This week 96 new members were sworn into the House of Representatives, 87 Republicans and 9 Democrats. The Senate will have 16 new members, 13 Republicans and three Democrats.
It is a common saying that elections have consequences, and the Republican wave this past November will surely have consequences for the dairy industry. Because a large number of the new legislators are from rural areas, many dairy-producing regions now have new representation in Washington.
Although the delegation from our largest dairy state, California, remains much the same, nearly every other top dairy state witnessed a significant shift from Democratic to Republican representation.
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