![Jim Cooper '80](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Cooper.jpeg)
![Joaquin Castro '00](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Castro.jpeg)
![Anthony Brown '92](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Brown.jpeg)
![Raja Krishnamoorthi '00](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Krishnamoorthi.jpg)
![Robert Flanders '74](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/FLanders_hires_AP_11080116340.jpg)
![Andy Levin '94](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Levin.jpg)
![John Sarbanes '88](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Sarbanes.jpg)
![Josh Gottheimer '04](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Gottheimer.jpg)
![Elizabeth Warren](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Warren.jpg)
![Juan Vargas '91](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Vargas.jpg)
![Mitt Romney](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Romney_Gage-Skidmore.jpg)
![Antonio Delgado '05](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Delgado.jpg)
![Ted Cruz '95](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Cruz.jpg)
![Tim Kaine](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Kaine.jpg)
![Joseph Kennedy III '09](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Kennedy_III.jpg)
![Jamie Raskin '87](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Raskin.jpg)
![Chuck Schumer](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/hls-in-congress-2.jpg)
![Katie Porter '01](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Porter.jpg)
![Terri Sewell '92](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Sewell.jpg)
![Brad Sherman '79](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Sherman.jpg)
![Headshot of Mike Crapo](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Mike_Crapo_Official_Photo_110th_Congress_web.jpg)
![Jack Reed '82](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Reed.jpg)
![Mark Warner](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Warner.jpg)
![Jay Webber '00](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Webber.jpg)
![Tom Cotton '02](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Cotton.jpg)
![Adam Schiff '85](https://hls.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Schiff.jpg)
The U.S. Senate’s freshman class includes a familiar name: Mitt Romney J.D./M.B.A. ’75.
The former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate won election Nov. 6 as the junior senator from Utah.
Romney joins seven other alumni in the Senate, including those who were up for re-election this year: Tim Kaine ’83 (D-Va.), who in 2016 lost his bid to become the first Harvard Law School graduate elected vice president, and Ted Cruz ’95 (R-Texas), who beat challenger Beto O’Rourke. Former Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) also won re-election and is now reportedly mulling a potential presidential bid in 2020.
Five other HLS alumni serving in the U.S. Senate were not up for re-election: Tom Cotton ’02 (R-Ark.), Mike Crapo ’77 (R-Idaho), Jack Reed ’82 (D-R.I.), Chuck Schumer ’74 (D-N.Y) and Mark Warner ’80 (D-Va.).
In the House, three alumni are part of the newly elected Democratic majority. Andy Levin ’94 (D-Mich.) won the seat previously occupied by his father, Sander Levin ’57, who will retire at the end of the current Congress.
The resume of Antonio Delgado ’05 (D-N.Y.)includes time as a Rhodes Scholar, independent music label founder and Big Law associate.
Katie Porter ’01 (D-Calif.) followed the career trajectory of her law school mentor, Elizabeth Warren, from bankruptcy law professor to congresswoman. Porter represents Orange County after a close race called nine days after the election.
Other HLS alumni won their U.S. House re-election races: Anthony Brown ’92 (D-Md.) District 4, Joaquin Castro ’00 (D-Texas) District 20, Jim Cooper ’80 (D-Tenn.) District 5, Josh Gottheimer ’04 (D-N.J.) District 5, Joseph Kennedy III ’09 (D-Mass.) District 4, Raja Krishnamoorthi ’00 (D-Ill.) District 8, Jamie Raskin ’87 (D-Md.) District 8, John Sarbanes ’88 (D-Md.) District 3, Adam Schiff ’85 (D-Calif.) District 28, Terri Sewell ’92 (D-Ala.) District 7, Brad Sherman ’79 (D-Calif.) District 30 and Juan Vargas ’91 (D-Calif.) District 51.
Two alumni were defeated: Jay Webber ’00, who ran as a Republican against Democrat Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District, and Republican Robert Flanders ’74, who lost to incumbent Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse in Rhode Island’s Senate race.