JEWS IN THE NEW SENATE
Following is a listing of Jews who will serve in the next Senate. (An asterisk indicates senators who were elected or re-elected Tuesday.) Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) was also re-elected and will serve if he does not become vice president.
Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)
Russell Feingold (D-Wisc.)
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) *
Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) *
Carl Levin (D-Mich.)
Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)
Arlen Specter (R-Pa.)
Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.)
Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
JEWS IN THE NEW HOUSE
Following is a listing of Jews who will serve as representatives in the next Congress. (An asterisk denotes new seats, though one winner, Jane Harman of California, has previously served.)
Two races are still too close to call. The Jewish challengers in those races are Elaine Bloom (D-Fla.) and Dick Zimmer (R-N.J.), who has previously served.
Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.)
Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)
Howard Berman (D-Calif.)
Eric Cantor (R-Va.)*
Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.)
Susan Davis (D-Calif.)
Peter Deutsch (D- Fla.)
Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.)
Bob Filner (D-Calif.)
Barney Frank (D-Mass.)
Martin Frost (D-Texas)
Benjamin Gilman (R-N.Y.)
Jane Harman (D-Calif.)*
Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)*
Tom Lantos (D-Calif.)
Sander Levin (D-Mich.)
Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.)
Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)
Steve Rothman (D-N.J.)
Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.)
Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)
Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)*
Brad Sherman (D-Calif.)
Norman Sisisky (D-Va.)
Henry Waxman (D-Calif.)
Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)
Robert Wexler (D-Fla.)
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