DemDaily: In Memoriam: The Lawmakers We Lost in 2025
April 13, 2026
As we look to the year ahead, we honor the elected lawmakers we lost in 2025. Against the backdrop of today's historically divisive Congress, may the work of some of these public servants remind you of the true mission and possibility of elected office.
| We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives." - John F. Kennedy |
Lawmakers We Lost In 2025
US Senate
Christopher S. "Kit" Bond (R-MO), 86, served 1987–2011, Governor 1981-1985, 1973-1977
David L. Boren (D-OK), 93, Served 1979–1994, Governor 1975-1979
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO), 93, 1993-2005 (switched to GOP 1995), US House (served as Democrat) 1987-1993
J. Bennett Johnston Jr. (D-LA), 92, served 1972–1997
Alan Simpson (R-WY), 93, served 1979-1997
US House
Lincoln Díaz-Balart (R-FL), 70, served 1993-2011
John Burton (D-92), 92, served 1974-1983
William Lacy Clay, Sr (D-MO), 94, served 1969-2001
Gerry Connolly (D-VA), 75, served 2009-2025
Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-CA), 83, served 1991-2005
Blake Farenthold (R-TX), 63, served 2011-2018
Bob Filner (D-CA), 82, served 1993-2012
Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), 77, served 2003-2025
Eliot Engel (D-NY), 79, served 1989-2021
Mia Love (R-UT), 49, served 2015-2019
Nita Lowey (D-NY), 87, served 1989-2021
Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), 1997-2015
Charles Rangel (D-NY), 94, served 1971-2017
Sylvester Turner (D-TX), 70, served 2025
Governors
George Ryan (R-IL), 91, served 1999-2003
Mike Castle (R-DE), 86, served 1985-1992, US House 1993-2011
Martha Layne Collins (D-KY), 88, served 1983-1987
Jim Edgar (R-IL), 79, served 1991-1999
Thomas Salmon (D-VT), 92, served 1973-1977
Jim Hunt (D-NC), 88, served 1977-1985, 1993–2001
Vice President
Dick Cheney, US Vice President, 84, 2001-2009, US House (R-WY) 1979-1989
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