The Hawaii State Senate is the upper house of the Hawaii State Legislature. It consists of twenty-five members elected from an equal number of constituent districts across the islands and is led by the President of the Senate,elected from the membership of the body,currently Ron Kouchi. The forerunner of the Hawaii Senate during the government of the Kingdom of Hawaii was the House of Nobles originated in 1840. In 1894,the Constitution of the Republic of Hawaii renamed the upper house the present senate. Senators are elected to four-year terms and are not subject to term limits.
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.
Dewey Follett Bartlett Sr. was an American politician who served as the 19th governor of Oklahoma from 1967 to 1971,following his fellow Republican,Henry Bellmon. In 1966,he became the first Roman Catholic elected governor of Oklahoma,defeating the Democratic nominee,Preston J. Moore of Oklahoma City. He was defeated for reelection in 1970 by Tulsa attorney David Hall in the closest election in state history. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1972 and served one term. In 1978,he was diagnosed with lung cancer and did not run for reelection that year. He died of complications of lung cancer two months after retiring from the Senate in 1979.
The Oklahoma Senate is the upper house of the two houses of the Legislature of Oklahoma,the other being the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The total number of senators is set at 48 by the Oklahoma Constitution.
The politics of Oklahoma exists in a framework of a presidential republic modeled after the United States. The governor of Oklahoma is both head of state and head of government,and of a pluriform two-party system. Executive power is exercised by the governor and the government. Legislative power is vested in the governor and the bicameral Oklahoma Legislature. Judicial power is vested in the judiciary of Oklahoma. The political system is laid out in the 1907 Oklahoma Constitution.
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals is one of the two highest judicial bodies in the U.S. state of Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma Court System,the judicial branch of the Oklahoma state government.
Rob Standridge is an American business owner and politician who represented the 15th district of the Oklahoma Senate from 2012 to 2024.
George E. Young Sr. is an American pastor and politician who served in the Oklahoma Senate from the 48th district as a member of the Democratic Party from 2019 to 2024. Prior to his tenure in the state senate he served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing the 99th district from 2015 to 2019.
Sharon Anne Shewmake is an American politician of the Democratic Party,and a professor of Economics and Energy Policy at Western Washington University in Bellingham,Washington. Shewmake represents the 42nd district in the Washington State Senate after serving two terms in the State House.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma were held on November 3,2020,to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Oklahoma,one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 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 2020 California State Senate election was held on Tuesday,November 3,2020,with the primary election scheduled for March 3,2020. Voters in the 20 odd-numbered districts of the California State Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices,including for U.S. President and the state assembly.
The 2020 Maine House of Representatives elections took place on November 3,2020,alongside the biennial United States elections. Maine voters elected members of the Maine House of Representatives via plurality voting in all 151 of the state house's districts,as well as a non-voting member from the Passamaquoddy Tribe.
Stephanie Byers is an American politician and educator who served in the Kansas House of Representatives from the 86th district. Her victory in the 2020 election made her the first openly transgender person to serve in the Kansas Legislature and the first transgender Native American person,a member of the Chickasaw Nation,elected to office in the United States,but she did not run for reelection.
Ayshia K. M. Pittman is a Seminole-American politician who currently serves as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 99th district as a member of the Democratic Party. She is the third Seminole to serve in the Oklahoma Legislature.
The 2020 Oklahoma Senate election was held as part of the biennial elections in the United States. Oklahoma voters elected state senators in 24 of the state's 48 Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Oklahoma Senate.
The 2020 Wisconsin Senate elections were held on Tuesday,November 3,2020,at the Fall general election in Wisconsin. 16 of the 33 seats in the Wisconsin Senate were up for election—the even-numbered districts. Before the election,Republicans held 18 seats,Democrats held 13,and two were vacant. Of the seats up for election,seven were held by Republicans,seven were held by Democrats,one was vacated by a Democratic resignation,and one was vacated by a Republican resignation. The primary election was held on August 11,2020.
The 2022 Oklahoma Senate general election were held on November 8,2022. The primary elections for the Republican,Democratic,and Libertarian parties' nominations took place on June 28,2022. Runoff primary elections,if no candidate received 50% in the June 28 vote,took place on August 23. All candidates had to file between the days of April 13–15,2022. Oklahoma voters elected state senators in 24 of the state's 48 Senate districts. State senators served four-year terms in the Oklahoma Senate.
George Burns is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. A member of the Republican Party,he currently serves in the Oklahoma Senate as the elected member from the 5th District which encompasses parts of Atoka,Choctaw,LeFlore,McCurtain,and Pushmataha Counties. He was first elected in the 2020 Oklahoma Senate election after winning the Republican primary on June 30,2020,and going on to win the general election on November 3,2020. His current term expires in 2028.
The 2022 Wisconsin Senate elections were held on Tuesday,November 8,2022. 17 of the 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate were up for election—the odd-numbered districts. This was the first election to take place after redistricting following the 2020 United States census. This was the only election to take place under the redistricting plan set out in 2022. Before the election,21 Senate seats were held by Republicans,and 12 seats were held by Democrats. 11 Republican seats and six Democratic seats were up in this election. The primary election took place on August 9,2022.
Adam Thomas is an American politician serving as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 26th district. He assumed office in 2019.
