119th Congress New Member Legislative Directors

As new members of the U.S. Congress take office, one of the most important decisions they make is the appointment of a legislative director.
The Well News is tracking all of these top hires.
RELATED | new member Senate chiefs, House chiefs, communications directors and schedulers
State | U.S. Senator | Legislative Director |
Arizona | Ruben Gallego | Jonathan Tsentas |
California | Adam Schiff | Rebecca Schatz |
Delaware | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Kevin Diamond |
Indiana | Jim Banks | James Hitchcock |
Maryland | Angela Alsobrooks | Elizabeth (Weiner) Mabry |
Michigan | Elissa Slotkin | ** |
Montana | Tim Sheehy | Matt Sommer |
New Jersey | Andy Kim | Thomas Carnes |
Ohio | Bernie Moreno | Andrew Rothe |
Pennsylvania | David McCormick | Laura Atcheson |
Utah | John Curtis | Jake Bornstein |
West Virginia | Jim Justice | ** |
District | U.S. Representative | Legislative Director |
AK-AL | Nicholas Begich | Kevin Swanson |
AL-02 | Shomari Figures | Iyanla Kollock |
AZ-03 | Yassamin Ansari | Paniz Rezaeerod |
AZ-08 | Abraham Hamadeh | Cameron “Cam” Erickson |
CA-12 | Lateefah Simon | Michael Bauduy |
CA-13 | Adam Gray | Devin Kolb |
CA-16 | Sam Liccardo | Ella Khorov |
CA-20 | Vince Fong | Trevor Smith |
CA-27 | George Whitesides | Shaefer Bagwell |
CA-29 | Luz Maria Rivas | Zachary “Zach” Lee Kahan |
CA-30 | Laura Friedman | Carissa Bunge |
CA-31 | Gil Cisneros | Monique Bolsajian |
CA-45 | Derek Tran | Justin Maturo |
CA-47 | Dave Min | Mitchell “Mitch” Heidenreich |
CO-03 | Jeff Hurd | Michael “Mike” V. DeFilippis |
CO-05 | Jeff Crank | Chase Hite |
CO-08 | Gabe Evans | Scott Watson |
DE-AL | Sarah McBride | Jacob Glasser |
FL-08 | Mike Haridopolos | Zalentine Valenta |
GA-03 | Brian Jack | Annaclaire Stietenroth (SenLgAsst) |
IN-03 | Marlin Stutzman | Jack Johnstone |
IN-06 | Jefferson Shreve | Megan Wenrich |
IN-08 | Mark Messmer | Will Salmon |
KS-02 | Derek Schmidt | Clint Blaes |
LA-06 | Cleo Fields | Evan Ashy |
MD-02 | John Olszewski Jr. | Isabel Sanchez |
MD-03 | Sarah Elfreth | Hannah Cooper |
MD-06 | April McClain-Delaney | Kaylee Robinson |
MI-07 | Tom Barrett | Alex Charow |
MI-08 | Kristen McDonald Rivet | Kara Verma |
MN-03 | Kelly Morrison | Griffin Wong |
MO-01 | Wesley Bell | Chiekezie “Chi” O. Chukwuka |
MO-03 | Bob Onder | Hannah King |
MT-02 | Troy Downing | Blayne Callas |
NC-06 | Addison McDowell | Jackie Hunley |
NC-08 | Mark Harris | Courtney Ball |
NC-10 | Pat Harrigan | Collin Sabine |
NC-13 | Brad Knott | Megan Gallagher |
NC-14 | Timothy K. Moore | Joe MacFarlane |
ND-AL | Julie Fedorchak | Ty Kennedy |
NH-02 | Maggie Goodlander | Heather Painter |
NJ-03 | Herb Conaway | Laney O’Shea |
NJ-09 | Nellie Pou | Amanda Guiliano |
NJ-10 | LaMonica McIver | Layla Brooks |
NMI-AL | Kimberlyn King-Hinds | Herb Yamada (CoS) |
NY-04 | Laura Gillen | Daniel Marrow |
NY-16 | George Latimer | Jessica Merritt |
NY-19 | Josh Riley | Laura Bell |
NY-22 | John Mannion | Brian Alexander Duckworth |
NY-26 | Timothy Kennedy | Natalie Marek |
OH-02 | David Taylor | Josh Millard |
OH-06 | Michael Rulli | Graham Lescallette (DCoS) |
OR-03 | Maxine Dexter | Grace Banfield |
OR-05 | Janelle Bynum | Lucas Lam |
PA-07 | Ryan Mackenzie | Christopher Smith |
PA-08 | Rob Bresnahan Jr. | Daniel “Dan” M. Horning |
PR-AL | Pablo Hernandez Rivera | Danny Ruiz |
RI-01 | Gabe Amo | Christina Rankin |
SC-03 | Sheri Biggs | Christopher “Chris” Ringer |
TX-12 | Craig Goldman | Ella Dunn |
TX-18 | Sylvester Turner | Alexander Chanock |
TX-26 | Brandon Gill | Graham Wies |
TX-32 | Julie Johnson | Carlie Pianello |
UT-02 | Celeste Maloy | James Leavitt |
UT-03 | Mike Kennedy | Connor Meyers |
VA-04 | Jennifer McClellan | Donald Pollard |
VA-05 | John McGuire | John Castillo |
VA-07 | Eugene Vindman | Elya Taichman |
VA-10 | Suhas Subramanyam | Chris Katson |
WA-05 | Michael Baumgartner | Parker Edwards |
WA-06 | Emily Randall | Shanta Katipamula |
WI-08 | Tony Wied | Jenna Zantow |
WV-02 | Riley Moore | Ryan Edward Rasins |
**Office has been unresponsive to requests for information.
(DCoS) — deputy chief of staff
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