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 109TH CONGRESS: A PROFILE

House Senate
PARTY BREAKDOWN
Republicans - 232
Democrats - 201
Independents - 1
Vacancy - 1
Republicans - 55
Democrats - 44
Independents - 1
LONGEST SERVING MEMBER
Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), 49 years Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-WV), 46 years
AVERAGE AGE
56 60
YOUNGEST
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), 29
OLDEST
Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-WV), 87
FEMALE
68
14
BLACK
42
1
HISPANIC
26
2
MILITARY SERVICE
110 31
EDUCATION LEVELS - ALL MEMBERS
Law Degree - 228
Medical Degree - 17
Doctoral Degree - 19
Master's Degree - 141
Bachelor's Degree - 494
FORMER OCCUPATIONS - ALL MEMBERS
Doctors - 12
Former State Legislators - 274
Congressional Staffers - 107
Law - 217
Public Service - 195
Business - 193
Broadcast - 7
Accountants - 5
Pilots - 4



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Wash. Post & Wash. Times
Local and national election coverage.
 
New Hampshire Union Leader
Newspaper tracks presidential politics in New Hampshire and other early primary/caucus states.
 
 
PollingReport.com
Website contains state-by-state election poll data: campaign polls, presidential race polls, and more.
 
Directory of U.S. Political Parties
Resource providing links to the two major political parties and the third parties.
 
Campaign Finance Database
This is a way to search donations reported to the Federal Election Commission by candidates for federal office
 
Register to Vote
A gateway webpage where U.S. citizens can register to vote in their various jurisdictions
 
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