Timothy James Pawlenty is an American attorney,businessman,and politician who served from 2003 to 2011 as the 39th governor of Minnesota. A member of the Republican Party,Pawlenty served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003,and as House Majority Leader from 1999 to 2003. He unsuccessfully ran for the Republican presidential nomination in the 2012 presidential election.
The 2006 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 7,2006. Incumbent Tim Pawlenty was endorsed by the state Republican convention on June 2,2006,while the state Democratic–Farmer–Labor convention endorsed Mike Hatch on June 10,2006. The party primaries took place on September 12,2006,with Hatch defeating DFL challengers Becky Lourey and Ole Savior and incumbent Pawlenty defeating Sue Jeffers. In the November 7 general election,Pawlenty received a plurality of the votes,defeating Hatch by a margin of 1%. As a result,this election was the closest race of the 2006 gubernatorial election cycle.
Sialega Malaetasi Mauga Togafau was an American Samoan politician,judge,and lawyer. He was a member of the American Samoa House of Representatives,American Samoa's first Administrative Law Judge,and ultimately Attorney General.
General elections were held in American Samoa on November 4,2008,to elect a governor,members of the House of Representative,and a delegate to the United States House of Representatives,as well as a referendum on a legislative override of the governor's veto. The elections were held as part of the wider 2008 United States general election.
The government of American Samoa consists of a locally elected governor,lieutenant governor and the American Samoa Fono,which consists of an 18-member Senate and a 21-member House of Representatives. The first popular election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor took place in 1977. Candidates for the offices run together on a joint ticket. The first woman to run for election was Arieta Enesi Mulitauaopele in 1977.
Afoafouvale Leulumoegafou Suʻesuʻe Lutu was an American Samoan politician and attorney. Lutu has served as the former attorney general of American Samoa in two different administrations. He was a former senator from the district of Maʻopūtasi,serving the villages of Fagatogo,Utulei and Fagaʻalu. He was the last known holder of the high chief title,Afoafouvale.
Nua Mailo Saoluaga is an American Samoan politician. He served as the Speaker of the American Samoa House of Representatives from 1997 until 2002,and as a Senator from 2013 to 2021.
Michelle Louise Helene Fischbach is an American attorney and politician who is the U.S. representative from Minnesota's 7th congressional district. The district,which is very rural,is Minnesota's largest by area and includes most of the western part of the state. A Republican,Fischbach served as the 49th lieutenant governor of Minnesota from 2018 until 2019. As of 2024,she is the last Republican to have held statewide office in Minnesota.
Lemanu Palepoi SialegāMauga is an American Samoan politician who is serving as the eighth governor of American Samoa since January 3,2021. A member of the Democratic Party,Mauga served as a senator in the American Samoa Senate,where he became the chairman of both the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
Jon Koznick is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2015. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,Koznick represents District 57A in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes the city of Lakeville and parts of Dakota and Scott Counties.
Jamie Becker-Finn is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2017. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Becker-Finn represents District 42B in the northeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes the cities of Roseville and Shoreview and parts of Ramsey County,Minnesota.
The attorney general of American Samoa is the chief law enforcement officer and chief legal advisor to the American Samoa government.
General elections were held in American Samoa on 3 November 2020. Voters elected a governor and lieutenant governor,members of the House of Representatives and the American Samoan delegate to the United States Congress. Incumbent Governor of American Samoa Lolo Matalasi Moliga was not eligible for reelection due to term limits. In American Samoa,gubernatorial candidates run on a non-partisan basis and as a slate together with their lieutenant governor candidate.
The 2022 Minnesota Attorney General election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the attorney general of the U.S. state of Minnesota. Incumbent DFLer Keith Ellison narrowly won reelection to a second term against Republican challenger Jim Schultz.
Tuatagaloa Aumua Ming Leung Wai is a Samoan lawyer. He served as Attorney-General of Samoa from 2006 to 2016.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 5,2024,in 11 states and two territories. The previous gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2020,except in New Hampshire and Vermont,where governors only serve two-year terms and elected their governors in 2022. In addition to state gubernatorial elections,the territories of American Samoa and Puerto Rico held elections for their governors.
Tuaolo Manaia Fruean is an American Samoan politician,judge,and civil servant. He has served in both the American Samoa House of Representatives and the American Samoa Senate,and as Commissioner of Public Safety in the Cabinet of Governor Togiola Tulafono. Since 2021 he has been President of the American Samoa Senate.
Lemalu Hermann Retzlaff is a Samoan New Zealander lawyer. He served as Attorney-General of Samoa from 2016 to 2020. He is the son of former attorney-general and deputy prime minister Misa Telefoni Retzlaff.
Events from 2021 in American Samoa.
Events from 2022 in American Samoa.
