David Joseph Weldon is an American politician and physician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives,representing Florida's 15th congressional district,and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in Florida's 2012 U.S. Senate race.
The 1990 United States Senate elections were held on Tuesday,November 6,1990,with the 33 seats of Class 2 contested in regular elections. Special elections were also held to fill vacancies. The Democratic Party increased its majority with a net gain of one seat from the Republican Party. The election cycle took place in the middle of President George H. W. Bush's term,and,as with most other midterm elections,the party not holding the presidency gained seats in Congress. Until 2022,this had been the only election cycle where only one U.S. Senate seat flipped parties.
The 1986 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate. Held on November 4,in the middle of Ronald Reagan's second presidential term,the 34 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections. The Republicans had to defend an unusually large number of freshman Senate incumbents who had been elected on President Ronald Reagan's coattails in 1980. Democrats won a net of eight seats,defeating seven freshman incumbents,picking up two Republican-held open seats,and regaining control of the Senate for the first time since January 1981. This remains the most recent midterm election cycle in which the sitting president's party suffered net losses while still flipping a Senate seat.
The 1984 United States Senate elections were held on November 6,with the 33 seats of Class 2 contested in regular elections. They coincided with the landslide re-election of President Ronald Reagan in the presidential election. In spite of the lopsided presidential race,Reagan's Republican Party suffered a net loss of two Senate seats to the Democrats,although it retained control of the Senate with a reduced 53–47 majority. Democrats defeated incumbents in Illinois and Iowa,and won an open seat in Tennessee,while Republicans defeated an incumbent in Kentucky.
The 1980 United States Senate elections were held on November 4,coinciding with Ronald Reagan's victory in the presidential election. The 34 Senate seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections. Reagan's large margin of victory over incumbent Jimmy Carter gave a huge boost to Republican Senate candidates,allowing them to flip 12 Democratic seats and win control of the chamber for the first time since the end of the 83rd Congress in January 1955.
The 1978 United States Senate elections were held on November 7,in the middle of Democratic President Jimmy Carter's term. The 33 seats of Class 2 were contested in regular elections. Special elections were also held to fill vacancies.
The 1974 United States Senate elections were held on November 5,with the 34 seats of Class 3 contested in regular elections. They occurred in the wake of the Watergate scandal,Richard M. Nixon's resignation from the presidency,and Gerald Ford's subsequent pardon of Nixon. Economic issues,specifically inflation and stagnation,were also a factor that contributed to Republican losses. As an immediate result of the November 1974 elections,Democrats made a net gain of three seats from the Republicans,as they defeated Republican incumbents in Colorado and Kentucky and picked up open seats in Florida and Vermont,while Republicans won the open seat in Nevada. Following the elections,at the beginning of the 94th U.S. Congress,the Democratic caucus controlled 60 seats,and the Republican caucus controlled 38 seats.
The 1966 United States Senate elections were elections on November 8,1966,for the United States Senate which occurred midway through the second term of President Lyndon B. Johnson. The 33 seats of Class 2 were contested in regular elections. Special elections were also held to fill vacancies. With divisions in the Democratic base over the Vietnam War,and with the traditional mid-term advantage of the party not holding the presidency,the Republicans took three Democratic seats,thereby breaking Democrats' 2/3rds supermajority. Despite Republican gains,the balance remained overwhelmingly in favor of the Democrats,who retained a 64–36 majority. Democrats were further reduced to 63–37,following the death of Robert F. Kennedy in June 1968.
The 1954 United States Senate elections was a midterm election in the first term of Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. The 32 Senate seats of Class 2 were contested in regular elections,and six special elections were held to fill vacancies. Eisenhower's Republican party lost a net of two seats to the Democratic opposition. This small change was just enough to give Democrats control of the chamber with the support of an Independent who agreed to caucus with them,he later officially joined the party in April 1955.
The 1936 United States Senate elections coincided with the reelection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The 32 seats of Class 2 were contested in regular elections,and special elections were held to fill vacancies. The Great Depression continued and voters backed progressive candidates favoring Roosevelt's New Deal in races across the country. The Democrats gained 5 net seats during the election,and in combination with Democratic and Farmer–Labor interim appointments and the defection of George W. Norris from the Republican Party to become independent,the Republicans were reduced to 16 seats. Democrats gained a further two seats due to mid-term vacancies. The Democrats' 77 seats and their 62-seat majority remain their largest in history.
The 1932 United States Senate elections coincided with Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt's landslide victory over incumbent Herbert Hoover in the presidential election. The 32 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections,and special elections were held to fill vacancies.
The 1930 United States Senate elections occurred in the middle of Republican President Herbert Hoover's term. The 32 seats of Class 2 were contested in regular elections,and special elections were held to fill vacancies. With the Great Depression beginning to take hold,Republican incumbents became unpopular,and Democrats picked up a net of eight seats,erasing the Republican gains from the previous election cycle,however,Republicans retained control of the chamber. This was the first of four consecutive Senate elections during the Depression in which Democrats made enormous gains,achieving a cumulative pick-up of 34 seats.
The 1916 United States Senate elections were elections that coincided with the re-election of President Woodrow Wilson. This was the first election since the enactment of the Seventeenth Amendment that all 32 Class 1 senators were selected by direct or popular elections instead of state legislatures. Republicans gained a net of two seats from the Democrats,and then a furthered seat through mid-term vacancies thereby reducing Democrats to a 53-43 majority.
The 1834–35 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between July 7,1834,and November 5,1835. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 24th United States Congress convened on December 7,1835. They were held during President Andrew Jackson's second term. Elections were held for 240 seats that represented 24 states,as well as the at-large-district seat for the pending new state of Michigan.
Michael F. Brennan is an American politician who formerly served as the 87th Mayor of Portland,Maine. Brennan,a Democrat,served as State Senator from 2002 to 2006 and Senate Majority Leader and a 2008 Democratic candidate for Maine's 1st congressional district. On May 15,2011 Brennan announced his candidacy in the Portland,Maine mayoral election. On November 9,Brennan won the 15-candidate contest and became the first directly-elected mayor of Portland since 1923.
Michael L. Fair is an American politician who represented the 6th District in the South Carolina Senate. Fair,a Republican,was a state senator from 1995 to 2017.
Lee Bright is an American politician who served as the South Carolina State Senator from the 12th district from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party,his district included Spartanburg County and Greenville County. Bright unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 2014 and U.S. House of Representatives in 2018.
The 1920 United States Senate election in Arizona took place on November 2,1920. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Marcus A. Smith ran for reelection to a third term,but was defeated by former Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Arizona Territory Ralph H. Cameron in the general election. Cameron would become the first Republican elected to the office of U.S. Senator from Arizona since the state joined the union in 1912. The same year,Republican Governor Thomas Edward Campbell was reelected to a second term.
The 1962 United States Senate election in Arizona took place on November 6,1962. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Carl Hayden ran for reelection to a seventh term,defeating Republican State Senator Evan Mecham in the general election. Mecham became Governor of Arizona more than two decades later,and was subsequently impeached and removed from office.
William Richardson Timmons IV is an American attorney,entrepreneur,and politician serving as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district since 2019. His district is in the heart of the Upstate and includes Greenville,Spartanburg,and most of their suburbs. A member of the Republican Party,Timmons served as a South Carolina state senator from 2016 to 2018.
