Special Report

Longest-Serving Democrats in the House

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28. Rep. Robert C. Scott
> Time in congress: 26 years (1993-present)

District: Rep. Scott currently serves Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District, which covers some or all of Isle of Wight County and the independent cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Suffolk.

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27. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson
> Time in congress: 26 years (1993-present)

District: Rep. Johnson currently serves Texas’s 30th Congressional District, which covers some or all of Dallas County.

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26. Rep. James E. Clyburn
> Time in congress: 26 years (1993-present)

District: Rep. Clyburn currently serves South Carolina’s 6th Congressional District, which covers some or all of Allendale, Bamberg, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Florence, Hampton, Jasper, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter, and Williamsburg Counties.

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25. Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez
> Time in congress: 26 years (1993-present)

District: Rep. Velázquez currently serves New York’s 7th Congressional District, which covers some or all of Kings, New York, and Queens Counties.

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24. Rep. Carolyn Maloney
> Time in congress: 26 years (1993-present)

District: Rep. Maloney currently serves New York’s 12th Congressional District, which covers some or all of Kings, New York, and Queens Counties.

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