Maxwell Sieben Baucus is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party,he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years,making him the longest-serving U.S. senator in Montana history. President Barack Obama appointed Baucus to replace Gary Locke as the 11th U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China,a position he held from 2014 until 2017.
Olympia Jean Snowe is an American businesswoman and politician who was a United States Senator from Maine from 1995 to 2013. Snowe,a member of the Republican Party,became known for her ability to influence the outcome of close votes,including whether to end filibusters. In 2006,she was named one of America's Best Senators by Time magazine. Throughout her Senate career,she was considered one of the most moderate members of the chamber.
Louise Clare Pratt is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Western Australia since 2016,and previously from 2008 to 2014. She is a member of the Labor Party,and served as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2001 to 2007. She was the youngest woman ever elected to the Legislative Council at the time of her election and the second open lesbian to be elected to an Australian parliament.
Carol Ronen is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of both houses of the Illinois General Assembly.
Jennifer L. Veiga is a former American attorney and politician from Colorado. Veiga is a former Democrat member of Colorado House of Representatives and member of Colorado's 31st Senate district,covering downtown and north-central Denver.
Adam Paul Ebbin is an American politician who is the senator from the 39th District of the Virginia Senate since January 2024. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously represented the 39th Senate District from 2012 to 2024 and served in the Virginia House of Delegates from the 49th District from 2004 to 2012.
Nicole LeFavour is an American politician and educator from Idaho who served as an Idaho State Senator from 2008 to 2012. LeFavour had previously served in the Idaho House of Representatives from 2004 to 2008.
Haysel Diane Sands is an American politician from Montana. As a Democrat,she served in the Montana State Senate,representing the 49th senate district in Missoula,Montana. Previously,she served in the Montana House of Representatives representing first the 66th district and then the renumbered 95th district.
The 2008 United States elections were held on Tuesday,November 4,2008,during the war on terror and the onset of the Great Recession. It was considered a Democratic wave election,with Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois defeating Senator John McCain of Arizona by a wide margin,and the Democrats bolstering their majorities in both chambers of Congress,thereby marking the first time since 1992 in which the Democrats won Congress and the presidency in one election.
Michael R. Cooney is an American politician who served as the 36th lieutenant governor of Montana from 2016 to 2021. He previously served in the Montana House of Representatives (1977–1981),as the secretary of state of Montana (1989–2001),in the Montana Senate (2003–2011),as the president of the Montana Senate (2007–2009) and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Montana in 2000. Cooney was the Democratic nominee for governor of Montana in the 2020 election,losing to Republican U.S. Representative Greg Gianforte.
Jonathan Windy Boy is an American politician,currently serving as a member of the Montana House of Representatives. From 2008 to 2016,he served in the Montana Senate. In 2019,he stepped down from legislative duties after being found guilty of sexual misconduct. The sexual misconduct stemmed from inappropriate texts he sent in 2017 to female colleagues between mid-August and October. Allegations and anecdotes began circulating of his history sexual misconduct on the reservation. He ran for re-election as Representative of District 32 and served in the 2021 session.
Kim J. Gillan,is an American politician and former Democratic Party member of the Montana Senate. She represented District 24 from 2004 to 2012. She was unable to run for reelection in 2012 due to Montana's term limits. Earlier she was a member of the Montana House of Representatives from 1996 through 2004. On June 21,2011,she announced that she would be a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives for the open seat in Montana's At-large congressional district that was available in the 2012 election due to incumbent Denny Rehberg's decision to run against U.S. Senator Jon Tester. Gillan was defeated by Republican businessman Steve Daines in the November 2012 general election.
Corey Stapleton is an American politician and musician who served as the Secretary of State of Montana from 2017 to 2021. A Republican,he served as a member of the Montana State Senate from 2001 to 2009.
Bryce Bennett is an American politician from Montana. As a Democrat,he served in the Montana Senate from 2019 to 2021,and represented the 50th senate district based in Missoula. He previously served in the Montana House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019.
Kelly Cassidy is an American politician from Chicago. She is a Democrat and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives. She was appointed to represent the 14th district,on Chicago's North Side,in April 2011 following incumbent Harry Osterman's election to the Chicago City Council. She took office on May 16,2011. Most notably Kelly Cassidy was the chief sponsor of House Bill 1438,making Illinois the first state to legalize the Adult-Use of Cannabis through legislature as opposed to a ballot measure.
Matthew Martin Rosendale Sr. is an American politician. A Republican,Rosendale represents Montana's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Rosendale served in the Montana House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013,and in the Montana Senate from 2013 to 2017. From 2015 to 2017,he served as Senate majority leader. Rosendale was elected Montana state auditor in 2016 and held that position from 2017 to 2020. Rosendale ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014 and for the U.S. Senate in 2018. He was elected to represent Montana's at-large congressional district in 2020. After Montana regained its second House seat in the 2020 census,Rosendale was elected to represent the new 2nd congressional district in 2022.
Angie Buhl O'Donnell is an American politician from Sioux Falls,South Dakota. A member of the Democratic Party,she served in the South Dakota Senate from 2011 to 2017,where she represented the Minnehaha County-based 15th district. She was the first openly LGBT member of the South Dakota Legislature.
Kim Abbott is an American politician. She has served as a Democratic member of the Montana House of Representatives for District 83 since 2017. Following the 2020 Montana House of Representatives election,she was selected as the House Minority Leader for the term beginning 2021.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Montana was held on November 3,2020,to elect the U.S. representative from Montana's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections.
A general election in the state of Montana was held on Tuesday,November 3,2020,with the primary elections being held on June 2,2020. Voters will elect one member to United States House of Representatives and all five state constitutional offices,among other elected offices.
