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Name	Race/Ethnicity Sort descending	Party	Roles	State
Lucille Roybal-Allard	Latina	Democrat	U.S. Representative (1993-2022) State Representative (1987-1992)	California
Lisa Murkowski	White	Republican	U.S. Senator (2002-2022) State Representative (1999-2002)	Alaska
Jeanne Shaheen	White	Democrat	U.S. Senator (2009-2026) Governor (1997-2002) State Senator (1991-1996)	New Hampshire
Mazie K. Hirono	Asian American/Pacific Islander	Democrat	U.S. Senator (2013-2024) U.S. Representative (2007-2012) Lt. Governor (1995-2002) State Representative (1981-1994)	Hawaii
Terri A. Sewell	Black	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2011-2022)	Alabama
Kathleen M. Rice	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2015-2022)	New York
Elizabeth Pannill Fletcher	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2019-2022)	Texas
Carolyn Bourdeaux	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2021-2022)	Georgia
Cori Bush	Black	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2021-2022)	Missouri
Grace F. Napolitano	Latina	Democrat	U.S. Representative (1999-2022) State Representative (1993-1998)	California
Jackie Speier	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2008-2022) State Senator (1999-2006) State Representative (1987-1996)	California
Linda T. Sanchez	Latina	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2003-2022)	California
Yvette D. Clarke	Black	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2013-2022) U.S. Representative (2007-2012)	New York
Suzan K. DelBene	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2012-2022)	Washington
Pramila Jayapal	Asian American/Pacific Islander	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2017-2022) State Senator (2015-2016)	Washington
Cindy Axne	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2019-2022)	Iowa
Mariannette Miller-Meeks	White	Republican	U.S. Representative (2021-2022) State Senator (2019-2021)	Iowa
Nancy Mace	White	Republican	U.S. Representative (2021-2022) State Representative (2018-2020)	South Carolina
Maxine Waters	Black	Democrat	U.S. Representative (1991-2022) State Representative (1977-1990)	California
Lois J. Frankel	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2017-2022) U.S. Representative (2013-2016) State Representative (1995-2002) State Representative (1987-1992)	Florida
Frederica S. Wilson	Black	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2011-2022) State Senator (2003-2010) State Representative (1999-2002)	Florida
Kirsten E. Gillibrand	White	Democrat	U.S. Senator (2009-2024) U.S. Representative (2007-2009)	New York
Vicky Jo Hartzler	White	Republican	U.S. Representative (2011-2022) State Representative (1995-2000)	Missouri
Nanette Diaz Barragan	Latina	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2017-2022)	California
Abigail D. Spanberger	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2019-2022)	Virginia
Ashley Hinson	White	Republican	U.S. Representative (2021-2022) State Representative (2017-2020)	Iowa
Young O. Kim	Asian American/Pacific Islander	Republican	U.S. Representative (2021-2022) State Representative (2015-2016)	California
Diana L. DeGette	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (1997-2022) State Representative (1993-1996)	Colorado
Betty McCollum	White	Democrat, Democratic Farmer Labor Party	U.S. Representative (2001-2022) State Representative (1993-2000)	Minnesota
Robin L. Kelly	Black	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2013-2022) State Representative (2003-2007)	Illinois
Julia Brownley	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2013-2022) State Representative (2007-2012)	California
Ann McLane Kuster	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2013-2022)	New Hampshire
Angela D. Craig	White	Democrat, Democratic Farmer Labor Party	U.S. Representative (2019-2022)	Minnesota
Kim Schrier	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2019-2022)	Washington
Marie Newman	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2021-2022)	Illinois
Yvette S. Herrell	White	Republican	U.S. Representative (2021-2022) State Representative (2011-2018)	New Mexico
Rosa L. DeLauro	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (1991-2022)	Connecticut
Cindy Hyde-Smith	White	Republican	U.S. Senator (2018-2026) Agriculture (2012-2018) State Senator (2011-2011) State Senator (2000-2010)	Mississippi
Claudia Tenney	White	Republican	U.S. Representative (2021-2022) U.S. Representative (2017-2018) State Representative (2011-2016)	New York
Amy Klobuchar	White	Democrat, Democratic Farmer Labor Party	U.S. Senator (2007-2024)	Minnesota
Elizabeth A. Warren	White	Democrat	U.S. Senator (2013-2024)	Massachusetts
Susie Lee	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2019-2022)	Nevada
Veronica Escobar	Latina	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2019-2022)	Texas
Victoria Spartz	White	Republican	U.S. Representative (2021-2022) State Senator (2017-2020)	Indiana
Lisa McClain	White	Republican	U.S. Representative (2021-2022)	Michigan
Jan D. Schakowsky	White	Democrat	U.S. Representative (1999-2022) State Representative (1991-1998)	Illinois
Virginia A. Foxx	White	Republican	U.S. Representative (2005-2022) State Senator (1995-2004)	North Carolina
Karen R. Bass	Black	Democrat	U.S. Representative (2013-2022) U.S. Representative (2011-2012) State Representative (2005-2010)	California
Carol D. Miller	White	Republican	U.S. Representative (2019-2022) State Representative (2007-2018)	West Virginia
Joni Ernst	White	Republican	U.S. Senator (2015-2026) State Senator (2011-2014)	Iowa

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