Utah still has never had a member of Congress elected to The Hill’s list of the “most beautiful” people in D.C.
Smart Politics says Utah is one of 16 states that has never had one of their Congressional delegation named to the annual list.
Maybe that’s a good thing. From 2004 to 2013, nearly 40-percent of lawmakers who made the list either resigned because of scandal, lost in their re-election bid or retired from Congress.
This year is the 11th edition of the list. During that run, more than 70 members of Congress have been included.
The states atop the list are South Dakota, Alaska, Washington, Oklahoma and South Carolina.
While California has had the most legislators appear on the list with nine, it has also had the biggest pool of members of Congress from which to draw: 85 men and women have served in the chamber from the Golden State since the 108th Congress when the first 50 Most Beautiful list debuted.
Instead, top honors go to South Dakota, and it’s not even close: with 60 percent of its congressional delegation being crowned beautiful since 2004 including each of the last three – Democratic U.S. Representative Stephanie Herseth (Sandlin) in 2004, Republican U.S. Senator John Thune in 2005, and Republican U.S. Representative Kristi Noem in 2011.
Only Democratic Senators Tom Daschle (who exited the chamber in January 2005) and Tim Johnson (who is retiring at the end of this year) failed to make the list.
States with the Highest Rate of Members of Congress on The Hill’s 50 Most Beautiful List, 2004-2014
|
Rank
|
State
|
# Beautiful
|
# Members
|
% Beautiful
|
|
1
|
South Dakota
|
3
|
5
|
60.0
|
|
2
|
Alaska
|
1
|
4
|
25.0
|
|
3
|
Washington
|
3
|
17
|
17.6
|
|
4
|
Oklahoma
|
2
|
13
|
15.4
|
|
5
|
South Carolina
|
2
|
15
|
13.3
|
|
6
|
Indiana
|
3
|
23
|
13.0
|
|
7
|
New York
|
7
|
55
|
12.7
|
|
8
|
Wisconsin
|
2
|
16
|
12.5
|
|
9
|
North Carolina
|
3
|
26
|
11.5
|
|
10
|
Hawaii
|
1
|
9
|
11.1
|
|
10
|
Nebraska
|
1
|
9
|
11.1
|
|
10
|
New Mexico
|
1
|
9
|
11.1
|
|
13
|
California
|
9
|
85
|
10.6
|
|
14
|
Colorado
|
2
|
19
|
10.5
|
|
14
|
Tennessee
|
2
|
19
|
10.5
|
|
14
|
Ohio
|
4
|
38
|
10.5
|
|
17
|
Mississippi
|
1
|
10
|
10.0
|
|
17
|
New Hampshire
|
1
|
10
|
10.0
|
|
17
|
Nevada
|
1
|
10
|
10.0
|
|
17
|
Oregon
|
1
|
10
|
10.0
|
|
21
|
Illinois
|
4
|
42
|
9.5
|
|
22
|
Connecticut
|
1
|
12
|
8.3
|
|
22
|
Virginia
|
2
|
24
|
8.3
|
|
24
|
Florida
|
4
|
58
|
6.9
|
|
25
|
Kentucky
|
1
|
15
|
6.7
|
|
25
|
Maryland
|
1
|
15
|
6.7
|
|
27
|
Minnesota
|
1
|
18
|
5.6
|
|
28
|
Arizona
|
1
|
19
|
5.3
|
|
28
|
Louisiana
|
1
|
19
|
5.3
|
|
30
|
Massachusetts
|
1
|
20
|
5.0
|
|
31
|
New Jersey
|
1
|
23
|
4.3
|
|
32
|
Michigan
|
1
|
27
|
3.7
|
|
33
|
Pennsylvania
|
1
|
39
|
2.6
|
|
34
|
Texas
|
1
|
56
|
1.8
|
|
N/A
|
Vermont
|
0
|
4
|
0.0
|
|
N/A
|
Wyoming
|
0
|
5
|
0.0
|
|
N/A
|
Delaware
|
0
|
6
|
0.0
|
|
N/A
|
Maine
|
0
|
6
|
0.0
|
|
N/A
|
Montana
|
0
|
6
|
0.0
|
|
N/A
|
Rhode Island
|
0
|
6
|
0.0
|
|
N/A
|
North Dakota
|
0
|
7
|
0.0
|
|
N/A
|
Idaho
|
0
|
8
|
0.0
|
|
N/A
|
Utah
|
0
|
8
|
0.0
|
|
N/A
|
West Virginia
|
0
|
8
|
0.0
|
|
N/A
|
Iowa
|
0
|
9
|
0.0
|
|
N/A
|
Arkansas
|
0
|
10
|
0.0
|
|
N/A
|
Kansas
|
0
|
11
|
0.0
|
|
N/A
|
Alabama
|
0
|
15
|
0.0
|
|
N/A
|
Missouri
|
0
|
19
|
0.0
|
|
N/A
|
Georgia
|
0
|
25
|
0.0
|
Compiled by Smart Politics from the last 11 editions of The Hill’s 50 Most Beautiful People.
