1. Nancy Mace, Representative from South Carolina
2. Connecticut Representative Rosa DeLauro
DeLauro shocked Congress by getting tattooed at age 80, after one of her six grandchildren convinced her to get the same tattoos for her 18th birthday.
The design features a rose, which represents her first name, and a petal in the center forms the letter “D” for her last name. It also features a stylized version of Italy, an homage to the country her father was from, according to Daniel Robillard, DeLauro’s press secretary.
Robillard said this is her first tattoo, but she will likely get more.
“I have four grandchildren who are not yet 18,” she said. “So keep your eyes peeled for more new ink!”
3. Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania
Fetterman told NBC that as of 2022, he had nine tattoos on his right forearm alone.
“Each of them is a day when someone was violently killed in Braddock, Pennsylvania, when I was mayor,” he wrote.
One of his first tattoos reads 01.06.06, the date ‘Christopher Williams was shot dead while delivering pizzas.’
“This was a man who was about my age at the time. He had a 12-year-old daughter. I just couldn’t handle the fact that he never went home to her,” he said.
Fetterman also has Braddock’s zip code – 15104 – tattooed on his right arm.
4. Former Pennsylvania State Representative Brian Sims
Sims, a former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, has a tattoo running the length of his arm with a quote from Ben Franklin: “Be polite to all; social to many; familiar to few; friend to one; enemy to none.”
“I represented a large portion of Ben Franklin’s first district when he was the first Speaker of the House of Representatives from Pa.,” he wrote on X. “These are some of his first words as Speaker (in New Farmer’s Almanac type).”
5. Former Governor Sarah Palin
The former Alaska governor has a small tattoo on her right forearm, which is documented in her Instagram posts. It is unclear what it says.
The former Republican vice presidential candidate is also said to have a tattoo of the Big Dipper on her ankle.
6. Former North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn
7. Senator Danica Roem of Virginia
Roem has an equal rights amendment tattooed on her arm, according to the Washington Post.
The former journalist said she had “always wanted to get a tattoo” and that it was a “very special moment” for her to get the tattoo, the day before the final vote.
Roem, a transgender woman, said it is her “fundamental belief in equality for all” and that it is “genuinely and literally a part of me.”
8. Former California Rep. Duncan Hunter