The 293 Most Hypocritical US Representatives
Updated for the 107th Congress

from TBTF for 1999-07-26, TBTF for 1998-09-14

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Emendations

• 2001-06-01: A library patron in Nebraska noted a correction to librarian Jim Soester, who informed me that the hypocrital Jon Christiansen (R-NE) did not in fact win his bid for the governorship. Soester noted, "As Congressional Hypocrites go, Nebraska surely does have its share of them; fortunately we have a way of getting rid of them fairly easily too."

• 2001-02-28: Updated the list to reflect the 29 Hypocrites who did not return for the 107th Congress. I haven't filled out the research, as I did for the 106th, indicating how and why each Hypocrite came to be absent from those hallowed halls. One of those not returning is a Two-Time Hypocrite: Kasich, John R. (R-OH).

• 1999-07-15: An anonymous reader pointed out that Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA) was in fact re-elected to the 106th Congress.

• 1999-01-05: Updated the list to indicate the 28 Hypocrites who, for a variety of reasons, are not in attendance in the 106th Congress. I would love to be able to report that the 28 were soundly defeated by votors disgusted by their hypocrisy, but the record supports no such conclusion. Three of them were in fact elected to the Senate and one to a governership. Here are the details by state:

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    CA (4 not returning / 52 in delegation):
    	Fazio, Vic (D-CA)               Did not run.
    	Harman, Jane (D-CA)             Did not run; ran for Governor (lost).
    	Kim, Jay (R-CA)                 Lost (nomination).
    	Riggs, Frank (R-CA)             Did not run.
    
    CO (1/6):
    	Schaefer, Dan (R-CO)            Did not run.
    
    CT (1/6):
    	Kennelly, Barbara B. (D-CT)     Did not run; ran for Governor (lost).
    
    GA (2/11)  Correction: (1/11)
    	Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. (D-GA)  Not known (lost).  Correction: Bishop
    	Gingrich, Newt (R-GA)           Resigned.          was re-elected.
    
    ID (1/2):
    	Crapo, Michael D. (R-ID)        Did not run; ran for Senate (won).
    
    IL (1/20):
    	Fawell, Harris W. (R-IL)        Lost.
    
    IN (1/10):
    	Hamilton, Lee H. (D-IN)         Did not run.
    
    KY (2/6):
    	Baesler, Scotty (D-KY)          Did not run; ran for Senate (lost).
    	Bunning, Jim (R-KY)             Did not run; ran for Senate (won).
    
    LA (1/7):
    	Livingston, Bob (R-LA)          Resigned.
    
    MS (1/5):
    	Parker, Mike (R-MS)             Did not run.
    
    NE (1/3):
    	Christensen, Jon (R-NE)         Did not run; ran for Governor (won)  Correction: (lost)
    
    NY (4/31):
    	Manton, Thomas J. (D-NY)        Did not run.
    	Paxon, Bill (R-NY)              Did not run.
    	Schumer, Charles E. (D-NY)      Did not run; ran for Senate (won).
    	Solomon, Gerald B. H. (R-NY)    Did not run.
    
    PA (3/21):
    	Fox, Jon D. (R-PA)              Lost.
    	McDade, Joseph M. (R-PA)        Did not run.
    	McHale, Paul (D-PA)             Did not run.
    
    SC (1/6):
    	Inglis, Bob (R-SC)              Did not run; ran for Senate (lost).
    
    WA (1/9):
    	White, Rick (R-WA)              Lost.
    
    WI (3/9):
    	Johnson, Jay W. (D-WI)          Lost.
    	Klug, Scott L. (R-WI)           Did not run.
    	Neumann, Mark W. (R-WI)         Did not run; ran for Senate (lost).

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• 1998-11-24: Added Linda Smith (R-WA). Thanks to Keith Orr for pointing out the omission.

• 1998-09-16: Based on reader suggestions, added full names and states for all Representatives, and an alphabetical table by state of the Representatives named.

• 1998-09-15: I discovered an error in the analysis of names from the two votes. 24 more Congress members participated in this hypocritical exercise than originally indicated.

• 1998-09-14: Kevin D. Clark pointed out that the Members named Bono were not the same person for the two votes. Sonny Bono died while in office and his wife Mary replaced him in a special election. Removed.

• 1998-09-14: Julia noted the omission of three Smiths in the record: from TX, MI, and NJ. Added.