United States Senate Elections, 2008 - Freshmen

Freshmen

There are 16 freshman Senators in the 111th United States Congress, as of March 28, 2010. Ten were elected on November 4, 2008. In addition, two freshmen were appointed to fill vacancies created by Barack Obama's and Joe Biden's resignations to become president and vice president. Two more freshmen were appointed to the Senate as a consequence of the appointment of Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State and Ken Salazar to be Secretary of the Interior. George LeMieux was appointed to replace Mel Martinez upon his resignation. A temporary interim senator, Paul G. Kirk, was appointed to the seat of Edward M. Kennedy upon his death. He was replaced by Scott Brown in the United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2010.

1. Mark Begich (D-AK)
2. Al Franken (D-MN)
3. Kay Hagan (D-NC)
4. Mike Johanns (R-NE)
5. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
6. Jim Risch (R-ID)
7. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
8. Mark Udall (D-CO)
9. Tom Udall (D-NM)
10. Mark Warner (D-VA)
11. Roland Burris (D-IL, Obama's successor)
12. Ted Kaufman (D-DE, Biden's successor)
13. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY, Clinton's successor)
14. Michael Bennet (D-CO, Salazar's successor)
15. George LeMieux (R-FL, Martinez's successor)
16. Paul G. Kirk (D-MA, Kennedy's successor)
17. Scott Brown (R-MA, Kirk's successor)