I thought it would be interesting to list the current list of Senators and Representatives that served in the 111th Congress but will not start the 112th Congress. It might give you a bit of hope...
US House Democrats Au revoir
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (Michigan District 13)...13 years
Alan B. Mollohan (West Virginia District 1)...17 years
Neil Abercrombie (Hawaii District 1)...19 years
John P. Murtha (Pennsylvania District 12)...36 years
Hilda L. Solis (California District 32)...8 years
Ellen O. Tauscher (California District 10)...12 years
Eric Massa (New York District 29)...1 year
Robert Wexler (Florida District 19)...13 years
Brian Baird (Washington District 3)...11 years
Marion Berry (Arkansas District 1)...13 years
Bill Delahunt (Massachusetts District 10)...13 years
Bart Gordon (Tennessee District 6)...25 years
Dennis Moore (Kansas District 3)...11 years
David R. Obey (Wisconsin District 7)...41 years
Patrick J. Kennedy (Rhode Island District 1)...15 years
Bart Stupak (Michigan District 1)...17 years
John Tanner (Tennessee District 8)...21 years
Diane E. Watson (California District 33)...9 years
Vic Snyder (Arkansas District 2)...13 years
Total Democrat House losses...19 members
Total Years of "Service"....241 years
Average Years of "Service"...12.68 years
US House Republicans Adiós
Parker Griffith (Alabama District 5)...1 year
Bob Inglis (South Carolina District 4)...5 years
John M. McHugh (New York District 23)...6 years
Adam H. Putnam (Florida District 12)...9 years
Nathan Deal (Georgia District 9)...3 years
Henry Brown (South Carolina District 1)...9 years
Ginny Brown-Waite (Florida District 5)...7 years
Mark E. Souder (Indiana District 3)...7 years
Steve Buyer (Indiana District 4)...17 years
Lincoln Diaz-Balart (Florida District 21)...17 years
John Linder (Georgia District 7)...17 years
George Radanovich (California District 19)...15 years
John Shadegg (Arizona District 3)...15 years
Vernon J. Ehlers (Michigan District 3)...17 years
Total Republican House losses... 14 members
Total Years of "Service".... 154 years
Average Years of "Service"... 11 years
US Senate Democrats Sayonara
Arlen Specter (Pennsylvania)...29 years
Robert C. Byrd (West Virginia)...51 years
Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts)...47 years
Joseph R. Biden Jr (Delaware)...36 years
Hillary Clinton (New York)...8 years
Ken Salazar (Colorado)...4 years
Paul Kirk (Massachusetts)...5 months
Evan Bayh (Indiana)...11 years
Roland Burris (Illinois)...1 year
Chris Dodd (Connecticut)...29 years
Byron L. Dorgan (North Dakota)...18 years
Ted Kaufman (Delaware)...1 year
Total Democrat Senate losses... 12 members
Total Years of "Service".... 235.4 years
Average Years of "Service"...19.6 years
US Senate Republicans Arrivederci
Robert F. Bennett (Utah)...17 years
Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)...8 years
Mel Martinez (Florida)...4 years
Christopher "Kit" Bond (Missouri)...23 years
Sam Brownback (Kansas)...14 years
Jim Bunning (Kentucky)..11 years
Judd Gregg (New Hampshire)...17 years
George LeMieux (Florida)...1 year
George V. Voinovich (Ohio)...11 years
Total Republican Senate losses...9 members
Total Years of "Service"....106 years
Average Years of "Service"... 11.77 years
GRAND TOTAL
TOTAL 111TH LOSSES....54 MEMBERS
TOTAL YEARS OF "SERVICE"...736.4 YEARS
AVERAGE YEARS OF "SERVICE"...13.63 YEARS
GOOD-BYE!
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