--- title: 2014 Midterm Elections: Meet America's 10 Newest Senators description: Meet the freshman Senators that made the new Republican majority possible canonical: https://time.com/3557805/2014-midterm-election-new-republican-senate/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-05T07:21:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:10.191Z article:section: Politics og:title: Meet America's 10 Newest Senators og:description: Meet the freshman Senators that made the new Republican majority possible og:url: https://time.com/3557805/2014-midterm-election-new-republican-senate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab5b148bb14384d0/698764303c1639240544f703/458291150.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Republican Senate Candidate Jodi Ernst Campaigns Throughout Iowa og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meet America's 10 Newest Senators twitter:description: Meet the freshman Senators that made the new Republican majority possible twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab5b148bb14384d0/698764303c1639240544f703/458291150.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meet America's 10 Newest Senators > Sponsored content. 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Joni Ernst A Lieutenant Colonel of the Iowa Army National Guard, Ernst has served on the Iowa State Senate since 2004. Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Nov 5, 2014 7:21 AM UTC  Joni Ernst A Lieutenant Colonel of the Iowa Army National Guard, Ernst has served on the Iowa State Senate since 2004. Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images  David Perdue A businessman from Macon, Ga., Perdue makes his political debut in the seat of retiring Sen. Saxby Chambliss. David Goldman—AP  Tom CottonA U.S. Army Veteran and lawyer, Cotton has served as Representative for Arkansas's 4th district since 2012 and now moves on to the Senate. Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  Cory Gardner Gardner formerly served in the Colorado House of Representatives and U.S. House of Representatives. He beat incumbent Sen. Mark Udall. David Zalubowski—AP  Thom Tillis Tillis is the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives and has served there 2006. 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