Election Update: ABC Staff and Members Elected in 2022

With essentially all House races called, Republicans are on pace to hold the House majority by approximately the same margin that Democrats enjoyed in the 117th Congress—around five seats. On the heels of Democrat John Fetterman’s defeat of Dr. Mehmet Oz, Republican, to flip retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey’s seat in Pennsylvania, Democrats will return to the Senate majority.

Several ABC staff and members also won office in November’s election. Those include U.S. Sen.-elect Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla.; U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pa., U.S. Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tenn.; Andy Whitt, Alabama House District 6; James Lomax, Alabama House District 20; Mike Kirkland, Alabama House District 23; Chuck Goodrich, Indiana House District 19; Cindy O’Laughlin, Missouri Senate District 18; Brad Von Gillern, Nebraska District 4; Thad Claggett, Ohio House District 68; Beth Lear, Ohio House District 61; and Suzanne Schmidt, Washington House District 04.