Lisa Ann Murkowski is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator for Alaska,having held that seat since 2002. Murkowski is the second-most senior Republican woman in the Senate,after Susan Collins of Maine. She became the dean of Alaska's Congressional delegation upon Representative Don Young's death.
Kay Bailey Hutchison is an American attorney,television correspondent,politician,diplomat,and was the 22nd United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 2017 until 2021. A member of the Republican Party,she was a United States Senator from Texas from 1993 to 2013.
Thaddeus George "Thad" McCotter is an American politician,radio host,and a member of the Republican Party who was the U.S. representative from Michigan's 11th congressional district from 2003 to 2012. The district at the time consisted of portions of Detroit's northwestern suburbs,such as Livonia,Westland and Novi.
In American politics,a Libertarian Republican is a politician or Republican Party member who has advocated Libertarian policies while typically voting for and being involved with the Republican Party.
From January 3 to June 3,2008,voters of the Republican Party chose their nominee for president in the 2008 United States presidential election. Senator John McCain of Arizona was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2008 Republican National Convention held from Monday,September 1,through Thursday,September 4,2008,in Saint Paul,Minnesota. President George W. Bush was ineligible to be elected to a third term due to the term limits established by the 22nd Amendment.
The House Liberty Caucus was a congressional caucus consisting of conservative,libertarian,and libertarian conservative members of the United States House of Representatives. It hosted a bimonthly luncheon in Washington,D.C. The group was founded by Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan and joined by Republican members who wanted to "focus on specific issues like economic freedom,individual liberty,and following the Constitution". During his time in Congress,Jared Polis of Colorado was the only Democratic member of the caucus. The caucus was characterized as "conservative with a libertarian emphasis" and was associated with the Tea Party movement. When the 117th Congress convened,there was not new leadership.
From January 24 to June 6,2000,voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 2000 United States presidential election. Texas Governor George W. Bush was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2000 Republican National Convention held from July 31 to August 3,2000,in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.
The following is a timeline of major events leading up to the United States presidential election of 2012. The election was the 57th quadrennial United States presidential election and was held on November 6,2012.
Voters of the Republican Party elected state delegations to the 2012 Republican National Convention in presidential primaries. The national convention then selected its nominee to run for President of the United States in the 2012 presidential election. There were 2,286 delegates chosen,and a candidate needed to accumulate 1,144 delegate votes at the convention to win the nomination. The caucuses allocated delegates to the respective state delegations to the national convention,but the actual election of the delegates were,many times,at a later date. Delegates were elected in different ways that vary from state to state. They could be elected at local conventions,selected from slates submitted by the candidates,selected at committee meetings,or elected directly at the caucuses and primaries.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Maine was held on November 6,2012,alongside a presidential election,other elections to the United States Senate in other states,as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Despite initially declaring her candidacy and being considered the favorite,popular incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe unexpectedly decided to retire instead of running for reelection to a fourth term.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan was held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the 14 U.S. representatives from the state of Michigan,a decrease of one following the 2010 United States Census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on August 7,2012. The filing deadline for candidates to file to run in the primary was May 15. Except for two seats,all the incumbents sought re-election. The open seats were the 5th and 11th Congressional Districts. Due to the loss of one seat from the 2010 Census,two congressmen ran against each other. Despite Democrats winning more than 240,000 more votes for U.S. House districts statewide,Republicans won nine of 14 seats and Michiganders tied a state record by electing the lowest rate of U.S. Representatives by a major party whilst simultaneously casting its electoral votes for that party's presidential nominee.
The 2012 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 6,2012,as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Voters chose 16 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate,Vice President Joe Biden,against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate,Congressman Paul Ryan.
Kerry Bentivolio is an American politician and teacher of 15 years,who is the former United States Representative for Michigan's 11th congressional district,in office from 2013 to 2015. Bentivolio,a Republican,defeated Democratic nominee Syed Taj,a physician,in the November 6,2012 election. Bentivolio was defeated for the Republican nomination in his bid for a second term by attorney David Trott. He launched a write-in campaign for the November 2014 general election but lost again to Trott. After Trott announced he was not seeking reelection in 2018,Bentivolio again sought election in the eleventh district,but finished last in the primary. In October 2019,Bentivolio announced that he would again run for his former congressional seat against Democrat Haley Stevens.
The 2012 special election in Michigan's 11th congressional district was a special election that took place in Michigan on November 6,2012,to replace Republican United States Congressman Thaddeus McCotter,who resigned after a failed presidential campaign and a series of scandals. Former autoworker David Curson,the Democratic nominee,narrowly defeated Republican nominee Kerry Bentivolio,a reindeer farmer,to win the seat for the last few months of McCotter's term.
Michigan's 11th congressional district election was held on November 6,2012,for a seat in the 113th United States Congress alongside a presidential election,other elections to the United States House of Representatives and elections for class I of the United States Senate. In Michigan,all of the state's 14 congressional seats were at stake. Michigan's junior United States Senator Debbie Stabenow is running for re-election. Additionally,all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives were at stake.
The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Michigan were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014,to elect the 14 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Michigan,one from each of the state's 14 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including the election of Michigan's governor,as well as the Class 2 U.S. Senate Seat.
David Alan Trott is an American retired politician who served as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 11th congressional district from 2015 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Presidential primaries and caucuses of the Republican Party took place in many U.S. states,the District of Columbia,and five U.S. territories from February 3 to August 11,2020,to elect most of the 2,550 delegates to send to the Republican National Convention. Delegates to the national convention in other states were elected by the respective state party organizations. The delegates to the national convention voted on the first ballot to select Donald Trump as the Republican Party's presidential nominee for president of the United States in the 2020 election,and selected Mike Pence as the vice-presidential nominee.
On February 15,2019,former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld announced the formation of an exploratory committee to consider running for the Republican nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election. On April 15,2019 Weld officially announced he would be running for president,challenging incumbent Donald Trump. Weld previously was the 2016 Vice Presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party on the Gary Johnson ticket. Weld suspended his campaign on March 18,2020. He subsequently endorsed Democratic nominee Joe Biden for president.
The 2022 Michigan gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Michigan. Incumbent Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer ran for re-election to a second term and faced former political commentator Tudor Dixon in the general election. Whitmer defeated Dixon by a vote margin of nearly 11 percentage points,a larger victory than when she was first elected four years prior.
