Charles Warren Fairbanks was an American politician who served as the 26th vice president of the United States under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1905 to 1909. A member of the Republican Party,Fairbanks was previously a senator from Indiana from 1897 to 1905.
Timothy John Ryan is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative for Ohio from 2003 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented Ohio's 13th congressional district from 2013 to 2023,having previously represented Ohio's 17th congressional district from 2003 to 2013. Ryan's district included a large swath of northeastern Ohio,from Youngstown to Akron. He was the Democratic nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio,which he lost to JD Vance.
James Joseph McDermott is an American politician and a former member of the King County Council. He previously served ten years as a state legislator:seven years in the Washington House of Representatives and three in the Washington State Senate. In 2023,he announced that he would not seek re-election.
Rubén Marinelarena Gallego is an American politician who is a United States senator-elect from Arizona. He has served as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 3rd congressional district since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,Gallego was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives,where he was assistant minority leader from 2012 until he resigned to run for Congress. Gallego was first elected to Congress in 2014. His district includes most of southern,western,and downtown Phoenix,and part of Glendale,where he served four terms in the House.
Joseph Hadden Hogsett is an American attorney,prosecutor,and politician who is the 49th mayor of Indianapolis,Indiana. Prior to being elected,Hogsett served as the Secretary of State of Indiana from 1989 to 1994 and as the Chairman of the Indiana Democratic Party from 2003 to 2004. He was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1992,for Indiana's 2nd congressional district in 1994 and for Attorney General of Indiana in 2004. He most recently served as the United States attorney for the Southern District of Indiana from 2010 to 2014. On November 3,2015,he won the race for Mayor of Indianapolis in the 2015 election. He won reelection to a second term in 2019. In 2023,he won reelection to a third term in office.
Stephanie Clayton is an American politician who has served as a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 19th district since 2013. She was elected as a Republican,but after winning reelection on November 9,2018,with 58.9% of the vote,she announced she was changing her party affiliation on December 19,2018.
Eric Joseph Holcomb is an American politician who has served since 2017 as the 51st governor of Indiana. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 51st lieutenant governor of Indiana from 2016 to 2017 under Governor Mike Pence,who left the governorship in 2017 to become the vice president of the United States. Holcomb was nominated to fill the remainder of Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann's term after she resigned on March 2,2016,to become president of Ivy Tech Community College. He won the 2016 election for governor of Indiana over Democratic nominee John R. Gregg. Holcomb was reelected in 2020 over Democratic nominee Woody Myers and Libertarian nominee Donald Rainwater.
Erin Suzanne Houchin is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Indiana's 9th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,she represented the 47th district in the Indiana Senate from 2014 to 2022.
The 2022 United States Senate elections were held on November 8,2022,concurrently with other midterm elections at the federal,state,and local levels. Regularly scheduled elections were held for 34 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate,the winners of which will serve 6-year terms beginning with the 118th United States Congress. 2 special elections were held to complete unexpired terms. While pundits considered the Republican Party a slight favorite to gain control of the Senate,the Democrats outperformed expectations and expanded the majority they had held since 2021,gaining a seat for a functioning 51–49 majority.
The Congressional Constitution Caucus is a congressional caucus made up of 41 members of the United States Congress. The caucus was founded in 2005;it had 37 members the first year it was founded.
Rebecca A. Balint is an American politician who is a member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's at-large congressional district as a member of the Democratic Party. She served as a member of the Vermont Senate from Windham County from 2015 to 2023,as majority leader from 2017 to 2021,and as president pro tempore from 2021 to 2023.
John Flanders Kennedy is an American politician. He is a member of the Georgia State Senate from the 18th district and has been serving since 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The Problem Solvers Caucus is a group in the United States House of Representatives that has included members equally divided between Democrats and Republicans,with the Caucus' stated goal of fostering bipartisan cooperation on key policy issues. The group was created in January 2017 as an outgrowth of meetings held by political organization No Labels as early as 2014. It is co-chaired by Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) as of 2021.
Kelly Louise Morrison is an American physician and politician who is the U.S. Representative-elect for Minnesota's 3rd congressional district. Morrison was a member of the Minnesota Senate from 2023 to 2024. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party,she represented District 45 in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes the cities of Minnetonka,Mound,Minnetrista,and Orono in Hennepin County. She served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023.
The 2024 United States Senate elections were held on November 5,2024,as part of the 2024 United States elections. Regularly scheduled elections were held for 33 out of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate,plus one seat in a special election. Senators are divided into 3 classes whose 6-year terms are staggered so that a different class is elected every 2 years. Class 1 senators faced election in 2024. Republicans flipped four Democratic-held seats,regaining a Senate majority for the first time since 2021.
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.
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. This was also the first time since 1988 that a Republican nominee won the gubernatorial election in American Samoa and also the first time since 1996 that an incumbent governor there lost re-election.
Daniel A. Fister is an American politician and Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Kentucky's 56th House district since January 2021. His district is composed of Woodford County as well as parts of Franklin and Jessamine counties.
The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 5,2024,as part of the 2024 United States elections,to elect representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states,as well as 6 non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and the inhabited U.S. territories to the United States House of Representatives. Special elections have also been held on various dates in 2024. Numerous other federal,state,and local elections,including the U.S. presidential election and elections to the Senate,were also held on this date. The winners of this election will serve in the 119th United States Congress,with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2020 United States census.
The 2024 Indiana Senate election was held on November 5,2024 as a part of the biennial elections in the U.S. state of Indiana,coinciding with other elections in the state,including for U.S. president,U.S. House,Indiana governor,and Indiana House,as well as various other state and local elections. The primary elections took place on May 7th,2024. Voters have elected members in 25 of the 50 seats in the Indiana Senate to serve four-year terms in single-member constituencies.
