Your Dream Congressional Delegation from your State

[LeBron]

There's one on the leadership currently, and I think one's been done on all 100 Senators before, but never to my memory on a dream House delegation. Though 435 is obviously way too many to do so I would strongly recommend you only do your state.

It is a dream, so this can be as unrealistic as you want it to be.

Mine for Ohio's:

Senator (Class I) - Sherrod Brown (D)
Senator (Class III) - P.G. Sittenfeld (D)

Ohio's 1st congressional district: Micah Kamrass (D) (or possibly Connie Pillich (D) or Alicia Reece (D))
Ohio's 2nd congressional district: Jerry Springer (D)
Ohio's 3rd congressional district: Mike Stinziano (D)
Ohio's 4th congressional district: Dan Ramos (D)
Ohio's 5th congressional district: Joel M. Kuhlman (D)
Ohio's 6th congressional district: Lou Gentile (D)
Ohio's 7th congressional district: John Boccieri (D)
Ohio's 8th congressional district: Anyone But Boehner (D or R)
Ohio's 9th congressional district: Nickie J. Antonio!!! (D)
Ohio's 10th congressional district: Nan Whaley (D)
Ohio's 11th congressional district: Nina Turner (D)
Ohio's 12th congressional district: John Patrick Carney (D)
Ohio's 13th congressional district: Kathleen Clyde (D) (once Ryan runs statewide)
Ohio's 14th congressional district: Armond Budish (D)
Ohio's 15th congressional district: Heather Bishoff (D)
Ohio's 16th congressional district: Betty Sutton (D)

[Zioneer]

Oh hey, mine's easy, I only need to have six (House plus Senate).

Senator: Rocky Anderson (J) (former mayor of Salt Lake City, 2012 presidential nominee of the Justice Party)
Senator: Brian King (D) (currently a state rep)

Utah's 1st Congressional District: Donna McAleer (D)
Utah's 2nd Congressional District: Jim Dabakis (D) (currently a state senator)
Utah's 3rd Congressional District: I literally don't know any Dem in Utah that lives within the boundaries of Chaffetz's district. I don't think even his Dem opponent lived outside the district.
Utah's 4th Congressional District: Luz Robles (D) (currently a state senator)

[Nutmeg]

Just getting congressional representation would be a dream in itself. The actual officeholders would be secondary.

That said:

Senator: Elissa Silverman (I)
Senator: Kenyan McDuffie (D)

U.S. Representative (At-Large): David Grosso (I)

[Vega]

Just getting congressional representation would be a dream in itself. The actual officeholders would be secondary.

I always thought that DC should one Senator and one U.S. House Representative who can vote like any other member of Congress.

Then again, DC has a larger population than Wyoming and Vermont, but they get Representation...

[rpryor03]

Ohio's 13th congressional district: Kathleen Clyde (D)

Oh heck no. Please, merciful God, no.

[Senate Minority Leader Lord Voldemort]

California... here we go.

Senator: Kamala Harris
Senator: John Chiang

CA-10: Jose M. Hernandez
CA-21: Amanda Renteria
CA-25: Lee Rogers
CA-39: Sharon Quirk-Silva
CA-45: Sukhee Kang
CA-49: Darrell Issa doesn't really have any credible challengers, but any of his Democratic opponents that have ever ran against him would probably be better.

Final delegation 47-8 Democratic.

[Nutmeg]

Just getting congressional representation would be a dream in itself. The actual officeholders would be secondary.

I always thought that DC should one Senator and one U.S. House Representative who can vote like any other member of Congress.

Then again, DC has a larger population than Wyoming and Vermont, but they get Representation...

Why just one senator? Like you said, more people live in the nation's capital than in some states.

[socaldem]

California... here we go.

Senator: Kamala Harris
Senator: John Chiang

CA-10: Jose M. Hernandez
CA-21: Amanda Renteria
CA-25: Lee Rogers
CA-39: Sharon Quirk-Silva
CA-45: Sukhee Kang
CA-49: Darrell Issa doesn't really have any credible challengers, but any of his Democratic opponents that have ever ran against him would probably be better.

Final delegation 47-8 Democratic.

Bold represents Dems replacing GOPers; Italics represents Dem upgrades.

CA-Sen Kamala Harris

CA-Sen Jackie Speier

(John Chiang shall be Governor and, then, a cabinet member, perhaps Treasury)

CA-01 Ann Schwab (G-Chico) - Chico Council Member

CA-02 Jared Huffman (D)

CA-03 Mariko Yamada (D-Davis) - former assemblywoman (Davis)

CA-04 Alyson Huber (D-El Dorado Hills) - Judge and former assemblywoman

CA-05 Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) - former state senator

CA-06 Doris Matsui (D)

CA-07 Ami Bera (D)

CA-08 Stacy Corless (D-Mammoth) - Mono County Supervisor

CA-09 Susan Eggman (D-Stockton) - Assemblywoman

CA-10 John Hernandez (D-Modesto) - former astronaut/'12 Candidate

CA-11 Mark DeSaulnier (D)

CA-12 Nancy Pelosi (D)

CA-13 Barbara Lee (D)

CA-14 John Avalos (D-San Francisco) - San Francisco Supervisor

CA-15 Eric Swalwell (D) (He's not super exciting but neither art the alternatives plus he's hot!)

CA-16 Adam Gray (D-Merced) - Assemblyman

CA-17 Mike Honda (D)

CA-18 Anna Eshoo (D)

CA-19 Zoe Lofgren (D)

CA-20 John Laird (D) - former assemblyman, state Director of Natural Resources

CA-21 Rudy Salas (D-Bakersfield) - assemblyman

CA-22 Devin Nunes (R) - Better than most GOPers. Dems have no chance in the district.

CA-23 Kevin McCarthy (R) - Seniority is nice to have. Dems have no chance in the district.

CA-24 Lois Capps (D)

CA-25 Lee Rogers (D) - Podiatrist

CA-26 Julia Brownley (D)

CA-27 Judy Chu (D)

CA-28 Torie Osborne (D-West Hollywood) - former director L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center

CA-29 Nury Martinez (D) - city councilwoman

CA-30 Wendy Greuel (D-Valley) - former L.A. City Controller

CA-31 Pete Aguilar (D)

CA-32 Grace Napolitano (D)

CA-33 Ted Lieu (D

CA-34 Xavier Becerra (D)

CA-35 Norma Torres (D)

CA-36 Raul Ruiz (D)

CA-37 Karen Bass (D)

CA-38 Linda Sanchez (D)

CA-39 Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-Fullerton) - former assemblywoman

CA-40 Lucille Royball-Allard (D)

CA-41 Mark Takano (D)

CA-42 VACANT (seat will be more or less permanently vacant as a result of a cycle of corrupt GOP congressman resignations)

CA-43 Holly Mitchell (D)

CA-44 Isadore Hall (D) - state senator (I love Janice Hahn but she's going to be supervisor!)

CA-45 Sukhee Kang (D) - former Irvine mayor

CA-46 Loretta Sanchez (D)

CA-47 Suja Lowenthal (D) - former Long Beach Coucilwoman

CA-48 Debbie Cook (D) - former Huntington Beach mayor

CA-49 Dave Roberts (D) - San Diego County Supervisor

CA-50 Olga Diaz (D) - Escondido City Council (If the districts were tweaked, she could take out Issa).

CA-51 Lorena Gonzalez (D) - assemblywoman

CA-52 Scott Peters (D)

CA-53 Susan Davis (D)

[free my dawg]

Senator: Jolene Unsoeld
Senator: Kshama Sawant

WA-1: Warren Manguson
WA-2: Deborah Senn
WA-3: Hugh Mitchell
WA-4: Mike McCormack
WA-5: Dan Evans
WA-6: Albert Rosellini
WA-7: Dennis Kuchinich
WA-8: Suzan Delbene
WA-9: Jay Inslee
WA-10: Mark Wilson

No Jess Spear? To the gulag with you.

[free my dawg]

Senators: Marcia Moody, Maggie Hassan (I'd pick her for Governor but my ideal governor would be pro-legalization - Marcia Moody is a state rep who's fairly progressive)
NH-1: Carol Shea-Porter (anti-NSA, progressive as all hell. I'd pick myself once I'm 25)
NH-2: Steve Shurtleff (he's sufficiently progressive and would probably vote against cromnibus)

PA:

Senators: Daylin Leach (one of the best politicians in the country), Patrick Murphy (former 700 Level security guard at The Vet, Iraq War vet, progressive, all-around badass)

Incomplete but to hell with it.
PA-4: Mike Folmer (R, marijuana advocate. Doesn't actually live here but his district is part of it)
PA-6: Kathleen McGinty (great on the environment)
PA-7: Joe Sestak (pretty awesome too)
PA-8: Shaughnessy Naughton (scientist, lost to Strouse in the primary but can make waves here)
PA-10: Chris Carney (if you vote for Obamacare in an R+8 district you're good enough)
PA-11: Paul Kanjorski (I love that old bastard)
PA-12: Probably one of my RL friends (R)
PA-13: Joe Hoeffel (though Shapiro would be great)
PA-14: Mike Doyle
PA-15: John Hanger
PA-16: One of my best friends from college (R)
PA-17: Matt Cartwright

[LeBron]

Ohio's 13th congressional district: Kathleen Clyde (D)

Oh heck no. Please, merciful God, no.

I can see how you may not like her as an Ohio Republican who lives in that district, but she's awesome, plain and simple. She's been very vocal in the Democratic caucus on the ORP's attacks on voting and reproductive rights, and she has very strong potential for higher office.

[Free Bird]

CT: All I want are Senators Simmons and Shays

NH:
NH-1: Frank Guinta
NH- 2: Marilinda Garcia
Senators Shaheen and Brown

ME:
ME-1: Pingree
ME-2: Poliquin
Senators Collins and Snowe

[Mr. Reactionary]

Virginia: All people who think like and agree with me apparently.

[JerryArkansas]

AR
Senator's
John Boozman
Dustin McDaniel or French Hill

Reps
1. Crawford
2. Pat Hays
3. Asa Hutchinson
4. Clark

[Senate Minority Leader Lord Voldemort]

CA-48 Debbie Cook (D) - former Huntington Beach mayor

Totally forgot about Debbie Cook... She'd be excellent in Rohrabacher's seat.

[Miles]

LA

Senate:
Mary Landrieu
Richard Ieyoub

LA-01:
David Duke would be a thorn in the side of the House Republicans and a PR nightmare for leadership.
My non-troll answer would be John Georges.

LA-02:
Helena Moreno; a young, impressive state rep. from New Orleans.

LA-03:
Don Cravins, Jr.; was Landrieu's chief of staff. He's younger and (while he served Landrieu) was the only black Senate chief of staff. He lives right outside the district, but redistricting was generally not kind to Acadiana.

LA-04:
Buddy Roemer (I think he's left the Republicans) He's underrated, IMO, and he's been vocal about campaign finance reform.

LA-05:
Gonna be a bit selfish here and select uncle, State Rep. Chris Hazel of Rapides parish. He's in the anti-Jindal faction of the party, so thats another plus.

LA-06:
Meh, I like Garret Graves. He'll probably be a party-line vote, but is in a unique position to promote coastal restoration.

NC

Senate:
Kay Hagan
Josh Stein

NC-01:
Bev Perdue's home of New Bern is in the district. It wouldn't be far-fetched to have her repping a black-majority district. She's had strong relations with the black community; she appointed the first black women state supreme court justice, for example. Lindy Boggs represented LA-02 when it was made black-majority, so similar situation here.

NC-02:
Elaine Marshall; my favorite statewide NC official.

NC-03:
Walter Jones; best Republican in the House.

NC-04:
Brad Miller; hopefully he actually gets it if Price retires.

NC-05:
Sam Ervin IV; a justice on the NC supreme court who's grandfather was a Senator. He lives a county or two out of the district (but so does Virginia Foxx).

NC-06:
Howard Coble; I liked him and he's something of a badass.

NC-07:
Mike McIntyre

NC-08:
Larry Kissell

NC-09:
Jeff Jackson; one of the best rising stars the state Democrats have.

NC-10:
Walter Dalton

NC-11:
Patsy Keever

NC-12:
Anthony Foxx

NC-13:
Linda Coleman

[PAK Man]

Senators:
Tom Harkin (Really wish he hadn't decided to retire)
Tom Vilsack (Don't know if he's actually interested in running, but I'd like to see him as a senator)

House:
District 1 - Anesa Kajtazovic (Came in fourth in the Dem primary for 2014, but she's got a really interesting story and she's really young. Monica Vernon will probably be the Dem nominee here in 2016 though)

District 2 - Dave Loebsack (Everybody always calls him vulnerable but he always wins by decent margins)

District 3 - Brad Anderson (Dem SoS nominee for 2014. Of all Democrats that ran that year, he was the best performing non-incumbent, losing by only two points against a former Secretary of State and kept Paul Pate under 50%. Lives in Des Moines, but he recently got a job with a non-profit so I doubt he actually runs.)

District 4 - Jim Mowrer (Though Christie Vilsack has better name recognition, I thought she ran a very underwhelming campaign. Mowrer, though he lost by a bigger margin than Vilsack, I think ran a much better campaign)

[VPH]

Truly the dream:

Senators
Kathleen Sebelius-Fmr. Kansas Governor, fmr. HHS Secretary
Jim Slattery-Fmr. US Rep (KS-02)

House
KS-01: Jim Sherow-2014 KS-01 candidate, professor, fmr. Manhattan mayor
KS-02: Paul Davis-2014 Gubernatorial candidate, fmr. state rep
KS-03: Mark Holland-(very progressive) Mayor of Kansas City, Kansas
KS-04: Dennis McKinney-Fmr. state rep, fmr. Insurance Commissioner OR
Carl Brewer-Wichita Mayor

And if I had to settle for non-Dems:

Senators
Greg Orman-2014 senate candidate, businessman
Steve Morris-Fmr. Kansas Senate president

House
KS-01: Sheila Frahm-Fmr. US Senator, Fmr. Lt. Governor OR Bill Kassebaum-Fmr. State rep
KS-02: Tom Sloan-State rep OR Chris Clemmons-2014 KS-02 Libertarian candidate, and although I strongly dislike Libertarians, he's more of a progressive
KS-03: Barbara Bollier-State rep
KS-04:Carolyn McGinn-State senator

[free my dawg]

Senator: Jolene Unsoeld
Senator: Kshama Sawant

WA-1: Warren Manguson
WA-2: Deborah Senn
WA-3: Hugh Mitchell
WA-4: Mike McCormack
WA-5: Dan Evans
WA-6: Albert Rosellini
WA-7: Dennis Kuchinich
WA-8: Suzan Delbene
WA-9: Jay Inslee
WA-10: Mark Wilson

No Jess Spear? To the gulag with you.

Hadn't even thought of him.

Him? To hell with the gulags - Comrade TNF might as well send someone over with an icepick right now.

[Maxwell]

Oklahoma Senators
Mick Cornett (R) (One of the rare Oklahoma Republicans who isn't a corrupt technocrat or just plain wacky)
Connie Johnson (D) (Love her stances on social issues, probably would be a back bencher on most other issues anyway)

District 1 - Jim Bridenstine (R) (He's kind of a bonehead but otherwise Tulsa could absolutely do worse)
District 2 - Randy Brogdon (R) (See: Bridenstine, except this is a non-Tulsa district)
District 3 - Patrick Anderson (R) (Endorsed Dorman over Fallin, good enough in a meh distrct)
District 4 - Joe Dorman (D) (Cole is okay but Dorman is very good, so I'll put Dorman here)
District 5 - Al McAffrey (D) (Would be the first gay congressman of Oklahoma, and since I already made Cornett the Senator...)

Republicans my state are truly awful and there are few Democrats who aren't fringe college professors or equally as bad. (Only decided against Brad Henry because I want him to be Governor again)

Honorable Mention: The Return of Tom Coburn as Senator.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

IL

Chicago congressional districts
Jan Schakowsky
Bobby Rush
Luis Guiterrez
Danny Davis

Dick Durbin (Class II)
Robin Kelly (Class III)

[seanNJ9]

New Jersey:

Senator: Cory Booker
Senator: M. Teresa Ruiz

[nclib]

NC

Senate:
Ellie Kinnaird
Deborah Ross

NC-01:
Bev Perdue

NC-02:
Elaine Marshall

NC-03:
Walter Jones

NC-04:
Brad Miller

NC-05:
Sam Ervin IV

NC-06:
Laura Fjeld

NC-07:
Rick Glazier

NC-08:
Larry Kissell

NC-09:
Jeff Jackson

NC-10:
Walter Dalton

NC-11:
Patsy Keever

NC-12:
Anthony Foxx

NC-13:
Virginia Conlon

[KingSweden]

Washington:

Senators: I think the two we have right now are actually pretty decent. No complaints with either one here.

WA-1: Suzan Delbene.
WA-2: Rick Larsen
WA-3: Tim Leavitt (current Vancouver Mayor, probably one of the rare people with the profile to hold this district for the D's)
WA-4: Dan Newhouse is actually a pretty perfect fit for this district. The local D's are just Latino machine politicians and you could turn up much worse people in this part of the state who don't have the agricultural know-how of a Newhouse.
WA-5: Realistically, Kevin Parker, a GOP state rep my wife has met and spoke highly of (his work with the homeless is great). Ideally, Jon Snyder, our resident new urbanist progressive here in Spokane.
WA-6: Derek Kilmer
WA-7: Jaime Pedersen (his husband was the Vice Principal at my high school)
WA-8: Christopher Hurst, realistically one of the only D's who could hold this spot. Would be a Blue Dog for sure.
WA-9: If not Adam Smith, then Cyrus Habib, who will be somebody to watch in the coming years here.
WA-10: Melanie Stambaugh is a pretty interesting figure (only 24 years old and a genuine moderate), but from a purely partisan standpoint Denny Heck will have to do.

[TDAS04]

South Dakota:

Tom Daschle and Susan Wismer as Senators, and Tim Johnson as the lone US representative.