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The makeup of the U.S. House of Representatives shifted substantially after most of the final votes were counted on Election Day 2008. To date, the Democrats have added 21 new members over the Republicansand keeping their majority status at 257-178.
Examiners from across the country will be profiling each of the new members of Congress over the next several weeks. The chart below will be updated regularly to reflect the new information.
Updated: 12:12 p.m. ET; December 24, 2008
| State (district) | Member | Status |
| Alabama (2) | Bobby Bright | Democrat Pickup |
| Alabama (5) | Parker Griffith | Democrat Pickup |
| Arizona (1) | Ann Leilia Kirkpatrick | Democrat Pickup |
| California (4) | Tom McClintock | Republican Pickup |
| Colorado (4) | Betsy Markey | Democrat Pickup |
| Connecticut (4) | James Himes | Democrat Pickup |
| Florida (16) | Tom Rooney | Republican Pickup |
| Florida (24) | Suzanne Kosmas | Democrat Pickup |
| Florida (8) | Alan Grayson | Democrat Pickup |
| Idaho (1) | Walt Minnick | Democrat Pickup |
| Illinois (11) | Debbie Halvorson | Democrat Pickup |
| Kansas (2) | Lynn Jenkins | Republican Pickup |
| Louisiana (6) | Bill Cassidy | Republican Pickup |
| Maryland (1) | Frank Kratovil | Democrat Pickup |
| Michigan (7) | Mark Schauer | Democrat Pickup |
| Michigan (9) | Gary Peters | Democrat Pickup |
| Nevada (3) | Dina Titus | Democrat Pickup |
| New Jersey (3) | John Adler | Democrat Pickup |
| New Mexico (1) | Martin Heinrich | Democrat Pickup |
| New Mexico (2) | Harry Teague | Democrat Pickup |
| New York (13) | Mike McMahon | Democrat Pickup |
| New York (25) | Dan Maffei | Democrat Pickup |
| North Carolina (8) | Larry Kissell | Democrat Pickup |
| Ohio (1) | Steven Driehaus | Democrat Pickup |
| Ohio (15) | Mary Jo Kilroy | Democrat Pickup |
| Ohio (16) | John Boccieri | Democrat Pickup |
| Pennsylvania (3) | Kathy Dahlkemper | Democrat Pickup |
| Texas (22) | Pete Olson | Republican Pickup |
| Virginia (11) | Gerald Connolly | Democrat Pickup |
| Virginia (2) | Glenn Nye | Democrat Pickup |
| Virginia (5) | Tom Perriello | Democrat Pickup |
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