of the new congressional freshmen; who strike you as "lifers"?

[freepcrusher]

By that I mean the ones who will stay put for 12+ house terms (or 4+ senate terms) and become committee chairmen?

[CountryRoads]

I can't really see anyone from the GOP caucus being a lifer, not sure about the Dems.

[Meeker]

Well, history has shown that anyone in a majority-minority district tends to stick around a while. Same with anyone in a safe D district, though the two increasingly overlap these days.

I could make a list, but it's basically just people in safe districts who are under the age of 60.

[Fuzzybigfoot]

Well, history has shown that anyone in a majority-minority district tends to stick around a while. Same with anyone in a safe D district, though the two increasingly overlap these days.

I could make a list, but it's basically just people in safe districts who are under the age of 60.

I didn't know you posted on the congressional board, meeker!  Would you like to check ut some of the maps on my thread?   

[Fuzzybigfoot]

As for the "lifers", maybe DelBene from my home state?  Idk

[adma]

By that I mean the ones who will stay put for 12+ house terms (or 4+ senate terms) and become committee chairmen?

Though some might say "every single one of'em", if you mean in the prison-stripes sense

[freepcrusher]

Well, history has shown that anyone in a majority-minority district tends to stick around a while. Same with anyone in a safe D district, though the two increasingly overlap these days.

I could make a list, but it's basically just people in safe districts who are under the age of 60.

well with that in mind

Senate:
Murphy

House:
Bridenstine
Swalwell
Castro
DeSantis
Kilmer
Meng (though i hope somebody primaries her)
Radel

[ottermax]

Why primary Grace Meng?

[Zioneer]

I can't really see anyone from the GOP caucus being a lifer, not sure about the Dems.

I'm thinking that, just because it's so easy to keep winning as a Republican here, Chris Stewart of Utah will be a lifer.

[freepcrusher]

Why primary Grace Meng?

i've heard she's terribly abrasive.

[minionofmidas]

By that I mean the ones who will stay put for 12+ house terms (or 4+ senate terms) and become committee chairmen?

Though some might say "every single one of'em", if you mean in the prison-stripes sense

Yes. The people who go that far in business or politics are the same people who'd go far in the prison system if they'd been just a tiny bit dumber, unluckier, or less privileged.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Martin Heinrich (if he doesn't end up on a winning presidential ticket), Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Baldwin.

Tim Kaine has also stated that he sees in his future a long career in the senate.

[adma]

By that I mean the ones who will stay put for 12+ house terms (or 4+ senate terms) and become committee chairmen?

Though some might say "every single one of'em", if you mean in the prison-stripes sense

Yes. The people who go that far in business or politics are the same people who'd go far in the prison system if they'd been just a tiny bit dumber, unluckier, or less privileged.

Hey, I was just engaging in a bit of lame borscht-belt humor there...

[minionofmidas]

By that I mean the ones who will stay put for 12+ house terms (or 4+ senate terms) and become committee chairmen?

Though some might say "every single one of'em", if you mean in the prison-stripes sense

Yes. The people who go that far in business or politics are the same people who'd go far in the prison system if they'd been just a tiny bit dumber, unluckier, or less privileged.

Hey, I was just engaging in a bit of lame borscht-belt humor there...

To be fair, "every single one of'em" was an exaggeration.

But not enough of one for comfort, not by a wide margin. Approximately half the people who make it to the top of the pile do so because they are certifiable psychopaths. Really. This is scientific fact.

[Brittain33]

The R who unseated Hochul: Collins?

[memphis]

Tom Cotton and Markwayne Mullin come to mind. They're both just 35 years old, in districts that aren't voting Democratic again anytime soon, and in states that are unlikely to gerrymander them out.