Patrick Timothy McHenry is an American politician currently serving as U.S. representative for North Carolina's 10th congressional district since 2005,which includes the communities of Hickory and Mooresville. He is also chair of the House Financial Services Committee since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for one term before being elected to Congress.
The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida,the Florida Senate being the upper house. Article III,Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida,adopted in 1968,defines the role of the Legislature and how it is to be constituted. The House is composed of 120 members,each elected from a single-member district with a population of approximately 180,000 residents. Legislative districts are drawn on the basis of population figures,provided by the federal decennial census. Representatives' terms begin immediately upon their election.
Charles Joseph Crist Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011 and as the U.S. representative for Florida's 13th congressional district from 2017 to 2022. Crist has been a member of the Democratic Party since 2012;he was previously a Republican before becoming an independent in 2010.
The 2006 United States elections were held on Tuesday,November 7,2006,in the middle of Republican President George W. Bush's second term. In a political revolution that broke twelve years of Republican rule,the Democratic Party was swept into majorities in Congress,the governorships,and state legislatures across the country. This marked the first and only time either party achieved such a feat since the 1994 elections. These elections were widely categorized as a Democratic wave.
Florida's 8th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was reassigned in 2012,effective January 2013,from the inland central part of Florida to the central Atlantic coast. The district includes Titusville,Melbourne,Cocoa,and Cape Canaveral,Florida. The district includes all of Brevard County,as well as all of Indian River County and parts of Orange County. The district also includes the Kennedy Space Center.
Elections in Florida are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in even-numbered years,as provided for in Article 6 of the Florida Constitution. For state elections,the Governor of Florida,Lieutenant Governor,and the members of the Florida Cabinet,and members of the Florida Senate are elected every four years;members of the Florida House of Representatives are elected every two years. In national elections,Florida plays an important role as the largest bellwether state,occasionally determining the outcome of elections for U.S. President —as it did in 1876 and in 2000.
Elections in Oregon are all held using a Vote by Mail (VBM) system. This means that all registered voters receive their ballots via postal delivery and can vote from their homes. A state Voters’Pamphlet is mailed to every household in Oregon about three weeks before each statewide election. It includes information about each measure and candidate in the upcoming election.
The 2018 United States Senate elections were held on November 6,2018. Among the 100 seats,the 33 of Class 1 were contested in regular elections while 2 others were contested in special elections due to Senate vacancies in Minnesota and Mississippi. The regular election winners were elected to 6-year terms running from January 3,2019,to January 3,2025. Senate Democrats had 26 seats up for election,while Senate Republicans had 9 seats up for election.
The 2018 United States elections were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018. These midterm elections occurred during Incumbent Republican President Donald Trump's term. Although the Republican Party increased its majority in the Senate,unified Republican control of Congress and the White House was brought to an end when the Democratic Party won control of the House of Representatives in what was widely characterized as a "blue wave" election.
The 2022 United States elections were held on November 8,2022,with the exception of absentee balloting. During this U.S. midterm election,which occurred during the term of incumbent president Joe Biden of the Democratic Party,all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were contested to determine the 118th United States Congress. Thirty-nine state and territorial U.S. gubernatorial elections,as well as numerous state and local elections,were also contested. This was the first election affected by the 2022 U.S. redistricting that followed the 2020 U.S. census. The Democratic Party's trifecta was replaced by a split Congress after the Republican Party narrowly regained control of the House,while Democrats slightly expanded their majority in the Senate.
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.
The 2017 Virginia House of Delegates election was held on Tuesday,November 7. All 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates were contested. The Republican Party held a 66–34 majority in the House of Delegates before the election but lost 15 seats to the Democratic Party,resulting in the Republicans holding a 50–49 advantage. After a recount,the result of the election in the 94th district was called a tie. The candidate to hold the seat was determined by random drawing on January 4,2018,which resulted in the Republicans holding a 51–49 majority.
Joe Gruters was the Chairman of the Florida Republican Party from 2018 to 2022,and is a member of the Florida Senate representing the 22nd District,which consists of Sarasota County and part of Charlotte County. He was previously a member of the Florida House of Representatives. Earlier in his career,Gruters worked on the campaign of U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan as campaign manager and was vice chairman of the Republican Party of Florida and chairman of the Republican Party of Sarasota.
Byron Lowell Donalds is an American politician and financial professional serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 19th congressional district since 2021. His district,which was once represented by former senator Connie Mack III and former CIA Director Porter Goss,serves most of the heart of Southwest Florida,including Cape Coral,Fort Myers,Bonita Springs,Estero,and Naples.
Postal voting in the United States,also referred to as mail-in voting or vote by mail,is a form of absentee ballot in the United States,in which a ballot is mailed to the home of a registered voter,who fills it out and returns it by postal mail or drops it off in-person at a secure drop box or voting center. Postal voting reduces staff requirements at polling centers during an election. All-mail elections can save money,while a mix of voting options can cost more. In some states,ballots may be sent by the Postal Service without prepayment of postage.
Alabama state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday,November 3,2020. Its primary elections were held on March 3,2020,with runoffs taking place on July 31.
Florida state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday,November 3,2020. Aside from its presidential primaries held on March 17,its primary elections were held on August 18,2020.
Following the 2020 United States presidential election and the unsuccessful attempts by Donald Trump and various other Republican officials to overturn it,Republican lawmakers initiated a sweeping effort to make voting laws more restrictive within several states across the country. According to the Brennan Center for Justice,as of October 4,2021,more than 425 bills that would restrict voting access have been introduced in 49 states—with 33 of these bills enacted across 19 states so far. The bills are largely centered around limiting mail-in voting,strengthening voter ID laws,shortening early voting,eliminating automatic and same-day voter registration,curbing the use of ballot drop boxes,and allowing for increased purging of voter rolls. Republicans in at least eight states have also introduced bills that would give lawmakers greater power over election administration after they were unsuccessful in their attempts to overturn election results in swing states won by Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the 2020 election. The efforts garnered press attention and public outrage from Democrats,and by 2023 Republicans had adopted a more "under the radar" approach to achieve their goals.
The Election Integrity Act of 2021,originally known as the Georgia Senate Bill 202,is a law in the U.S. state of Georgia overhauling elections in the state. It replaced signature matching requirements on absentee ballots with voter identification requirements,limits the use of ballot drop boxes,expands in-person early voting,bars officials from sending out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms,reduces the amount of time people have to request an absentee ballot,increases voting stations or staff and equipment where there have been long lines,makes it a crime for outside groups to give free food or water to voters waiting in line in order to solicit votes,gives the Georgia General Assembly greater control over election administration,and shortens runoff elections,among other provisions.
Kristina Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez,also known by her initials MGP,is an American politician and businesswoman. A member of the Democratic Party,she has been the U.S. representative for Washington's 3rd congressional district since 2023.
