About a Third of the Democrats who voted for the War are Gone

Of the 81 Democrats who voted for the war resolution in October of2005, 25 are gone from Congress, one hangs in the balance (William Jefferson, whose prospects look bleak) and two lost their seats for two years and have returned, Baron Hill and Nick Lampson. (Remember, 126 Democrats voted against the war, along with now Senator-elect Bernie Sanders). We can expect to have only 55 Democrats who voted for thewar in our new 229+ majority (a number of outstanding races make this an unknowable number at present). Members retiring, running for higher office or being defeated after their vote:

James Barcia MI
Ken Bentsen TX - redistricting
Blagojevich IL - ran for Governor
Bob Borksi PA
Brad Carson OK - ran for Senate
Bob Clement TN
Jim Davis FL - just ran for Governor
Peter Deutsch FL - ran for Senate
Cal Dooley CA
Harold Ford, Jr. - just ran for Senate
Martin Frost TX - redistricting
Dick Gephardt - ran for President
Ralph Hall TX - stayed in Congress but switched parties
Joe Hoeffel PA - ran for Senate
Chris John LA - ran for Senate
Ken Lucas KY
Bill Luther MN
Frank Mascara PA
David Phelps IL
Tim Roemer IN
Max Sandlin TX - redistricting
Ronnie Shows MS
Charlie Stenholm TX - redistricting
Karen Thurman MO - rehab
Jim Turner TX - redistricting

Democrats still in the House who voted for the war:

Gary Ackerman NY
Robert Andrews NJ
Shelley Berkley NV
Howard Berman CA
Marion Berry AR
Tim Bishop NY
Leonard Boswell IA
Rick Boucher VA
Allen Boyd, FL
Bud Cramer, AL
Joe Crowley, NY
Norm Dicks, WA
Chet Edwards, TX
Eliot Engel, NY
Bob Etheridge, NC
Bart Gordon, TN
Gene Green, TX
Jane Harman, CA
Baron Hill, IN (reelected)
Tim Holden, PA
Steny Hoyer, MD
Steve Israel, NY
Paul Kanjorski, PA
Patrick Kennedy, RI
Ron Kind, WI
Nick Lampson, TX (reelected)
Tom Lantos, CA
Nita Lowey, NY
Steve Lynch, MA
Carolyn Maloney, NY
Ed Markey, MA
Jim Matheson, UT
Carolyn McCarthy, NY
Mike McIntyre, NC
Michael McNulty, NY
Marty Meehan, MA
Dennis Moore, KS
Jack Murtha, PA
Bill Pascrell, NJ
Collin Peterson, MN
Earl Pomeroy, ND
Mike Ross, AR
Steven Rotham, NJ
Adam Schiff, CA
Brad Sherman, CA
Ike Skelton, MO
Adam Smith, WA
John Spratt, SC
John Tanner, TN
Ellen Tauscher, CA
Gene Taylor, MS
Henry Waxman, CA
Anthony Weiner, NY
Robert Wexler, FL
Al Wynn, MD

13 of the 55 are from New York or New Jersey, the 9/11 vote

PS only 6 republicans voted against the war, 2 are left, Ron Paul and
John Duncan

Darcy