Thomas Miller McClintock II is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 4th congressional district since 2009. His district stretches from the Sacramento suburbs to the outer suburbs of Fresno;it includes Yosemite National Park. A member of the Republican Party,McClintock served as a California state assemblyman from 1982 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2000,when he became a California state senator,a position he held until 2008. He unsuccessfully ran for governor of California in the 2003 recall election and for lieutenant governor of California in the 2006 election.
Lincoln Rafael Díaz-Balart is a Cuban-American attorney and politician. He was the U.S. representative for Florida's 21st congressional district from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate. He retired from Congress in 2011 and his younger brother,Mario Díaz-Balart,who had previously represented Florida's 25th congressional district,succeeded him. He is currently chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute. After leaving Congress,he started a law practice and a consulting firm,both based in Miami,Florida.
John Hardy Isakson was an American businessman and politician who served as a United States Senator from Georgia from 2005 to 2019 as a member of the Republican Party. He represented Georgia's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005.
Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III,known professionally as Connie Mack III,is an American retired Republican politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and then as a Senator from 1989 to 2001. He served as chair of the Senate Republican Conference from 1997 to 2001.
James Lane Buckley is an American jurist,politician,civil servant,attorney,businessman,and author,who currently serves as the Senior Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan,he previously served as a United States Senator from New York as a member of both the Republican Party and the Conservative Party of New York from 1971 to 1977. He was also the Republican nominee in the 1980 Connecticut Senate race,but was defeated by Democrat Chris Dodd.
The 1990 United States Senate elections were held on Tuesday,November 6,1990. The Democratic Party increased its majority with a net gain of one seat from the Republican Party. The election took place in the middle of President George H. W. Bush's term,and,as with most other midterm elections,the party not holding the presidency gained seats in Congress.
The 1988 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate in which,in spite of the Republican victory by George H. W. Bush in the presidential election,the Democrats gained a net of one seat in the Senate. Seven seats changed parties,with four incumbents being defeated. The Democratic majority in the Senate increased by one from 54–to–46 to 55–to–45. This is the last Senate election in which California voted for a Republican and both Texas and Maine voted for Democrats. This would also be the last Senate election until 1998 to not have at least one special election during that cycle.
The 1986 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate in the middle of Ronald Reagan's second presidential term. The Republicans had to defend an unusually large number of freshman Senate incumbents who had been elected on President Ronald Reagan's coattails in 1980. Democrats won a net of eight seats,defeating seven freshman incumbents,picking up two Republican-held open seats and regaining control of the Senate for the first time since January 1981. The party not controlling the presidency gained seats,as usually occurs in mid-term elections.
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 1980 United States Senate elections coincided with Ronald Reagan's victory in the presidential election. Reagan's large margin of victory over incumbent Jimmy Carter gave a huge boost to Republican Senate candidates,allowing them to flip 12 Democratic seats and win control of the chamber for the first time since the end of the 83rd Congress in January 1955.
The 1978 United States Senate elections in the middle of Democratic President Jimmy Carter's term. Thirteen seats changed hands between parties,resulting in a net gain of three seats for the Republicans. Democrats nevertheless retained a 58–41 majority.
The 1976 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate that coincided with Democratic Jimmy Carter's presidential election and the United States Bicentennial celebration. Although almost half of the seats decided in this election changed parties,Carter's narrow victory did not provide coattails for the Democrats,and the balance of the chamber remained the same.
The 1974 United States Senate elections were held in the wake of the Watergate scandal,Richard M. Nixon's resignation from the presidency,and Gerald Ford's subsequent pardon of Nixon. Economic issues,specifically inflation and stagnation,were also a factor that contributed to Republican losses. As an immediate result of the November 1974 elections,Democrats made a net gain of three seats from the Republicans,as they defeated Republican incumbents in Colorado and Kentucky and picked up open seats in Florida and Vermont,while Republicans won the open seat in Nevada. Following the elections,at the beginning of the 94th U.S. Congress,the Democratic caucus controlled 61 seats,and the Republican caucus controlled 38 seats.
The 1972 United States Senate elections coincided with the landslide re-election of Republican President Richard Nixon. Despite Nixon's landslide victory,Democrats increased their majority by two seats. After the elections,Democrats held 56 seats,and Republicans held 42 seats,with 1 Conservative and 1 independent senator. These were the first elections in which all citizens at least 18 years of age could vote,due to the 1971 passage of the 26th Amendment.
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 is 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 could have 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.
The 1946 United States Senate elections were held November 5,1946,in the middle of Democratic President Harry S. Truman's first term after Roosevelt’s passing. The Republicans took control of the Senate by picking up twelve seats,mostly from the Democrats.
The 1930 United States Senate elections occurred in the middle of Republican President Herbert Hoover's term. With the Great Depression beginning to take hold,Republican incumbents became unpopular,and Democrats picked up a net of eight seats,erasing the Republican gains from the previous election cycle. Republicans retained control of the U.S. Senate since Vice President Charles Curtis cast the tie-breaking vote. This was the first of four consecutive Senate elections during the Depression in which Democrats made enormous gains,achieving a cumulative pick-up of 34 seats.
Donald Allen Bailey was an American lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania. He was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1983,Auditor General of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 1989,and a candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senate and Governor of Pennsylvania. His Congressional District (PA-21) included all of Westmoreland County,Pennsylvania with a sliver of Allegheny County,Pennsylvania,prior to the 1981 redistricting.
The 1977 United States House of Representatives special election in Minnesota's 7th congressional district was held on February 22,1977 to select the successor to Bob Bergland (DFL) who resigned to accept appointment as Secretary of Agriculture under the Carter Administration. Independent-Republican candidate Arlan Stangeland defeated the DFL favorite,Mike Sullivan,in an upset landslide.
