Sixteen Harvard Law School alumni won congressional races in the Nov. 3 midterms, including all 13 incumbents seeking reelection and three candidates for open seats.
Incumbent winners in the Senate include Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) ’02, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) ’73, and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) ’80 who defeated Maj. Gen. Bret Mizusawa (R) ’89. In Montana, Kurt Alme (R) ’92 won his bid for an open Senate seat over independent Seth Bodnar.
Incumbent winners in the House include Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) ’92, Rep. Sam Liccardo (D-CA) ’96, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) ’79, Rep. David Min (D-CA) ’02, Rep. Juan Vargas (D-CA) ’91, Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD) ’86, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) ’87, Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) ’04, Rep. Josh Riley (D-NY) ’07, and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) ’00.
Two alumni won open House seats. In California’s 11th District, Scott Wiener (D) ’96 defeated fellow Democrat Connie Chan for the open seat vacated by former Speak of the House Nancy Pelosi. In Texas’ 10th District, Chris Gober (R) ’04 defeated Caitlin Rourk (D) for the seat previously held by Rep. Michael McCaul.
Three other alumni lost their races. In Florida, Mike Beltran (R) ’08 was defeated by 14th district incumbent Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL). Caroline Shinkle (R) ’20 was defeated by Micha Lasher (D) in New York’s 12th district. In Texas’ newly drawn 9th District, Alex Mealer (R) ’16 lost to Leticia Gutierrez (D).
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