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New Congress has fewest Latter-day Saints in 32 years. How might that impact the church?

The faith will have less clout when issues arise, especially given that, for the first time in 104 years, it has no LDS Democrats to work with Biden.

(Andrew Harnik | AP file photo) Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., arrive before NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg addresses a Joint Meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 3, 2019. Lee and Romney are among only nine Latter-day Saints now in Congress, the smallest number in at least 32 years.