The 2004 United States Senate elections were held on November 2,2004,with all Class 3 Senate seats being contested. They coincided with the re-election of George W. Bush as president and the United States House elections,as well as many state and local elections. Senators who were elected in 1998,known as Senate Class 3,were seeking re-election or retiring in 2004.
Nancy Elizabeth Hollister is an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. Hollister was the first and,to date,only female governor of Ohio,serving briefly from December 1998 to January 1999. She attended Kent State University,and upon leaving college she became a housewife. She began her political career in the 1980s. She is a member of the Republican Party.
Eric David Fingerhut is an American politician,attorney,and academic administrator,serving as the President and CEO of The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA). Prior to his appointment at JFNA,he served as president and CEO of Hillel International from 2013 to 2019. Earlier,he served as the corporate Vice President of Education and STEM Learning business at Battelle Memorial Institute,Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents,Ohio state senator and member of the United States House of Representatives for one term.
Rhine Lana McLin is an American Democratic politician from Ohio who served as the 54th mayor of Dayton,Ohio from 2002 to 2010. McLin previously served as a member of both chambers of the Ohio General Assembly.
Sue Ellen Myrick is an American businesswoman and the former U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 9th congressional district,serving from 1995 to 2013. She is a member of the Republican Party. She was the first Republican woman to represent North Carolina in Congress. On February 7,2012,she announced that she was retiring. She left Congress in January 2013 and was succeeded by Robert Pittenger.
Mary Rose Oakar is an American Democratic politician and former member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio,serving from 1977 to 1993. She was the first Democratic woman elected to the United States Congress from that state. Oakar was also the first woman of Arab-American ancestry to serve in Congress. Oakar later served as a member of the Ohio State Board of Education.
This article covers the history of women in the United States Senate and various milestones achieved by female senators. It includes a list of all women who have served in the Senate,a list of current female senators,and a list of states represented by women in the Senate. The first female U.S. senator,Rebecca Latimer Felton,represented Georgia for a single day in 1922,and the first woman elected to the Senate,Hattie Caraway,was elected from Arkansas in 1932. Sixty women have served in the upper house of the United States Congress since its establishment in 1789. As of October 3,2023,there are 25 women serving as U.S. senators.
Tom Roberts is an Ohio Democratic politician who formerly served as a member of the Ohio General Assembly.
The 1994 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 8,1994,to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 104th United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of President Bill Clinton's first term. In what was known as the Republican Revolution,a 54-seat swing in membership from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party resulted in the latter gaining a majority of seats in the House of Representatives for the first time since 1952. It was also the largest seat gain for the party since 1946,and the largest for either party since 1948,and characterized a political realignment in American politics.
Women have served in the United States House of Representatives,the lower chamber of the United States Congress,since 1917 following the election of Republican Jeannette Rankin from Montana,the first woman in Congress. In total,375 women have been U.S. representatives and seven more have been non-voting delegates. As of March 7,2023,there are 125 women in the U.S. House of Representatives,making women 28.7% of the total. Of the 382 women who have served in the House,251 have been Democrats and 131 have been Republicans. One woman has been Speaker of the House,Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California.
Shirley A. Smith is an American politician who served as a member of the Ohio Senate from 2007 to 2014. Previously,she was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. She is a Democrat.
Kirk Schuring is an American politician serving as a member of the Ohio Senate. He served as interim Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives,following the resignation of Speaker Cliff Rosenberger. Rosenberger resigned amid revelations he was under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was previously a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1993 to 2002,and from 2011 to 2018. Schuring also previously served in the Ohio Senate from 2003 to 2010. He was the Republican nominee for Ohio's 16th congressional district in the 2008 election. In 2018,Schuring was re-elected to the Ohio Senate,where represents the 29th district.
The 2004 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 2,2004. It was concurrent with elections to the United States House of Representatives and the presidential election. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator George Voinovich won re-election to a second term with the highest raw vote total in Ohio history. This remains the last Ohio statewide election to date in which a candidate won every county in the state.
Marguerite B. Lehner is the current Mayor of Kettering,Ohio. Formerly,she also served in the Ohio Senate,Ohio House of Representatives,and on the Kettering City Council. Her Senate district was located entirely in Montgomery County and included Vandalia,Riverside,Kettering,Centerville,Miamisburg and Germantown. Lehner is a Republican.
The One Hundred Nineteenth Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 1991 and 1992. In this General Assembly,the Ohio Senate was controlled by the Republicans,consisting of 19 Republicans and 14 Democrats. The Ohio House of Representatives was controlled by the Democrats,with 62 Democrats and 37 Republicans.
Barbara Boyd was an American politician. She served twice as a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives,serving the 9th district from 2007 to 2014,and the same district from 1993 until 2000.
Barbara R. Sears is a Republican politician who formerly represented the 47th District of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2008 to 2016. She served as the Majority Floor Leader in the Ohio House of Representatives. Her district included much of suburban Toledo,Ohio.
Charleta B. Tavares is a former member of the Ohio Senate. She represented the 15th District from 2011 to 2018. Her district included much of central Franklin County,including the cities of Bexley and Grandview Heights with the majority encompassing the historic neighborhoods of Columbus,Ohio. Tavares previously had served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1993 to 1998.
The 2017 United States elections were held,in large part,on Tuesday,November 7,2017. This off-year election featured gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey,as well as state legislative elections in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and in the Virginia House of Delegates. Numerous citizen initiatives,mayoral races,and a variety of other local elections also occurred. Special elections were also held for one seat of the U.S. Senate,representing Alabama,and six seats of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Democrats picked up the governorship in New Jersey and the Alabama Senate seat that was up for a special election. The governorship in Virginia and the six House seats that were up for special elections did not change party hands.
The 2008 Ohio Attorney General special election was held on November 4,2010,concurrently with the Presidential Election as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives. Incumbent Attorney General Marc Dann who was elected in 2006 resigned on May 14,2008 due to various scandals,thus triggering a special election. Governor Ted Strickland appointed Nancy H. Rogers to the position,but she announced she would not run to complete the rest of Marc's term. On June 11,2008,Ohio State Treasurer Richard Cordray announced his candidacy for the election. He was challenged in the general election by former United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio Michael Crites. Cordray won in a landslide winning 56% of the vote to Crites' 38%.
