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The 2014 midterm elections have shifted the political balance in
Washington. Despite a handful of unresolved races, Republicans
are clearly set to control both chambers of Congress for the next
two years. NACo has broken down the election results and
provided the following analysis to prepare county officials for the
lame duck period and beyond.
2014 House Races: Republicans maintained control of the House.
Going into election night, Republicans held 233 seats and
Democrats held 199 (seats in New Jersey, North Carolina and
Virginia were vacant). Although seven races are still undecided
(Ariz.-2, Calif.-7, Calif.-16, Calif.-26, La.-5, La.-6 and N.Y.-25), the
2014 midterms have yielded House Republicans their largest
majority since the 1946 elections when they controlled 246 seats.
If they take all seven undecided races, House Republicans will
gain their largest majority since they won 270 seats in 1928.
2014 Senate Races: Republicans gained control of the Senate for
the first time since 2006, picking up seats in Alaska, Arkansas,
Colorado, Iowa, Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota and West
Virginia. One race remains unresolved with Democratic
incumbent Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) facing off against Rep. Bill
Cassidy (R-La.) in a runoff election. At a minimum, Republicans
will hold 53 seats in the Senate and the Democrats will have 44
seats plus two additional seats occupied by Independents who
traditionally caucus with the party.
2014 Gubernatorial Races: In addition to the congressional
races, there were 36 gubernatorial elections held across the
country. Democrats picked up one state – Pennsylvania, while
Republicans experienced major wins in blue states like Illinois,
Massachusetts and Maryland. Races in Alaska and Vermont
are still unresolved but, at a minimum, Republicans will hold
offices in 31 states and Democrats will hold offices in 17
states.
114th Congress: On January 3, 2015, the 114th Congress will
begin, ushering in a new crop of Senators and
Representatives. There will be at least 12 new Senators and
58 new Representatives serving in the 114th Congress, which
means nearly half of Congress will have been elected in
November 2010 or later. While news pundits talk about
gridlock in Washington, when it comes to issues affecting
county government, nothing could be further from the truth.
In 2015, Congress is expected to focus on the budget, tax and
entitlement reform, and long-term funding for federal
transportation programs. Congress will also be conducting
important oversight over the Administration’s broadband and
Internet policies, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
regulations, including the Administration’s “Waters of the
U.S.” proposed rule.
Now that the elections are over, Congress has entered a lame
duck period. For months, House and Senate leadership have
described their plans for the lame duck as being dependent on
the outcome of election night. Although Republicans won’t
officially take the helm of the Senate until January, their new
power will come into play immediately during negotiations over
the lame duck agenda. At a minimum, Congress is expected to
tackle “must pass” legislation that addresses FY 2015
appropriations before the current continuing resolution (CR) (P.L.
No. 113-164) runs out on December 11. Groundwork has already
been laid for an omnibus appropriations package that would set
funding levels through September 30, 2015, providing Congress a
fresh start for the FY 2016 appropriations process next year.
In addition to finalizing FY 2015 appropriations, Senate Democrats
are likely to push through a number of executive and judicial
branch nominations while they still have the majority. Another
possible item that could see action during the lame duck period is
a long-standing priority for NACo, the Marketplace Fairness Act
(MFA), which grants state and local governments the ability to
enforce existing sales tax laws on remote or online sales.
MFA could be addressed during the lame duck session
through S.2609, the Marketplace and Internet Tax Fairness Act
(MITFA), which was introduced in mid-July by Sens. Lamar
Alexander (R-Tenn.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.)
and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.).
MITFA is a measure that combines MFA with a temporary
extension of the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA), a law that
currently prohibits state and local governments from taxing
Internet access and is set to expire December 11, 2014. NACo
prefers the temporary extension of ITFA rather than
permanent extensions proposed in other bills (H.R. 2086; S.
1431). There are other possible items that Congress may
choose to tackle but Republicans are expected to try and
postpone major legislative endeavors until they’re in charge.
During the lame duck session, NACo will continue to press
Congress for a one year extension of mandatory full funding
for the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program for FY 2015
and for the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self
Determination Act (SRS) for FY 2014. House appropriators
provided for a one year extension of PILT in their Interior and
Environment Appropriations bill, whereas their Senate
counterparts did not. The House has also passed a NACobacked forest health bill (H.R. 1526) which included an
extension of SRS.
Shortly following the conclusion of the lame duck period, the
114th session of Congress will begin. There are likely to be several
differences between the current and incoming Congress. Most of
the differences, not surprisingly, will be rooted in the Senate,
where Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) hopes to restore
“regular order” to the committee process, which includes the
practice of passing 12 separate appropriations bills through both
chambers and then reconciling their differences in conference –
something Congress has failed to do since 1994. Another reform
suggested by the Minority Leader is allowing for a “free and open
amendment process” and greater debate on the Senate floor, a
departure from the direction taken by Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
changes in leadership. One of the most significant changes
will occur to the Environment and Public Works Committee,
which will no longer be chaired by Sen. Barbara Boxer (DCalif.). Instead, Sen. Boxer will likely serve as the ranking
Democrat to Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.). Sens. Boxer and
Inhofe worked closely together crafting MAP-21, which may
bode well for the reauthorization process. In addition, the
current chairs of the Senate’s Banking Committee and
Commerce Committee, which have jurisdiction over transit,
freight and rail policy, Sens. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and Jay
Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) are both retiring at the end of the year,
leaving questions about who will serve as the ranking
Democrats alongside Sens. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and John
Thune (R-S.D.).
A Republican-led Senate also means that Senate Democrats will
lose their committee chairs starting in January. Retirements and
incumbent losses in the midterms will also shake up a number of
committees that have jurisdiction over key legislative issues to
counties, including transportation and tax policy.
Regarding transportation policy, there are numerous changes on
the horizon for the Senate committees that are responsible for
reauthorizing the current federal surface transportation law –
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) (P.L.
No. 112-141). In the Senate, several committees have jurisdiction
over the reauthorization process, and all of them will experience
In the House, several changes are going to come to the
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Although Rep.
Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) will likely continue as chairman, the top
Democrat on the committee Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) lost his
election. In addition, the chair of the committee’s Highway
and Transit Subcommittee Rep. Tom Petri (R-Wis.) is retiring
at the end of this year, leaving behind a strong legacy and a key
vacancy on the committee. Unless Congress acts, MAP-21 will
expire and the Highway Trust Fund – which pays for the programs
authorized by MAP-21 – will become insolvent at the end of May
2015. Chairman Shuster has remained committed to passing a
long-term bill through Congress but it’s unclear how these
departures will impact the process.
Regarding tax policy, the House Ways and Means Committee and
Senate Finance Committee will experience significant change in
the 114th Congress, with Ways and Means Chair Rep. Dave Camp
(R-Mich.) retiring at the end of this year. The current Budget
Committee Chair, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is considered a likely
candidate to replace Chairman Camp and serve alongside the
committee’s current ranking Democrat, Rep. Sandy Levin (DMich.).
The House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance
Committee are expected to tackle a number of tax issues that are
critical to counties, including the solvency of the Highway Trust
Fund and comprehensive tax reform, which may address the tax
exemption for municipal bond interest and the deduction for
state and local taxes. In early 2014, Chairman Camp released a
discussion draft to guide comprehensive tax reform, which
included a provision that would place a surtax on tax-exempt
municipal bond interest earned by investors and identified
enough funding to keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent for
eight years. It’s unclear at this time how new committee
leadership would tackle these issues.
In addition to transportation and tax policy, Republican
leaders have signaled that they want to reform America’s
entitlement programs as part of a larger goal of reducing the
national debt and circumscribing the role of the federal
government in the health care arena. Of the three large
federal entitlement programs – Social Security, Medicare and
Medicaid – counties have a unique interest in Medicaid.
Counties provide direct services to low income individuals,
including Medicaid beneficiaries, they finance Medicaid in
many states, putting up local funds to draw down the federal
match, and administer the Medicaid program on behalf of the
states at the local level. The chairman of the House
committee with jurisdiction over Medicaid, Rep. Fred Upton
(R-Mich.), and the presumptive chairman of the Senate
committee, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), have both publicly
indicated a willingness to overhaul how the Medicaid program
works, specifically suggesting capping the amount of federal
funds available per beneficiaries in broad categories: children,
blind and disabled, elderly and other adults. Any measure which
would shift costs from the federal government to states and
counties would be of concern to NACo.
A new Republican majority will also look to block the
Administration from moving forward with its regulatory Agenda
next year. A key issue for counties continues to be the proposed
rule on “Waters of the U.S.” which was released by the EPA and
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on April 21, 2014. NACo has
raised concerns over the scope of the proposal, including its
potential impact on county owned and maintained public safety
infrastructure and has called on the federal government to
withdraw the proposal until further analysis has been completed.
While the House passed a bill in September that would prevent
the proposed rule from moving forward, the Senate has not
considered such a measure and the White House has threatened
a potential veto.
Many of the legislative items expected to come up in the 114th
Congress lack Democratic support. House Budget Committee
Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has hinted that Republicans may
pursue a reconciliation strategy in order to push through some of
their more controversial priorities. Reconciliation is a legislative
process used by Congress – primarily with budget bills – that
limits debate and allows for passage with a simple majority.
There are several procedural restrictions that apply to
reconciliation bills that may interfere with Republicans’ ability
to utilize this option.
While Republicans are eager to move forward with a robust
agenda, it’s important to note that there are a number of
obstacles that may limit how much they can accomplish. First,
while Republicans took the Senate in the midterms, their
majority is not nearly large enough to bypass the Democrats
(unless they use reconciliation). Second, the Republicans’
upper hand in the upper chamber will be further suppressed
once the presidential primary season starts, with at least
three of the Senate’s Republicans (Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.),
Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas)) expected to make a
play for the White House. In addition, 34 Senate seats are up
in 2016 and 24 of those are held by Republicans. Elections are
notorious for inhibiting bipartisan compromise and limiting
the legislative calendar, which will likely impact how much
gets done between January 3, 2015 when the 114th Congress
is sworn in and Election Day – November 8, 2016.
Transportation Reauthorization: NACo urges Congress to fix the Highway Trust Fund and pass a multi-year surface
transportation bill that would provide funding certainty for counties.
Marketplace Fairness Act: NACo supports legislative initiatives that permit the collection of existing sales and use taxes
from remote sellers.
Payment in Lieu of Taxes and Secure Rural Schools: NACo supports extending full mandatory funding for the Payment in
Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program as well as legislative efforts to reform and fund the expired Secure Rural Schools (SRS)
program.
Tax Reform: NACo supports the preservation of the federal deductibility of local property and income taxes and the taxexempt status of municipal bonds that provide critical funding for public facilities, infrastructure and development.
Protecting the Federal-State-Local Partnership for Medicaid: NACo supports maintaining the federal-state-local structure
for financing and delivering Medicaid services. Counties continue to be concerned about measures that would further
shift federal and state Medicaid costs to counties including cuts, caps or block grants.
“Waters of the U.S.” Proposed Rule: NACo has raised concerns over the scope proposed rule as released by EPA and the
Army Corps of Engineers, including its potential impact on county owned and maintained public safety infrastructure and
has called on the federal government to withdraw the proposal until further analysis has been completed.
Immigration Reform: NACo supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes a modernized legal immigration
system, establishes a temporary worker program, provides an earned path to citizenship and enhances border security.
• Appropriations: an omnibus spending bill or another continuing resolution must be passed to avoid a
government shutdown once the continuing resolution currently funding the federal government
expires on December 11.
• Online sales tax: the Marketplace and Internet Tax Fairness Act (MITFA) (S. 2609) has been identified
by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) as a post-election priority.
• Tax extenders: about 60 tax provisions, including some subsidies and credits, are set to expire at the
end of 2014.
• Immigration: although congressional action on this divisive issue is unlikely, President Obama has
stated his intention to take executive action on immigration.
In an Op-Ed published in the Wall Street Journal on November 5, Speaker of
the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) and likely new Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) presented their priorities for the 114th Congress.
The following is not an ordered list:
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Authorizing construction of the Keystone XL pipeline
Restoring 40-hour definition of full-time employment
Repealing the Affordable Care Act
Simplifying the tax code
Defeating global terrorist threats
Reforming the education system
Repealing "excessive regulations“
Addressing the national debt
u.s. election insight 2014
A new, republican-controlled, u.s. senate
republicans, who held 45 seats going into the election, gained eight seats and a 53-seat senate majority.
Louisiana’s runoff election, which is slated for december 6, could increase this majority to 54.
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u.s. election insight 2014
GOP dominated competitive senate races
Republicans won 9 of 12 senate races considered by forecasters to be competitive,
and could increase that tally to 10 of 13 after the Louisiana runoff on december 6.
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Successful
Rep. Steven Daines (R)
Cory Gardner (R)
Joni Ernst (R)
Rep. Tom Cotton (R)
Shelley Moore Capito (R)
Thom Tillis (R)
Mike Rounds (R)
Dan Sullivan (R)
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R)
David Perdue (R)
Sen. Jim Risch (R)
Sen. Pat Roberts (R)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R)
Sen. Susan Collins (R)
Ben Sasse (R)
Sen. James Inhofe (R)
Rep. James Lankford (R)
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R)
Sen. Tim Scott (R)
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R)
Sen. John Cornyn (R)
Sen. Mike Enzi (R)
Defeated
Amanda Curtis (D)
Sen. Mark Udall (D)
Rep. Bruce Braley (D)
Sen. Mark Pryor (D)
Natalie Tennant (D)
Sen. Kay Hagan (D)
Rick Weiland (D)
Sen. Mark Begich (D)
Uncontested
Michelle Nunn (D)
Nels Mitchell (D)
Greg Orman (I)
Alison Lundergan Grimes (D)
Shenna Bellows (D)
David Domina (D)
Matt Silverstein (D)
Connie Johnson (D)
Brad Hutto (D)
Joyce Dickerson (D)
Gordon Ball (D)
David Alameel (D)
Charlie Hardy (D)
Seat Currently Held By
Retiring Sen. John Walsh (D)
Sen. Mark Udall (D)
Retiring Sen. Tom Harkin (D)
Sen. Mark Pryor (D)
Retiring Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D)
Sen. Kay Hagan (D)
Retiring Sen. Tim Johnson (D)
Sen. Mark Begich (D)
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R)
Retiring Sen. Johnny Isakson (R)
Sen. Jim Risch (R)
Sen. Pat Roberts (R)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R)
Sen. Susan Collins (R)
Retiring Sen. Mike Johanns (R)
Sen. James Inhofe (R)
Retiring Sen. Tom Coburn (R)
Sen. Lindsay Graham (R)
Sen. Tim Scott (R)
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R)
Sen. John Cornyn (R)
Sen. Mike Enzi (R)
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Successful
Defeated
Seat Currently Held By
OR
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D)
Monica Wehby (R)
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D)
NM
Sen. Tom Udall (D)
Allen Weh (R)
Sen. Tom Udall (D)
MN
Sen. Al Franken (D)
Mike McFadden (R)
Sen. Al Franken (D)
IL
Sen. Dick Durbin (D)
Jim Oberweis (R)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D)
MI
Gary Peters (D)
Terri Lynn Land (R)
Retiring Sen. Carl Levin (D)
VA
Sen. Mark Warner (D)
Ed Gillespie (R)
Sen. Mark Warner (D)
NJ
Sen. Cory Booker (D)
Jeff Bell (R)
Sen. Cory Booker (D)
RI
Sen. Jack Reed (D)
Mark Zaccaria (R)
Sen. Jack Reed (D)
MA
Sen. Ed Markley (D)
Brian Herr (R)
Sen. Ed Markley (D)
NH
Sen. Jeanne Saheen (D)
Scott Brown (R)
Sen. Jeanne Saheen (D)
DE
Sen. Chris Coons (D)
Kevin Wade (R)
Sen. Chris Coons (D)
u.s. election insight 2014
New faces in the senate
New Republican Senators
Rep. Tom Cotton
(R-Ark.)
Cory Gardner
(R-Colo.)
David Perdue
(R-Ga.)
Joni Ernst
(R-Iowa)
Rep. Steve Daines
(R-Mont.)
Thom Tillis Shelley Moore Capito Mike Rounds
(R-N.C)
(R-W.Va.)
(R-S.D.)
New Democratic Senator
In the 114th congress, 45 senators will be new to the body since 2010.
if the gop wins the Louisiana runoff, the number will increase to 46
Gary Peters
(D-Mich.)
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u.s. election insight 2014
Republicans strengthen house majority
113th congress
233
199
AK
114th congress
Total Seats
Democrats: 199
Republicans: 233
Vacancies: 3
AK
*As of november 13, six house races remained undecided
• Calif. (26) Rep. Brownley (D) vs. Gorell (R)
• Calif. (16) Tacherra (R) vs. Rep. Costa (D)
• Calif. (7) Rep. Bera (D) vs. Ose (R)
Source: cnn election center; national journal
244
185
• LA. (5) Mayo (D) vs. Abraham (R)
• LA. (6) Edwards (D) vs. Graves (R)
• Ariz. (2) McSally (R) Barber (D)
Total Seats
Democrats: 185
Republicans: 244
Undecided: 6
Democratic
Republican
vacant
undecided
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u.s. election insight 2014
Breakdown of republican state legislature gains
In all, more than 6,000 of the 7,383 state legislature seats in the U.S. were up for election in 2014
Democratic
State House
Seats
Republican State
House Seats
Total = 5411*
pre-election
2549
2790
post-election
2339
3028
Gain
Democratic
State Senate
Seats
Republicans
gained
238 seats
Republican
State Senate
Seats
Total = 1972*
869
1030
824
1085
Gain
Republicans
gained
55 seats
*Totals include seats held by Independents.
With the roughly 300 seats they gained in the election, Republicans
control over 4,100 of the nation’s 7,383 state legislature seats
The more than 4,100 seats controlled by republicans is
the largest number of gop state seats since 1920
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Alaska
Ballot Initiative
Foreign law prohibition: would prohibit the state from adopting foreign laws
Second amendment rights: would mandate that any firearm restrictions be subject to strict judicial scrutiny
Recreational marijuana: would legalize the sale and use of recreational marijuana
Minimum wage increase: would increase min. wage $1/house in each of next 2 years and tie future increases to inflation
Arkansas
Minimum wage increase: would increase min. wage $1.25/house and additional $.50/house the following 2 years
Legalize alcohol sales: would legalize the sale of alcohol statewide and end dry counties
California
Criminal sentencing: would require misdemeanor instead of felony sentencing for several nonviolent crimes
Colorado
Personhood: would define an unborn child as a person in the criminal code
Food Labeling: would require genetically engineered foods to be labeled as such
Connecticut
District of
Columbia
Early voting restrictions: would remove restrictions on absentee ballots and early voting
Recreational marijuana: would legalize the use and transfer of recreational marijuana
Florida
Medical marijuana: would legalize medical marijuana
Georgia
Income tax limits: would limit the maximum state income tax to its level at the beginning of 2015
Massachusetts
Gasoline tax cap: would eliminate requirement that the state’s gas tax be automatically increased according to inflation
State
Ballot Initiative
Missouri
Early voting: would require a six-day early voting period for elections
Montana
End same-day voter registration: would end same-day voter registration and move the last day to the Friday before
Election Day
Nebraska
Minimum wage increase: would increase minimum wage $.75 per hour and another $1 per house in the following year
New York
Redistricting commission: would appoint a redistricting commission to evaluate congressional district lines every 10 years
North Dakota
Oregon
South Dakota
Personhood: would legally define an unborn child as a person
Recreational marijuana: would legalize the sale and use of recreational marijuana
Open primary system: would create a top-two open primary system
Food labeling: would require genetically engineered foods to be labeled as such
Minimum wage increase: would increase the min. wage $1.25 per hour and index future increases to inflation
Tennessee
Abortion restrictions: would allow the legislature to enact, amend or repeal statutes on abortion
Washington
Firearm background check ban: would prohibit background checks on gun sales unless mandated by federal law
Firearm background checks: would provide universal background checks on firearm purchases
Name
Barbara Boxer (D)
State
CA
County, State
Marin County, Calif.
County Connection
Supervisor
Diane Feinstein (D)
CA
San Francisco County, Calif.
Mayor
Chris Coons (D)
DE
New Castle County, Del.
County Executive
Joni Ernst (R)
IA
Montgomery County, Iowa
County Auditor
Jim Risch (R)
ID
Ada County, Idaho
County Prosecutor
Mitch McConnell (R)
KY
Jefferson County, Ky.
County Judge
Barbara Mikulski (D)
MD
Baltimore County, Md.
Council Member
Debbie Stabenow (D)
MI
Ingham County, Mich.
Commissioner
Amy Klobuchar (D)
MN
Hennepin County, Minn.
County Attorney
Roy Blunt (R)
MO
Greene County, Mo.
County Clerk
Claire McCaskill (D)
MO
Jackson County, Mo.
County Prosecutor
Roger Wicker (R)
MS
Lee County, Miss.
County Public Defender
Lindsey Graham (R)
SC
Oconee, S.C.
County Assistant Attorney
Tim Scott (R)
SC
Charleston County, S.C.
Council Member
Patrick Leahy (D)
VT
Chittenden County, Vt.
State’s County Attorney
Tammy Baldwin (D)
WI
Dane County, Wis.
Supervisor
Name
State
County, State
County Connections
Mo Brooks (R)
AL-5
Madison County, Ala.
District Attorney
David Schweikert (R)
AZ-5
Maricopa County, Ariz.
Treasurer
Mark DeSaulnier (D)
CA-11
Contra Costa County, Calif.
Supervisor
Anna Eshoo (D)
CA-18
San Mateo County, Calif.
Board of Supervisors
Sam Farr( D)
CA-20
Monterey County, Calif.
Board of Supervisors
Michael M. Honda (D)
CA-17
Santa Clara County, Calif.
Board of Supervisors
Zoe Lofgren(D)
CA-19
Santa Clara County, Calif.
Board of Supervisors
Jackie Speier (D)
CA-14
San Mateo County, Calif.
Board of Supervisors
Eric Swalwell (D)
CA-15
Alameda County, Calif.
Deputy District Attorney
Ken Buck (R)
CO-4
Weld County, Colo.
District Attorney
John Carney (D)
At Large
New Castle County, Del.
Deputy Chief Administrative Officer
Kathy Castor (D)
FL-14
Hillsborough County, Fla.
Commissioner
Alcee Hastings (D)
FL-20
Broward County, Fla.
County Circuit Court Judge
Richard Nugent (R)
FL-11
Hernando County, Fla.
County Sheriff
Name
State
County, State
County Connections
Tom Graves (R)
GA-9
Gordon County, Ga.
Commissioner
Hank Johnson, Jr. (D)
GA-4
DeKalb County, Ga.
Commissioner
Tulsi Gabbard (D)
HI-2
Honolulu County, Hawaii
Council Member
Mike Bost (R)
IL-12
Jackson County, Ill.
Commissioner
Danny Davis (D)
IL-7
Cook County, Ill.
Commissioner
Randy Hultgren (R)
IL-14
DuPage County, Ill.
Board Member
Adam Kinzinger (R)
IL-11
Mclean County, Ill.
Board Member
Mike Quigley (D)
IL-5
Cook County, Ill.
Commissioner
André Carson (D)
IN-7
Indianapolis-Marion, Ind.
City-County Council
Todd Young (R)
IN-9
Orange County, Ind.
County Deputy Prosecutor
Thomas Massie (R)
KY-4
Lewis County, Ky.
Judge Executive
Hal Rogers (R)
KY-5
Pulaski-Rockcastle Counties, Ky.
Attorney
Dutch Ruppersberger (D)
MD-2
Baltimore County, Md.
County Executive
William Keating (D)
MA-9
Norfolk County, Mass.
District Attorney
Name
State
County, State
County Connections
Sander Levin (D)
MI-9
Oakland County, Mich.
Supervisor
Rodney Frelinghuysen (R)
NJ-11
Morris County, N.J.
Freeholder
Leonard Lance (R)
NJ-7
Warren County, N.J.
County Court Law Clerk
Frank LoBiondo (R)
NJ-2
Cumberland County, N.J.
County Board of Chosen Freeholders
Donald Payne (D)
NJ-10
Essex County, N.J.
Freeholder
Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)
NM-1
Bernalillo County, N.M.
Commissioner
Chris Collins (R)
NY-27
Erie County, N.Y.
County Executive
Steve Israel (D)
NY-3
Suffolk County, N.Y.
Assistant for Intergovernmental Relations to County Executive
Peter King (R)
NY-2
Nassau County, N.Y.
Comptroller
Gregory Meeks (D)
NY-5
Queens County, N.Y.
Assistant District Attorney
Louise Slaughter (D)
NY-25
Monroe County, N.Y.
County Legislature
Paul Tonko (D)
NY-20
Montgomery County, N.Y.
Chairman, Board of Supervisors
Joyce Beatty (D)
OH-3
Montgomery County, Ohio
Director of Health and Human Services
Steve Chabot (R)
OH-1
Hamilton County, Ohio
Commissioner
Robert Latta (R)
OH-5
Wood County, Ohio
Commissioner
Name
State
County, State
County Connections
Earl Blumenauer (D)
OR-3
Multnomah County, Ore.
Commissioner
Peter DeFazio (D)
OR-4
Lane County, Ore.
County Board of Commissioners
Ryan Costello (R)
PA-6
Chester County, Pa.
Commissioner
Michael Fitzpatrick (R)
PA-8
Bucks County, Pa.
Commissioner
Tom Marino (R)
PA-10
Lycoming County, Pa.
County District Attorney
Patrick Meehan (R)
PA-7
Delaware County, Pa.
County District Attorney
Tom Rice (R)
SC-7
Horry County, S.C.
Chair of County Council
Steve Cohen (D)
TN-9
Shelby County, Tenn.
Commissioner
Jimmy Duncan, Jr. (R)
TN 2
Knox County. Tenn.
County Judge
John Carter (R)
TX-31
Williamson County, Texas
District Court Judge
Louie Gohmert (R)
TX-1
Smith County, Texas
County District Court Judge
Al Green (D)
TX-9
Harris County, Texas
Justice of Peace
Ted Poe (R)
TX-2
Harris County, Texas
County Judge
Lamar Smith (R)
TX-21
Bexar County, Texas
Commissioner
Gerry Connolly (D)
VA-11
Fairfax County, Va.
Supervisor
Name
State
County, State
County Connections
Robert Hurt (R)
VA-5
Pittsylvania County, Va.
Chief Assistant Commonwealth Attorney
Robert Wittman (R)
VA-1
Westmoreland County, Va.
Supervisor
Sean Duffy (R)
WI-7
Ashland County, Wis.
County District Attorney
Ron Kind (D)
WI-3
La Crosse County, Wis.
County Prosecutor
Mark Pocan (D)
WI-2
Dane County, Wis.
Supervisor
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