The 2006 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7,2006,to elect members to the United States House of Representatives. It took place in the middle of President George W. Bush's second term in office. All 435 seats of the House were up for election. Those elected served in the 110th United States Congress from January 3,2007,until January 3,2009. The incumbent majority party,the Republicans,had won majorities in the House consecutively since 1994,and were defeated by the Democrats who won a majority in the chamber,ending 12 years of Republican control in the House.
In the 2006 Georgia elections,Incumbent Governor Sonny Perdue,the first Republican Governor of Georgia since reconstruction,was re-elected over then-Lieutenant Governor Mark Taylor (D).
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Georgia:
Michael L. Thurmond is an American author,attorney and politician serving as the chief executive officer of DeKalb County,Georgia. A Democrat,he was previously a representative in the Georgia Assembly.
Georgia's state elections were held on November 4,2008. The primary elections were held on February 5,also known as Super Tuesday.
The 2002 United States elections were held on November 5,in the middle of Republican President George W. Bush's first term. Republicans won unified control of Congress,picking up seats in both chambers of Congress,making Bush the first President since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934 to gain seats in both houses of Congress. In the gubernatorial elections,Democrats won a net gain of one seat. The elections were held just a little under fourteen months after the September 11 attacks. Thus,the elections were heavily overshadowed by the War on Terror,the impending Iraq War,the early 2000s recession,and the sudden death of Democratic Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota about one week before the election.
James Austin Scott is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative for Georgia's 8th congressional district since 2011. The district stretches down the middle of the state,from just outside Macon to the Florida border. Scott served as a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. House.
John Thomas Graves Jr. is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 14th congressional district from 2013 to 2020. Graves previously served one term as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 9th congressional district from 2010 to 2013,following his victory in a special election held to fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of Nathan Deal. Before his election to Congress,Graves served as a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 2003 to 2010.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Georgia on November 4,2014. All of Georgia's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat,all of Georgia's fourteen seats in the United States House of Representatives and all seats in both houses of the Georgia General Assembly. Primary elections were held on May 20,2014. Primary runoffs,necessary if no candidate wins a majority of the vote,were held on July 22,2014.
The 2018 Wisconsin Fall General Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on November 6,2018. All of Wisconsin's partisan executive and administrative offices were up for election as well as one of Wisconsin's U.S. Senate seats,Wisconsin's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives,seventeen seats in the Wisconsin State Senate,and all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly. The 2018 Wisconsin Fall Partisan Primary was held August 14,2018. There were also special elections held during 2018 for three State Assembly seats and two state senate seats.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia were held on November 6,2018,to elect the fourteen U.S. representatives from the state of Georgia,one from each of the state's fourteen congressional districts. The elections coincided with a gubernatorial election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections. The primary elections took place on May 22,2018.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 6,2018. All of Minnesota's executive officers were up for election as well as all the seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives,several judicial seats,two United States Senate seats,Minnesota's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives,and several seats for local offices. Special elections were also held for a Minnesota Senate seat and Minnesota's Class 2 U.S. Senate seat. A primary election to nominate Republican and Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) candidates and several judicial and local primary elections were held on August 14,2018.
The 155th Georgia General Assembly convened its first session by January 14,2019,at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. The first session lasted for 40 legislative days in early 2019,and a second session began on January 13,2020. The 155th Georgia General Assembly succeeds the 154th of 2017 and 2018,and precedes the 156th in 2021 and 2022.
The 2021 Wisconsin Spring Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on April 6,2021. There was one statewide race—for Superintendent of Public Instruction. Additionally,two special elections occurred for the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly,as well as other nonpartisan local and judicial elections. The 2021 Spring primary was held on February 16,2021.
Several elections took place in the U.S. state of Georgia in 2022. The general election was held on November 8,2022. A runoff election for one of Georgia's seats in the United States Senate was held on December 6,2022. The runoff was scheduled because none of the candidates for Senate received 50% of the statewide vote in the general election. In addition to the Senate seat,all of Georgia's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Also up for election were all of Georgia's executive officers and legislative seats,as well as one seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission. The Republican Party decisively won every single statewide office in Georgia except for the Federal Senate race which narrowly went Democratic in 2022.
The 2022 Georgia Secretary of State election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the Secretary of State of Georgia. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger won re-election to a second term. Raffensperger emerged as a major national figure in early January,2021 when he faced significant pressure from then-President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. The party primary elections took place on May 24,with runoffs scheduled for June 21. Trump had been taped in a phone call asking Raffensperger to "find 11,780 votes," the exact number needed for Trump to carry the state.
The 2022 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. It coincided with various other statewide elections,including for U.S. Senate,U.S. House,and Governor of Georgia. Georgia is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on Tuesday,November 7,1950. All of the state's executive officers—the governor,secretary of state,auditor,treasurer,and superintendent of public instruction—were up for election. The Republican Party swept all of the offices. Following Democratic governor Lester C. Hunt's election to the U.S. Senate in 1948,Republican secretary of state Arthur G. Crane had been acting as governor. Republican Congressman Frank A. Barrett was elected governor,and Republican candidates won the other statewide races.
The 2017 United States state legislative elections were held on November 7,2017. Three legislative chambers in two states held regularly scheduled elections. These off-year elections coincided with other state and local elections,including gubernatorial elections in two states.
