- Duke Cunningham
Randall Harold Cunningham (born December 8 1941), usually known as Randy or Duke, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 50th Congressional District from 1991 to 2005. Cunningham resigned from the House on November 28 2005 after pleading guilty to accepting at least $2.4 million in bribes and underreporting his income for 2004.
- Jim Ogonowski
Jim Ogonowski is a Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives representing the Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. He is running in a special election due to the retirement of Marty Meehan to become Chancellor of University of Massachusetts Lowell.
- Barbara Lee
Barbara Jean Lee (born July 16 1946), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1998, representing (map) and is the first woman to represent that district. Congresswoman Lee was born in El Paso, Texas. She moved from Texas to California in 1960 with her military family parents, and attended high school at San Fernando High School, San Fernando, California.
- Jim Whitehead
James "Jim" Whitehead (born 1942 in Augusta, Georgia) is a Republican member of the Georgia State Senate and a candidate for U.S. Congress in Georgia's 10th congressional district's special election to replace the late congressman Charlie Norwood. Whitehead led in the June 19th, 2007, special election with 44 percent of the vote, but because he did not receive a majority of the votes cast, will face Paul Broun in a runoff election on July 17th, 2007.
- Steve Scalise
Stephen Joseph "Steve" Scalise (born October 10, 1965) is a Republican lawmaker from Jefferson Parish (District 82) in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He has been elected three times: 1995, 1999 and 2003. His legislative peers named him to the House Appropriations Committee as the representative of the First Congressional District. Scalise initially succeeded fellow Republican Representative Quentin D. Dastugue, …
- Henry Bonilla
Henry D. Bonilla (born January 2, 1954) is a former Congressman who represented Texas's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He was defeated in his bid for re-election by Ciro Davis Rodriguez, a former Democratic member of Congress, in a special election runoff held on December 12, 2006. His term expired January 3, 2007 when the 110th Congress officially began.
- James Marlow
James "Jim" Marlow (born November 7, 1960) is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Congress in Georgia's 10th congressional district in Northeast Georgia in the upcoming special election on June 19 to fill the vacancy left by the death of Congressman Charlie Norwood (R) on February 13, 2007. An Eagle Scout and a native of Lincolnton, Georgia, Marlow worked in the sales staff of Lotus (which later became part of IBM), and worked for Yahoo as a marketing executive.
- Wayne Dowdy
Wayne Dowdy (born July 27, 1943) is a former United States Congressman from Mississippi, United States Senate candidate and currently chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party. Dowdy was born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia. Dowdy practiced law and owned two local radio stations before being elected Mayor of McComb from 1978-1981. On July 7 1981, Dowdy was elected to the House of Representatives as a Democrat in a special election for the 4th District, …
- Joe Barton
Joseph Linus "Joe" Barton (born September 15, 1949) is a Republican politician, representing (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1985
- Jesse Jackson Jr.
Jesse Louis Jackson, Jr. (born March 11 1965) is a member of the United States House of Representatives representing (map). He is the son of activist and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson.
- Charlie Melancon
Charles Joseph "Charlie" Melancon (born October 3, 1947, in Napoleonville) is a Democrat who was elected in to represent Louisiana's 3rd congressional district.(map) in a December 4, 2004, general election, and re-elected in 2006. The grandson and great-grandson of sugar cane farmers, …
- Bill Campbell
William J. Campbell is a Republican politician from California. A former California State Assembly Republican Leader, he has served on the Orange County Board of Supervisors since 2003 (and was its Chairman from January 4 2005–January 9 2007). Born in Los Angeles, Campbell grew up in Pico Rivera. Campbell earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Loyola Marymount University and a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.
- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (born December 3 1970) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician, currently serving as the sole member of the House of Representatives from South Dakota. She is the youngest woman member of the House. She won the at-large seat (map) in a special election on June 1 2004. Prior to her 2007 marriage, she was known as Stephanie Herseth.
- Bill Cassidy
William Morgan "Bill" Cassidy, M.D. (born September 28, 1957), is a Louisiana state senator, physician, teacher, community leader, and Republican Party activist from Baton Rouge. Cassidy specializes in the treatment of diseases of the liver, both in private practice and at the Earl K. Long State Hospital. He is married to Laura Cassidy, herself a physician, and they have three children: Will, Meg, and Kate.
- Vincent Ignizio
Councilman Ignizio has lived on the South Shore for over 30 Years, attending PS 42 in Eltingville, IS 7 and St. Joseph by the Sea High School in Huguenot. He earned his bachelor's degree in communications and journalism from Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ. Since 1996, Vincent Ignizio has been actively involved in working to make Staten Island a better place to live.
- John C. Stennis
John Cornelius Stennis was a U.S. Senator from the state of Mississippi. He was a Democrat.
- Lena Taylor
Lena Taylor (born July 25, 1966) is an American politician and a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Wisconsin's fourth Senate district. She is a member of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Taylor was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated from Rufus King High School in 1984. She received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1990 and a law degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1993.
- Richard Raymond
Richard Peña Raymond is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives. He currently represents District 42, which encompasses western Webb County and includes most of the city of Laredo. He sits on the House Committees of Civil Practices and Criminal Jurisprudence. In 2005, he announced that he would run for Congress in the 2006 midterm elections, against fellow Democrat Henry Cuellar, who currently holds the seat for the 28th Congressional District.
- David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 and was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1960 to 1966. Pryor was born in Camden, the seat of Ouachita County in southern Arkansas, to William Edgar Pryor and the former Susan Newton.
- Jimmy Duncan
John James Duncan, Jr. usually known as Jimmy Duncan, (born July 21, 1947) is a Tennessee Republican politician, representing, based in Knoxville. Duncan was born in Lebanon, Tennessee. He graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1969 with a Bachelor of Science degree and subsequently received a Juris Doctor degree from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. in 1973 and was admitted to the bar that same year.
- Jim Donelon
James J. "Jim" Donelon (born December 14, 1944) has been the Republican insurance commissioner of Louisiana since February 15, 2006. Though he has been actively involved in Louisiana politics since the early 1970s, it is said that he is unrecognized by many of his state's 2.9 million voters. Donelon was elected to complete a 15-month unexpired term as insurance commissioner in a special election held on September 30, 2006.
- David Shafer
David J. Shafer is a Georgia politician. He currently serves in the State Senate, representing portions of Fulton County and Gwinnett County in the suburbs north of Atlanta. Shafer is a Republican. He served as executive director of the Georgia Republican Party in the early 1990s, managed the gubernatorial campaign of Republican businessman Guy Millner in 1994 and was himself the Republican nominee for Secretary of State in 1996.
- Beverly Marrero
Beverly Marrero (born January 23, 1939 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Tennessee Senate District 30, which is a part of Shelby County. She was first elected to the 103rd General Assembly in a House by-election after Rep. Carol Chumney resigned to become a member of the Memphis City Council. In the House, she was Secretary of the Children and Family Affairs Committee, and a member of the Government Operations Committee.
- Dale Volker
Dale Volker (born 1940) is a New York State Senator representing the 59th Senate District, which is comprised of Wyoming County, as well as portions of Erie, Livingston and Ontario County. This district is gerrymandered to be a Republican stronghold, and, thus, Volker has held it with little difficulty.
- David Durenberger
David Ferdinand Durenberger (born August 19, 1934) is an American politician and a former Republican member of the U.S. Senate from Minnesota. Durenberger was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He attended St. John's University and graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1959. He served in the United States Army from 1956 to 1963. On November 7, 1978, Durenberger was elected in a special election to complete the unexpired term of Senator Hubert Humphrey, …
- Jim Miceli
Jim Miceli is an American Democratic politician, currently representing Middlesex County's 19th district in the Massachusetts State Legislature. He is also running in the special election to replace Marty Meehan in the United States House of Representatives. Miceli is running in the 5th Congressional District, but doesn't actually live there. He lives in nearby Wilmington. Miceli's current district consists parts of both Wilmington and Tewksbury.
- Spencer Coggs
Spencer Coggs (born August 6, 1949) is an American politician. He currently serves as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing the state's sixth senate district. He is a member of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Coggs was born in Milwaukee and graduated from Riverside University High School. He received an associate degree from Milwaukee Area Technical College in 1975 and a bachelor of science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1976.
- Paul Rogers
Paul Grant Rogers (born June 4, 1921) is an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Florida. A Democrat, Rogers served in the U.S. House of Representatives as the member from Florida's 11th congressional district. Rogers was born in Ocilla, Georgia, on June 4, 1921. He attended the University of Florida, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1942, and after graduating joined the U.S. Army, serving from 1942 to 1946.
- Robert Garcia
Robert Garcia (born January 9, 1933) was a Democratic United States Representative from New York between 1978 and 1990. Garcia was born in Bronx, N.Y. He attended the public schools and graduated from Haaren High School in the Bronx in 1950. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War with the Third Infantry Division, from 1950 to 1953. From 1953 until 1957 he attended college at City College of New York, Community College of New York and RCA Institute.
- Anthony Chiappone
Anthony Chiappone (b. November 13 1957, Brooklyn, New York) is an American Democratic Party politician, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly for one term, from 2004-2006, where he represented the 31st legislative district. Chiappone served in the Assembly on the Housing and Local Government Committee, the Senior Issues Committee and the Telecommunications and Utilities Committee. Chiappone was defeated in a special election for the New Jersey State Senate in 2004.
- Michael J. Sullivan
Michael J. Sullivan (born December 18, 1956) is the current mayor of the City of Lawrence, Massachusetts. A Republican, Sullivan has been the mayor since 2001, and was re-elected in 2005 in non-partican elections. He is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, an organization formed in 2006 and co-chaired by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston mayor Thomas Menino.
- Quentin N. Burdick
Quentin Northrup Burdick was a United States Senator from North Dakota from August 8, 1960 until his death in 1992. Prior to that he had served in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1959 to August 8, 1960. He was the son of NPL North Dakota Congressman Usher L. Burdick. Burdick received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Minnesota. Like his father, Quentin Burdick was a member of the progressive Non-Partisan League, …
- J.J. Pickle
James Jarrell Pickle (October 11, 1913 - June 18, 2005) also known as J.J. 'Jake' Pickle, was a United States Representative from the 10th congressional district of Texas from 1963 to 1995. Pickle was born in Roscoe, Texas. He acquired his nickname Jake from a mischievous character he portrayed in a family play when he was four years old. Pickle was an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America.
- William A. Blakley
William Arvis "Dollar Bill" Blakley (November 17, 1898 - January 5, 1976) was an American senator and businessman from the State of Texas. He served two incomplete terms as Senator, the first in 1957, the second in 1961. He was part of the conservative wing of the Texas Democratic Party and is remembered for running against liberal Democrat Ralph Yarborough in the 1958 election and losing to Republican John Tower in the 1961 special election, …
- Jamie L. Whitten
Jamie Lloyd Whitten was a United States Representative from Mississippi. Jamie Whitten attended local public schools and the University of Mississippi; he briefly served as an educator before joining the bar in 1932. In 1941, Whitten was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in a special election to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Wall Doxey to run for a senate seat, in the first Congressional district of Mississippi, …
- Mike Francis
Michael Gordon "Mike" Francis (born 1946) is a prominent Crowley businessman who was the chairman of the Republican Party in Louisiana from 1994-2000. A staunch fiscal and social conservative, Francis was an unsuccessful candidate for Louisiana secretary of state in a special election held on September 30, 2006. He has indicated that he will seek the position again in the jungle primary on October 20, 2007. "I will work to ensure the right to vote.
- Marsha Feinland
Marsha Feinland was a third-party candidate (Peace and Freedom Party) for President of the United States in the 1996 U.S. presidential election. Her running mate was Kate McClatchy; they were only on the ballot in California and received 25,332 votes. The Peace and Freedom Party convention had actually voted to run a slate of candidates for the United States Electoral College divided proportionally between the three top candidates for president at the convention, …
- Joan Millman
Joan Millman represents District 52 in the New York State Assembly, which consists of the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Vinegar Hill, Gowanus, DUMBO, Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights and Prospect Heights. Chosen in a special election held in 1997, Millman currently serves as the Chairwoman of the Assembly Commission on Government Administration and the Assembly Task Force on Women's Issues, …
- John L. Burton
John Lowell Burton (born December 15 1932) was a Democratic California State Senator from 1997 until 2005. From 1998 until he was forced out of office by term limits in 2005, he served as the President pro tempore of the California State Senate. Prior to his time in the State Senate, he served in the California State Assembly from 1965 until 1974, and again from 1988 until 1997. He was originally elected to the Assembly to succeed his brother Phillip Burton, …
- Benjamin A. Smith II
Benjamin Atwood Smith II was a United States Senator from the U.S. State of Massachusetts. Smith was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts and he graduated from Harvard University where he was a roommate of John F. Kennedy. He served in the United States Navy in the Pacific during World War II. He served as Mayor of Gloucester from 1954 to 1955. John F. Kennedy resigned from the Senate on December 22 1960 after being elected President of the United States.