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Alabama
Representative Merika Coleman ('04)
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Senator Jeff Enfinger ('00)
bio
Senator Vivian Figures ('01)
bio
Representative Laura Hall ('99)
bio
Representative Joseph Mitchell ('99)
bio
Senator Rodger Smitherman ('96)
bio
Former Lt. Governor Steve Windom ('95)
bio
Alaska
Representative Eric Croft ('99)
bio
Former Representative Caren Robinson ('95)
Arizona
Senator Carolyn S. Allen ('99)
bio
Senator Linda Binder ('02)
bio
Representative Meg Burton Cahill ('03)
bio
Senator Ken Cheuvront ('00)
bio
Former Senator Susan Gerard ('95)
Senator Gabrielle Giffords ('02)
bio
Former Representative Sally Gonzales ('99)
Former Senator Susan Grace ('96)
Representative Pete Hershberger ('04)
bio
Representative Steve Huffman ('01)
bio
Representative Jack C. Jackson, Jr. ('04)
Representative Linda J. Lopez ('04)
bio
Former Representative Steve May ('00)
Representative Tom O'Halleran ('03)
bio
Former Representative James Sedillo ('02)
Former Senator Ramon Valadez ('97)
Arkansas
Senator Jim Argue ('96)
bio
Senator Jim Jeffress ('97)
bio
Former Senator John Riggs ('99)
Former Representative Judy Smith ('94)
California
Congresswoman Grace Napolitano ('94)
Colorado
Representative Alice Borodkin ('02)
bio
Representative Betty Boyd ('03)
bio
Representative Fran Coleman ('01)
bio
Senator Ken Gordon ('95)
bio
Representative Joel Judd ('03)
bio
Representative Alice Madden ('02)
bio
Representative Anne L. McGihon ('04)
bio
Representative Tom Plant ('00)
bio
Former Representative Tom Saliman ('96)
Representative Lois Tochtrop ('01)
bio
Connecticut
Senator William Aniskovich ('99)
bio
Former Representative Nancy Beals ('95)
Representative Andrew Fleischmann ('00)
bio
Representative Steve Fontana ('99)
bio
Senator Gary LeBeau ('97)
bio
Representative Evelyn Mantilla ('00)
bio
Representative Denise Merrill ('95)
bio
Senator Andrew Roraback ('99)
bio
Representative Cameron Staples ('94)
bio
Representative Diana Urban ('02)
bio
Representative Roberta Willis ('03)
bio
Florida
Supervisor of Elections Lori Edwards ('95)
Representative Anne Gannon ('04)
bio
Representative Dan Gelber ('02)
bio
Representative Kenneth Gottlieb ('99)
bio
Representative Wilbert Holloway ('02)
bio
Former Representative Debbie Horan ('96)
Representative Edward Jennings ('02)
bio
Former Senator Daryl Jones ('96)
Representative Arthenia L. Joyner ('04)
bio
Senator Ron Klein ('94)
bio
Congressman Kendrick Meek ('96)
Senator Lesley Miller ('97)
bio
Former Senator Richard Miller ('00)
Senator Burt Saunders ('95)
bio
Former Representative Tracy Upchurch ('94)
Senator Debbie Wasserman Schultz ('94) (now a congressman)
bio
Representative Doug Wiles ('97)
bio
Former Representative Earl Ziebarth ('97)
Georgia
Senator Gloria Butler ('01)
bio
Former Senator Donzella James ('95)
Representative Barbara Mobley ('94)
bio
Senator Valencia Seay ('02)
bio
Senator Connie Stokes ('96)
Hawaii
Former Representative Iris Ikeda Catalani ('00)
Senator J. Kalani English ('03)
bio
Representative Jon Riki Karamatsu ('04)
bio
Representative Marilyn Lee ('99)
bio
Representative Hermina M. Morita ('97)
bio
Representative Blake Oshiro ('02)
bio
Representative Scott S. Saiki ('99)
bio
Representative Roy Takumi ('96)
bio
Idaho
Former Representative John Alexander ('96)
Representative Donna Boe ('99)
Former Senator Betsy Dunklin ('99)
Representative Wendy Jaquet ('97)
bio
Representative Shirley Ringo ('04)
Representative Mary Lou Shepherd ('03)
Representative Kathy Skippen ('04)
Representative Tom Trail ('99)
bio
Illinois
Representative Patricia Bellock ('00)
bio
Representative Elizabeth Coulson ('97)
bio
Representative Julie Hamos ('00)
bio
Representative Renee Kosel ('97)
bio
Representative David Miller ('02)
bio
Representative Rosemary Mulligan ('94)
bio
Former Representative Coy Pugh ('94)
Indiana
Former Senator Mark Blade ('00)
Representative Duane Cheney ('00)
bio
Iowa
Commissioner Thomas E. Baker ('95)
Representative Swati Dandekar ('04)
bio
Former Representative Rebecca Reynolds ('00)
Representative Cindy Winckler ('03)
bio
Kansas
Senator David Haley ('00)
bio
Kentucky
Representative Reginald Meeks ('04)
bio
Senator Tim Shaughnessy ('94)
bio
Representative Kathy Stein ('00)
bio
Representative Susan Westrom ('02)
bio
Louisiana
Representative Karen Carter ('01)
bio
Former Representative William Daniel ('99)
Former Senator Wilson Fields ('96)
bio
Representative Willie Hunter ('94)
bio
Representative Sharon Weston Broome ('94)
bio
Representative Pinkie Carolyn Wilkerson ('99) (deceased)
Maine
Former Representative Christina Baker ('99)
Representative Donald P. Berry Sr. ('97)
bio
Former Representative Joe Brooks ('99)
Senator Mary Cathcart ('97) (term limited)
Senator Beverly Daggett ('97) (term limited)
Representative Benjamin Dudley ('04)
bio
Representative Matthew Dunlap ('97) (now ME Secretary of State)
bio
Former Senator Marjorie Kilkelly ('99)
Senator Lloyd P. La Fountain, III ('97) (term limited)
Former Senator Susan Walsh Longley ('99)
Representative Donna M. Loring ('01)
bio
Representative William Norbert ('02)
bio
Senator Peggy A. Pendleton ('97) (term limited)
Former Senator Chellie Pingree ('96)
Representative Hannah Pingree ('04)
bio
Former Senator Anne Rand ('99)
Former Representative Michael V. Saxl (97)
Senator Sharon Treat (94)
bio
Former Representative Elizabeth Watson (97)
Maryland
Former Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III ('97)
Delegate Charles Boutin ('02)
bio
Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt ('99)
bio
Senator Verna Jones ('00)
bio
Former Delegate Cheryl Kagan ('96)
Delegate Salima Marriott ('95)
bio
Delegate Joanne Parrott ('03)
bio
Former Delegate Wendell Phillips ('02)
Former Delegate James Ports ('96)
Former Delegate Tod Sher ('01)
Delegate Joan Stern ('02)
bio
Massachusetts
Former Representative Frank Cousins ('94)
Representative Mark Falzone ('02)
bio
Representative Jay Kaufman ('01)
bio
Representative Peter J. Koutoujian ('99)
bio
Representative Karyn Polito ('02)
bio
Representative Frank Smizik ('02)
bio
Representative Kathleen Teahan ('01)
bio
Representative Alice Wolf ('97)
bio
Michigan
Former Representative Laura Baird ('96)
Former Representative Rose Bogardus ('00)
Senator Deborah Cherry ('95)
bio
Representative Julie Dennis ('04) (term limited)
Former Representative Paul DeWeese ('99)
Former Representative Patricia Godchaux ('97)
Former Senator Philip Hoffman ('94)
Representative Alexander Lipsey ('04)
bio
Former Representative Patricia Lockwood ('01)
Former Representative Lynne Martinez ('95)
Senator Mark Schauer ('00)
bio
Former Representative Judith Scranton ('00)
Minnesota
Senator Ellen Anderson ('94)
bio
Senator D. Scott Dibble ('03)
bio
Former Representative Gregory Gray ('01)
Senator Linda Higgins ('01)
bio
Representative Frank Hornstein ('04)
bio
Representative Margaret Anderson Kelliher ('00)
bio
Former Senator Deanna Wiener ('97)
Mississippi
Representative Earle S. Banks ('99)
bio
Judge Tomie T. Green ('97)
Senator Alice Harden ('94)
bio
Former Senator Robert Johnson ('96)
Senator Willie Simmons ('99)
bio
Representative Sara Thomas ('00)
bio
Missouri
Former Senator Roseann Bentley ('00)
Senator Joan Bray ('94)
bio
Representative Marsha Campbell ('97)
bio
Governor Bob Holden ('94)
Former Representative Carol Stroker ('97)
Representative Vicky Riback Wilson ('99)
bio
Former Representative Tim Van Zandt ('96)
Montana
Senator John Bohlinger ('99)
bio
Former Senator Steve Doherty ('97)
Former Representative William Eggers, III ('99)
Senator Jim Elliott ('02)
bio
Representative Christine Kaufmann ('03)
bio
Senator Sam Kitzenberg ('02)
bio
Former Representative Jeanette McKee ('96)
Representative Don Roberts ('04)
bio
Senator Trudi Schmidt ('99)
bio
Senator Debbie Shea ('99)
bio
Representative Frank Smith ('03)
bio
Senator Emily Stonington ('95)
bio
Senator Jon Tester ('04)
bio
Nebraska
Former Senator Connie Day ('94)
Former Senator Janis McKenzie ('95)
Senator Nancy Thompson ('02)
bio
Nevada
Controller Kathy Augustine ('96)
Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie ('00)
bio
Former Assemblywoman Debbie Smith ('02)
New Hampshire
Former Representative Donna Soucy ('94)
Former Senator Katherine Wheeler ('97)
New Jersey
Former Senator Richard Bagger ('94)
Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula ('03)
bio
Assemblyman John Wisniewski ('00)
bio
Former Assemblywoman Barbara Wright ('96)
New Mexico
Senator Pete Campos ('94)
bio
Senator Dede Feldman ('99)
bio
Senator Linda Lopez ('00)
bio
Former Senator Ann Riley ('95)
Former Senator Liz Stefanics ('94)
Representative Mimi Stewart ('96)
bio
Representative James Taylor ('95)
bio
New York
Assemblyman Kevin Cahill ('00)
bio
Assemblywoman Nancy Calhoun ('94)
bio
Senator Thomas Duane ('03)
bio
Commissioner Joseph Holland ('94)
Assemblywoman Susan John ('96)
bio
Senator Kevin S. Parker ('04)
bio
North Carolina
Auditor Ralph Campbell ('94)
Representative Verla Insko ('99)
Treasurer Richard Moore ('97)
bio
Labor Commissioner Harry Payne ('94) (outgoing)
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Representative Jennifer Weiss ('04)
bio
North Dakota
Representative Lois Delmore ('01)
bio
Representative Pam Gulleson ('97)
bio
Representative Kathy Hawken ('97)
bio
Former Representative Roxanne Jensen ('99)
Senator Aaron Krauter ('95)
bio
Representative Andrew Maragos ('95)
bio
Former Representative Stacey Mickelson ('96)
Former Senator Steven W. Tomac ('99)
Ohio
Representative Catherine Barrett ('00)
bio
Former Senator Jeffrey Johnson ('95)
Mayor Rhine McLin ('96)
Councilwoman Charleta Tavares ('96)
Oklahoma
Representative Larry Adair ('97) (term limited)
Former Representative Laura Boyd (95)
Senator Mike Morgan ('01)
bio
Oregon
Former Representative Joanne Bowman ('99)
Senator Ryan Deckert ('97)
bio
Treasurer Randall Edwards ('97)
Senator Kurt Schrader ('97)
bio
Former Representative Ken Strobeck ('96)
Senator Jackie Winters ('00)
bio
Former Representative Sharon Wylie ('95)
Pennsylvania
Senator Joe Conti ('95)
Representative Craig Dally ('00)
bio
Representative Mike Horsey ('99)
bio
Representative Daylin Leach ('04)
bio
Representative Jennifer Mann ('02)
bio
Representative Chris Ross ('99)
bio
Representative LeAnna Washington ('94)
bio
Rhode Island
Former Representative William Fitzpatrick ('95)
South Carolina
Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter ('96)
bio
Representative Jerry N. Govan, Jr. ('99)
bio
Councilman Billy Keyserling ('95)
Representative David Mack ('01)
bio
Representative Bessie Moody-Lawrence ('97)
bio
Senator Clementa C. Pinckney ('97)
bio
Representative Seth Whipper ('00)
bio
South Dakota
Former Senator Bob Drake ('96)
Former Senator JoAnn Morford-Burg ('96)
Tennessee
Representative Kim McMillan ('95)
bio
Texas
Representative Lon Burnam ('01)
bio
Representative Joaquin Castro ('04)
bio
Representative Norma Chavez ('97)
bio
Representative Garnet Coleman ('95)
bio
Representative Joseph Deshotel ('02)
bio
Representative Dawnna Dukes ('95)
bio
Representative Jim Dunnam ('00)
bio
Senator Rodney Ellis ('94)
bio
Representative Jessica Farrar ('01)
bio
Representative Trey Martinez Fischer ('02)
bio
Representative Pete Gallego ('96)
bio
Representative Terri Hodge ('03)
bio
Former Representative Ann Kitchen ('02)
Former Representative Glenn Lewis ('01)
Representative Vilma Luna ('97)
bio
Representative Ruth McClendon ('97)
bio
Representative Dora Olivo ('97)
bio
Tax Assessor/Collector Sylvia Romo ('94)
Representative Carlos Uresti ('99)
bio
Senator Royce West ('95)
bio
Former Representative Miguel D. Wise ('97)
Utah
Representative Sheryl L. Allen ('97)
bio
Representative Ralph Becker ('99)
bio
Representative Duane Bourdeaux ('99)
bio
Former Representative Judy Ann Buffmire ('95)
Former Representative Mary Carlson ('95)
Former Representative Gary F. Cox ('99)
Representative David Litvack ('03)
bio
Representative Ty McCartney ('02) (Salt Lake City's Police Civilian Review Board Administrator)
bio
Representative Carol Moss ('02)
bio
Vermont
Former Representative Elaine Alfano ('97)
Former Representative Jeffrey Connor ('94)
Senator Matt Dunne ('95)
Former Senator Betty Ferraro ('94)
Former Representative John Larkin ('95)
Representative Judith Livingston ('96)
Former Representative Cathy Voyer ('99)
Virginia
Delegate Kristen Amundson ('01)
bio
Delegate Viola Osborne Baskerville ('99)
bio
Senator William Mims ('95)
bio
Senator Linda T. "Toddy" Puller ('99)
bio
Former Delegate John H. "Jack" Rust, Jr. ('99)
Washington
Representative Mary Lou Dickerson ('97)
bio
Councilwoman Carolyn Edmonds ('01)
Representative Fred Jarrett ('03)
bio
Representative Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney ('97)
bio
Representative Ruth Kagi ('02)
bio
Senator Karen Keiser ('02)
bio
Former Representative Dawn Mason ('96)
Representative Joe McDermott ('04)
bio
Representative Jim McIntire ('00)
bio
Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles ('99)
bio
Representative Shay Schual-Berke ('01)
bio
West Virginia
Delegate Jon Amores ('96)
bio
Wisconsin
Representative Pedro A Colon ('01)
bio
Representative Suzanne Jeskewitz ('99)
bio
Former Representative Lee Meyerhofer ('01)
Senator Mark Miller ('02)
bio
Senator Jeffery T. Plale ('99)
bio
Representative Mark Pocan ('01)
bio
Representative Jon Richards ('00)
bio
ED WI H&E Dev Auth Antonio Riley ('94)
bio
Representative Christine Sinicki ('03)
bio
Wyoming
Former Representative Richard Badgett ('94)
Senator Rae Lynn Job ('99)
bio
Former Representative Lorna Johnson ('01)