Chart: How secular candidates fared in the midterms
Election winners
District Name Nonreligious Label
U.S. Senate
Arizona – Kyrsten Sinema – Religiously unaffiliated
U.S. House
D-CA (District 2) – Rep. Jared Huffman (i) – Humanist
D-CA (District 25) – Katie Hill – Religiously unaffiliated
D-IL (District 6) – Sean Casten – Religiously unaffiliated
D-KS (District 3) – Sharice Davids – Religiously unaffiliated
D-MD (District 8) – Rep. Jamie Raskin (i) – Jewish and “humanist”
D-NJ (District 7) – Tom Malinowski – Religiously unaffiliated
D-NY (District 19) – Antonio Delgado – Religiously unaffiliated
D-PA (District 6) – Chrissy Houlahan – Religiously unaffiliated
D-VA (District 10 – Jennifer Wexton – Religiously unaffiliated
D-WI (District 2) – Mark Pocan – Religiously unaffiliated
State Legislatures
AZ House District 18 – Jennifer Jermaine – Religiously unaffiliated
AZ House District 26 – Rep. Athena Salman (i) – Atheist
AZ Senate District 26 – Sen. Juan Mendez (i) – Atheist
CA House District 20 – Rep. Bill Quirk (i) – “Scientist”
CO House District 23 – Rep. Chris Kennedy (i) – Agnostic
CO House District 27 – Brianna Titone – Spiritual but not religious
CT House District 88 – Rep. Joshua Elliott (i) – “Agnostic atheist”
CT House District 96 – Rep. Roland J. Lemar (i) – “Agnostic and humanist”
FL House District 49 – Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (i) – Agnostic
FL House District 69 – Jennifer Webb – Spiritual but not religious
ME House District 93 – Rep. Pinny Beebe-Center (i) – Unitarian Universalist
MD House District 20 – Rep. David Moon (i) – Nonreligious
MA House Bristol 2 – Rep. Jim Hawkins – Religiously unaffiliated
MA House Essex 18 – Tram Nguyen – Spiritual but not religious
MA Senate Second District – Sen. William Brownsberger (i) – Nontheist
NE District 8 (Unicameral) – Megan Hunt – Atheist
NV House District 15 – Howard Watts – Agnostic
NV House District 16 – Rep. Heidi Swank (i) – Atheist
NH House Cheshire 5 – Rep. John Bordenet (i) – Unitarian Universalist
NH House Grafton 8 – Rep. Suzanne Smith (i) – Religiously unaffiliated
NH House Grafton 8 – Joyce Weston – Atheist
NH House Hillsborough 17 – Rep. Tim Smith (i) – Atheist
NH House Hillsborough 21 – Wendy Thomas – Spiritual but not religious
NH House Hillsborough 28 – Rep. Jan Schmidt (i)- Nontheist
NH House Hillsborough 38 – Chris Balch – Spiritual but not religious
NH House Hillsborough 42 – Jacqueline Chretien – Humanist
NH House Strafford 16 – Rep. Sherry Frost (i) – Atheist
NH House Strafford 25 – Rep. Amanda Gourgue (i) – Religiously unaffiliated
NH Senate District 5 – Sen. Martha Hennessey (i) – Agnostic
NY House District 74 – Rep. Harvey Epstein (i) – Agnostic
OR House District 5 – Rep. Pam Marsh (i) – Religiously unaffiliated
OR House District 11 – Marty Wilde – Unitarian Universalist
OR House District 14 – Rep. Julie Fahey (i) – Religiously unaffiliated
OR House District 28 – Rep. Jeff Barker (i) – A “religious skeptic”
OR House District 33 – Rep. Mitch Greenlick (i) – Atheist
OR House District 47 – Rep. Diego Hernandez (i) – Openly agnostic
PA House District 182 – Rep. Brian Sims (i) – Openly non-religious
TX House District 135 – Jon Rosenthal – Agnostic
VT House Orleans-Caledonia District – Rep. Sam Young (i) – Agnostic
VT House Wash. District – Rep. Warren Kitzmiller (i) – Humanist
VT Senate Windsor District – Sen. Dick McCormack (i) – “Governs with reason”
WA House District 21a – Rep. Strom Peterson (i) – Agnostic
WA House District 22b – Rep. Beth Doglio (i) – Agnostic
WA Senate District 47 – Mona Das – Religiously unaffiliated
WI House District 48 – Rep. Melissa Sargent (i) – Agnostic
WI House District 57 – Rep. Amanda Stuck (i) – Unitarian Universalist
WY House District 45 – Rep. Charles Pelkey (i) – Agnostic
Election non-winners
U.S. House
D-CA (District 42) – Julia Peacock – Humanist
Green-IA (District 3) – Paul Knupp, Jr. – Humanist
D-KY (District 1) – Paul Walker – Humanist
D-LA (District 3) – Rob Anderson – Spiritual but not religious
D-NE (District 1) – Jessica McClure – Religiously unaffiliated
State Legislatures
AK House District 29 – Shawn Butler – Spiritual but not religious
AL House District 41 – Emily Anne Marcum – Atheist
AR State Senate District 5 – Jim Wallace – Agnostic
CA House District 5 – Carla Neal – Spiritual but not religious
CA House District 9 – Harry He – “Not religious”
CA House District 67 – Michelle Singleton – Religiously unaffiliated
CA Senate District 28 – Joy Silver – “Culturally Jewish”
CO House District 16 – Andrew Smith – Agnostic
FL House District 24 – Adam Morley – Agnostic
FL House District 53 – Phil Moore – Atheist
FL House District 77 – Alanis Elizabeth Garcia – Agnostic
FL House District 79 – Mark Lipton – Spiritual but not religious
GA House District 5 – Brian Neil Rosser – Agnostic
GA House District 7 – Rick Day – “Does not hold supernatural beliefs”
GA House District 47 – Andrea Nugent – Unitarian Universalist
GA House District 49 – Krishan Bralley – Unitarian Universalist
ID House District 13B – Chris Ho – Agnostic
ID Senate District 34 – Robert Nielsen – “Realist”
IN House District 84 – Curtis Nash – Spiritual but not religious
IN House District 91 – Kevin Leineweber – Humanist
IN Senate District 6 – Ryan Farrar – Humanist
IA Senate District 11 – Sara Ramsey – Not religious
KS House District 19 – Stephen Wyatt – Atheist
KS House District 59 – John Hall – Humanist
KS House District 67 – Alex Van Dyke – Atheist
KY House District 66 – Roberto Henriquez – Agnostic atheist
ME Senate District 15 – Kellie Julia – Religiously unaffiliated
MD House District 29C – Julia Nichols – Humanist
MD House District 31B – Harry Freeman – Secular
MD House District 37B – Dan O’Hare – “Inventor of religions”
MA House Bristol 3 – Emily Farrer – Agnostic
MI House District 56 – Ernie Whiteside – Atheist, secular humanist
MI House District 79 – Joey Andrews – Religiously unaffiliated
MI House District 82 – Christopher Giles – Agnostic atheist
MN House District 13B – Heidi Everett – Agnostic
MN House District 18A – Justin Vold – Spiritual but not religious
MN House District 21A – Lori Ann Clark – Atheist
MN House District 29A – Renee Cardarelle – Religiously unaffiliated
MO House District 13 – Mitch Weber – Spiritual but not religious
MO House District 101 – Genevieve Steidtmann – Atheist
MO House District 111 – Phoebe Ottomeyer – Religiously unaffiliated
MO House District 114 – Dennis McDonald – “None”
MO House District 133 – Cindy Slimp – Religiously unaffiliated
MO House District 134 – Derrick Nowlin – Agnostic
MO House District 161 – Elizabeth Lundstrum – Religiously unaffiliated
MT House District 9 – Robert Peterson – Naturalist
MT House District 97 – Patrick Maloney – Atheist
NV House District 26 – June Joseph – “Believes in science”
NV House District 32 – Paula Povilaitis – Spiritual but not religious
NV House District 36 – Lesia Romanov – Spiritual but not religious
NH House Belknap 3 – Carlos Cardona – Humanist
NH House Belknap 5 – Michelle Carter – Atheist
NH House Belknap 6 – Justin Bordon – Atheist
NH House Carroll 6 – David Owen – Unitarian Universalist
NH House Hillsborough 6 – Eric Emmerling – Spiritual but not religious
NH House Hillsborough 21 – Brenda Grady – Religiously unaffiliated
NH House Merrimack 2 – Scott Burns – Religiously unaffiliated
NH House Rockingham 4 Ben Geiger – Atheist
NH House Strafford 24 Rep. Brandon Phinney (i) – Atheist
NY House District 64 Adam Baumel – Secular
NY House District 105 Laurette Giardino – Humanist
NY House District 135 Andrew Gilchrist – Agnostic
NC House District 77 Bonnie Dawn Clark – Spiritual but not religious
NC House District 117 Gayle Kemp – Religiously unaffiliated
NC Senate District 48 Norman Bossert – Humanist
ND House District 1 Crysta Parkinson – Agnostic atheist
ND House District 5 Zachary Raknerud – Agnostic humanist
ND House District 45 Tim Hoye – Agnostic
ND Senate District 31 Rachele Hall – Atheist
OH House District 16 Cassimir Svigelj – Atheist
OH House District 89 Joe Helle – Religiously unaffiliated
OK House District 76 Forrest Mayer – Atheist
OK Senate District 22 William Andrews – Agnostic
OR Senate District 30 Solea Kabakov – Atheist
PA House District 92 Shanna Danielson – Agnostic
PA House District 97 Dana Hamp Gulick – Agnostic
SD House District 3 Justin Roemmick – Agnostic
SD House District 5 Brett Ries – Agnostic
SD House District 34 George Nelson – Agnostic
SD Senate District 3 Cory Allen Heidelberger – Atheist
TN House District 19 Edward Nelson – “Not a believer”
TX House District 11 Alec Johnson – Deist
TX House District 23 Amanda Jamrok – Not religious
TX House District 130 Frederick Infortunio – Spiritual but not religious
VT House Orange-Washington-Addison District – Larry Satcowitz – Atheist
WA House District 7b – Mike Bell – Agnostic
WA House District 9a – Jennifer Goulet – Secular Humanist
WA House District 35a – James Thomas – Atheist
WI House District 15 – Lillian Cheesman – Secular Humanist
WI House District 22 – Aaron Matteson – Religiously unaffiliated
WI House District 27 – Nanette Bulebosh – Religiously unaffiliated
WI House District 53 – Joe Lavrenz – Religiously unaffiliated
WI House District 84 – Erica Flynn – Religiously unaffiliated
