A leading conservative state attorney general. The first transgender person in Congress. An Army veteran who had a role in Trump’s first impeachment. The nephew of a GOP senator.
Those are just some of the roughly 60 new House freshman for the 119th Congress, who won election last week and are now heading to Capitol Hill for orientation. They’ll be in town the next two weeks to learn the legislative ropes and, perhaps more importantly, network as they seek to land plum committee seats, build alliances and hire new staffs.
Here are some of the incoming lawmakers to watch: