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James Johnston Blanchard is an American retired attorney,diplomat,and politician who served as the 45th governor of Michigan from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Democratic Party,Blanchard previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983,and later as the as United States Ambassador to Canada from 1993 to 1996.
Richard Joseph Hughes was an American lawyer,politician,and judge. A Democrat,he served as the 45th governor of New Jersey from 1962 to 1970,and as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1973 to 1979. Hughes is the only person to have served New Jersey as both governor and chief justice. Hughes was also the first Roman Catholic governor in New Jersey's history.
Donald Thomas DiFrancesco is a retired American politician who served as the 51st governor of New Jersey from 2001 to 2002. He succeeded Christine Todd Whitman after her resignation to become Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. A member of the Republican Party,DiFrancesco previously was President of the New Jersey Senate from 1992 to 2002.
John Orus Bennett III is an American former politician from New Jersey. A member of the Republican Party,he served as a state senator,and between 2002 and 2004,as president of the state senate. Bennett served as acting governor of New Jersey for four days in January 2002.
Harry Micajah Daugherty was an American politician. A key Ohio Republican political insider,he is best remembered for his service as Attorney General of the United States under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge,as well as for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal during Harding's presidency.
Donald Edgar "Buz" Lukens was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. His political career ended in 1990 when he was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Six years later,he was convicted for accepting a bribe during his time in Congress.
William BartSaxbe was an American diplomat and politician affiliated with the Republican Party,who served as a U.S. Senator for Ohio,and was the Attorney General for Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford,and as the U.S. Ambassador to India.
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1959 and in the U.S. Senate,from 1959 to 1977. He served as Senate Minority Leader from 1969 to 1977.
Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn is an American businessman and politician who served as the 43rd governor of Tennessee from 1971 to 1975. He was the state's first Republican governor in fifty years. Dunn was an unsuccessful candidate for a second term in 1986,losing to Democrat Ned McWherter. He has remained active in the Republican Party and the medical field since the end of his term as governor.
Brereton Chandler Jones is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. From 1987 to 1991,he served as the 50th lieutenant governor of Kentucky and from 1991 to 1995,he was the state's 58th governor. He now chairs the Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP),a lobbying organization for the Kentucky horse industry.
Michael B. Coleman is an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the 52nd mayor of Columbus,Ohio. He was the first African-American to serve as the mayor of Ohio's capital city.
The 1976 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate that coincided with Democratic Jimmy Carter's presidential election and the United States Bicentennial celebration. Although almost half of the seats decided in this election changed parties,Carter's narrow victory did not provide coattails for the Democrats,and the balance of the chamber remained the same.
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. 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. Despite Republican gains,the balance remained overwhelmingly in favor of the Democrats,who retained a 64–36 majority. These were also the first elections held after enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. As of 2022,this is the most recent Senate election in which no House incumbents were elected to the Senate.
The 1964 United States Senate elections coincided with the election of President Lyndon B. Johnson by an overwhelming majority,to a full term. His Democratic Party picked up a net two seats from the Republicans. As of 2022,this was the last time either party has had a two-thirds majority in the Senate,which would have hypothetically allowed the Senate Democrats to override a veto,propose constitutional amendments,convict and expel certain officials,or invoke cloture without any votes from Senate Republicans. In practice,however,internal divisions effectively prevented the Democrats from doing so. The Senate election coincided with Democratic gains in the House in the same year.
The 2006 New York gubernatorial election took place on November 7,2006,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of New York,concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections,then incumbent Republican governor George Pataki chose not to run for re-election in a fourth term. Democrat Eliot Spitzer,the New York Attorney General,won the election over former Republican state Assembly minority leader John Faso.
George Patterson Nigh is an American politician and civic leader from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Nigh served as the 17th and the 22nd governor of Oklahoma and as the eighth and tenth lieutenant governor of Oklahoma. He was the first Oklahoma governor to be re-elected and the first to win all 77 counties in the state. Additionally,short term vacancies in the governor's office twice resulted in Nigh assuming gubernatorial duties while serving as lieutenant governor.
William Andrew Edmondson,known as Drew Edmondson,is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party,Edmondson served as the 16th Attorney General of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2011. Prior to his election as state attorney general,he served as district attorney for Muskogee County,Oklahoma,from 1983 to 1992. He was defeated twice in campaigns for U.S. Congress in Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district,where his father Ed Edmondson served from 1953 to 1973.
Michael J. Skindell is the state representative for the 13th district of the Ohio House of Representatives after previously serving there from 2003 to 2010. He also previously served as the state senator for the 23rd district of the Ohio Senate from 2011 to 2018. He is a Democrat.
The Alabama Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Alabama. It is chaired by Randy Kelley.
The Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Iowa.
