The 2008 congressional elections in Colorado were held on November 4,2008 to determine who will represent the state of Colorado in the United States House of Representatives,coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected served in the 111th Congress from January 3,2009 until January 3,2011.
Randy L. Baumgardner is an American politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 57th district from 2009 to 2013,and in the Colorado Senate from the 8th district from 2013 to 2019,as a member of the Republican Party. Baumgardner resigned after more allegations came out against him following an unsuccessful expulsion vote.
The 1998 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 3,1998 to select the governor of the state of Colorado. Under newly applicable term limits,incumbent Governor Roy Romer,a Democrat,was unable to seek re-election. Lieutenant Governor Gail Schoettler,ran to succeed Romer,and won the Democratic primary;her running mate,Bernie Buescher,won the lieutenant-gubernatorial primary unopposed. In the Republican primary,Bill Owens,the State Treasurer,and his eventual running mate,Joe Rogers,won their respective primaries by wide margins.
Wayne Harold Johnson was an American politician and a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate. He represented District 6 from 2005 until 2017. Johnson served previously from 1993 to 2005 in the Wyoming House of Representatives.
Libby Szabo is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Colorado House of Representatives. She represented District 27 from January 12,2011,until her resignation on January 29,2015.
Ray Scott is an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the Colorado State Senate,representing District 7 from January 7,2015 to January 9,2023. Previously,Scott served consecutively from January 12,2011 until January 9,2013 in the Colorado House of Representatives representing District 54,and from January 9,2013 to January 7,2015 representing District 55.
Janak Joshi is an American physician and politician. From January 9,2013,to January 11,2017,Joshi represented District 16 at the Colorado House of Representatives. He previously served a two-year term in the District 14 seat from January 12,2011,until January 9,2013.
Chris Holbert is an American politician and a former member of the Colorado Senate from the 30th district. He represented the 30th district from January 6,2015 until his resignation on May 31,2022. Previously,he represented the 44th district of the Colorado House of Representatives.
Don Coram is an American politician who served as a member of the Colorado Senate and the Colorado House of Representatives. In the state senate,he represented District 6,comprising the counties of Archuleta,Dolores,La Plata,Montezuma,Montrose,Ouray,San Juan,and San Miguel. In the Colorado House of Representatives he represented District 58 from January 2011 to January 2017. In 2022,Coram ran against Lauren Boebert in the Republican primary for Colorado's 3rd congressional district. On June 28,2022,Boebert defeated Coram by 31 points.
Brian Patrick Kennedy is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 38 since January 2003. Kennedy served consecutively from January 1989 until January 2003 in the District 16 seat. He is also the Speaker Pro Tempore in the Rhode Island House of Representatives.
Leonidas P. “Lou”Raptakis is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate representing District 33 since January 2013. Raptakis served non-consecutively from January 1997 until January 2011 in the District 20 and 33 seats,having served consecutively in the Rhode Island General Assembly from January 1993 until January 1997 in the Rhode Island House of Representatives District 31 seat. He was a candidate for Secretary of State of Rhode Island in 2010.
James C. Sheehan is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate representing District 36 since January 2003. Sheehan served consecutively from January 2001 until January 2003 in the District 23 seat. On November 6,2018,Sheehan won election to a tenth consecutive term in the Rhode Island Senate,defeating Republican challenger John P. Silvaggio by a margin of 66.9 percent to 32.7 percent.
Hanna M. Gallo is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate representing District 27 since January 2003. Gallo served consecutively from January 1999 until January 2003 in the District 12 seat.
Paul W. Fogarty is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate who represented District 23 from January 2003 to January 1,2019. Fogarty served consecutively from January 1999 until January 2003 in the District 27 seat. He is the son of former Rhode Island state Senator Charles Fogarty,Sr.,the younger brother of Rhode Island Lieutenant governor Charles J. Fogarty,and the nephew of United States Representative John E. Fogarty.
William A. Walaska was an American Democratic politician and a member of the Rhode Island Senate who represented District 30 from 2003 to 2017. Walaska served consecutively from January 1995 until January 2003 in the District 17 seat.
Michael J. McCaffrey is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate representing District 29 since January 2003. He has been the Rhode Island Senate Majority Leader since March 23,2017. McCaffrey served consecutively from January 1995 until January 2003 in the District 16 seat.
Dennis L. Algiere is an American politician and a Republican member of the Rhode Island Senate representing District 38 from January 2003 to January 2023. Algiere served consecutively from January 1993 until January 2003 in the District 26 seat.
Jessie Danielson is an American politician from the State of Colorado. She is an elected member of the Colorado State Senate representing District 22 after being redistricted from District 20. Previously,she served in the Colorado House of Representatives representing District 24 in Jefferson County. A Democrat,Danielson was first elected in the November 4,2014 general election.
The 1938 United States Senate election in Colorado took place on November 8,1938. Incumbent Democratic Senator Alva B. Adams ran for re-election to a second term. Adams faced Denver attorney Archibald A. Lee,the Republican nominee,in the general election. Despite the nationwide Republican landslide,including Republicans' landslide victory in the gubernatorial election that year,Adams's popularity translated into an easy re-election campaign. Adams ended up defeating Lee with 58% of the vote. However,Adams did not end up fully serving his second term;he died on December 1,1941.
The 1942 United States Senate special election in Colorado took place on November 3,1942. Democratic Senator Alva B. Adams died in office on December 1,1941,and Republican Governor Ralph L. Carr appointed Denver oilman Eugene Millikin to fill the vacancy. Millikin ran for election for the remainder of Adams's term. He was opposed in the general election by James A. Marsh,the former chairman of the state Democratic Party. Aided in part by the nationwide Republican landslide,Millikin easily defeated Marsh to serve out the remainder of the term.
