Editor\u2019s note: This story was last updated on Dec. 18, to reflect Martha McSally\u2019s appointment to the open Arizona Senate seat. <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
WASHINGTON \u2014 With Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones\u2019 concession in the Texas 23rd district race earlier this week, all of the congressional elections involving veterans<\/a> have now been decided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The final results<\/a> leave the total number of lawmakers with military experience for next year\u2019s session at 96, down six from the start of the last congressional session<\/a>. It\u2019s another decrease in veteran representation in Congress, a figure that has declined steadily since the mid-1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At that time, the years following the Vietnam War, nearly three-fourths of lawmakers had served in the military. The 116th session will open with less than 18 percent of Congress boasting first-hand familiarity with the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\t