David Rice Atchison was a mid-19th century Democratic United States Senator from Missouri. He served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate for six years. Atchison served as a major general in the Missouri State Militia in 1838 during Missouri's Mormon War and as a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War under Major General Sterling Price in the Missouri Home Guard. Some of Atchison's associates claimed that for 24 hours—Sunday,March 4,1849,through noon on Monday—he may have been Acting President of the United States. This belief,however,is dismissed by nearly all scholars.
Thomas Andrew "Tom" Daschle is an American politician and lobbyist who represented South Dakota in the United States Senate from 1987 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party,he led the Senate Democratic Caucus during the final ten years of his tenure,during which time he served as Senate Minority Leader and Majority Leader.
Samuel Dale Brownback is an American attorney,politician,and diplomat who served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011 and as the 46th governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party,Brownback also served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom during the administration of President Donald Trump and was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 2008.
Isaac Newton Skelton IV was an American politician and lawyer who served as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 4th congressional district from 1977 to 2011. During his tenure,he served as the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He was a member of the Democratic Party. On November 2,2010,he unexpectedly lost his seat to Republican Vicky Hartzler amid a Republican landslide. Notably,he was one of three Democratic committee chairmen to lose reelection in the 2010 midterm cycle,alongside House Budget Committee chairman John Spratt of South Carolina and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman Jim Oberstar of Minnesota.
The 1972 United States Senate elections were held on November 7,with the 33 seats of Class 2 contested in regular elections. They coincided with the landslide re-election of Republican President Richard Nixon. Despite Nixon's landslide victory,Democrats increased their majority by two seats. The Democrats picked up open seats in Kentucky and South Dakota,and defeated four incumbent senators:Gordon Allott of Colorado,J. Caleb Boggs of Delaware,Jack Miller of Iowa,and Margaret Chase Smith of Maine. The Republicans picked up open seats in New Mexico,North Carolina,and Oklahoma,and defeated one incumbent,William B. Spong Jr. of Virginia.
Edward Zorinsky was an American politician who served as a Democrat in the U.S. Senate from 1976 until his death in 1987. He represented Nebraska and had previously served as mayor of Omaha,elected as a Republican. He was the first Jew elected to statewide office in Nebraska.
James Alexander Reed was an American Democratic Party politician from Missouri.
Nancy Boyda is an American chemist and politician. She is a former Democratic U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district. On November 4,2008,Boyda was defeated for re-election to a second term by Kansas State Treasurer Lynn Jenkins.
The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 40 senators elected from single-member districts,each with a population of at least 60,000 inhabitants. Members of the Senate are elected to a four-year term. There is no limit to the number of terms that a senator may serve. The Kansas Senate meets at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka.
The Kansas Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Kansas and one of two major parties in the state,alongside the Republicans. The chair of the party is Jeanna Repass.
The 1994 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held November 8,1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy won re-election to his seventh term,defeating the Republican nominee,businessman Mitt Romney.
Jason David Kander is an American attorney,author,veteran,and politician. A Democrat,he served as the 39th secretary of state of Missouri,from 2013 to 2017. He had previously served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2009 to 2013. Before entering politics,he was an intelligence officer in the Army Reserve. He served in Afghanistan and achieved the rank of captain.
The Kansas 2012 general elections were held on November 6,2012. Primary elections were held on August 7,2012.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Kansas,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2020 United States Senate elections were held on November 3,2020,with the 33 class 2 seats of the Senate contested in regular elections. Of these,21 were held by Republicans,and 12 by Democrats. The winners were elected to 6-year terms from January 3,2021,to January 3,2027. Two special elections for seats held by Republicans were also held in conjunction with the general elections:one in Arizona,to fill the vacancy created by John McCain's death in 2018;and one in Georgia,following Johnny Isakson's resignation in 2019. These elections ran concurrently with the 2020 United States presidential election in which incumbent President Donald Trump lost to Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas were held on November 8,2016,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Kansas,one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on August 2.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Kansas,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 1978 United States Senate election in Kansas took place on November 7,1978. Incumbent Republican Senator James B. Pearson did not run for re-election to a third full term.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Kansas. Incumbent Republican Senator Jerry Moran was first elected in 2010,winning the seat vacated by Sam Brownback,and ran for re-election to a third term in office. Democrat Mark Holland,the former mayor of Kansas City,was Moran's opponent in the general election. Moran ultimately won the election,but his 60% share of the vote represented another decline from his first victory in 2010,and he lost Johnson County,a major suburban county that had been recently trending left in elections,for the first time in his career. Even so,he won re-election by an overwhelming margin,despite incumbent Democratic governor Laura Kelly winning re-election on the same ballot. This was the first election since 2002 where the winner of the United States Senate election in Kansas was of a different party from the winner of the concurrent gubernatorial election and the first election since 1968 where the winner of the United States Senate election in Kansas for the Class 3 Senate seat was of a different party from the winner of the concurrent gubernatorial election.
