Defend the Vote hosted a welcome reception for new members of Congress in Navy Yard, where attendees celebrated and discussed plans for legislation on corruption and affordability and Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.), incoming House Administration chair, and Brian Lemek congratulated the new members.
SPOTTED: Reps.-elect Christina Bohannan (D-Iowa), Denise Powell (D-Neb.), Jessica Killin (D-Colo.), Mitchell Berman (D-Wis.), Jake Johnson (D-Minn.), Johnny Garcia (D-Texas), Zack Mullock (D-N.J.), Rebecca Cooke (D-Wis.), Cait Conley (D-N.Y.), Elaine Luria (D-Va.), Patty Garcia (D-Ill.), Paul Barringer (D-N.C.), Richard Ojeda (D-N.C.), Jasmine Clark (D-Ga.), Jeremy Moss (D-Mich.), Manny Rutinel (D-Colo.), Randy Villegas (D-Calif.), Sean McCann (D-Mich.), Stefany Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ben McAdams (D-Utah), Brad Lander (D-N.Y.), Daniel Biss (D-Ill.), Robert White (D-D.C.), Dan Koh (D-Mass.), Lindsay James (D-Iowa), Scott Wiener (D-Calif.), Colin Allred (D-Texas), Pia Dandiya (D-Fla.), Rebecca Bennett (D-N.J.), Richard Pan (D-Calif.), Bob Harvie (D-Pa.), Teresa Benitez-Thompson (D-Nev.), Janelle Sarauw (D-V.I.), Bob Brooks (D-Pa.) and Nancy Lacore (D-S.C.), Reps. Sarah Elfreth (D-Md.), George Whitesides (D-Calif.), Sharice Davids (D-Kan.), Susie Lee (D-Nev.), Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.) and Christian Menefee (D-Texas), Jess Floyd, Marina Jenkins, Justin Vail and Steve Spaulding.
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