Lutherans in the 113th Congress

There are 23 Lutherans in the 113th Congress, they are:

House of Representatives

Lois Capps (D) California, Zoe Lofgren (D) California, Scott Peters (D) California, Cory Gardner (R) Colorado LCMS, John Shimkus (R) Illinois LCMS, Larry Bucshon (R) Indiana, Tom Latham (R) Iowa, Chellie Pingree (D) Maine, Erik Paulsen (R) Minnesota, Collin Peterson (D) Minnesota, Tim Walz (D) Minnesota, Bill Shuster (R) Pennsylvania, John Carter (R) Texas, Denny Heck (D) Washington, Dave Reichert (R) Washington LCMS, Ron Kind (D) Wisconsin, Tom Petri (R) Wisconsin, Cynthia Lummis (R) Wyoming LCMS

Senate

Martin Heinrich (D) New Mexico, Sherrod Brown (D) Ohio, Jeff Merkley (D) Oregon, Tim Johnson (D) South Dakota, Ron Johnson (R) Wisconsin

Other religions

Catholics 163

Protestants other than Lutherans 276

Jewish 33

Mormons 15

Hindu 1

Muslim 2

Buddist 3

Unitarian 1

Unaffiliated 1

Won't say or don't know 10

 

Comments

[KUKIMBIA]

Surprising (and dare I say, encouraging) that 4 out of 5 Lutheran Senators are Democrats. That, I think, dispels a lot of rumors and falsehoods regarding stereotypes of both Lutherans and Democrats.

[Diane Meyer]

Looks like the D's are all ELCA