List of current United States Senators

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Map showing Senators' party membership in the 110th Congress. States in red are represented by two Republicans and those in blue by two Democrats. Purple states are represented by one senator from each party. Gray states are represented by one Democrat and either one Independent or one Independent Democrat.

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This is a complete list of current United States Senators arranged alphabetically by the state they represent, along with lists of party affiliation, and leadership.

There are currently 18 states represented by two Democrats (including Vermont and Connecticut, which are represented by one Democrat and one Independent or Independent Democrat, respectively, who caucusus with Senate Democrats), 17 states represented by two Republicans and 15 states represented by one senator from each party.

1 Party affiliation
2 Leadership
- 2.1 Majority leadership
- 2.2 Minority leadership
3 List of current Senators
4 See also

[edit] Party affiliation

Affiliation		Members	Note
	Democratic Party	49
	Republican Party	49
	Connecticut for Lieberman	1	Joe Lieberman caucuses with the Democrats.
	Independent	1	Bernie Sanders caucuses with the Democrats.
Total		100

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Majority leadership

	Officer	State	Since
Majority Leader	Harry Reid	Nevada	2007
Assistant Majority Leader	Richard Durbin	Illinois	2007
Democratic Conference Chairman	Harry Reid	Nevada	2005
Democratic Policy Committee Chairman	Byron Dorgan	North Dakota	1999
Democratic Conference Vice Chairman	Patty Murray	Washington	2007
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman	Chuck Schumer	New York	2005

[edit] Minority leadership

	Officer	State	Since
Minority Leader	Mitch McConnell	Kentucky	2007
Assistant Minority Leader	Trent Lott	Mississippi	2007
Republican Conference Chairman	Jon Kyl	Arizona	2007
Republican Policy Committee Chairman	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Texas	2007
Republican Conference Secretary	John Cornyn	Texas	2007
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman	John Ensign	Nevada	2007

[edit] List of current Senators

	Party	State ↑	Hometown	Class	First took office	Current term expires	Prior Background	Education
Richard Shelby	Republican	Alabama	Tuscaloosa	3	1987	2011	US Rep (AL-7)	Alabama
Jeff Sessions	Republican	Alabama	Mobile	2	1997	2009	AL Attorney General	Huntingdon College, Alabama
Ted Stevens	Republican	Alaska	Girdwood	2	1968	2009	AK House	UCLA, Harvard
Lisa Murkowski	Republican	Alaska	Anchorage	3	2002	2011	AK House	Georgetown, Willamette
John McCain	Republican	Arizona	Phoenix	3	1987	2011	US Rep (AZ-1)	Navy
Jon Kyl	Republican	Arizona	Phoenix	1	1995	2013	US Rep (AZ-4)	Arizona
Blanche Lincoln	Democratic	Arkansas	Helena	3	1999	2011	US Rep (AR-1)	Randolph-Macon
Mark Pryor	Democratic	Arkansas	Fayetteville	2	2003	2009	AR Attorney General	Arkansas
Dianne Feinstein	Democratic	California	San Francisco	1	1992	2013	Mayor of San Francisco	Stanford
Barbara Boxer	Democratic	California	Greenbrae	3	1993	2011	US Rep (CA-6)	Brooklyn College
Wayne Allard	Republican	Colorado	Loveland	2	1997	2009	US Rep (CO-4)	Colorado State
Ken Salazar	Democratic	Colorado	Denver	3	2005	2011	CO Attorney General	Colorado College, Michigan
Chris Dodd	Democratic	Connecticut	East Haddam	3	1981	2011	US Rep (CT-2)	Providence, Louisville
Joe Lieberman	Connecticut for Lieberman	Connecticut	New Haven	1	1989	2013	CT Attorney General	Yale
Joe Biden	Democratic	Delaware	Wilmington	2	1973	2009	New Castle County Council	Delaware, Syracuse
Tom Carper	Democratic	Delaware	Wilmington	1	2001	2013	DE Governor; US Rep (DE-At Large)	Ohio State, Delaware
Bill Nelson	Democratic	Florida	Orlando	1	2001	2013	FL State Treasurer	Yale, Virginia
Mel Martinez	Republican	Florida	Orlando	3	2005	2011	Secretary of HUD	Florida State
Saxby Chambliss	Republican	Georgia	Moultrie	2	2003	2009	US Rep (GA-8)	Georgia, Tennessee
Johnny Isakson	Republican	Georgia	Marietta	3	2005	2011	US Rep (GA-6)	Georgia
Daniel Inouye	Democratic	Hawaii	Honolulu	3	1963	2011	US Rep (HI-At Large)	Hawaii, George Washington
Daniel Akaka	Democratic	Hawaii	Honolulu	1	1991	2013	US Rep (HI-2)	Hawaii
Larry Craig	Republican	Idaho	Eagle	2	1991	2009	US Rep (ID-1)	Idaho
Mike Crapo	Republican	Idaho	Idaho Falls	3	1999	2011	US Rep (ID-2)	Brigham Young, Harvard
Richard Durbin	Democratic	Illinois	Springfield	2	1997	2009	US Rep (IL-20)	Georgetown
Barack Obama	Democratic	Illinois	Chicago	3	2005	2011	IL Senate	Columbia, Harvard
Dick Lugar	Republican	Indiana	Indianapolis	1	1977	2013	Mayor of Indianapolis	Denison, Oxford
Evan Bayh	Democratic	Indiana	Indianapolis	3	1999	2011	IN Governor	Indiana, Virginia
Chuck Grassley	Republican	Iowa	New Hartford	3	1981	2011	US Rep (IA-3)	Northern Iowa
Tom Harkin	Democratic	Iowa	Cumming	2	1985	2009	US Rep (IA-5)	Iowa State, Catholic
Sam Brownback	Republican	Kansas	Topeka	3	1996	2011	US Rep (KS-2)	Kansas State, Kansas
Pat Roberts	Republican	Kansas	Dodge City	2	1997	2009	US Rep (KS-1)	Kansas State
Mitch McConnell	Republican	Kentucky	Louisville	2	1985	2009	Jefferson County Exec	Louisville, Kentucky
Jim Bunning	Republican	Kentucky	Southgate	3	1999	2011	US Rep (KY-4)	Xavier
Mary Landrieu	Democratic	Louisiana	New Orleans	2	1997	2009	LA State Treasurer	LSU
David Vitter	Republican	Louisiana	Metairie	3	2005	2011	US Rep (LA-1)	Harvard, Oxford, Tulane
Olympia Snowe	Republican	Maine	Auburn	1	1995	2013	US Rep (ME-2)	Maine
Susan Collins	Republican	Maine	Bangor	2	1997	2009	MA Deputy State Treasurer	St. Lawrence
Barbara Mikulski	Democratic	Maryland	Baltimore	3	1987	2011	US Rep (MD-3)	Mt. St. Agnes, Maryland
Ben Cardin	Democratic	Maryland	Baltimore	1	2007	2013	US Rep (MD-3)	Pittsburgh, Maryland
Ted Kennedy	Democratic	Massachusetts	Hyannis Port	1	1962	2013	Law	Harvard, Virginia
John Kerry	Democratic	Massachusetts	Boston	2	1985	2009	MA Lt. Gov.	Yale, Boston College
Carl Levin	Democratic	Michigan	Detroit	2	1979	2009	Detroit City Council	Swarthmore, Harvard
Debbie Stabenow	Democratic	Michigan	Lansing	1	2001	2013	US Rep (MI-8)	Michigan State
Norm Coleman	Republican	Minnesota	Saint Paul	2	2003	2009	Mayor of St. Paul	Hofstra, Iowa
Amy Klobuchar	Democratic	Minnesota	Plymouth	1	2007	2013	Hennepin County Attorney	Yale, Chicago Law
Thad Cochran	Republican	Mississippi	Jackson	2	1979	2009	US Rep (MS-4)	Mississippi
Trent Lott	Republican	Mississippi	Pascagoula	1	1989	2013	US Rep (MS-5)	Mississippi
Kit Bond	Republican	Missouri	Mexico	3	1987	2011	MO Governor	Princeton, Virginia
Claire McCaskill	Democratic	Missouri	Columbia	1	2007	2013	MO State Auditor	Missouri
Max Baucus	Democratic	Montana	Helena	2	1979	2009	US Rep (MT-1)	Stanford
Jon Tester	Democratic	Montana	Big Sandy	1	2007	2013	MT State Senator	Great Falls
Chuck Hagel	Republican	Nebraska	Omaha	2	1997	2009	Banking	Nebraska-Omaha
Ben Nelson	Democratic	Nebraska	Omaha	1	2001	2013	NE Governor	Nebraska
Harry Reid	Democratic	Nevada	Searchlight	3	1987	2011	US Rep (NV-1)	Southern Utah State, Utah State, George Washington
John Ensign	Republican	Nevada	Las Vegas	1	2001	2013	US Rep (NV-1)	UNLV, Oregon State, Colorado State
Judd Gregg	Republican	New Hampshire	Rye	3	1993	2011	NH Governor	Columbia, Boston University
John Sununu	Republican	New Hampshire	Waterville Valley	2	2003	2009	US Rep (NH-1)	MIT, Harvard
Frank Lautenberg	Democratic	New Jersey	Cliffside Park	2	2003	2009	United States Senator, NJ, Class 1, from 1983-2001	Columbia
Bob Menendez	Democratic	New Jersey	Hoboken	1	2006	2013	US Rep (NJ-13)	St. Peter's College, Rutgers
Pete Domenici	Republican	New Mexico	Albuquerque	2	1973	2009	Albuquerque City Commission Chairman	New Mexico, Denver
Jeff Bingaman	Democratic	New Mexico	Santa Fe	1	1983	2013	NM Attorney General	Harvard, Stanford
Charles Schumer	Democratic	New York	Brooklyn	3	1999	2011	US Rep (NY-9)	Harvard
Hillary Rodham Clinton	Democratic	New York	Chappaqua	1	2001	2013	First Lady	Wellesley, Yale
Elizabeth Dole	Republican	North Carolina	Salisbury	2	2003	2009	Secretary of Labor	Duke, Harvard
Richard Burr	Republican	North Carolina	Winston-Salem	3	2005	2011	US Rep (NC-5)	Wake Forest
Kent Conrad	Democratic	North Dakota	Bismarck	1	1987	2013	ND Tax Commissioner	Stanford, George Washington
Byron Dorgan	Democratic	North Dakota	Bismarck	3	1993	2011	US Rep (ND-At Large)	North Dakota, Denver
George Voinovich	Republican	Ohio	Cleveland	3	1999	2011	OH Governor	Ohio, Ohio State
Sherrod Brown	Democratic	Ohio	Lorain	1	2007	2013	US Rep (OH-13)	Yale, Ohio State
Jim Inhofe	Republican	Oklahoma	Tulsa	2	1995	2009	US Rep (OK-1)	Tulsa
Tom Coburn	Republican	Oklahoma	Muskogee	3	2005	2011	US Rep (OK-2)	Oklahoma State, Oklahoma
Ron Wyden	Democratic	Oregon	Portland	3	1997	2011	US Rep (OR-3)	Stanford, Oregon
Gordon Smith	Republican	Oregon	Pendleton	2	1997	2009	OR Senate President	Brigham Young, Southwestern
Arlen Specter	Republican	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	3	1981	2011	Philadelphia District Attorney	Pennsylvania, Yale
Bob Casey, Jr.	Democratic	Pennsylvania	Scranton	1	2007	2013	PA State Treasurer	Holy Cross, The Catholic University of America
Jack Reed	Democratic	Rhode Island	Cranston	2	1997	2009	US Rep (RI-2)	Army, Harvard
Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	Rhode Island	Providence	1	2007	2013	RI Attorney General	Yale, Virginia
Lindsey Graham	Republican	South Carolina	Seneca	2	2003	2009	US Rep (SC-3)	South Carolina
Jim DeMint	Republican	South Carolina	Greenville	3	2005	2011	US Rep (SC-4)	Tennessee, Clemson
Tim Johnson	Democratic	South Dakota	Vermillion	2	1997	2009	US Rep (SD-At Large)	South Dakota
John Thune	Republican	South Dakota	Murdo	3	2005	2011	US Rep (SD-At Large)	Biola, South Dakota
Lamar Alexander	Republican	Tennessee	Maryville	2	2003	2009	Secretary of Education	Vanderbilt, NYU
Bob Corker	Republican	Tennessee	Chattanooga	1	2007	2013	Mayor of Chattanooga	Tennessee
Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	Texas	Dallas	1	1993	2013	TX State Treasurer	Texas
John Cornyn	Republican	Texas	San Antonio	2	2003	2009	TX Attorney General	Trinity University, St. Mary's University, Virginia
Orrin Hatch	Republican	Utah	Salt Lake City	1	1977	2013	Attorney	Brigham Young, Pittsburgh
Robert Bennett	Republican	Utah	Salt Lake City	3	1993	2011	Business	Utah
Patrick Leahy	Democratic	Vermont	Middlesex	3	1975	2011	Chittenden County State's Attorney	St. Michael's College, Georgetown
Bernie Sanders	Independent	Vermont	Burlington	1	2007	2013	US Rep (VT-At Large)	Brooklyn, Chicago
John Warner	Republican	Virginia	Alexandria	2	1979	2009	Secretary of the Navy	Washington and Lee, Virginia
Jim Webb	Democratic	Virginia	McLean	1	2007	2013	Secretary of the Navy	Navy, University of Southern California, Georgetown Law
Patty Murray	Democratic	Washington	Shoreline	3	1993	2011	WA Senate	Washington State
Maria Cantwell	Democratic	Washington	Edmonds	1	2001	2013	US Rep (WA-1)	Miami (Ohio)
Robert Byrd	Democratic	West Virginia	Sophia	1	1959	2013	US Rep (WV-6)	American
Jay Rockefeller	Democratic	West Virginia	Charleston	2	1985	2009	WV Governor	Harvard
Herb Kohl	Democratic	Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1	1989	2013	WI Democratic Party chairman	Wisconsin, Harvard
Russ Feingold	Democratic	Wisconsin	Middleton	3	1993	2011	WI Senate	Wisconsin, Oxford, Harvard
Craig Thomas	Republican	Wyoming	Casper	1	1995	2013	US Rep (WY-At Large)	Wyoming
Mike Enzi	Republican	Wyoming	Gillette	2	1997	2009	WY Senate	George Washington, Denver

[edit] See also

110th United States Congress, the most recent Congress

United States Congress House of Representatives, Senate — 110th Congress
Members	House: Current, Former, Districts (by area) \| Senate: Current (by seniority, by age), Former (expelled/censured), Classes
Leaders	House: Speaker, Party leaders, Party whips, Dem. caucus, Rep. conference, Dean \| Senate: President pro tempore (list), Party leaders, Assistant party leaders, Dem. Caucus (Chair, Secretary, Policy comm. chair), Rep. Conference (Chair, Vice-Chair, Policy comm. chair), Dean
Groups	African Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, Hispanic Americans, Caucuses, Committees, Demographics, Senate Women
Agencies, Employees & Offices	Architect of the Capitol, Capitol guide service (board), Capitol police (board), Chiefs of Staff, GAO, Government Printing Office, Law Revision Counsel, Librarian of Congress, Poet laureate \| House: Chaplain, Chief Administrative Officer, Clerk, Doorkeeper, Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations, Historian, Page (board), Parliamentarian, Postmaster, Reading clerk, Recording Studio, Sergeant at Arms \| Senate: Chaplain, Curator, Historian, Librarian, Page, Parliamentarian, Secretary, Sergeant at Arms
Politics & Procedure	Act of Congress (list), Caucuses, Committees, Hearings, Joint session, Oversight, Party Divisions, Rider \| House: Committees, History, Jefferson's Manual, Procedures \| Senate: Committees, Filibuster, History, Traditions, VPs' tie-breaking votes
Buildings	Capitol Complex, Capitol, Botanic Garden \| Office buildings– House: Cannon, Ford, Longworth, O'Neill, Rayburn, Senate: Dirksen, Hart, Russell
Research	Biographical directory, Congressional Quarterly, Congressional Record, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, The Hill, Roll Call, THOMAS
Misc	Mace of the House, Power of enforcement, Scandals, Softball League

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[edit] Party affiliation

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Majority leadership

[edit] Minority leadership

[edit] List of current Senators

[edit] See also

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