Michael Avery Ross is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 2001 to 2013 and was his party's nominee for governor of Arkansas in 2014. He is currently the last Democrat to have represented Arkansas in the House of Representatives. He was also a member of the Arkansas Senate from 1991 to 2001,a member of the Nevada County Quorum Court from 1983 to 1985,and a small business owner.
Democrats for Life of America (DFLA) is a 501(c)(4) American political advocacy nonprofit organization that seeks to elect anti-abortion Democrats and to encourage the Democratic Party to oppose euthanasia,capital punishment,and abortion. DFLA's position on abortion is in opposition to the current platform of the Democratic Party,which unequivocally supports abortion rights with minimal restrictions.
Frank Vana Chopp is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Washington House of Representatives,representing the 43rd district since 1995. His district covers the neighborhoods of Montlake,Fremont,Wallingford,the University District,Madison Park,and part of Capitol Hill,all of which are in Seattle. Chopp served as Speaker of the House from 2002 to 2019.
Joseph Simon Donnelly Sr. is an American attorney,politician,and diplomat who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2013 and as a U.S. Senator from 2013 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party from,he would later serve as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See from 2022 to 2024 under President Joe Biden.
Robert Alan Hasegawa is an American labor leader and politician serving as a member of the Washington State Senate,representing the 11th Legislative District since January 2013. Hasegawa is a lifelong resident of Seattle's Beacon Hill. He previously served in the Washington State House of Representatives,and is retired from the Teamsters Union where he was a member and union leader for over 32 years.
Karen Ruth Bass is an American politician,social worker and former physician assistant who has served as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,Bass previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2022 and in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010,serving as speaker during her final Assembly term.
James Brochin is an American politician who was a member of the Maryland Senate representing the 42nd district in Baltimore County from 2003 to 2019. He unsuccessfully ran for Baltimore County Executive in 2018,placing second behind former state delegate Johnny Olszewski in the Democratic primary by a margin of 17 votes.
Michael Christopher Johnston is an American educator and politician serving as the 46th and current mayor of Denver,Colorado. A member of the Democratic Party,he won the 2023 Denver mayoral election,defeating Kelly Brough in the June 6 runoff election.
Neil Conrad Parrott is an American politician who was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 2011 to 2023.
David Grosso is an American attorney and politician. He is a former at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia who lives in Brookland. A native Washingtonian,he graduated from Earlham College and Georgetown University Law Center. Grosso is a member of the D.C. Bar. Following the completion of his second term on the D.C. Council,he joined the law firm Arent Fox as a lobbyist.
Shenna Lee Bellows is an American politician and a non-profit executive director. On December 2,2020,the Maine Legislature elected her to serve as the 50th Maine secretary of state. She was executive director of the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine between 2018 and 2020,and she served as the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Maine between 2005 and 2013.
David Edmund Young is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 28th District,and previously served as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 3rd congressional district from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he is a native and resident of Van Meter,a western suburb of Des Moines. He was first elected in 2014 and reelected in 2016;he lost reelection in 2018 to Democrat Cindy Axne. Young unsuccessfully challenged Axne in 2020 in a rematch,losing by 1.3%.
The Massachusetts Automatic Gas Tax Increase Repeal Initiative,Question 1 was on the November 4,2014 statewide ballot. Approved by voters,the measure repeals a 2013 law that would automatically adjust gas taxes according to inflation,allowing for automatic annual increases in the state's gas tax.
Levar Marcus Stoney is an American politician who has served as the 80th mayor of Richmond,Virginia,since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2014 through 2016,being the youngest member of Governor Terry McAuliffe's administration.
The Social Democrats are a social democratic political party in Ireland. Led by Holly Cairns since March 2023,the party was launched on 15 July 2015 by three independent TDs:Catherine Murphy,Róisín Shortall,and Stephen Donnelly. It promotes the Nordic model of political economy and pro-European views.
California state elections in 2018 were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018,with the primary elections being held on June 5,2018. Voters elected one member to the United States Senate,53 members to the United States House of Representatives,all eight state constitutional offices,all four members to the Board of Equalization,20 members to the California State Senate,and all 80 members to the California State Assembly,among other elected offices.
Elections in the U.S. state of California took place on November 5,2024,with the statewide direct primary election being held on March 5,2024.
Joshua Siegel is an American politician who is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party,he represents the 22nd district,which contains parts of Allentown and Salisbury Township.
Initiative No. 2117 (I-2117) is a ballot initiative in the U.S. State of Washington that appeared on the ballot on November 5,2024. The initiative was brought to the state legislature by Let's Go Washington,a Redmond-based political action committee founded by Brian Heywood. The initiative seeks to repeal the Washington Climate Commitment Act (CCA),a cap and trade program adopted by the state in 2021 to begin pricing carbon emissions in order to create a downward pressure on state carbon emissions.
Victoria Hunt is an American politician,data scientist,and urban planner who is the member-elect of the Washington House of Representatives representing the state's 5th district,Position 1. A member of the Democratic Party,Hunt will take office on January 13,2025,succeeding Bill Ramos.
