John William Brown was an American Republican politician from Ohio. He briefly served as the 58th governor of Ohio from January 3,1957 to January 14,1957 and served as the 51st and 54th lieutenant governor of Ohio.
Rhine Lana McLin is an American Democratic politician from Ohio who served as the 54th mayor of Dayton,Ohio,from 2002 to 2010. McLin previously served as a member of both chambers of the Ohio General Assembly.
William Dennison Stephens was an American federal and state politician. A three-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1911 to 1916,Stephens was the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923. Prior to becoming Governor,Stephens served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of California from 1916 to 1917,due to the death of John Morton Eshleman,and served a brief time as Mayor of Los Angeles in 1909 due to the resignation of Arthur C. Harper. He served as the 27th Mayor of Los Angeles in 1909.
Charles John Luken is an American politician of the Democratic party who was mayor of Cincinnati,Ohio,and served in the Ohio's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Luken,who is divorced,has three children. When Luken left office at the end of 2005,he was the longest serving mayor in Cincinnati's history with 12 years and one month of service in that role.
Thomas Norman Kindness was an American politician who served six terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Ohio from January 3,1975,to January 3,1987.
The Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Ohio. Summit County Council President Elizabeth Walters has been the party's chairwoman since January 2021.
The Ohio Republican Party is the Ohio affiliate of the Republican Party. It was founded in Columbus,Ohio,in 1854.
Mark Mallory is an American politician who served as the 68th Mayor of Cincinnati,Ohio. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the first two-term Mayor under the City's new Stronger-Mayor system,the first directly elected African-American mayor,the third African-American mayor,and the first mayor in more than 70 years who did not come from City Council.
Joseph P. Sulzer is an American Democratic politician,and was mayor of Chillicothe,Ohio.
Patricia M. Clancy is a former Republican member of the Ohio General Assembly,representing the 8th District from 2005 to 2007. She is the daughter of former Cincinnati Mayor and U.S. Congressman Donald D. Clancy. Clancy first ran for the Ohio House of Representatives in 1996,after Representative Lou Blessing opted to run for the Ohio Senate. She won,and was reelected in 1998 and 2000. For the 124th Ohio General Assembly,Clancy was named as majority leader of the House. She won a final term in the House 2002,before facing term limits.
Kweisi Mfume is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Maryland's 7th congressional district,first serving from 1987 to 1996 and again since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party,Mfume first left his seat to become the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP),a position he held from 1996 to 2004. In 2006,he ran for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Paul Sarbanes,losing the Democratic primary to the eventual winner,Ben Cardin. Mfume returned to his former House seat in 2020 after it was left vacant by the death of Elijah Cummings.
The Florida Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Florida,headquartered in Tallahassee. Former commissioner of agriculture Nikki Fried is the current chair.
The 2008 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 4,2008,to elect members to the United States House of Representatives to serve in the 111th United States Congress from January 3,2009,until January 3,2011. It coincided with the election of Barack Obama as president. All 435 voting seats,as well as all 6 non-voting seats,were up for election. The Democratic Party,which won a majority of seats in the 2006 election,expanded its control in 2008.
Minnesota is known for a politically active citizenry,with populism being a longstanding force among the state's political parties. Minnesota has consistently high voter turnout,ranking highest or near-highest in recent elections. This is due in part to its same-day voter registration laws;previously unregistered voters can register on election day with evidence of residency.
John DiMaio is an American Republican Party politician,who was selected on February 21,2009 to fill the New Jersey General Assembly seat for the 23rd legislative district vacated by Marcia A. Karrow,after Karrow filled the vacancy for the New Jersey Senate in the same district. He has been co-chair of the Republican Conference,alongside Nancy Munoz,since January 14,2020. He was elected Minority Leader of the General Assembly after Jon Bramnick was elected to the State Senate.
The 2012 New York state elections took place on November 6,2012. These elections included the 2012 presidential election,an election to one U.S. Senate seat,and elections to all 27 New York congressional seats,all 63 seats in the New York State Senate,and all 150 seats in the New York State Assembly.
The 2017 United States elections were held,in large part,on Tuesday,November 7,2017. This off-year election featured gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey,as well as state legislative elections in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and in the Virginia House of Delegates. Numerous citizen initiatives,mayoral races,and a variety of other local elections also occurred. Special elections were also held for one seat of the U.S. Senate,representing Alabama,and six seats of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Democrats picked up the governorship in New Jersey and the Alabama Senate seat that was up for a special election. The governorship in Virginia and the six House seats that were up for special elections did not change party hands.
The Ohio general elections,2018,were held on November 6,2018,throughout Ohio.
The 2020 United States state legislative elections were held on November 3,2020,for 86 state legislative chambers in 44 states. Across the fifty states,approximately 65 percent of all upper house seats and 85 percent of all lower house seats were up for election. Nine legislative chambers in the five permanently-inhabited U.S. territories and the federal district of Washington,D.C. also held elections. The elections took place concurrently with several other federal,state,and local elections,including the presidential election,U.S. Senate elections,U.S. House elections,and gubernatorial elections.
The 2026 United States Senate elections are scheduled to be held on November 3,2026,with 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested in regular elections,the winners of which will serve six-year terms in the United States Congress from January 3,2027,to January 3,2033. Senators are divided into three groups,or classes,whose terms are staggered so that a different class is elected every two years. Class 2 senators were last elected in 2020,and will be up for election in this cycle.
