Andrews

Bridenstine

Cox Alomar

Gibson

Hayworth

Rooney

Schrader

Shinagawa

It was a mixed bag for Cornell alumni running for Congress Nov. 6.

In New York's 23rd Congressional District, which includes Ithaca, liberal Democrat Nate Shinagawa '05, M.H.A. '09, narrowly lost to conservative Republican Tom Reed. Shinagawa is vice chair of the Tompkins County Legislature.

Veterinarian Kurt Schrader '73, a moderate Democrat, was re-elected a representative in Oregon's 5th District. His bachelor's degree is in government.

Rob Andrews, J.D. '82, an incumbent Democrat who has served New Jersey's 1st Congressional District since 1990, won another term. He served on the Cornell Law Review's board of editors.

Republican Chris Gibson, M.P.A. '95, M.A. '96, Ph.D. '98 (R-N.Y), a retired army colonel, won a second term representing New York's 19th Congressional District. He taught politics at West Point and was a national security affairs fellow at Stanford University.

In Oklahoma, Republican Jim Bridenstine, MBA '09, defeated a six-term incumbent to win the 1st Congressional District. He completed his MBA after serving in Afghanistan and Iraq as a Navy lieutenant commander.

Conservative Republican Joe Rooney '80, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, lost to the incumbent in Pennsylvania's 13th Congressional District. His degree is in mechanical engineering.

Conservative Republican Nan Hayworth, M.D. '85, was unseated in New York's 19th Congressional District. She was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society at Cornell University Medical College, now Weill Cornell Medical College.

And in Puerto Rico, Rafael Cox Alomar '97 narrowly lost his race for resident commissioner - the sole, nonvoting representative from the island to the U.S. Congress. He was a Marshall scholar at Oxford University and earned a Harvard law degree.