SENATE FRESHMAN SENIORITY: Those House GOPers Get A Leg Up
Assuming that all current vote leaders are eventually declared the winners, the following represents the Senate seniority ranking of the new class of senators. Seniority between incoming senators is determined by the extent of their prior service, in order, as a Senator, U.S. Vice President, House member, Cabinet Secretary, Governor, and finally state population.
92.) Burr (5 House terms)
93.) DeMint (3 House terms)*
94.) Coburn (3 House terms)*
95.) Thune (3 House terms)*
96.) Isakson (2 House terms + 23 months)
97.) Vitter (2 House terms + 20 months)
98.) Martinez (ex-Cabinet Sec.)
99.) Obama
100.) Salazar
* = Although ties are broken by state population to determine overall Senate seniority, within the GOP conference itself, such ties in seniority are decided by lottery.
Coburn should get the Judiciary vacancy if he wants it. He'd be great there on pro-life issues.