The 1996 United States presidential election was the 53rd quadrennial presidential election,held on Tuesday,November 5,1996. Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton defeated former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole,the Republican nominee,and Ross Perot,the Reform Party nominee and 1992 presidential candidate.
Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford Dole is an American attorney,author and politician who served in the Nixon,Reagan,and Bush presidential administrations. She also served as a United States Senator for North Carolina from 2003 to 2009.
Melquíades Rafael Ruiz Martínez is a Cuban-American lobbyist and former politician who served as a United States Senator from Florida from 2005 to 2009 and as general chairman of the Republican Party from November 2006 until October 19,2007. Previously,Martínez served as the 12th Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President George W. Bush. Martínez is a Cuban-American and Roman Catholic. He announced he was resigning as general chairman of the Republican National Committee on October 19,2007.
Alan Wayne Allard is an American veterinarian and politician who served as a United States Representative (1991–1997) and United States Senator (1997–2009) from Colorado,as well as previously a Colorado State Senator (1983–1991). A member of the Republican Party,he did not seek re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2008. Since February 2009,he has worked at The Livingston Group,a Washington,D.C. lobbying firm.
Kathleen Sebelius is an American businesswoman and politician who served as the 21st United States secretary of Health and Human Services from 2009 until 2014. As Secretary of Health and Human Services,Sebelius was instrumental in overseeing the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Before becoming secretary,she served as the 44th governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009,the second woman to hold that office. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Sebelius was the Democratic respondent to the 2008 State of the Union address and is chair-emerita of the Democratic Governors Association. She is CEO of Sebelius Resources LLC.
The Kansas Republican Party is the state affiliate political party in Kansas of the United States Republican Party. The Kansas Republican Party was organized in May 1859.
Thomas Howard Kean Jr. is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from New Jersey's 7th congressional district since 2023. He represented New Jersey's 21st legislative district in the New Jersey Senate from 2003 to 2022,serving as minority leader from 2008 to 2022. A member of the Republican Party,Kean is the son of former New Jersey governor Thomas Kean.
The 2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 7,2006. Incumbent Republican Rick Santorum ran for re-election to a third term,but was defeated by Democrat Bob Casey,Jr.,the son of former Pennsylvania governor Bob Casey Sr. Casey was elected to serve between January 3,2007 and January 3,2013.
Gordon M. Johnson is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2022,where he represents the 37th Legislative District,having represented the same district in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2022.
Kevin J. O'Toole is an American Republican Party politician,who served in the New Jersey Senate. O'Toole represented the 40th legislative district,which included parts of Bergen,Essex,Morris,and Passaic counties from 2008 to 2017.
Anthony R. Bucco was an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1998,where he represented the 25th Legislative District until his death. Bucco served as Co-Majority Leader in the New Jersey Senate with Republican Robert Singer and Democrat Bernard Kenny when both Republicans and Democrats had 20 seats in the Senate he previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1995 to 1998. His son Tony Bucco was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly and was named to succeed him in the State Senate.
Christopher Andrew Koster is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 41st Attorney General of Missouri from 2009 to 2017. Before that,Koster was elected three times as prosecuting attorney of Cass County,Missouri,and served four years as State Senator from Missouri's 31st Senatorial district.
The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 40 senators elected from single-member districts,each with a population of at least 60,000 inhabitants. Members of the Senate are elected to a four-year term. There is no limit to the number of terms that a senator may serve. The Kansas Senate meets at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka.
William A. Halter Jr is an American politician who served as the 18th lieutenant governor of Arkansas from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,he was elected to succeed the late Republican Winthrop Paul Rockefeller in 2006,defeating Republican challenger Jim Holt.
The 2008 United States Senate election in South Carolina was held on November 4,2008 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of South Carolina. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham won election to a second term.
The 2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on Tuesday,November 4,2008. The Senate election coincided with the presidential,U.S. House elections,gubernatorial,Council of State,and statewide judicial elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole ran for re-election to a second term,but was defeated by Democrat Kay Hagan.
Kirk Schuring is an American politician serving as a member of the Ohio Senate. He served as interim Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives,following the resignation of Speaker Cliff Rosenberger. Rosenberger resigned amid revelations he was under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was previously a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1993 to 2002,and from 2011 to 2018. Schuring also previously served in the Ohio Senate from 2003 to 2010. He was the Republican nominee for Ohio's 16th congressional district in the 2008 election. In 2018,Schuring was re-elected to the Ohio Senate,where represents the 29th district.
James "Jim" Beach is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2009,where he represents the 6th legislative district. He has been the Assistant Majority Leader in the Senate since 2016.
The Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA) is a Presbyterian church with congregations and missions throughout the United States,Canada,Japan,and Chile. Its beliefs—held in common with other members of the Reformed Presbyterian Global Alliance—place it in the conservative wing of the Reformed family of Protestant churches. Below the Bible—which is held as divinely inspired and without error—the church is committed to several "subordinate standards," together considered with its constitution:the Westminster Confession of Faith and Larger and Shorter Catechisms,along with its Testimony,Directory for Church Government,the Book of Discipline,and Directory for Worship.
Terrie Huntington is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 2003 to 2010 and as a member of the Kansas State Senate from 2010 to 2013.
