Gary Adrian Condit is an American former politician who represented California's 18th congressional district in the House of Representatives from 1989 to 2003. He gained significant national attention after the May 2001 disappearance of Chandra Levy,an intern with the Federal Bureau of Prisons with whom Condit was having an affair and was subsequently found murdered.
The California Republican Party (CAGOP) is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in the U.S. state of California. The party is based in Sacramento and is led by chair Jessica Millan Patterson,the first Latina to lead the party.
The California Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of California. It is headquartered in Sacramento,the state capital.
Gloria J. Romero is a former California State Senator from 2001 until 2010 and was the Democratic majority leader of the California State Senate from 2005 until 2008. She was the first woman to hold that leadership position. In 2024,she joined the Republican Party.
James Andrew Vidak is an American politician. A Republican,he served in the California State Senate from 2013 to 2018 representing portions of the San Joaquin Valley. From 2013 to 2014,Vidak represented the 16th Senate District;he then won a full term in the 14th Senate District.
The 2017–2018 session was a session of the California State Legislature. The session first convened on December 5,2016,and adjourned sine die on November 30,2018.
Erica Danette Smith is an American engineer and politician who represented District 3 in the North Carolina Senate from 2015 to 2021. She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2020. She finished second in the Democratic primaries on March 3,2020. She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2022,but she switched to the race for North Carolina's 1st congressional district after Rep. G. K. Butterfield announced that he would not run for another term.
The 2017–18 United States political sexual scandals saw a heightened period of allegations of sexual misconduct,harassment and assault,and resulted in the subsequent firings and resignations of American politicians. Some of the allegations are linked to the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases starting in October 2017 amid the wider MeToo movement.
The 2018 Nevada Senate election took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Nevada voters elected state senators in 11 of the state senate's 21 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Nevada State Senate.
Mallory Ann McMorrow is an American politician who has served in the Michigan Senate since January 2019. She became senate majority whip on January 1,2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she represents the 8th district;before that,from 2019 to 2023,she represented the 13th district,which included Berkley,Birmingham,Bloomfield Hills,Clawson,Rochester Hills,Royal Oak,and Troy,Michigan. Prior to running for the Michigan Senate,McMorrow worked in industrial design.
The 2019–2020 session was a session of the California State Legislature. The session first convened on December 3,2018 and adjourned sine die on November 30,2020.
The 2024 United States Senate elections were held on November 5,2024,as part of the 2024 United States elections. Regularly scheduled elections were held for 33 out of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate,plus one seat in a special election. Senators are divided into 3 classes whose 6-year terms are staggered so that a different class is elected every 2 years. Class 1 senators faced election in 2024. Republicans flipped four Democratic-held seats,regaining a Senate majority for the first time since 2021.
Peter J. Lucido is an American politician serving as the prosecutor of Macomb County,Michigan since 2021. A member of the Republican Party,Lucido previously served in the Michigan Senate from 2019 to 2020,and in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.
The 2022 California State Senate election was held on Tuesday,November 8,with the primary election having been held on Thursday,June 7. Voters in the 20 even-numbered districts of the California State Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with elections for other offices,including the state assembly.
The 2022 California State Controller election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the California State Controller. Due to strict absolute lifetime term limit laws,incumbent Democratic State Controller Betty Yee was ineligible to run for a third term. Democrat Malia Cohen won the election,defeating Republican Lanhee Chen. Despite Chen's loss,the race was the closest of the 2022 elections in California,and Chen received more votes than any Republican candidate in the 2022 national election cycle. Chen flipped ten counties,the most that any candidate had flipped in California that year. Chen also won four congressional districts held by Democrats,while Cohen won no congressional districts held by Republicans.
The 2024 California State Senate election took place on Tuesday,November 5,2024,with the primary election being held on March 5,2024. Voters in the 20 odd-numbered districts of the California State Senate will elect their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices,including the state Assembly.
The 2022 New York state elections took place on November 8,2022. On this date,the State of New York held elections for the following offices:Governor and Lieutenant Governor,Attorney General,Comptroller,U.S. Senate,U.S. House of Representatives,New York State Senate,New York State Assembly,and various others. Primary elections took place on June 28 and August 23,2022. This election cycle was highlighted by a redistricting process in which there were many election maps that were ultimately ruled to be unconstitutional Democratic gerrymanders.
