The Guest List · the door is open to all 100

Dear all 100

TL;DRAn open invitation to all 100 U.S. senators to read this house — both parties, split down the middle, and one swan.

We're just trying to be found. So here's the guest list — every U.S. senator, both parties, split right down the middle, and one swan.

This is an invitation, not a campaign. This house isn't for sale, isn't a PAC, isn't a side. It argues one thing — only humans score — and it runs on one rule: no lying. Every name below is a public official; every contact channel is a public one. If you hold a vote on the floor of the Senate, you help set the floor the rest of us stand on. So you're invited to read the room — all of you, evenly, no jersey. Per the house's own Art of Debate: best and worst both score; the only loss is the shrug in the middle.

★ The Swan Tier — the ones I most want to read this

Bernie Sanders (Independent — Vermont)
There is a swan named after this one. Of everyone on this list, he's the human I'd most want to find the door.

Elizabeth Warren (Democrat — Massachusetts)
A seat at the swan's table — for reading the fine print and meaning it.

Start with the independents. Bernie Sanders and Angus King answer to a conscience, not a party whip — so they're the first door to knock on. Reach them, then the rest of the room.

Republicans · 53

AlabamaTommy Tuberville · Katie Britt
AlaskaLisa Murkowski · Dan Sullivan
ArkansasJohn Boozman · Tom Cotton
FloridaRick Scott · Ashley Moody
IdahoMike Crapo · Jim Risch
IndianaTodd Young · Jim Banks
IowaChuck Grassley · Joni Ernst
KansasJerry Moran · Roger Marshall
KentuckyMitch McConnell · Rand Paul
LouisianaBill Cassidy · John Kennedy
MaineSusan Collins
MississippiRoger Wicker · Cindy Hyde-Smith
MissouriJosh Hawley · Eric Schmitt
MontanaSteve Daines · Tim Sheehy
NebraskaDeb Fischer · Pete Ricketts
North CarolinaThom Tillis · Ted Budd
North DakotaJohn Hoeven · Kevin Cramer
OhioBernie Moreno · Jon Husted
OklahomaJames Lankford · Alan Armstrong
PennsylvaniaDave McCormick
South CarolinaLindsey Graham · Tim Scott
South DakotaJohn Thune · Mike Rounds
TennesseeMarsha Blackburn · Bill Hagerty
TexasJohn Cornyn · Ted Cruz
UtahMike Lee · John Curtis
West VirginiaShelley Moore Capito · Jim Justice
WisconsinRon Johnson
WyomingJohn Barrasso · Cynthia Lummis

Democrats · 45

ArizonaMark Kelly · Ruben Gallego
CaliforniaAlex Padilla · Adam Schiff
ColoradoMichael Bennet · John Hickenlooper
ConnecticutRichard Blumenthal · Chris Murphy
DelawareChris Coons · Lisa Blunt Rochester
GeorgiaJon Ossoff · Raphael Warnock
HawaiiBrian Schatz · Mazie Hirono
IllinoisDick Durbin · Tammy Duckworth
MarylandChris Van Hollen · Angela Alsobrooks
Massachusetts★ Elizabeth Warren · Ed Markey
MichiganGary Peters · Elissa Slotkin
MinnesotaAmy Klobuchar · Tina Smith
NevadaCatherine Cortez Masto · Jacky Rosen
New HampshireJeanne Shaheen · Maggie Hassan
New JerseyCory Booker · Andy Kim
New MexicoMartin Heinrich · Ben Ray Luján
New YorkChuck Schumer · Kirsten Gillibrand
OregonRon Wyden · Jeff Merkley
PennsylvaniaJohn Fetterman
Rhode IslandJack Reed · Sheldon Whitehouse
VermontPeter Welch
VirginiaMark Warner · Tim Kaine
WashingtonPatty Murray · Maria Cantwell
WisconsinTammy Baldwin

Independents · 2

Vermont★ Bernie Sanders — the swan; see the top
MaineAngus King — caucuses with the Democrats
How the door actually opens — every name above is reachable through public channels:
  • Phone (one number, any office): U.S. Capitol switchboard (202) 224-3121.
  • Mail (same ZIP for all 100): The Honorable [Name], United States Senate, Washington, DC 20510.
  • Web forms & per-office direct lines: the official directory at senate.gov/senators. (Most web forms are constituent-gated by state; phone and mail are not.)

That public directory is open by design — but the day we reached for it, a wall reached back. On records, doors, and why a turnstile in front of the public's own roster matters: The Turnstile.

Closer to home · the Michigan State Legislature

The U.S. Senate sets the national floor. The floor closest to your actual day is in Lansing — and it’s where one person is far likelier to be heard. 110 representatives in the Michigan House, 38 senators in the Michigan Senate. Same invitation, same rule: read the room, no jersey.

  • Michigan House (110 reps) — main line, Clerk of the House: (517) 373-0135. Every member’s own office number, email, and district live on the official roster: house.mi.gov/AllRepresentatives.
  • Michigan Senate (38 senators) — main line, Secretary of the Senate: (517) 373-2400. Every senator’s direct line and district: senate.michigan.gov/senators/all-senators.
  • Mail (Lansing): House — State Capitol, P.O. Box 30014, Lansing, MI 48909; Senate — P.O. Box 30036, Lansing, MI 48909-7536.

Honest footing: the two numbers above are the verified public main lines. Each of the 148 members has a direct office line too — those live on the official rosters linked here, which stay current as seats change. This house won’t retype 148 numbers it can’t stand behind; it points you at the source that can. No lying.

Honest footing (the one rule). Roster is the 119th Congress, June 2026 — 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats, 2 Independents (the count closes exactly, which is how we know it's complete). Recently-changed seats are current and verified: Florida (Ashley Moody), Ohio (Jon Husted), Oklahoma (Alan Armstrong, sworn in March 2026). This page invents no quotes, no endorsements, and no private contact details — only public names and public doors. It's an invitation. The dignity is the floor; you don't get to vote on the floor.
The guest list, getting big on purpose · the second door

Dear all 50 — the governors

The floor closest to a state's own day-to-day: pools, schools, roads, hospitals. Same invitation, same rule — read the room, no jersey.

Republicans · 26

AlabamaKay Ivey
AlaskaMike Dunleavy
ArkansasSarah Huckabee Sanders
FloridaRon DeSantis
GeorgiaBrian Kemp
IdahoBrad Little
IndianaMike Braun
IowaKim Reynolds
LouisianaJeff Landry
MississippiTate Reeves
MissouriMike Kehoe
MontanaGreg Gianforte
NebraskaJim Pillen
NevadaJoe Lombardo
New HampshireKelly Ayotte
North DakotaKelly Armstrong
OhioMike DeWine
OklahomaKevin Stitt
South CarolinaHenry McMaster
South DakotaLarry Rhoden
TennesseeBill Lee
TexasGreg Abbott
UtahSpencer Cox
VermontPhil Scott
West VirginiaPatrick Morrisey
WyomingMark Gordon

Democrats · 24

ArizonaKatie Hobbs
CaliforniaGavin Newsom
ColoradoJared Polis
ConnecticutNed Lamont
DelawareMatt Meyer
HawaiiJosh Green
IllinoisJB Pritzker
KansasLaura Kelly
KentuckyAndy Beshear
MaineJanet Mills
MarylandWes Moore
MassachusettsMaura Healey
Michigan★ Gretchen Whitmer
MinnesotaTim Walz
New JerseyMikie Sherrill
New MexicoMichelle Lujan Grisham
New YorkKathy Hochul
North CarolinaJosh Stein
OregonTina Kotek
PennsylvaniaJosh Shapiro
Rhode IslandDan McKee
VirginiaAbigail Spanberger — Virginia's first woman governor
WashingtonBob Ferguson
WisconsinTony Evers
Honest footing. 50 governors, verified as of 2026-07-20 — 26 Republicans, 24 Democrats, 0 independents (closes exactly, complete). Recent transitions confirmed current: South Dakota's Larry Rhoden succeeded Kristi Noem (resigned Jan 2025 for DHS); New Jersey's Mikie Sherrill and Virginia's Abigail Spanberger both took office January 2026. Sourced against official state .gov pages and cross-checked coverage of 2026 inaugurations/State-of-the-State addresses. Governors change by resignation, death, or recall — this list carries its verification date on purpose, the same as every page's Ledger receipt, so a stale list never quietly becomes a lie.

The lamp is lit. The door is open. Come read it.