A look at how the Senate Democratic Caucus has changed since 1993

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From the 102nd Congress (1991-1993), Democrats who are no longer in the Senate:

Brock Adams, Washington
Lloyd Bentsen, Texas
Joe Biden, Delaware
David Boren, Oklahoma
Bill Bradley, New Jersey
John Breaux, Louisiana
Richard Bryan, Nevada
Dale Bumpers, Arkansas
Jocelyn Burdick, North Dakota
Quentin Burdick, North Dakota
Alan Cranston, California
Tom Daschle, South Dakota
Dennis DeConcini, Arizona
Alan Dixon, Illinois
Jim Exon, Nebraska
Wendell Ford, Kentucky
Wyche Fowler, Georgia
John Glenn, Ohio
Al Gore, Tennessee
Bob Graham, Florida
Howell Heflin, Alabama
Fritz Hollings, South Carolina
Bennett Johnston, Louisiana
Edward Kennedy, Massachusetts
Bob Kerrey, Nebraska
Howard Metzenbaum, Ohio
George Mitchell, Maine
Daniel Moynihan, New York
Sam Nunn, Georgia
Claiborne Pell, Rhode Island
David Pryor, Arkansas
Donald Riegle, Michigan
Chuck Robb, Virginia
Terry Sanford, North Carolina
Paul Sarbanes, Maryland
James Sasser, Tennessee
Richard Shelby, Alabama
Paul Simon, Illinois
Paul Wellstone, Minnesota
Tim Wirth, Colorado
Harris Wofford, Pennsylvania


From the 111th Congress, Democrats seated 1994 to 2009:

Member, State, Party, Notes
Evan Bayh, Indiana (not returning)
Mark Begich, Alaska
Michael Bennet, Colorado (up for re-election)
Barbara Boxer, California (up for re-election)
Sherrod Brown, Ohio
Roland Burris, Illinois (not returning)
Maria Cantwell, Washington
Ben Cardin, Maryland
Tom Carper, Delaware
Bob Casey, Pennsylvania
Byron Dorgan, North Dakota (not returning)
Dick Durbin, Illinois
Russ Feingold, Wisconsin (up for re-election)
Dianne Feinstein, California
Al Franken, Minnesota
Kirsten Gillibrand, New York (up for re-election)
Kay Hagan, North Carolina
Tim Johnson, South Dakota
Edward Kaufman, Delaware (not returning)
Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
Mary Landrieu, Louisiana
Blanche Lincoln, Arkansas (up for re-election, primary battle)
Claire McCaskill, Missouri
Robert Menendez, New Jersey
Jeff Merkley, Oregon
Patty Murray, Washington (up for re-election)
Bill Nelson, Florida
Ben Nelson, Nebraska
Mark Pryor, Arkansas
Jack Reed, Rhode Island
Chuck Schumer, New York
Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania (up for re-election, primary battle)
Debbie Stabenow, Michigan
Jon Tester, Montana
Mark Udall, Colorado
Tom Udall, New Mexico
Mark Warner, Virginia
Jim Webb, Virginia
Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island
Ron Wyden, Oregon (up for re-election)


Specter is included, but then Richard Shelby was a Democrat in 1991.




Edited to remove Barbara Mikulski from the top list.

[LoveIsNow]

1. Wrong.

Barbara Mikulski is still in the Senate.

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3. Missed that one. Thanks for pointing it out. n/t

[janx]

2. I love the Udalls.

Tom was my rep when I lived in Colorado. He came by the house once when I wasn't home and talked to my son at length. My son was only about 16 years old then, and he was very impressed.

Mark is my rep now. That family has a historic track record when it comes to conservation/environment.

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4. Both elected in 2008.

Quite a few of these Senators have been elected since 2004.

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5. Yes indeed they have!

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