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Our Legacy in Congress: Who We’ve Helped Elect

We are proud to say that since 1962, the Council for a Livable World has helped to elect more than 400 Senators and Representatives who support sensible risk-reduction policies and arms control. As a non-partisan organization, we’ve endorsed and raised funds for Democrats, Republicans and Independents.

Council activists, now 60,000 strong, provide more funds to candidates than any other peace and security organization. We raised more than $1.5 million for candidates in 2020. See what they’ve helped to accomplish.

Members of the Senate (Since 1962):

* = current member of Congress

  • Alabama

    Doug Jones
    John Sparkman
    Donald Stewart

  • Alaska

    E. L. Bartlett
    Mike Gravel

  • Arizona

    Dennis DeConcini
    Mark Kelly *

  • Arkansas

    Dale Bumpers
    William Fulbright
    Blanche Lincoln
    David Pryor
    Mark Pryor

  • California

    Barbara Boxer
    Alan Cranston
    Dianne Feinstein *

  • Colorado

    Michael Bennet *
    Gary Hart
    Floyd Haskell
    John Hickenlooper *
    Ken Salazar
    Mark Udall
    Tim Wirth

  • Connecticut

    Chris Dodd
    Joseph Lieberman
    Chris Murphy *
    Abraham Ribicoff

  • Delaware

    Tom Carper *
    Chris Coons *
    Joseph Biden

  • Georgia

    Max Cleland
    Wyche Fowler
    Jon Ossoff *

  • Hawaii

    Daniel Akaka
    Daniel Inouye
    Mazie Hirono *
    Spark Matsunaga
    Brian Schatz *

  • Idaho

    Frank Church

  • Illinois

    Carol Moseley Braun
    Tammy Duckworth *
    Dick Durbin *
    Barack Obama
    Paul Simon
    Adlai Stevenson

  • Indiana

    Birch Bayh
    Vance Hartke
    Richard Lugar

  • Iowa

    Dick Clark
    John Culver
    Tom Harkin
    Harold Hughes

  • Kansas

    James Pearson

  • Kentucky

    Wendell Ford

  • Maine

    William Hathaway
    George Mitchell
    Edmund Muskie
    Angus King *

  • Maryland

    Ben Cardin *
    Charles Mathias
    Barbara Mikulski
    Joseph Tydings
    Paul Sarbanes
    Chris Van Hollen *

  • Massachusetts

    Edward Brooke
    Edward Kennedy
    John Kerry
    Edward Markey *
    Elizabeth Warren *

  • Michigan

    Philip Hart
    Carl Levin
    Gary Peters *
    Debbie Stabenow *
    Don Riegle

  • Minnesota

    Hubert Humphrey
    Eugene McCarthy
    Walter Mondale
    Paul Wellstone
    Al Franken
    Amy Klobuchar *
    Tina Smith *

  • Missouri

    Mel Carnahan
    Thomas Eagleton
    Claire McCaskill

  • Montana

    Max Baucus
    John Melcher
    Lee Metcalf
    Jon Tester *
    John Walsh

  • Nebraska

    Robert Kerrey
    Ben Nelson

  • Nevada

    Catherine Cortez Masto *
    Harry Reid
    Jacky Rosen*

  • New Hampshire

    Maggie Hassan *
    Jeanne Shaheen *

  • New Jersey

    Cory Booker *
    Bill Bradley
    Clifford Case
    Jon Corzine
    Frank Lautenberg
    Robert Menendez *
    Harrison Williams

  • New Mexico

    Jeff Bingaman
    Martin Heinrich *
    Ben Ray Luján
    *
    Joseph Montoya
    Tom Udall

  • New York

    Hillary Clinton
    Jacob Javits
    Daniel Patrick Moynihan
    Charles Schumer *
    Kirsten Gillibrand *

  • North Dakota

    Quentin Burdick
    Kent Conrad
    Byron Dorgan
    Heidi Heitkamp

  • Ohio

    Sherrod Brown *
    John Glenn
    Howard Metzenbaum

  • Oregon

    Gov. Mark Hatfield
    Jeff Merkley *
    Wayne Morse
    Ron Wyden *

  • Pennsylvania

    Bob Casey *
    Joseph Clark
    John Fetterman *
    Richard Schweiker
    Harris Wofford

  • Rhode Island

    Lincoln Chafee
    Claiborne Pell
    Jack Reed *
    Sheldon Whitehouse*

  • South Dakota

    James Abourezk
    Tom Daschle
    Tim Johnson
    George McGovern

  • Tennessee

    Albert Gore, Sr.
    Jim Sasser

  • Texas

    Ralph Yarborough

  • Utah

    Frank Moss

  • Vermont

    James Jeffords
    Patrick Leahy
    Bernie Sanders *
    Robert Stafford
    Peter Welch *

  • Virginia

    Tim Kaine *

  • Washington

    Brock Adams
    Maria Cantwell *
    Patty Murray *

  • West Virginia

    Robert Byrd
    Jay Rockefeller

  • Wisconsin

    Tammy Baldwin *
    Herbert Kohl
    Russ Feingold
    Gaylord Nelson

  • Wyoming

    Gale McGee

Members of the House of Representatives (Since 1982):

* = current member of the House

  • Alaska

    Mary Peltola *

  • Arizona

    Karan English
    Gabrielle Giffords
    Raul Grijalva *
    Ann Kirkpatrick
    James McNulty
    Kyrsten Sinema
    Greg Stanton*

  • California

    Pete Aguilar *
    Ami Bera *
    Barbara Boxer
    Doug Bosco
    George E. Brown, Jr.
    Phillip Burton
    Lois Capps
    Salud Carbajal *
    Gil Cisneros
    Susan Davis
    Ronald V. Dellums
    Cal Dooley
    Anna G. Eshoo *
    Sam Farr
    Bob Filner
    John Garamendi *
    Dan Hamburg
    Josh Harder *
    Mike Honda
    Sara Jacobs *
    Barbara Lee *
    Mike Levin *

    Marty Martinez
    George Miller
    Jerry McNerney
    Nancy Pelosi *
    Katie Porter*
    Harley Rouda
    Raul Ruiz *
    Adam Schiff *
    Loretta Sanchez
    Mark Takano*
    Ellen Tauscher
    Mike Thompson *
    Maxine Waters *
    Lynn Woolsey

  • Colorado

    Ben Nighthorse Campbell
    Jason Crow *
    Diana DeGette *
    Betsy Markey
    Joe Neguse *
    Ed Perlmutter
    John T. Salazar
    Patricia Schroeder
    David Skaggs
    Mark Udall

  • Connecticut

    Bruce Morrison
    Rosa L. DeLauro *
    Sam Gejdenson
    Jim Himes *
    William Ratchford

  • Delaware

    John Carney

  • Florida

    Charlie Crist
    Val Demings
    Dante B. Fascell
    Gwen Graham
    Alan Grayson
    Lois Frankel *
    Carrie Meek
    Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
    Patrick Murphy
    Stephanie Murphy
    Debbie Wasserman Schultz *

  • Georgia

    Cynthia McKinney
    Lucy McBath *
    David Scott *

  • Hawaii

    Neil Abercrombie
    Colleen Hanabusa
    Patsy Mink

  • Idaho

    Richard Stallings

  • Illinois

    Rod Blagojevich
    Cheri Bustos
    Cardiss Collins
    John Cox
    Lane Evans
    Bill Foster *
    Phil Hare
    Marie Newman
    George Sangmeister
    Jan Schakowsky *
    Paul Simon
    Eric Sorenson *
    Bruce Terry

  • Indiana

    Julia Carson
    Baron Hill
    Larry LaRocco
    Jill Long
    Frank McCloskey

  • Iowa

    Bruce Braley
    Jim Jontz
    Jim Leach
    Dave Loebsack
    David Nagle

  • Kansas

    Nancy Boyda

  • Kentucky

    John Yarmuth

  • Louisiana

    Cedric Richmond

  • Maine

    Tom Allen
    Tom Andrews
    Joseph Brennan
    Jared Golden *
    Michael Michaud
    Chellie Pingree *

  • Maryland

    Michael D. Barnes
    Donna Edwards
    Connie Morella
    Chris Van Hollen

  • Massachusetts

    William Delahunt
    Barney Frank
    Nicholas Mavroules
    Jim McGovern *
    John Olver
    Gerry Studds
    John Tierney
    Nikki Tsongas

  • Michigan

    David E. Bonior
    Bob Carr
    Andy Levin
    Lynn Rivers
    Gary Peters
    Debbie Stabenow
    Bart Stupak
    Howard Wolpe

  • Minnesota

    Angie Craig *
    Bill Luther
    Betty McCollum *
    David Minge
    Rick Nolan
    Jim Oberstar
    Ilhan Omar *
    Timothy Penny
    Martin Sabo
    Tim Walz

  • Mississippi

    Mark Espy

  • Missouri

    Russ Carnahan
    Karen McCarthy

  • Montana

    Pat Williams

  • Nebraska

    Peter Hoagland

  • Nevada

    Shelly Berkley
    Steven Horsford *
    Ruben Kihuen
    Susie Lee *

  • New Hampshire

    Paul Hodes
    Anne McLane Kuster *
    Chris Pappas * 

    Carol Shea-Porter

  • New Jersey

    John Adler
    Rush Holt
    Andy Kim *
    Tom Malinowski
    Frank Pallone *
    Donald M. Payne
    Steve Rothman

  • New Mexico

    Deb Haaland
    Teresa Leger Fernandez *
    Tom Udall

  • New York

    Joseph P Addabbo
    Michael Arcuri
    Anthony Brindisi
    Thomas J. Downey
    Bill Green
    John Hall
    Matthew F. McHugh
    Maurice Hinchey
    George Hochbrueckner
    Steve Israel
    Mondaire Jones
    Nita Lowey
    Dan Maffei
    Eric Massa
    Carolyn Maloney
    Carolyn McCarthy
    Robert Mrazek
    Louis Slaughter

  • North Carolina

    Jamie Clarke
    Eva Clayton
    Jeff Jackson *
    Brad Miller
    David Price *
    Deborah Ross *

    Mel Watt

  • North Dakota

    Earl Pomeroy

  • Ohio

    Sherrod Brown
    Dennis E. Eckart
    Ed Feighan
    Mary Jo Kilroy
    Dennis Kucinich
    Greg Landsman *
    Tim Ryan
    John F. Seiberling
    Zack Space
    Ted Strickland
    Betty Sutton

  • Oregon

    Les AuCoin
    Suzanne Bonamici *
    Peter DeFazio
    Elizabeth Furse
    Darlene Hooley
    Mike Kopetski
    James Weaver
    David Wu

  • Pennsylvania

    Jason Altmire
    Lawrence Coughlin
    Kathy Dahlkemper
    Robert W. Edgar
    Tom Foglietta
    Joe Hoeffel
    Chrissy Houlahan *
    Paul Kanjorski
    Peter Kostmayer
    Marjorie Mezvinsky
    Patrick Murphy
    Joe Sestak
    Susan Wild *

  • Rhode Island

    David Cicilline *
    Jack Reed
    Claudine Schneider

  • South Carolina

    Liz Patterson
    John Spratt
    Robin Tallon

  • South Dakota

    Thomas A. Daschle
    Tim Johnson

  • Texas

    Colin Allred *
    Henry Cuellar *
    Lloyd Doggett *
    Nick Lampson

  • Utah

    Jim Matheson
    Wayne Owens
    Karen Shepherd

  • Vermont

    Becca Balint *
    Bernie Sanders
    Peter Welch

  • Virginia

    Don Beyer *
    Leslie Byrne
    Rick Boucher
    Donald McEachin *
    Jim Moran
    Glenn Nye
    Jennifer Wexton *

  • Washington

    Brian Baird
    Maria Cantwell
    Suzan DelBene *
    Jay Inslee
    Derek Kilmer *
    Rick Larsen *
    Kim Schrier *

    Adam Smith *
    Jolene Unsoeld

  • West Virginia

    Bob Wise

  • Wisconsin

    Les Aspin
    Tammy Baldwin
    Jay Johnson
    Steve Kagen
    Robert Kastenmeier
    Ron Kind
    Jim Moody
    David Obey
    Clement J. Zablocki

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