The president pro tempore of the United States Senate is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate,after the vice president. According to Article One,Section Three of the United States Constitution,the vice president of the United States is the president of the Senate,and the Senate must choose a president pro tempore to act in the vice president's absence.
The Mississippi Senate is the upper house of the Mississippi Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The Senate,along with the lower Mississippi House of Representatives,convenes at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson.
Pro tempore,abbreviated pro tem or p.t.,is a Latin phrase which best translates to 'for the time being' in English. This phrase is often used to describe a person who acts as a locum tenens ('placeholder') in the absence of a superior,such as the president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate,who acts in place of the president of the United States Senate—a position that is held ex officio by the current vice president of the United States. Legislative bodies can have one or more pro tempore for the presiding officer. These positions ostensibly go to legislators experienced in floor debate who are familiar with the content and application of relevant rules and precedents and who have a reputation for fairness among their colleagues. The phrase is also used to describe officers appointed on a temporary basis,prior to the formalisation of their appointments.
Lucy Mae Bruner Baxley Smith was an American politician who served from 2003 to 2007 as the 28th lieutenant governor of Alabama and from 2009 until 2013 as President of the Alabama Public Service Commission. She was the first woman to hold the state's office of lieutenant governor. In 2006,she was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for governor. In 2008,Lucy Baxley was elected President of the Alabama Public Service Commission,and was the only Democrat to win statewide that year. Until Democrat Doug Jones's victory over Republican Roy Moore in the 2017 U.S. Senate special election,Baxley had been the most recent Democrat to hold statewide office in Alabama.
Rosalind Kurita is a Tennessee politician who was formerly Speaker pro tempore of the Tennessee State Senate,who represented State Senate District 22,centered on Clarksville. In 2005 she unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party nomination for the United States Senate seat up for election in 2006. She was appointed to her old seat on January 22,2019,to serve as a caretaker until a special election.
Timothy Markham Sheldon is an American farmer,businessman,and politician who served as a member of the Washington State Senate,representing the 35th District between 1997 and 2023. The district includes all of Mason County and parts of Thurston and Kitsap counties. A member of the Democratic Party,Sheldon caucused with the Republican-dominated Majority Coalition Caucus and afterwards the Republican Caucus from 2012. He previously represented Mason County as a Mason County Commissioner for District 2 from 2005 to 2017 and served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997.
Charles Bishop was a Republican member of the Alabama Senate,representing the 5th District from 2006 to November 3,2010. He did not seek re-election in 2010. The district covers portions of Jefferson,Tuscaloosa,Walker and Winston counties. He was succeeded by fellow Republican Greg Reed.
Wendell Mitchell was a Democratic member of the Alabama Senate,representing the 30th District from 1974 to 2010. District 30 includes parts or all of Autauga,Butler,Crenshaw,Elmore,Lowndes,and Pike Counties.
Eric Johnson is an American politician that served in the Georgia State Senate representing the 1st District,comprising all of Bryan and Liberty counties and part of Chatham County. He resigned his seat in 2009,after years in the Georgia General Assembly. He was a candidate for Governor of Georgia,looking to succeed term-limited Sonny Perdue in 2010.
The President pro tempore of the California State Senate is the highest-ranking leader and most powerful member of the California State Senate. The officeholder also chairs the Senate Rules Committee. At the beginning of each two-year session,all members of the body elect a new State Senate President pro tempore. The President pro tempore is chosen by the other Senators.
John C. Jacobs was an American politician from New York.
Stephen Dwayne Newman is an American politician of the Republican Party. He has served in the Virginia General Assembly since 1991,first in the House (1991-1996) and then to the Senate of Virginia (1996–present). In 2016,Newman became president pro tempore of the Senate of Virginia. However,in the 2019 Virginia Senate election,although Newman won re-election from his district,Democrats won the majority. On January 8,2020,Louise Lucas,a senior Democratic senator succeeded Newman as president pro tempore.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Alabama,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Alabama,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections.
The 1962 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 6,1962 to elect one of Alabama's members to the United States Senate. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator J. Lister Hill won re-election to his fifth,and last,full term.
The 2018 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor of Alabama. Incumbent Republican Governor Kay Ivey,who took office on April 10,2017,upon the resignation of Governor Robert Bentley,ran for election to a full term and won over Tuscaloosa mayor Walt Maddox. Ivey was sworn into office on January 14,2019.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Alabama. Incumbent Senator Richard Shelby was first elected in 1986 and re-elected in 1992 as a Democrat before switching to Republican in 1994. In his most recent election in 2016,he was re-elected with 64% of the vote over Democrat Ron Crumpton. In February 2021,Shelby announced that he would not seek re-election to a seventh term,which resulted in the first open Senate seat since 1996 and the first in this seat since 1968.
The 2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama took place on December 12,2017,to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate through the end of the term ending on January 3,2021. The vacancy arose from Jeff Sessions' resignation,on February 8,2017,to serve as the 84th United States attorney general. Democratic candidate Doug Jones defeated Republican candidate Roy Moore by a margin of 21,924 votes (1.63%). Jones became the first Democrat to win a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama since 1992.
The 2022 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Alabama. Incumbent Republican Governor Kay Ivey took office on April 10,2017,upon the resignation of former Governor Robert J. Bentley,and was elected to a full term in 2018. She ran for re-election to a second full term in which she won her re-election bid in a landslide.
