Dear Friends of the Maryland Republican Party,
The US Congress in January 2025 with 535 Members when all seats are filled will have 31 New House Republican members; 35 new Democratic members, and six (6) new Republican and six (6) Democrat Senators for a grand total of 78 new members of the House and Senate combined, which comes to 18% of the entire membership.
And with the appointment of some members of the House and Senate as members of the new cabinet, the total change-over could approach twenty percent.
Critically important are the new members of the SASC, HASC and the HAC and SAC defense appropriations committees.
There are more than one dozen new members of the House and Senate that are military veterans.
For our ICBM forces, we have a new Senator from Montana and Utah; home of Malstrom and Hill USAF base. As well as a new at-large House member from North Dakota. Taking office is a new Colorado member representing Colorado Springs and USAF Space Command.
Utah’s Representative Blake Moore will also be Vice President of the Republican Conference and head the House caucus responsible for working with the DOGE government efficiently initiative.
There are ten open seats on the House Appropriations Committee. Three open seats on the Senate Appropriations Committee. (2R and 1D) once the new ratios are adopted given the switch in control of the Senate.
The 7 Battleground States: Wisconsin has one R and one D Senator; Michigan has 2 D Senators. Georgia also has 2 D Senators. NC has 2 R Senators. Arizona has 2 D Senators. Nevada has 2 D Senators & PA now has 2 R Senators. In summary, we have seven battleground states with only 5 R but 9 D Senators including 4 states with 2 D Senators and 2 states with 2 R Senators. (Below is a detailed look at each new member of the House and Senate as well as information about their legislative interests.)
Meet the new Congress: Dozens of freshmen elected to serve next year - Washington Examiner
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Peter Huessy is a Member of the Montgomery County Republican Central Committee. Since 1981 he has been President of Geo-Strategic Analysis of Potomac, Maryland. He was a former special assistant to the Secretary of the Interior and consultant to the US Air Force. He can be reached at [email protected]
