The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature,the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According to the state constitution of 1890,it is to comprise no more than 122 members elected for four-year terms. To qualify as a member of the House candidates must be at least 21 years old,a resident of Mississippi for at least four years,and a resident in the district for at least two years. Elections are held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party.
The Mississippi State Senate is the upper house of the Mississippi Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The Senate,along with the lower Mississippi House of Representatives,convenes at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson. The Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi serves as President of the Senate.
The Kentucky General Assembly,also called the Kentucky Legislature,is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It comprises the Kentucky Senate and the Kentucky House of Representatives.
The majority leader of the New York State Senate is elected by the majority of the members of the New York State Senate. The position usually coincides with the title of temporary president of the State Senate,who presides over the session of the State Senate if the lieutenant governor of New York is absent. The temporary president of the State Senate becomes acting lieutenant governor for the remainder of the unexpired term in case of a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor,or until a new lieutenant governor is appointed In case of a vacancy in the offices of both the governor and lieutenant governor at the same time,the temporary president of the State Senate becomes Acting Governor. If the double vacancy occurs until three months before the mid-term state elections,a special election for governor of New York and lieutenant governor is held. If the double vacancy occurs later,the Temporary President of the State Senate acts as governor until the end of the unexpired term. The temporary president of the State Senate retains both majority leadership and a seat in the State Senate while acting as lieutenant governor or governor.
The Arkansas State Senate is the upper branch of the Arkansas General Assembly. The Senate consists of 35 members,each representing a district with about 83,000 people. Service in the state legislature is part-time,and many state senators have full-time jobs during the rest of the year. During the current term,the Senate contains twenty-nine Republicans and six Democrats.
The Oklahoma House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Its members introduce and vote on bills and resolutions,provide legislative oversight for state agencies,and help to craft the state's budget. The upper house of the Oklahoma Legislature is the Oklahoma Senate.
The Oklahoma Senate is the upper house of the two houses of the Legislature of Oklahoma,the other being the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The total number of senators is set at 48 by the Oklahoma Constitution.
Timothy Markham Sheldon is an American farmer,businessman,and politician who served as a member of the Washington State Senate,representing the 35th District between 1997 and 2023. The district includes all of Mason County and parts of Thurston and Kitsap counties. A member of the Democratic Party,Sheldon caucused with the Republican-dominated Majority Coalition Caucus and afterwards the Republican Caucus from 2012. He previously represented Mason County as a Mason County Commissioner for District 2 from 2005 to 2017 and served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997.
William Gardner Hewes III is an American Republican politician. He is the mayor of Gulfport,Mississippi and the former President pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate.
Thomas Arlin Gollott is a businessman and former state legislator in Mississippi. A Democrat,he served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives and Mississippi Senate before becoming a Republican in 2007. He represented the 50th District from 1980 to 2020. He had served continuously in the Mississippi Legislature from 1968,when he sat as a state representative,which he served until his election as state senator in 1979. He had been a Democrat until 2007,when he switched his affiliation to Republican. In September 2017,he became the longest-serving member of the Mississippi Legislature in history. He retired from the Senate in 2020,after deciding not to run for another term.
Patrick Testin is an American Republican politician from Stevens Point,Wisconsin. He is the current President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate,since 2021,and has served in the Senate since 2017. He represents Wisconsin's 24th Senate district,which includes the cities of Stevens Point and Wisconsin Rapids in central Wisconsin.
The Fifty-seventh Oklahoma Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the government of Oklahoma,composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It met in Oklahoma City,Oklahoma from January 3,2019,to January 3,2021,during the first two years of the first administration of Governor Kevin Stitt. The November 2018 elections maintained Republican control of both the House and Senate.
Kyle Hilbert is a Republican member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the current speaker pro tempore. He has represented 29th district of the Oklahoma House of Representatives since 2016 and is the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives-elect.
Barbara Lean Blanton is an American politician from Mississippi. She represented Rankin County in the Mississippi State Senate from 1988 to 1992 and was an unsuccessful candidate for Secretary of State of Mississippi in 1995.
John Patrick Henry Culkin was an American politician,educator,and lawyer. He represented Warren County in the Mississippi State Senate from 1928 to 1951 and was the Senate's President pro Tempore from 1936 to 1940.
The 1988–1992 Mississippi Legislature met in eight sessions between January 5,1988 and January 7,1992.
The 2024–2028 Mississippi Legislature first met in January 2024. It is composed of the Mississippi State Senate and the Mississippi House of Representatives.
The 2020–2024 Mississippi Legislature was composed of the Mississippi State Senate and the Mississippi House of Representatives.
Cecil Lamar Simmons is an American politician,lawyer,and entomologist. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1972 to 1998 and was its first Speaker Pro tempore,serving from 1987 to 1992. Simmons became a leader in House reform and in 1987 led a coalition of House members to curtail the Speaker's powers,creating the position of Speaker pro tempore in the process. He then led opposition to the increasing power of the new speaker Tim Ford.
