The 1986 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate. Held on November 4,in the middle of Ronald Reagan's second presidential term,the 34 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections. The Republicans had to defend an unusually large number of freshman Senate incumbents who had been elected on President Ronald Reagan's coattails in 1980. Democrats won a net of eight seats,defeating seven freshman incumbents,picking up two Republican-held open seats,and regaining control of the Senate for the first time since January 1981. This remains the most recent midterm election cycle in which the sitting president's party suffered net losses while still flipping a Senate seat.
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.
The 2006 United States Senate elections were held on November 7,2006,with all 33 Class 1 Senate seats being contested. The term of office for those elected in 2006 ran from January 3,2007,to January 3,2013. Prior to the election cycle,the Republican Party controlled 55 of the 100 Senate seats.
The 2008 United States Senate elections were held on November 4,2008,with 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested. Thirty-three seats were up for regular elections;the winners were eligible to serve six-year terms from January 3,2009,to January 3,2015,as members of Class 2. There were also two special elections,the winners of those seats would finish the terms that ended on January 3,2013. The presidential election,which was won by Democrat Barack Obama,elections for all House of Representatives seats;elections for several gubernatorial elections;and many state and local elections occurred on the same date.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7,2006,in 36 states and two territories. The elections coincided with the midterm elections of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Michael Thomas Blouin,is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1979,representing Iowa's 2nd congressional district. He was a candidate in the 2006 race for Governor of Iowa but lost in the primary to Chet Culver.
Linda R. Greenstein is an American attorney and politician who has served since 2010 as a member of the New Jersey Senate representing the 14th legislative district. She previously served in the General Assembly from 2000 to 2010.
Mary Adelaide Lundby was a state Senator from the Iowa's 18th District. She served in the Iowa Senate from 1995 to 2009,serving as Minority Leader from 2006 to 2007 and as Co-Majority Leader in 2006. She also served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995,serving as Speaker pro Tempore from 1992 to 1994. Prior to her election to the Iowa House,Lundby had served as the co-chair of the Linn County Republican party,as a member of the Linn County Republican Central Committee,and as staff assistant to then-senator Roger Jepsen. She graduated from Upper Iowa University,majoring in Political Science and History.
In Iowa,midterm elections for the state's five congressional seats took place November 7,2006. Each race was contested,pitting the winners of the Republican and Democratic primaries conducted June 6.
Daniel J. Rasmussen is the Iowa State Representative from the 23rd District since 2011. A Republican,he had previously served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 to 2009. He received his BS from Iowa State University. He is the Executive Director for the Iowa Chapter of Land Improvement Contractors of America (ILICA).
Rod Roberts is the Iowa State Labor Commissioner. Roberts is also a former Republican gubernatorial candidate and five-term Iowa State Representative from the 51st and 80th Districts. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2001 to 2011 and was an assistant minority leader. He received his BA from Iowa Christian College,as did his wife.
Jo Oldson is an American politician serving as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives for the 41st district. A Democrat,she has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2003. Oldson was born and raised in Eagle Grove,Iowa and resides in Des Moines. She received her BA and JD from Drake University.
Janet Petersen is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Iowa Senate representing the 18th District since January 2013. She previously served as the Senate Minority Leader and has previously represented the 64th district in the Iowa House of Representatives between 2001 and 2013. She received her BA from the University of Northern Iowa and her MA from Drake University.
Eric J. Palmer is a former Iowa State Representative from the 75th District. A Democrat,he served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011.
Doug Struyk is a former Iowa State Representative from the 99th District. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 to 2011 and was an assistant minority leader. He resigned from the Iowa House in 2011 to work for the Iowa Secretary of State's office. Struyk received his B.A. from Iowa State University and his J.D. from Creighton University School of Law. He is vice president of his family's Council Bluffs,Iowa,lawn care business.
Paul C. Shomshor,Jr. is a former Iowa State Representative from the 100th District. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003,when he was elected in a special election,until 2011. He received his BA and MA from Baylor University.
The 2008 congressional elections in Colorado were held on November 4,2008 to determine who will represent the state of Colorado in the United States House of Representatives,coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected served in the 111th Congress from January 3,2009 until January 3,2011.
Dawn Marie Addiego is an American politician who represented the New Jersey's 8th legislative district in the New Jersey Senate from 2010 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served in the General Assembly from January 8,2008 to November 22,2010 as a Republican. On November 15,2010,after Phil Haines was confirmed to serve on the New Jersey Superior Court for Burlington County,that county's Republican committee nominated and appointed Addiego to fill Haines's vacant seat until the June 2011 primary and the November 2011 general election.
Sarah K. Peake is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Democrat,she has served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 2007. She represents the Fourth Barnstable district,a Cape Cod district that includes her hometown of Provincetown. She previously served on the Provincetown Board of Selectmen.
Kirsten Running-Marquardt is a Democratic Iowa State Representative,elected to represent the 33rd District in the Iowa House of Representatives since a special election in November 2009. She replaced Dick Taylor,who resigned in October 2009 to focus on his family.
