Calumet City is a city in Cook County,Illinois,United States. The population was 36,033 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.
Joseph Eugene Kernan III was an American businessman and Democratic politician who served as the 48th governor of Indiana from 2003 to 2005. He previously served as the 47th lieutenant governor of Indiana from 1997 to 2003 under Frank O'Bannon and succeeded the governorship after O'Bannon's death. Kernan had also served nearly a year as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War.
Danny Lee Burton is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Indiana's 5th congressional district,and previously the 6th district,serving from 1983 until 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party and was part of the Tea Party Caucus.
Mark Edward Souder was an American politician and businessman from Indiana. A Republican,he was a U.S. Representative from 1995 to 2010.
Bennie Gordon Thompson is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party,Thompson served as the chair of the Committee on Homeland Security from 2007 to 2011 and from 2019 to 2023. He was both the first Democrat and the first African American to chair the committee. He is the dean of Mississippi's congressional delegation since 2018 after Thad Cochran left Congress,as well as its only Democrat.
Earl Fredrick Landgrebe was an American politician and businessman who served as a Republican senator in the Indiana Senate and member of the United States House of Representatives. During the Watergate scandal he defended President Richard Nixon,which cost him his seat in the 1974 congressional election.
The 2008 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 4,2008. Incumbent Republican nominee Mitch Daniels was challenged by Democratic nominee Jill Long Thompson and Libertarian nominee Andy Horning. Daniels easily won reelection,defeating Long Thompson by over 17 points. Despite Daniels' landslide victory,Barack Obama narrowly carried Indiana in the concurrent presidential election;the only Democratic candidate to do so since 1964. As of 2024,this is the last election Marion County would vote Republican for governor and a statewide race.
Floyd James Fithian was an American educator and politician who served as a United States Representative from Indiana as a Democrat. He was one of the forty nine Watergate Babies who won election to the House of Representatives in the wake of the Watergate scandal during the 1974 House elections with Fithian himself defeating Earl Landgrebe,who became infamous for his stalwart defense of President Richard Nixon. He was one of the fourteen members of the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) and believed that the Kennedy assassination in 1963 was orchestrated by members of organized crime.
Dick Thompson Morgan was an American educator,lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma from 1909 to 1920.
Ryan Michael Dvorak is an American politician from the state of Indiana. A member of the Democratic Party,Dvorak is a member of the Indiana House of Representatives,representing the 8th District since 2002.
Glenn William "GT" Thompson Jr. is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he was first elected to Congress in 2008 for the state's 5th congressional district;Thompson was redistricted to the 15th congressional district in the 2018 election by an order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Since 2023,he has chaired the House Agriculture Committee. Thompson is set to become the dean of the Pennsylvania's Congressional delegation in 2025 following the defeat of Senator Bob Casey Jr.
Sean R. Eberhart is an American politician and businessperson. He was a Republican member of the Indiana House of Representatives,representing the 57th District,from 2007 to 2022. He served on the Shelby County Council from 1998 to 2006,and as its president from 2003 to 2006. He served on the County Council's 4th district. He retired from political life in 2022.
Bruce Alan Borders is the current State Representative for the 45th District in the Indiana House of Representatives. He is also a former mayor of the town of Jasonville,Indiana. He is also an Elvis impersonator.
John Richard Gregg is an American politician,businessman and attorney who served as the 85th and longest-serving Democratic speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1996 to 2003. He served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1987 to 2003.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Wisconsin took place on November 6,2012,alongside a U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Herb Kohl retired instead of running for re-election to a fifth term. This was the first open Senate seat in Wisconsin since 1988,when Kohl won his first term.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election,an election to the U.S. Senate,and a gubernatorial election.
Allen Lucas Messer is an American politician and lobbyist who represented Indiana's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014,to elect the 18 U.S. representatives from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections,including the Governor of Pennsylvania and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.
Timothy Neal Brown is an American politician who is a Republican member of the Indiana House of Representatives,representing the 41st District since 1994. He was elected to chair of the House Ways and Means Committee in 2012. On September 12,2018,Brown was injured in a motorcycle accident. He retired from political life in 2022.
Gerald R. Torr is an American politician. He was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from the 39th District,serving from 1996 to 2024. He is a member of the Republican Party. In 2023,Torr announced he would not be running for another term.
