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70 Congresspersons who are 70 years old in 2019

District Name Party Year Assumed Office Born Age Years in Congress % Win Votes in 2018 Total Votes casted for the district Winner’s share of Votes Major Challenger’s Share of Votes Win Margin Against Major Opponent
1 Alaska at-large Don Young Republican 1973 1933 85 46 53.3% 280,978 149,779 131,217 7%
2 Texas 30 Eddie Bernice Johnson Democrats 1993 1935 83 26 91.1%    183,174      166,784            16,302 82%
3 California 32 Grace Napolitano Democrats 1999 1936 82 20 68.8%    177,031      121,759            55,234 38%
4 Florida 20 Alcee Hastings Democrats 1993 1936 82 26 Unopposed    202,824      202,659                  – 100%
5 New Jersey 9 Bill Pascrell Democrats 1997 1937 82 22 70.3%    200,416      140,832            57,920 41%
6 Kentucky 5 Hal Rogers Republican 1981 1937 81 38 78.9%    218,017      172,093            46,002 58%
7 New York 17 Nita Lowey Democrats 1989 1937 81 30 88.0%    193,318      170,168            23,198 76%
8 California 43 Maxine Waters Democrats 1991 1938 80 28 77.7%    196,052      152,272            43,720 55%
9 Georgia 5 John Lewis Democrats 1987 1940 79 32 Unopposed              –                –                  – 100%
10 Maryland 5 Steny Hoyer Democrats 1981 1939 79 38 70.3%    304,209      213,796            82,441 41%
11 California 12 Nancy Pelosi Democrats 1987 1940 78 32 86.8%    317,072      275,292            41,854 74%
12 Florida 27 Donna Shalala Democrats 2019 1941 78 0 51.8%    252,586      130,743          115,684 4%
13 North Carolina 4 David Price Democrats 1997 1940 78 22 72.3%    334,495      242,002            80,279 45%
14 South Carolina 6 Jim Clyburn Democrats 1993 1940 78 26 70.1%    206,433      144,765            58,421 40%
15 California 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democrats 1993 1941 77 26 77.3%    121,449        93,938            27,569 55%
16 California 47 Alan Lowenthal Democrats 2013 1941 77 6 64.9%    221,036      143,354            77,584 30%
17 Illinois 7 Danny Davis Democrats 1997 1941 77 22 87.6%    246,243      215,746            30,534 75%
18 Texas 31 John Carter Republican 2003 1941 77 16 50.6%    286,007      144,680          136,425 1%
19 California 18 Anna Eshoo Democrats 1993 1942 76 26 74.5%    302,238      225,142            77,071 49%
20 Florida 24 Frederica Wilson Democrats 2011 1942 76 8 Unopposed              –                –                  – 100%
21 North Carolina 3 Walter Jones Republican 1995 1943 76 24 Unopposed              –                –                  – 100%
22 Texas 12 Kay Granger Republican 1997 1943 76 22 64.3%    268,491      172,557            91,018 29%
23 California 8 Paul Cook Republican 2013 1943 75 6 60.0%    170,785      102,415            68,314 20%
24 Connecticut 3 Rosa DeLauro Democrats 1991 1943 75 28 93.6%    154,277      144,452              9,874 87%
25 New York 15 José Serrano Democrats 1991 1943 75 28 96.0%    129,674      124,469              5,187 92%
26 North Carolina 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 2005 1943 75 14 57.2%    277,002      158,444          119,111 14%
27 Wisconsin 5 Jim Sensenbrenner Republican 1979 1943 75 40 62.0%    364,005      225,619          138,322 24%
28 California 3 John Garamendi Democrats 2009 1945 74 10 58.1%    232,251      134,875            97,313 16%
29 California 53 Susan Davis Democrats 2001 1944 74 18 69.1%    268,794      185,667            83,057 38%
30 California 6 Doris Matsui Democrats 2005 1944 74 14 80.4%    201,939      162,411            39,580 61%
31 Illinois 9 Jan Schakowsky Democrats 1999 1944 74 20 73.5%    290,351      213,368            76,943 47%
32 Minnesota 7 Collin Peterson Democrats 1991 1944 74 28 52.1%    281,509      146,672          134,843 4%
33 Missouri 5 Emanuel Cleaver Democrats 2005 1944 74 14 61.7%    283,785      175,019          100,744 23%
34 New Jersey 12 Bonnie Watson Coleman Democrats 2015 1945 74 4 68.7%    252,375      173,334            78,993 37%
35 New York 2 Peter King Republican 1993 1944 74 26 53.1%    241,152      128,078          112,377 6%
36 Arizona 1 Tom O’Halleran Democrats 2017 1946 73 2 53.8%    266,089      143,240          122,933 8%
37 Georgia 13 David Scott Democrats 2003 1945 73 16 76.2%    293,010      223,157            69,736 52%
38 Indiana 4 James Baird Republican 2019 1945 73 0 64.1%    244,363      156,539            87,726 28%
39 New York 12 Carolyn Maloney Democrats 1993 1946 73 26 86.4%    251,604      217,430            30,444 73%
40 Tennessee 1 Phil Roe Republican 2009 1945 73 10 77.1%    224,282      172,835            47,099 54%
41 California 13 Barbara Lee Democrats 1999 1946 72 20 88.4%    294,837      260,580            34,201 77%
42 Georgia 2 Sanford Bishop Democrats 1993 1947 72 26 59.6%    229,171      136,699            92,585 19%
43 Illinois 1 Bobby Rush Democrats 1993 1946 72 26 73.5%    257,885      189,560            51,061 47%
44 Maryland 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democrats 2003 1946 72 16 66.0%    253,302      167,201            77,764 32%
45 Michigan 1 Jack Bergman Republican 2017 1947 72 2 56.3%    332,497      187,251          145,301 13%
46 New York 16 Eliot Engel Democrats 1989 1947 72 30 Unopposed              –                –                  – 100%
47 North Carolina 12 Alma Adams Democrats 2015 1946 72 4 73.0%    276,867      202,228            74,477 46%
48 Ohio 9 Marcy Kaptur Democrats 1983 1946 72 36 67.8%    231,937      157,219            74,684 36%
49 Texas 35 Lloyd Doggett Democrats 1995 1946 72 24 71.3%    194,067      138,278            50,457 43%
50 Arizona 3 Raúl Grijalva Democrats 2003 1948 71 16 63.9%    179,518      114,650            64,806 28%
51 California 19 Zoe Lofgren Democrats 1995 1947 71 24 73.8%    220,319      162,496            57,724 48%
52 Florida 8 Bill Posey Republican 2009 1947 71 10 60.5%    360,527      218,112          142,408 21%
53 Kentucky 3 John Yarmuth Democrats 2007 1947 71 12 62.1%    278,720      173,002          102,012 24%
54 Mississippi 2 Bennie Thompson Democrats 1993 1948 71 26 71.8%    221,379      158,921            48,039 44%
55 New York 10 Jerry Nadler Democrats 1993 1947 71 26 82.1%    210,714      173,095            37,718 64%
56 North Carolina 1 G. K. Butterfield Democrats 2004 1947 71 15 69.8%    269,534      188,060            81,399 40%
57 Oregon 4 Peter DeFazio Democrats 1987 1947 71 32 56.0%    372,893      208,710          152,513 12%
58 South Carolina 2 Joe Wilson Republican 2002 1947 71 17 56.3%    257,139      144,642          109,284 13%
59 Texas 9 Al Green Democrats 2005 1947 71 14 89.1%    153,001      136,256              5,967 78%
60 Vermont at-large Peter Welch Democrats 2007 1947 71 12 69.2%    272,451      188,547            70,837 38%
61 Virginia 3 Bobby Scott Democrats 1993 1947 71 26 91.2%    217,722      198,615            19,107 82%
62 West Virginia 1 David McKinley Republican 2011 1947 71 8 64.6%    198,214      127,997            70,168 29%
63 Connecticut 1 John Larson Democrats 1999 1948 70 20 63.6%    272,020      173,133            95,207 27%
64 Florida 21 Lois Frankel Democrats 2013 1948 70 6 Unopposed              –                –                  – 100%
65 Florida 5 Al Lawson Democrats 2017 1948 70 2 66.8%    270,326      180,527            89,748 34%
66 Massachusetts 1 Richard Neal Democrats 1989 1949 70 30 Unopposed              –                –                  – 100%
67 Oregon 3 Earl Blumenauer Democrats 1997 1948 70 22 72.6%    384,326      279,019            76,481 45%
68 Pennsylvania 16 Mike Kelly Republican 2011 1948 70 8 51.6%    262,396      135,348          124,113 3%
69 Texas 11 Mike Conaway Republican 2005 1948 70 14 80.1%    220,377      176,603            40,549 60%
70 Texas 36 Brian Babin Republican 2015 1948 70 4 72.6%    221,956      161,048            60,816 45%

Sources: Ballotpedia, Washington Post, Votesmart.org

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