Committee Turnover in Congress

by: Jill Richardson

Wed Nov 03, 2010 at 21:17:41 PM PDT

I've also gone through and made a list of which Blue Dogs stay and go. And many more are going than staying. This election - and the loss of so many Blue Dogs to Republicans - made the Democratic party better, but it made the Congress worse.

The biggest impact will be to the House Ag committee. Out of 27 Democrats that went into this election, 21 of whom were Blue Dogs, only 12 will be returning to Congress, 10 of whom are Blue Dogs.  

Agriculture
Chair: Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) - Lost
- Max Baucus (D-MT)
- Michael Bennet (D-CO) - won
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Bob Casey (D-PA)
- Kent Conrad (D-ND)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) - won
- Tom Harkin (D-IA)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Pat Leahy (D-VT)
- Ben Nelson (D-NE)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
- Thad Cochran (R-MS)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Mike Johanns (R-NE)
- Dick Lugar (R-IN)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Pat Roberts (R-KS)
- John R. Thune (R-SD)

Appropriations
Chair: Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
Ag Sub-Committee
Chair: Herb Kohl (D-WI)
- Byron Dorgan (D-ND) - retiring
- Dick Durbin (D-IL)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Tom Harkin (D-IA)
- Tim Johnson (D-SD)
- Ben Nelson (D-NE)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Robert Bennett (R-UT) - Lost in primary
- Christopher Bond (R-MO) - Retiring
- Sam Brownback (R-KS) - Won for Governor
- Thad Cochran (R-MS)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Arlen Specter (R-PA) - Lost in primary

House

Agriculture

Chair: B Collin Peterson (D-MN)
V. Chair: B Tim Holden (D-PA)
B Joe Baca (D-CA)
- John Boccieri (D-OH) - Lost
B Leonard Boswell (D-IA)
B Bobby Bright (D-AL) - Lost
B Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)
B Travis Childers (D-MS) - Lost
B Jim Costa (D-CA)
B Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
B Kathy Dahlkemper (D-PA) - Lost
B Brad Ellsworth (D-IN) - Ran for Senate, lost
- Debbie Halvorson (D-IL) - Lost
B Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) - Lost
- Steve Kagen (D-WI) - Lost
- Larry Kissell (D-NC)
B Frank Kratovil (D-MD) - Lost
B Betsy Markey (D-CO) - Lost
B Jim Marshall (D-GA) - Lost
B Mike McIntyre (D-NC)
B Walt Minnick (D-ID) - Lost
B Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) - Lost
- Mark Schauer (D-MI) - Lost
B Kurt Schrader (D-OR)
B David Scott (D-GA)
B Zachary Space (D-OH) - Lost
- Timothy Walz (D-MN)
- Frank Lucas (R-OK)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- K. Michael Conaway (R-TX)
- Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
- Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
- Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
- Sam Graves (R-MO)
- Timothy Johnson (R-IL)
- Steve King (R-IA)
- Robert Latta (R-OH)
- Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
- Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS) - Elected to Senate
- Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
- Phil Roe (R-TN)
- Mike Rogers (R-AL)
- Jean Schmidt (R-OH)
- Adrian Smith (R-NE)
- Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
B=Blue Dog Democrat

Appropriations
Chair: Dave Obey (D-WI) - Retiring
Ag Sub-Committee
Chair: P Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
- Sanford Bishop (D-GA)
B Allen Boyd (D-FL) - Lost
B Lincoln Davis (D-TN) - Lost
P Sam Farr (D-CA)
P Maurice D. Hinchey (D-NY)
P Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)
P Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
- Jack Kingston (R-GA)
- Rodney Alexander (R-LA)
- Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)
- Tom Latham (R-IA)
P=Congressional Progressive Caucus

Education and Labor
P Chair: George Miller (D-CA)
B Jason Altmire (D-PA)
- Robert Andrews (D-NJ)
- Timothy Bishop (D-NY)
P Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- Joe Courtney (D-CT)
- Susan Davis (D-CA)
P Marcia Fudge (D-OH)
P Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)
P Phil Hare (D-IL) - Lost
- Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX)
P Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Rush Holt (D-NJ)
- Dale Kildee (D-MI)
P Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
P Dave Loebsack (D-IA)
- Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)
P Donald Payne (D-NJ)
- Jared Polis (D-CO)
- Robert Scott (D-VA)
- Joe Sestak (D-PA) - Ran for Senate, lost
- Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH) - Lost
P John Tierney (D-MA)
- Dina Titus (D-NV) - Lost
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
P Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
- David Wu (D-OR)
- Buck McKeon (R-CA)
- Judy Biggert (R-IL)
- Rob Bishop (R-UT)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Michael Castle (R-DE) - Lost in primary
- Vernon Ehlers (R-MI)
- Luis F Fortuno (R-PR)
- Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
- Peter Hoekstra (R-MI)
- Duncan D. Hunter (R-CA)
- John Kline (R-MN)
- Kenny Marchant (R-TX)
- Tom McClintock (R-CA)
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
- Thomas Petri (R-WI)
- Phil Roe (R-TN)
- Todd Russell Platts (R-PA)
- Tom Price (R-GA)
- GT Thompson (R-PA)
- Joe Wilson (R-SC)
P=Congressional Progressive Caucus

Energy & Commerce: (Food Safety-FDA)
Chair: Henry Waxman (D-CA)
Vice Chair: Diana DeGette (D-CO)
- John Barrow, D-GA
- Tammy Baldwin, D-WI
- Rick Boucher (D-VA) - Lost
- Bruce L. Braley, D-IA
- G. K. Butterfield, D-NC
- Lois Capps, D-CA
- Kathy Castor, D-FL
- John D. Dingell (D-MI)
- Mike Doyle, D-PA
- Eliot L. Engel, D-NY
- Anna G. Eshoo, D-CA
- Charles A. Gonzalez, D-TX
B Bart Gordon (D-TN) - Retiring
- Gene Green, D-TX
B Jane Harman, D-CA
B Baron P. Hill (D-IN) - Lost
- Jay Inslee, D-WA
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Jim Matheson, D-UT
- Doris O. Matsui, D-CA
- Jerry McNerney D-CA
B Charlie Melancon (D-LA) - Lost
- Christopher S. Murphy, D-CT
- Frank Pallone, Jr., D-NJ
- Mike Ross, D-AR
- Bobby L. Rush, D-IL
- John P. Sarbanes, D-MD
- Jan Schakowsky, D-IL
B Zachary T. Space (D-OH) - Lost
- Bart Stupak (D-MI) - Retiring
- Betty Sutton, D-OH
- Anthony D. Weiner, D-NY
- Peter Welch, D-VT
- Joe Barton (R-TX)
- Marsha Blackburn, R-TN
- Roy Blunt (R-MO) - Won for Senate
- Michael C. Burgess, R-TX
- Steve Buyer (R-IN) - Retiring
- Phil Gingrey, R-GA
- Parker Griffith, R-AL
- Ralph M. Hall, R-TX
- Robert E. Latta, R-OH
- Mary Bono Mack, R-CA
- Tim Murphy, R-PA
- Sue Wilkins Myrick, R-NC
- Joseph R. Pitts, R-PA
- George Radanovich (R-CA) - Retiring
- Mike Rogers, R-MI
- Steve Scalise, R-LA
- John Shadegg (R-AZ) - Retiring
- John Shimkus, R-IL
- Cliff Stearns, R-FL
- John Sullivan (R-OK)
- Lee Terry, R-NE
- Fred Upton, R-MI
- Ed Whitfield, R-KY

Blue Dogs Who Won't Be Back  

1. Arcuri, Mike (NY-24)
   
2. Berry, Marion (AR-01)
   
3. Boyd, Allen (FL-02)
   
4. Bright, Bobby (AL-02)
   
5. Carney, Christopher (PA-10)
   
6. Childers, Travis (MS-01)
   
7. Dahlkemper, Kathy (PA-03)
   
8. Davis, Lincoln (TN-04)
   
9. Ellsworth, Brad (IN-08)
   
10. Gordon, Bart (TN-06)
    
11. Herseth-Sandlin, Stephanie (SD-AL)
    
12. Hill, Baron (IN-09)
    
13. Kratovil, Jr., Frank (MD-01)
    
14. Markey, Betsy (CO-04)
    
15. Marshall, Jim (GA-08)
    
16. Melancon, Charlie (LA-03)
    
17. Minnick, Walt (ID-01)
    
18. Mitchell, Harry (AZ-05)
    
19. Moore, Dennis (KS-03)
    
20. Murphy, Patrick (PA-08)
    
21. Murphy, Scott (NY-20)
    
22. Nye, Glenn (VA-02)
    
23. Pomeroy, Earl (ND)
    
24. Salazar, John (CO-03)
    
25. Space, Zack (OH-18)
    
26. Tanner, John (TN-08)
    
27. Taylor, Gene (MS-04)
    
28. Wilson, Charles (OH-06)

Blue Dog Wins

1. Altmire, Jason (PA-04)
   
2. Baca, Joe (CA-43)
   
3. Barrow, John (GA-12)
   
4. Bishop, Sanford (GA-02)
   
5. Boren, Dan (OK-02)
   
6. Boswell, Leonard (IA-03)
   
7. Cardoza, Dennis (CA-18)
   
8. Chandler, Ben (KY-06)
   
9. Cooper, Jim (TN-05)
   
10. Cuellar, Henry (TX-28)
    
11. Donnelly, Joe (IN-02)
    
12. Harman, Jane (CA-36)
    
13. Holden, Tim (PA-17)
    
14. Matheson, Jim (UT-02)
    
15. McIntyre, Mike (NC-07)
    
16. Michaud, Mike (ME-02)
    
17. Peterson, Collin (MN-07)
    
18. Ross, Mike (AR-04)
    
19. Sanchez, Loretta (CA-47)
    
20. Schiff, Adam (CA-29)
    
21. Schrader, Kurt (OR-05)
    
22. Scott, David (GA-13)
    
23. Shuler, Heath (NC-11)
    
24. Thompson, Mike (CA-01)

Blue Dogs Not Called Yet:
- Costa, Jim (CA-20)
- Giffords, Gabrielle (AZ-08)