Presidential elections were held in the United States from November 4 to December 7,1796,when electors throughout the United States cast their ballots. It was the first contested American presidential election,the first presidential election in which political parties played a dominant role,and the only presidential election in which a president and vice president were elected from opposing tickets. Incumbent vice president John Adams of the Federalist Party defeated former secretary of state Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party.
The Maryland Senate,sometimes referred to as the Maryland State Senate,is the upper house of the General Assembly,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. Composed of 47 senators elected from an equal number of constituent single-member districts,the Senate is responsible,along with the Maryland House of Delegates,for passage of laws in Maryland,and for confirming executive appointments made by the Governor of Maryland.
The Maryland Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Maryland,headquartered in Annapolis. The current acting state party chair is Kenneth Ulman. It is currently the dominant party in the state,controlling all but one of Maryland's eight U.S. House seats,both U.S. Senate seats,all statewide executive offices and supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature.
Elizabeth Bobo is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. She served as Howard County Executive and in the Maryland House of Delegates. Bobo was the first and only female Howard County Executive,serving from 1986 to 1990.
The election of the president and for vice president of the United States is an indirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington,D.C.,cast ballots not directly for those offices,but instead for members of the Electoral College. These electors then cast direct votes,known as electoral votes,for president and for vice president. The candidate who receives an absolute majority of electoral votes is then elected to that office. If no candidate receives an absolute majority of the votes for president,the House of Representatives elects the president;likewise if no one receives an absolute majority of the votes for vice president,then the Senate elects the vice president.
Aruna Miller is an American civil engineer and politician who is serving as the tenth lieutenant governor of Maryland since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Miller formerly served in the Maryland House of Delegates,representing Legislative District 15 in Montgomery County.
The 2016 United States elections were held on Tuesday,November 8,2016. Republican nominee Donald Trump defeated Democratic former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the presidential election,while Republicans retained control of Congress. This marked the first time Republicans won or held unified control of the presidency and Congress since 2004,and would not do so again until 2024.
Alonzo T. Washington is an American politician,appointed to the Maryland Senate in 2023 to represent District 22,which covers Prince George's County. He previously represented the district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2012 to 2023 after being appointed to the seat by Governor Martin O'Malley.
The 2016 United States presidential election in Maryland was held on Tuesday,November 8,2016,as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Maryland voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote,pitting the Republican Party's nominee,businessman Donald Trump,and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee,former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Maryland has 10 electoral votes in the Electoral College.
Harry Bhandari is a Nepalese-born American politician and educator. A member of the Democratic Party,he has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the eighth district since 2019. Bhandari is the first Nepali American elected to a state legislature in the United States.
Mark Soo Chang is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 32 since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,he unsuccessfully ran in the 2024 U.S. House of Representatives election in Maryland's 3rd congressional district,losing to state senator Sarah Elfreth in the Democratic primary.
The 2020 United States presidential election in California was held on Tuesday,November 3,2020,as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. California voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote,pitting the Republican Party's nominee,incumbent President Donald Trump,and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee,former Vice President Joe Biden,and his running mate Kamala Harris,the junior senator from California. In the 2020 election,California had 55 electoral votes in the Electoral College,the most of any state. Biden won by a wide margin,as was expected;however,California was one of six states where Trump received a larger percentage of the two-party vote than he did in 2016. This election also marked the first time since 2004 that the Republican candidate won more than one million votes in Los Angeles County due to increased turnout.
Mary Courtney Watson is a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates. She was previously a member of the Howard County Council from 2006 to 2014,and she was a member of the Howard County Board of Education from 2002 to 2006.
Nicole Annette Williams is an American attorney and politician serving as a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 22,which represents a portion of Prince George's County,Maryland.
Karen Renee Toles is an American Democratic politician from Maryland. Following the resignation of State Delegate Dereck E. Davis to serve as the Treasurer of Maryland,Governor Larry Hogan appointed her to serve the remainder of his term. Since 2022,she has served in the Maryland House of Delegates,representing district 25,based in Prince George's County.
Kristopher Goddard Fair is an American politician who is a member for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 3 in Frederick County,Maryland.
Chris Tomlinson is an American politician who is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 5 in Carroll County,Maryland. He previously served as the third vice chairman of the Maryland Republican Party from 2020 to 2022.
Jeffrie Eugene Long Jr. is an American politician who is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 27B in Calvert and Prince George's counties in Maryland.
Jacqueline "Jackie" T. Addison is an American politician who is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 45 in Baltimore City.
