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Peter Gosselin Fitzgerald is a retired American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Illinois. A member of the Republican Party,he served from 1999 to 2005. Fitzgerald defeated Democratic incumbent Carol Moseley Braun in 1998,becoming the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate race in Illinois since Charles Percy twenty years earlier. He had previously served in the Illinois State Senate from 1993 to 1998.
Cecil Harland Underwood was an American Republican Party politician from West Virginia,known for the length of his career.
The 1982 United States Senate elections were held on November 2,1982. They were elections for the United States Senate following Republican gains in 1980. A total of four seats changed hands between parties,and the lone independent,Senator Harry Byrd Jr.,retired. Democrats made a net gain of one seat in the elections. A special election was held in Washington state in 1983.
The 1964 United States Senate elections coincided with the election of President Lyndon B. Johnson by an overwhelming majority,to a full term. His Democratic Party picked up a net two seats from the Republicans. As of 2022,this was the last time either party has had a two-thirds majority in the Senate,which would have hypothetically allowed the Senate Democrats to override a veto,propose constitutional amendments,convict and expel certain officials,or invoke cloture without any votes from Senate Republicans. In practice,however,internal divisions effectively prevented the Democrats from doing so. The Senate election coincided with Democratic gains in the House in the same year.
The 1958 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate which occurred in the middle of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's second term.
Richard Howard Stallings is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Idaho's 2nd congressional district from 1985 to 1993.
The 2006 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 7,2006. Incumbent Republican Rick Santorum ran for re-election to a third term,but was defeated by Democrat Bob Casey,Jr.,the son of former Pennsylvania governor Bob Casey Sr. Casey was elected to serve between January 3,2007 and January 3,2013.
The 2006 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held November 7,2006. Incumbent Democrat Robert Byrd won re-election to a ninth term. He was sworn in on January 4,2007. However,he died in office on June 28,2010,before the end of his term. This was Byrd's closest re-election.
The Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) is the Virginia chapter of the Republican Party. It is based at the Richard D. Obenshain Center in Richmond.
Thomas Granville Burch was an American farmer,tobacco manufacturer,and politician from Martinsville,Virginia. He represented Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1931 until 1946. In 1946 he served as a U.S. Senator after Carter Glass died in office until a successor was elected.
Alexander Xavier Mooney is an American politician serving since 2015 as the U.S. representative from West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,he represented the 3rd district in the Maryland State Senate from 1999 to 2011 and is a former chair of the Maryland Republican Party. He is the first Hispanic person elected to Congress from West Virginia.
James Kenneth Robinson was a State Senator and U.S. Representative from Virginia.
George Lincoln Barker is an American politician of the Democratic Party from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He currently serves in the Senate of Virginia,representing the 39th district,made up of parts of Fairfax and Prince William counties,plus part of the City of Alexandria. He was first elected in November 2007.
Richard Lawrence Saslaw is an American politician serving as Majority Leader of the Senate of Virginia since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party,he served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1976–80,then was elected to the Senate of Virginia. He currently represents the 35th district,made up of the city of Falls Church and portions of Fairfax County and the city of Alexandria.
Michael Dean Bishop is an American attorney and politician who was the U.S. representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district from 2015 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003,and the Michigan State Senate from 2003 to 2010 where he served as majority leader.
Kenneth William Stolle is an American politician of the Republican Party. He was a member of the Senate of Virginia from 1992 to 2010. He represented the 8th district in Virginia Beach. Stolle has served as the sheriff of Virginia Beach since 2010.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012 to elect the 11 U.S. representatives from Virginia,one from each of the state's 11 congressional districts. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected will serve in the 113th Congress from January 2013 until January 2015. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election,and a U.S. Senate election.
Walter Henry Maxwell,Sr. was an American politician and Baptist minister from Newport News,Virginia. A Democrat,he served in the Virginia House of Delegates 1983–1993 and the Senate of Virginia 1993–2004.
Craig Philip Blair is an American politician and a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate representing District 15 since January 12,2013. Blair served non-consecutively in the West Virginia Legislature from January 2003 until January 2011 in the West Virginia House of Delegates in the District 52 seat. Blair is also the father of former WV Delegate Saira Blair.
Nicholas J. Freitas is an American politician. A Republican,he has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 2015. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2018,losing in the primary election to Corey Stewart. He was the Republican nominee in the 2020 election to represent Virginia's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives,which he lost to Abigail Spanberger,the incumbent Democratic congresswoman. Before entering politics,he served in the United States Army.
