The 1990 United States Senate elections were held on Tuesday,November 6,1990,with the 33 seats of Class 2 contested in regular elections. Special elections were also held to fill vacancies. The Democratic Party increased its majority with a net gain of one seat from the Republican Party. The election cycle took place in the middle of President George H. W. Bush's term,and as with most other midterm elections,the party not holding the presidency gained seats in Congress. This was the first time since 1980 that any party successfully defended all their own seats,and the first time Democrats did so since 1958.
The 1980 United States Senate elections were held on November 4,coinciding with Ronald Reagan's victory in the presidential election. The 34 Senate seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections. Reagan's large margin of victory over incumbent Jimmy Carter gave a huge boost to Republican Senate candidates,allowing them to flip 12 Democratic seats and win control of the chamber for the first time since the end of the 83rd Congress in January 1955. This was the first time since 1966 that any party successfully defended all their own seats.
The Statesman Journal is the major daily newspaper published in Salem,Oregon,United States. Founded in 1851 as the Oregon Statesman,it later merged with the Capital Journal to form the current newspaper,the second-oldest in Oregon. The Statesman Journal is distributed in Salem,Keizer,and portions of the mid-Willamette Valley. The average weekday circulation was 27,859,with Sunday's readership listed at 36,323,in 2012.. It is owned,along with the neighboring Stayton Mail and Silverton Appeal Tribune,by the national Gannett Company.
Dennis Michael Richardson was an American attorney,businessman,and politician who served as the 26th Secretary of State of Oregon from 2017 until his death in 2019. Richardson was from Central Point,Oregon and served six terms in the Oregon House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party. He represented House District 4,which included portions of Jackson and Josephine counties,and was the Republican nominee for Governor of Oregon in the 2014 election,losing to incumbent Democrat John Kitzhaber.
ChristineKotek is an American politician serving as the 39th governor of Oregon since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Kotek served eight terms as the state representative from the 44th district of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2007 to 2022,as majority leader of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013,and as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2013 to 2022. She won the 2022 Oregon gubernatorial election,defeating Republican nominee Christine Drazan and independent candidate Betsy Johnson.
The Independent Party of Oregon (IPO) is a centrist political party in the U.S. state of Oregon with more than 140,000 registrants since its inception in January 2007. The IPO is Oregon's third-largest political party and the first political party other than the Democratic Party and Republican Party to be recognized by the state of Oregon as a major political party.
Walter Kurt Schrader is an American politician and veterinarian who served as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 5th congressional district from 2009 to 2023. His district covered most of Oregon's central coast,plus Salem,and many of Portland's southern suburbs,and a sliver of Portland itself. A member of the Democratic Party,Schrader served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly from 1997 to 2008.
Vicki Berger is an American businessperson and politician in the state of Oregon. A native Oregonian,she is a Salem civic leader and a former Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives. Her father,Richard Chambers,came up with the idea for the Oregon Bottle Bill.
The 2016 Oregon gubernatorial special election took place on November 8,2016,to elect the Governor of Oregon,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives,other gubernatorial elections and various state and local elections.
The North Carolina Council of State elections of 2016 were held on November 8,2016 to select the ten officers of the North Carolina Council of State. This elections coincided with the presidential election,elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the Senate and state elections to the General Assembly and judiciary. Primary elections were held March 15.
Anna M. Peterson is an American politician who served as Mayor of Salem,the state capital of Oregon,from 2011 until 2016. She is married to Edwin J. Peterson,who was Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1983 until 1991. A Republican,and the third woman to hold the non-partisan office,Peterson became mayor on January 11,2011,when she succeeded Janet Taylor.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 8,2016. Primary elections were held on May 17,2016.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 8,2022,in 36 states and three territories. As most governors serve four-year terms,the last regular gubernatorial elections for all but two of the seats took place in the 2018 U.S. gubernatorial elections. The gubernatorial elections took place concurrently with several other federal,state,and local elections,as part of the 2022 midterm elections.
Albert Harry Densmore,also known as Al Densmore,is an American politician and businessman from Medford,Oregon. He served three terms as a Democrat in the Oregon House of Representatives. During his last term,he was speaker pro tempore in the House of Representatives. After leaving the legislature,Densmore was elected mayor of Medford and later served on the Medford city council.
Henry Semon,also known as Hank Semon,was a potato farmer and politician from Oregon. He served twelve terms in the Oregon House of Representatives,making him one of the longest serving members of that body. A conservative Democrat from a rural district,Semon was known for his ability to work with Republicans in the state legislature. As a result,he served as chairman of the powerful ways and means committee for nine terms,serving in that position under both Democratic and Republican majorities. He was also an innovative farmer,who brought a new potato variety into common use in south central Oregon.
Ira Francis Marion Butler was an American politician who served in the Oregon Territorial House of Representatives and the Oregon House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party. He served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1857 to 1858,which was the last session before Oregon's statehood. Before immigrating to Oregon,Butler served as sheriff of Warren County,Illinois,and was circuit court clerk for Stephen A. Douglas when he was an Illinois judge. After moving to Oregon in 1853,he operated a farm in Polk County and was later the county's judge.
William Myron King,also known as Colonel King for most of his life,was an American pioneer merchant and Oregon state legislator. He served four terms in Oregon's territorial legislature. This included one term as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives during the 1851 legislative session. Before immigrating to Oregon,King lived and worked in New York,Pennsylvania,Ohio,and Missouri. After moving to Oregon in 1848,he became a merchant in Portland,and was later the county judge for Multnomah County and a member of Portland's city council.
Chris Hoy is an American politician and retired law enforcement officer who is the current mayor of Salem,Oregon. He also formerly served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 21st district. He was appointed to the House on December 8,2021. In 2022,he won the election for mayor of Salem,and was set to take office in 2023. However,following the resignation of Chuck Bennett,the former mayor of Salem,Hoy took office on November 2,2022,instead.
