, is a Democrat.
During the last Republican “revolution” in 1994, the number of political-novice House members was 30.
-Noel Brinkerhoff
To Congress with the Mantra, ‘Why Not Me?’ (by Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times)
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