Here’s what former members of the 118th Congress are doing today: POLITICS/ADVOCACY/MEDIA Colin Allred, D-TexasRunning for Senate seat held by John Cornyn, R-Texas Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y.Founder, JAB, education consulting company; podcast host Sherrod Brown, D-OhioFounder, The Dignity of Work Institute Cori Bush, D-Mo.Founder, Politivist PAC; podcast host Yadira Caraveo, D-Colo. Running for Colorado’s 8th District Erica Lee Carter, D-TexasPolicy director for Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis David Cicilline, D-R.I.President and CEO, Rhode Island Foundation Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.Talk show anchor, One America News Network Mike Garcia, R-Calif.Chairman, America First California Garret Graves, R-La.Member of Bipartisan Policy Center’s Energy Advisory Council Brian Higgins, D-N.Y. President, Shea’s Performing Arts Center Dan Kildee, D-Mich.President and CEO, Community Foundation of Greater Flint; endowed chair of American Government, Central Michigan University Derek Kilmer, D-Wash.Senior vice president of U.S. programs and policy, Rockefeller Foundation Ann McLane Kuster, D-N.H.Founding member of Elect Democratic Women PAC Greg Lopez, R-Colo.Running for Colorado governor Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo.CEO, American Consumer & Investor Institute Joe Manchin III, I-W.Va.Member, Bipartisan Policy Center’s Energy Advisory Council; board of directors member, Ramaco Resources; board of directors member, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Kathy Manning, D-N.C. Chair, board of directors of Democratic Majority for Israel Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash.Founder, Cathy McMorris Rodgers Leadership Institute Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.Founder and chairman, ALFA Institute; chairman, Watchtower Strategy Alex X. Mooney, R-W.Va.Senior adviser, NumbersUSA Wiley Nickel, D-N.C.Dropped run for open Senate seat; eyeing bid for Wake County district attorney Mary Peltola, D-AlaskaConsidering run for Alaska governor Katie Porter, D-Calif.Running for California governor Mitt Romney, R-UtahBoard of directors member, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Abigail Spanberger, D-Va.Running for Virginia governor Michelle Steel, R-Calif.Member, Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture David Trone, D-Md.Trustee, David and June Trone Family Foundation ELECTED/APPOINTED TO OTHER OFFICES Kelly Armstrong, R-N.D.North Dakota governor Dan Bishop, R-N.C.Office of Management and Budget deputy director Mike Braun, R-Ind.Indiana governor Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore.Labor secretary Anthony D’Esposito, R-N.Y.Nominated to be Labor Department inspector general Jenniffer González-Colón, R-P.R.Puerto Rico governor Jeff Jackson, D-N.C.North Carolina attorney general Barbara Lee, D-Calif.Mayor of Oakland Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz.Member, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Marc Molinaro, R-N.Y.Nominated to be FTA administrator Brandon Williams, R-N.Y.Nominated to be undersecretary for nuclear security LAW/LOBBYING/CONSULTING Ken Buck, R-Colo.Managing principal, Right Results consulting firm in Windsor, Colo. Larry Bucshon, R-Ind.Senior policy adviser, Holland & Knight Laphonza Butler, D-Calif.Partner, Actum Matt Cartwright, D-Pa.Partner, Lowey Dannenberg, visiting professor, Hamilton College (January - May 2025) Jeff Duncan, R-S.C.Managing director, Covenant Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz.Senior adviser, Hogan Lovells; member, Coinbase Global Advisory Council; adjunct professor, Arizona State University Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.Senior policy adviser, Liberty Partners Group Chris Stewart, R-UtahManaging partner, Skyline Capitol PRIVATE SECTOR Tony Cárdenas, D-Calif.President, US Global Plane John Duarte, R-Calif.Co-owner, Duarte Nursery Drew Ferguson, R-Ga.Senior V.P. of government affairs, Hyundai Motor Group Mike Gallagher, R-Wis.Head of defense, Palantir Technologies George S. Helmy, D-N.J.Executive V.P., chief external affairs and policy officer, RWJBarnabas Health; member, Rutgers University Board of Governors Jake LaTurner, R-Kan.Partner, FP1 Strategies and PLUS Communications Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C.Senior adviser, Lazard Jon Tester, D-Mont.Farmer; podcast host; 2025 fellow, University of Chicago Institute of Politics Brad Wenstrup, R-OhioPresident, Ubiquitous Strategies Alliance; member, President’s Intelligence Advisory Board ACADEMIA Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore.Senior fellow and special adviser, Portland State University president; presidential fellow, Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies Bill Johnson, R-OhioPresident, Youngstown State University John Sarbanes, D-Md.Distinguished practitioner in residence, Stavros Niarchos; Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University Ben Sasse, R-Neb.Professor, University of Florida; (served as president from February, 2023 - July 2024) RETIRED/OUT OF OFFICE Michael C. Burgess, R-TexasRetired Thomas R. Carper, D-Del.Retired Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md.Retired Jerry Carl, R-Ala.Declined to run for mayor of Mobile in January 2025 Bob Casey, D- Pa.Retired Anna G. Eshoo, D-Calif.Retired Bob Good, R-Va. Has not decided about another run for office Kay Granger, R-TexasRetired and living in a senior living facility Doug Lamborn, R-Colo.Retired Grace F. Napolitano, D-Calif.Retired Greg Pence, R-Ind.Retired Dean Phillips, D-Minn.Democratic presidential candidate in 2024 Bill Posey, R-Fla.Retired Matt Rosendale, R-Mont.Retired C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md.Retired Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, D-N. MarianasRetired Jennifer Wexton, D-Va.Retired Susan Wild, D-Pa.Declined to run for Pennsylvania’s 7th District House seat in 2026 INCARCERATED Bob Menendez, D-N.J.Serving an 11-year sentence; convicted on a range of criminal charges, including bribery, extortion and acting as a foreign agent George Santos, R-N.Y.Reported to prison on July 25; sentenced to more than seven years; pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft; expelled from House DECEASED Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-N.J.
