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Senator Al Franken (D-MN)
Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an entertainer-turned-politician who ran as the 2008 Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate for U.S. Senate from Minnesota. He was declared the winner of that contested race, but the outcome is being appealed by ...
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Amy Jean Klobuchar (pronounced /ˈkloʊbəʃɑr/, born May 25, 1960) is the senior (and currently only) United States Senator from Minnesota. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, an affiliate of the Democratic Party. She is the ...
Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) Featured
Arlen Specter (born February 12, 1930) is an American lawyer and politician. He is the senior United States Senator from Pennsylvania and currently the fifth oldest in the chamber. Specter was a member of the Democratic Party until 1965, when he enlisted ...
Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD)
Barbara Ann Mikulski (born July 20, 1936) is an American politician of the Democratic Party, and the Senior Senator from the state of Maryland. She is Maryland's first female senator. She is currently the most senior female Senator, having served since 19 ...
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is an American Democratic politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the State of California.Boxer was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992, becoming one of the first of two female Jewish senators, ...
Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD)
Benjamin Louis "Ben" Cardin (born October 5, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. Before his election to the Senate, Cardin was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing M ...
Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Benjamin "Ben" Nelson (born May 17, 1941) is the Senior U.S. Senator from Nebraska, where he was born and has lived for most of his life. Nelson is a Methodist. A Democrat, he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000, and is now one of the leading conservat ...
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is the junior United States Senator from Vermont, elected on November 7, 2006. Before becoming Senator, Sanders represented Vermont's at-large district in the United States House of Representatives for 16 ...
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Clarence William "Bill" Nelson (born September 29, 1942) is the senior U.S. Senator from Florida. Nelson is a member of the Democratic Party. Nelson became the second sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space (after Jake Garn) when he f ...
Senator Bob Casey (D-PA)
Robert Patrick Casey, Jr. (born April 13, 1960), better known as Bob Casey, Jr. or Bob Casey is the junior United States Senator from Pennsylvania, and a member of the Democratic Party. Before his election to the Senate in 2006, he served as Pennsylvania' ...
Senator Bob Corker (R-TN)
Robert Phillips "Bob" Corker, Jr., (born August 24, 1952) is the junior United States Senator from Tennessee. Before his election to the Senate in 2006, he served as mayor of Chattanooga from 2001 to 2005. Corker was a successful businessman prior to hold ...
Senator Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND)
Byron Leslie Dorgan (born May 14, 1942) is the junior United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. In the Senate, he is Chairman of the Democratic Pol ...
Senator Carl Levin (D-MI)
Carl Milton Levin (born June 28, 1934) is a Democratic United States Senator from Michigan and is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services. He has been in the Senate since 1979 and Michigan's senior senator since 1995. He is the longest-serv ...
Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumer (born November 23, 1950) is the senior U.S. Senator from the State of New York, serving since 1999. A Democrat, in 2005 he became chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. In November 2006, he was elected to t ...
Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT)
Christopher John "Chris" Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician currently serving as the senior U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Dodd served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut from 1975 until 1981, when he became a ...
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Charles Ernest "Chuck" Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is currently the senior United States Senator from Iowa. He is a member of the Republican Party and has served in the Senate since 1981. From 1958 to 1974, he was an Iowa state legislator. Thereaft ...
Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
Claire Conner McCaskill (born July 24, 1953) is an American Democratic politician, currently the junior United States Senator from the state of Missouri and former State Auditor of Missouri. She defeated Republican Senator Jim Talent in 2006 by a margin o ...
Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D- HI)
Daniel Kahikina Akaka (born September 11, 1924) is the junior U.S. Senator from Hawaii and a member of the Democratic Party. He is the first U.S. Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry and is currently the only Chinese American member of the Senate. With the ...
Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI)
Daniel Ken Inouye (born September 7, 1924) is an American politician who currently serves as the senior United States Senator from Hawaii. He has been a U.S. Senator since 1963, and is currently the third-most-senior member after fellow Democrats Robert B ...
Senator David Vitter (R-LA)
David Bruce Vitter (born May 3, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Louisiana and a member of the Republican Party. Formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives, first elected in 1999, representing the suburban Louisiana's 1s ...
