U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., is U.S. Senate majority leader and a member of the LDS church.

U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is a member of the LDS church.

U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., was appointed to the Senate in May 2011 to fill the vacancy left by Sen. John Ensign’s resignation. Heller previously represented Nevada’s 2nd District in the U.S. House, and before that, he served many years in state government.

U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is a member of the LDS church who has run for president. In the 2000 presidential primaries, he encountered anti-Mormon sentiment in the Midwest and ultimately withdrew from the race.

U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, is a member of the LDS church.

Trent Wisecup is the former director of Romney’s Massachusetts political action committee. He is a principal at Navigators Global.

Mike Murphy is a Republican political consultant with Navigators Global who has advised candidates, including John McCain, Jeb Bush, former Michigan Gov. John Engler and Romney. In February 2006, Murphy stepped away from Romney’s campaign.

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who retired from public office after representing Colorado in the U.S. Senate (1993-2005) and the U.S. House (1987-93), is one of 44 chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. He is an attorney in the Washington, D.C., office of Holland & Knight.

Read an April 8, 2009, Washington Post feature on the complex preparations for a Greek Easter feast.