114th Congress
New Members
This information about incoming new members includes a pictorial guide to new
Members with information about his/her position on life. Please feel free to contact
the Pro-life Caucus staff if you have questions or concerns about the information
included in the guide.
Pro-life Caucus Staff, Autumn Christensen ([email protected]) or
Megan McCrum ([email protected]) can be reached by phone at 202-225-3765.
NOTES
This document includes the names of new Members of the 113th Congress
including the following additional information:
 The name of the Member of Congress representing the district in the
113th Congress labeled “predecessor” along with the predecessor’s
National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) score for the 113th
Congress. The NRLC score is indicated in brackets after the
Member’s name. For Members who had 100% in the 113th, a double
asterisk indicates a mixed record on pro-life issues in a previous
congress.
 Limited endorsement information to provide information about how
the new Member is likely to vote on pro-life issues. Endorsement
abbreviations are:
o NRLC: National Right to Life Committee
o SBA: Susan B. Anthony List
o FRC: Family Research Council
o CWA: Concerned Woman For America
No Change
Pro-life Loss
PA Members replacing PA Members
PA Members replacing a PL Members
1. FL-02 Gwen Graham (replacing Southerland)
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AZ-07 Ruben Gallego (replacing Pastor)
CA-11 Mark DeSaulnier (replacing George Miller)
CA-33 Ted Lieu (replacing Waxman)
CA-35 Norma Torres (replacing Negrete McLeod)
HI-01 Mark Takai (replacing Hanabusa)
MA-06 Seth Moulton (replacing Tierney)
MI-12 Debbie Dingell (replacing Dingell)
MI-14 Brenda Lawrence (replacing Peters)
NJ-01 Donald Norcross (replacing Andrews)
NJ-12 Bonnie Watson Coleman (replacing Holt)
NY-04 Kathleen Rice (replacing McCarthy)
NC-12 Alma Adams (replacing Watt)
PA-13 Brendan Boyle (replacing Schwartz)
VA-08 Don Beyer (replacing Moran)
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AL-06 Gary Palmer (replacing Bachus)
AR-02 French Hill (replacing Griffin)
AR-04 Bruce Westerman (replacing Cotton)
CA-25 Steve Knight (replacing McKeon)
CA-45 Mimi Walters (replacing Campbell)
CO-04 Ken Buck (replacing Gardner)
GA-01 Earl Carter (replacing Kingston)
GA-10 Jody Hice (replacing Broun)
GA-11 Barry Loudermilk (replacing Gingrey)
IA-03 David Young (replacing Latham)
MI-04 John Moolenaar (replacing Camp)
MI-08 Mike Bishop (replacing Rogers)
MI-11 David Trott (replacing Bentivolio)
MN-06 Tom Emmer (replacing Bachmann)
MT-AL Ryan Zinke (replacing Daines)
NC -04 Mark Walker (replacing Coble)
NC-07 David Rouzer (replacing McIntyre)
OK-05 Steve Russell (replacing Lankford)
TX-04 John Ratcliffe (replacing Hall)
TX-36 Brian Babin (replacing Stockman)
VA-07 David Brat (replacing Cantor)
VA-10 Barbara Comstock (replacing Wolf)
WV-03 Evan Jenkins (replacing Rahall)
WI-06 Glenn Grothman (replacing Petri)
Key
Republicans in plain text
Democrats in italics
MR = Mixed Record
PA = Pro-Abortion
PL = Pro-life
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NE-02 Brad Ashford (replacing Terry)
Pro-life Improvement
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FL-26 Carlos Curbelo (replacing Garcia)
GA-12 Rick Allen (replacing Barrow)
IL-12 Mike Bost (replacing Enyart)
IA-01 Rod Blum (replacing Braley)
ME-02 Bruce Poliquin (replacing Michaud)
NV-04 Cresent Hardy (replacing Horsford)
NH-01 Frank Guinta (replacing Shea-Porter)
NY-01 Lee Zeldin (replacing Bishop)
NY-21 Elise Stefanik (replacing Owens)
UT-04 Mia Love (replacing Matheson)
Mixed Improvement
PL Members replacing MR Members
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NJ-03 Tom McArthur (replacing Runyan)
PA-06 Ryan Costello (replacing Gerlach)
WV-02 Alex Mooney (replacing Capito)
MR Members replacing PA Members
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IL-10 Robert Dold (replacing Schneider)
Unknown
No endorsement information available
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TX-23 Will Hurd (replacing Gallego)
NY-24 John Katko (replacing Maffei)
Too close to call as of Nov. 5 at 5 pm
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AZ-02 PA incumbent Ron Barber v. PL Martha McSally
CA-07 PA Ami Bera v. PA Republican Doug Ose
CA-09 PA incumbent Jerry McNerney v. PL Tony Amador
CA-16 PA incumbent Jim Costa v. PL Johnny Tacherra
CA-17 PA incumbent Mike Honda vs. PA Dem Ro Khanna
CA-26 PA Julia Brownley v. PA Republican Jeff Gorell
CA-31 PA Pete Aguilar v. PL Paul Chabot (replacing Gary
Miller)
8. CA-52 PA incumbent Scott Peters v. PA Republican Carl
DeMaio
9. MD-06 PA incumbent John Delaney v. PL Dan Bongino
10. NY-25 PA incumbent Louise Slaughter v. unknown Mark
Assini
11. WA-04 PL Clint Didier v. PL/MR /unknown Dan Newhouse
(replacing Hastings)
Heading to December runoff
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LA-05 Jamie Mayo v. Ralph Abraham ( replacing McAllister)
LA-06 Edwin Edwards v. Garret Graves (replacing Cassidy)
New Members (listed by state and congressional district)
Gary Palmer (R-AL-06)
Endorsements: NRLC, FRC
Ruben Gallego (R-AZ-07)
Predecessor: Ed Pastor (D) (0%) [1991-2014]
Endorsements: NARAL, Planned Parenthood
French Hill (R-AR-02)
Predecessor: Tim Griffin (R) (100%) [2010-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Bruce Westerman (R-AR-04)
Predecessor: Tom Cotton (R) (100%) [2012-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC, FRC
Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11)
Predecessor: George Miller (D) (0%) [1974- 2014]
Endorsements: NOW
Steve Knight (R-CA-25)
Predecessor: Buck McKeon (R) (100%**) [1992-2014]
Endorsements: Unknown
*Pro-life statements per news reports
Ted Lieu (D-CA-33)
Predecessor: Henry Waxman (D) (0%) [1974-2014]
Endorsements: Unknown
** Pro-abortion voting record as a state senator per campaign website
Norma Torres (D-CA-35)
Predecessor: Gloria Negrete McLeod (D) (0%)
[2012-2014]
Endorsements: EMILY’s List, NARAL,
Planned Parenthood
Mimi Walters (R-CA-45)
Predecessor: John Campbell (R) (100%) [2005-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC, SBA
Ken Buck (R-CO-04)
Predecessor: Cory Gardner (R) (100%)[2010-2012]
Endorsements: FRC
Gwen Graham (R-FL-02)
Predecessor: Steve Southerland (R) (100%)
[2010-2014]
Endorsements: EMILY’s List, Planned Parenthood
Carlos Curbelo (R-FL-09)
Predecessor: Joe Garcia (D) (0%) [2012-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Earl “Buddy” Carter (R-GA-01)
Predecessor: Jack Kingston (R) (100%) [1992-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Jody Hice (R-GA-10)
Predecessor: Paul Broun (R) (50%) [2007-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC, FRC
Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11)
Predecessor: Phil Gingrey (R) (100%) [2002-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC, FRC, CWA
Rick Allen (R-GA-12)
Predecessor: John Barrow (D) (0%) [2004-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Mark Takai (D-HI-01)
Predecessor: Colleen Hanabusa (D) (0%) [2010-2014]
Endorsements: Planned Parenthood
Robert Dold (R-IL-10)
Predecessor: Brad Schnedier (D) (0%) [2012-2014]
Endorsements: Unknown
FORMER MEMBER OF CONGRESS (Mixed Record)
Mike Bost (R-11-12)
Predecessor: Bill Enyart (D) (0%) [2012-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Rod Blum (R-IA-01)
Predecessor: Bruce Braley (D) (0%) [2006-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
David Young (R-IA-03)
Predecessor: Tom Latham (R) (100%) [1994-2014]
Endorsements: FRC, NRLC
Bruce Poliquin (R-ME-02)
Predecessor: Mike Michaud (D) (0%) [2002-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Seth Moulton (D-MA-06)
Predecessor: John Tierney (D) (0%) [1996-2014]
Endorsements: Unknown
*Pro-abortion per news reports
John Moolenaar (R-MI-04)
Predecessor: Dave Camp (R) (100%) [1990-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Mike Bishop (R-MI-08)
Predecessor: Mike Rogers (R) (100%) [2000-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
David Trott (R-MI-11)
Predecessor: Kerry Bentivolio (R) (100%) [2012-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12)
Predecessor: John Dingell (D) (0%) [1955-2014]
Endorsements: EMILY’s List, NOW
Brenda Lawrence (D-MI-14)
Predecessor: Gary Peters (D) (0%) [2008-2014]
Endorsements: EMILY’s List
Tom Emmer (R-MN-06)
Predecessor: Michele Bachmann (R) (100%)
[2006-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Ryan Zinke (R-MT-AL)
Predecessor: Steve Daines (R) (100%) [2012-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Brad Ashford (D-NE-02)
Challenging: Lee Terry (R) (100%) [1998-2014]
Endorsements: Planned Parenthood
Cresent Hardy (R-NV-04)
Predecessor: Steve Horsford (D) (0%) [2012-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Frank Guinta (R-NH-01)
Predecessor: Carol Shea-Porter (D) (0%)
[2006-2010, 2012-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
FORMER MEMBER OF CONGRESS (PL record)
Donald Norcross (D-NJ-01)
Predecessor: Robert Andrews (D) (0%) [1990-2014]
Endorsements: Unknown
*Statements attacking his opponent’s pro-life position on
campaign website
Tom MacArthur (R-NJ-03)
Predecessor: Jon Runyan (R) (66%) [2010-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC, SBA
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12)
Predecessor: Rush Holt (D) (0%) [1998-2014]
Endorsements: EMILY’s List, NARAL, NOW,
Planned Parenthood
Lee Zeldin (R-NY-01)
Predecessor: Tim Bishop (D) (0%) [2002-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Kathleen Rice (R-NY-04)
Predecessor: Carolyn McCarthy (D) (0%) [1996-2014]
Endorsements: EMILY’s List, NARAL
Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21)
Predecessor: Bill Owens (D) (0%) [2009-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC, SBA
John Katko (R-NY-24)
Predecessor: Dan Maffei (D) (0%)
[2008-2010, 2012-2014]
Endorsements: Unknown*
*Recommended by New York State Right to Life
Mark Walker (R-NC-06)
Predecessor: Howard Coble (R) (100%**) [1984-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
David Rouzer (R-NC-07)
Predecessor: Mike McIntyre (D) (100%) [1996-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Alma Adams (D-NC-12)
Predecessor: Mel Watt (D) (0%) [1992-2014]
Endorsements: EMILY’s List, NARAL, NOW,
Planned Parenthood
Steve Russell (R-OK-05)
Predecessor: James Lankford (R) (100%) [2010-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC, FRC
Ryan Costello (R-PA-06)
Predecessor: Jim Gerlach (R) (100%**) [2002-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13)
Predecessor: Allyson Schwartz (0%) [2004-2014]
Endorsements: Planned Parenthood
John Ratcliffe (R-TX-04)
Predecessor: Ralph Hall (R) (100%) [1980-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Will Hurd (R-TX-23)
Predecessor: Pete Gallego (D) (0%) [2012-2014]
Endorsements: Unknown
Brian Babin (R-TX-36)
Predecessor: Steve Stockman (R) (100%)
[1996-1998, 2012-2014]
Endorsements: Unknown*
*Texas Right to Life endorsed
Mia Love (R-UT-04)
Predecessor: Jim Matheson (D) (100%**) [2000-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC, SBA List
Dave Brat (R-VA-07)
Predecessor: Eric Cantor (R) (100%) [2000-2014]
Endorsements: FRC
Barbara Comstock (R-VA-10)
Predecessor: Frank Wolf (R) (100%) [1980-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC, SBA
Don Beyer (D-VA-08)
Predecessor: Jim Moran (D) (0%) [1990-2014]
Endorsements: NARAL, Planned Parenthood
Alex Mooney (R-WV-02)
Predecessor: Shelley Moore Capito (R) (100%**)
[2000-2014]
Endorsements: CWA, FRC, NRLC
Evan Jenkins (R-WV-03)
Predecessor: Nick Rahall (D) (100%**) [1976-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Glenn Grothman (R-WI-06)
Predecessor: Tom Petri (R) (100%**) [1979-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Too Close To Call (as of 5 pm Nov. 5)
McSally, Martha (R-AZ-02)
Challenging: Ron Barber (D) (0%) [2012-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC, FRC
Doug Ose (R-CA-07)
Challenging: Ami Bera (D) (0%) [2012- 2014]
Endorsements: Unknown
FORMER MEMBER OF CONGRESS (Mixed Record)
Tony Amador (R-CA-09)
Challenging: Jerry McNerney (D) (0%) [2006-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Johnny Tacherra (R-CA-16)
Challenging: Jim Costa (D) (0%) [2004- 2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Ro Khanna (D-CA-17)
Challenging: Mike Honda (D) (0%) [2000- 2014]
Endorsements: Unknown*
* Board Member of Planned Parenthood of Mar Monte
Jeff Gorrell (R-CA-26)
Predecessor: Julia Brownley (D) (0%) [2012-2014]
Endorsements: Unknown
*Pro-abortion statement on campaign website
Paul Chabot (R-CA-31)
Challenging: Pete Aguilar
Predecessor: Gary Miller (R) (100%) [1998-2014]
Endorsements: NRLC
Pete Aguilar (D-CA-31)
Challenging: Paul Chabot
Predecessor: Gary Miller (R) (100%) [1998-2014]
Endorsements: NARAL, Planned Parenthood
Carl DeMaio (R-CA-52)
Challenging: Scott Peters (D) (0%) [2012-2014]
Endorsements: Unknown
*Pro-abortion statement on campaign website
Dan Bongino (R-MD-06)
Challenging: John Delaney (D) (0%) [2012-2014]
Endorsements: Unknown
Clint Didier (R-WA-04)
Challenging: Dan Newhouse
Predecessor: Doc Hastings (R) (100%) [1994-2014]
Endorsements: FRC*
*Human Life of Washington endorsed
Dan Newhouse (R-WA-04)
Challenging: Clint Didier
Predecessor: Doc Hastings (R) (100%) [1994-2014]
Endorsements: Unknown*
*Human Life of Washington indicated Newhouse had “substantial
agreement” with its positions