The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Texas. It is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. The state legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin. It is a powerful arm of the Texas government not only because of its power of the purse to control and direct the activities of state government and the strong constitutional connections between it and the Lieutenant Governor of Texas,but also due to Texas's plural executive.
Nicholas Paul Scutari is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 115th president of the New Jersey Senate since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,he has held a Senate seat since 2004,representing the 22nd legislative district. Scutari has served as Acting Governor of New Jersey on multiple occasions,the first time being in June 2022.
Debra Lynelle Fischer is an American politician and former educator serving as the senior United States senator from Nebraska,a seat she has held since 2013. A member of the Republican Party,Fischer is the third woman to represent Nebraska in the U.S. Senate and the first to be reelected.
Scott Sales is an American politician of the Republican Party. He is a state senator in the Montana Senate and also serves as the president of that body. He previously served in the Montana House of Representatives,including a term as minority leader and as speaker of the House. Sales is the first person,to be elected by his peers,to serve as the presiding officer of both bodies of the Montana Legislature. Sales is from Douglas,Wyoming.
Cindy Hyde-Smith is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Mississippi since 2018. A member of the Republican Party,she was previously the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and a member of the Mississippi State Senate.
The Seventy-fourth Oregon Legislative Assembly was the Oregon Legislative Assembly (OLA)'s period from 2007 to 2008. There was a regular session in 2007,and a shorter special session in 2008.
Philip Brian Scott is an American politician,businessman,and stock car racer who has been the 82nd governor of Vermont since 2017. A member of the Republican Party,he was a representative for the Washington District in the Vermont Senate from 2001 to 2011 and served as the 81st lieutenant governor of Vermont from 2011 to 2017.
The government of Washington State is the governmental structure of the State of Washington,United States,as established by the Constitution of the State of Washington. The executive is composed of the Governor,several other statewide elected officials and the Governor's cabinet. The Washington State Legislature consists of the House of Representatives and State Senate. The judiciary is composed of the Washington Supreme Court and lower courts. There is also local government,consisting of counties,municipalities and special districts.
Kamyar Cyrus Habib is an American Jesuit,lawyer,and politician who served as both a state legislator from 2013 to 2017 and then as the 16th lieutenant governor of Washington from 2017 to 2021. He also served as the state's acting governor for over six months,primarily in 2019 during the presidential campaign of Governor Jay Inslee. He is the first Iranian American to hold statewide elected office in the United States.
Arthur L. Haywood III is an American lawyer and politician currently serving as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from the 4th district since 2015. A Democrat,he is also the current president of the advocacy group Americans for Democratic Action.
Joan Leslie McBride is an American politician. A Democrat,she was the mayor of Kirkland,Washington,from 2010 to 2013,after which she was elected to the Washington House of Representatives as a member from District 48. She also served on the Kirkland City Council since 1998,sitting as deputy mayor from 2002 until her election as mayor in 2010.
James Andrew Gipson is an American attorney and politician who has served as the Mississippi Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner since 2018. A member of the Republican Party,Gipson was appointed to the position by Governor Phil Bryant,succeeding Cindy Hyde-Smith,who was appointed to serve in the U.S. Senate. He was elected to a full term in 2019 with 59% of the vote and won reelection in 2023 with 58% of the vote.
Justin Daniel Rossetti is an American politician of the who served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives,representing the 19th district from 2015 to 2016. A member of the Democratic Party,Rossetti was appointed to the state legislature on October 22,2015,in the 19th Legislative District. JD Rossetti filled the vacancy left after then-State Representative Dean Takko was appointed to the Washington State Senate,after State Senator Brian Hatfield had resigned to take the position of Sector Lead for Rural Economic Development in Governor Inslee's administration. Rossetti was elected in 2013 as a Director on Longview School District's Board of Education.
Kenneth Kyle Biedermann,known as Kyle Biedermann,is an American politician who served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 73 from 2017 to 2023. Biedermann owns and operates a hardware store within the district.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Washington on November 8,2016. The primary was held on August 2.
Vandana Slatter is a Canadian-American politician,pharmacist,and scientist serving as a member of the Washington State Senate from the 48th district.
Philip D. Fortunato is an American businessman and politician serving as a member of the Washington State Senate,representing the 31st district,based in southeast King County and northeast Pierce County since 2017. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives,representing the 47th district from 1999 to 2001 and ran for Governor of Washington in the 2020 election,coming in sixth place in the primary with just under 4% of the vote. Fortunato also ran for state Insurance Commissioner in 2024 and lost to Democratic state Senator Patty Kuderer by 13 percentage points.
General elections were held in the U.S. state of Washington on November 3,2020. A primary was held on August 4.
Washington state elections in 2024 were held on November 5,2024. Primary elections were held on August 6,2024.
The 2024 Washington Secretary of State election was held on Tuesday,November 5,2024,to elect the Washington Secretary of State,concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the U.S. Senate and various state and local elections,including for U.S. House and governor of Washington. Washington is one of two states that holds a top-two primary,meaning that all candidates are listed on the same ballot regardless of party affiliation,and the top two move on to the general election.
