Freshmen

News media outlets seem confused about how many freshmen GOP congressmen there are. There are 80. Five newly elected congressmen (Steve Pearce, Charlie Bass, Mike Fitzpatrick, Tim Walberg, and Steve Chabot) have served before and aren't considered freshmen. Marlin Stutzman and Tom Reed were actually elected to the 111th congress on election day. Their freshman tenure was only a month and a half, but this is their second congress.