The New Color Of Congress...and We Should Be PROUD!
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New member diversity:
Race
African American
Marc Veasey (D-TX-33)
Steven Horsford (D-NV-04)
Donald Payne Jr. (D-NJ-10)
Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08)
Latinos
Joaquin Castro(D-TX-20)
Tony Cardenas (D-CA-29)
Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM-01)
Juan Vargas (D-CA-51)
Joe Garcia (D-FL-26)
Pete Gallego (D-TX-23)
Ted Cruz (R-TX-SEN)
Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-CA-35)
Filemon Vela (D-TX-34)
Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36)
Asian American
Grace Meng (D-NY-06)
Mazie Hirono (D-HI-SEN)
Mark Takano (D-CA-41)
Ami Bera (D-CA-07)*
Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI-02)
Religion
Only non-theist
Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ-09)
Only Unitarian Universalist
Ami Bera (D-CA-07)
First Hindu
Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI-02)
First Buddhist senator
Mazie Hirono (D-HI-SEN)
Gender
Women
Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ-01)
Julia Brownley (D-CA-26)
Jackie Walorski (R-IN-02)
Tammy Duckworth (D-IL-08)
Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01)
Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM-01)
Elizabeth Esty (D-CT-05)
Lois Frankel (D-FL-22)
Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI-02)
Liz Warren (D-MA-SEN)
Mazie Hirono (D-HI-SEN)
Deb Fischer (R-NE-SEN)
Dina Titus (D-NV-01)
Ann Kuster (D-NH-02)
Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH-01)
Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND-SEN)
Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-CA-35)
Grace Meng (D-NY-06)
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI-SEN)
Ann Wagner (R-MO-02)
Joyce Beatty (D-OH-03)
Susan Brooks (R-IN-05)
Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17)
Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ-09)
Orientation
LGBT
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI-SEN)
Mark Pocan (D-WI-02)
Mark Takano (D-CA-41)
Sean Maloney (D-NY-18)
First bisexual
Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ-09)
First openly gay person of color
Mark Takano (D-CA-41)
Age
Born in the 1980s
Patrick Murphy (D-FL-18)
Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI-02)
Joseph Kennedy III (D-MA-04)
Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15)
*- Leading his congressional race, but it has yet to be officially called
We made this happen!
We said NO to Discrimination and Hate! We the American People stood up and said no!
We said it in one Voice.
We must continue to say it Together as ONE!
Who is with me in this fight. We can not be silent ever again.
This is our Democracy.
This is our lives.
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a bit trusting. I think it's cool that you make a point of greeting new DUers (even if some of them turn out to not deserve it)...
Not sure if your trip will be long here but enjoy while you can....
interesting. 
I know, picky, picky, picky
Congratulations to our beautiful rainbow in the US House. That's a picture of the USA right there!
And so many here think it can't be done. So little faith. When there's a will, there's a way. And there is will. There has to be a way around the problem of newly gerrymandered districts. Never say never is my motto. I say we pick 100 vulnerable districts throughout the country and work them to death with GOTV for two years. Surely we could recapture the majority again. I'm a wishful thinker, that's for sure. 
