Great Election for Bike Caucus

138 Bike Caucus House members re-elected

Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.) was re-elected
and may be appointed Transportation Chair

The mid-term U.S. elections were very successful for the Bike Caucus. Of the 157 House Bike Caucus members, 139 were reelected to their seats in the House, three were elected to the U.S. Senate -- Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH).

Six members lost reelection: Representatives Charlie Bass (R-NH), J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Anne Northup (R-KY), E. Clay Shaw, Jr. (R-FL), and Charles Taylor (R-NC). Nine did not seek reelection -- this number includes Congressional Bike Caucus member Harold Ford (D-TN) who ran for the U.S. Senate and lost, Mark Foley (R-FL) who stepped down several weeks ago, and Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Ed Case (D-HI), Jim Davis (D-FL), Mark Green (R-WI), Major Owens (D-NY), Martin Olav Sabo (D-MN), and Ted Strickland (D-OH).

Of the 15 Senate Bike Caucus members, one retired and seven were up for reelection. Six won their reelections. Senators Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) were reelected. Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT) retired, and Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) was defeated.

As far as the House committee structure, at this time, the Congress Daily electronic publication is predicting that these 10 Bike Caucus members will be leaders in the House or on the following committees:

Agriculture Committee: Collin Peterson (D-Minn.)
Budget Committee: John Spratt (D-S.C.)
House Administration Committee: Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-Calif.)
Intelligence Committee: Jane Harman (D-Calif.)
Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
Resources Committee: Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.)
Rules Committee: Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.)
Transportation & Infrastructure: James Oberstar (D-Minn.)
Science Committee: Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.)
Veterans Affairs Committee: Bob Filner (D-Calif.)

More news will follow as election results continue to come in.

House Bike Caucus, as of 11.08.06

Key:
Retiring/Not running for reelection
Reelected
Defeated
Representative Elected to Senate

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Tom Allen (D-ME)
Joe Baca (D-CA)
Spencer Bachus (R-AL)
Brian Baird (D-WA)
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
John Barrow (D-GA)
Charlie Bass (R-NH)
Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)
Mary Bono (R-CA)
Rick Boucher (D-VA)
Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
G.K. Butterfield (D-NC)
Michael Burgess (R-TX)
Chris Cannon (R-UT)
Lois Capps (D-CA)
Mike Capuano (D-MA)
Ben Cardin (D-MD)
Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)
Julia Carson (D-IN)
Russ Carnahan (D-MO)
Ed Case (D-HI)
Ben Chandler (D-KY)
Jim Cooper (D-TN)
Jerry Costello (D-IL)
Bud Cramer (D-AL)
Joe Crowley (D-NY)
Barbara Cubin (R-WY)
Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD)
Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
Jim Davis (D-FL)
Lincoln Davis (D-TN)
Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
Bill Delahunt (D-MA)
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
John Duncan (R-TN)
Rahm Emanuel (D-IL)
Anna Eshoo (D-CA)
Sam Farr (D-CA)
Chaka Fattah (D-PA)
Bob Filner (D-CA)
Mark Foley (R-FL)
Harold Ford (D-TN)
Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD)
Paul Gillmor (R-OH)
Virgil H. Goode, Jr. (R-VA)
Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
Bart Gordon (D-TN)
Mark Green (R-WI)
Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)
Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL)
Ralph Hall (R-TX)
Jane Harman (D-CA)
J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ)
Stephanie Herseth (D-SD)
Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
Peter Hoekstra (R-MI)
Rush Holt (D-NJ)
Mike Honda (D-CA)
Darlene Hooley (D-OR)
Kenny Hulshof (R-MO)
Bob Inglis (R-SC)
Jay Inslee (D-WA)
Steve J. Israel (D-NY)
Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)
Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Timothy V. Johnson (R-IL)
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH)
Ric Keller (R-FL)
Sue Kelly (R-NY)
Dale Kildee (D-MI)
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick (D-MI)
Ron Kind (D-WI)
Joe Knollenberg (R-MI)
Rick Larsen (D-WA)
John Larson (D-CT)
Barbara Lee (D-CA)
John Lewis (D-GA)
Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)
Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
Don Manzullo (R-IL)
Jim Marshall (D-GA)
Jim Matheson (D-UT)
Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Jim McDermott (D-WA)
Jim McGovern (D-MA)
Marty Meehan (D-MA)
Greg Meeks (D-NY)
Michael H. Michaud (D-ME)
Juanita Millender-
McDonald (D-CA)
Brad Miller (D-NC)
James P. Moran (D-VA)
Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
Grace Napolitano (D-CA)
Richard Neal (D-MA)
Anne Northup (R-KY)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
Jim Oberstar (D-MN)
John Olver (D-MA)
Major R. Owens (D-NY)
Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ)
Ed Pastor (D-AZ)
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
Collin Peterson (D-MN)
Thomas Petri (R-WI)
Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
Nick Rahall (D-WV)
Jim Ramstad (R-MN)
Denny Rehberg (R-MT)
Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Mike Ross (D-AR)
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)
Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)
Paul Ryan (R-WI)
Tim Ryan (D-OH)
Martin Olav Sabo (D-MN)
Linda Sanchez (D-CA)
Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
David Scott (D-GA)
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. (R-FL)
Chris Shays (R-CT)
Brad Sherman (D-CA)
John Shimkus (R-IL)
Bill Shuster (R-PA)
Louise Slaughter (D-NY)
Adam Smith (D-WA)
Vic Snyder (D-AR)
Hilda L. Solis (D-CA)
Mark Souder (R-IN)
John Spratt (D-SC)
Pete Stark (D-CA)
Ted Strickland (D-OH)
Thomas G. Tancredo (R-CO)
Ellen Tauscher (D-CA)
Charles H. Taylor (R-NC)
Mike Thompson (D-CA)
Mike Turner (R-OH)
Mark Udall (D-CO)
Tom Udall (D-NM)
Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Greg Walden (R-OR)
Zach Wamp (R-TN)
Diane E. Watson (D-CA)
Henry A. Waxman (D-CA)
Anthony Weiner (D-NY)
Jerry Weller (R-IL)
Robert Wexler (D-FL)
Joe Wilson (R-SC)
Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
David Wu (D-OR)

Senate Bike Caucus, as of 11.08.06

Key:
Retiring/Not running for reelection
Reelected
Defeated
Not up for Election

Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Susan Collins (R-ME)
Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
James Jeffords (I-VT)
Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Rick Santorum (R-PA)
Charles Schumer (D-NY)
Gordon Smith (R-OR)
Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Ron Wyden (D-OR)

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