democrat jerry goldin is the first member elected to congress by rank choice or instant runoff voting. in which voters rank their candidates by preference which are taken into account if no candidate wins the majority. mr. golden's held a seat in the state house for the last four years. he served tours in iraq and afghanistan as a marine before working for maine's republican senator susan collins and the committee staffer washington dc. former congressman ed case returns to congress this time representing hawaii's first district. he previously represented the second district from 2002 to 2007. for that, he was a member of the state legislator serving as a house majority leader for part of his tenure. mr. case is an attorney and cousin of aol cofounder steve case. new congress, new leaders, watch it all on c-span. struck a on thursday democratic representative nancy pelosi was elected by her colleagues to become speaker of the house for the 116th congress. defeating republican representative kevin mccarthy by a margin of 28 votes. next a look at house members and their families posing