John Hardy Isakson was an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia from 2005 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served in the Georgia legislature and the United States House of Representatives.
The Senate of Virginia is the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly. The Senate is composed of 40 senators representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts. The Senate is presided over by the lieutenant governor of Virginia. Prior to the American War of Independence,the upper house of the General Assembly was represented by the Virginia Governor's Council,consisting of up to 12 executive counselors appointed by the colonial royal governor as advisers and jurists.
James Elroy Risch is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Idaho since 2009. A member of the Republican Party,he served as lieutenant governor of Idaho under governors Dirk Kempthorne and Butch Otter. He also served from May 2006 to January 2007 as the 31st governor of Idaho.
Samuel D. Thompson is an American politician and scientist who served in the New Jersey Senate from 2012 to 2024,representing the 12th Legislative district. Before redistricting in 2011,he served in the General Assembly from 1998 to 2012,representing the 13th district.
Christopher "Kip" Bateman is an American Republican Party politician,who served in the New Jersey Senate from 2008 to 2022,representing the 16th Legislative District. He previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1994 to 2008,also in the 16th district.
Joseph Pennacchio is an American Republican Party politician,who has represented the 26th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate since January 8,2008. Pennacchio has served in the Senate as the Deputy Republican Leader since 2022. He served in the General Assembly from 2001 to 2008.
Dawn Marie Addiego is an American politician who represented the New Jersey's 8th legislative district in the New Jersey Senate from 2010 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served in the General Assembly from January 8,2008 to November 22,2010 as a Republican. On November 15,2010,after Phil Haines was confirmed to serve on the New Jersey Superior Court for Burlington County,that county's Republican committee nominated and appointed Addiego to fill Haines' vacant seat for the remainder of his unexpired term.
The 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee was held on November 2,2010,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Tennessee,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts.
Dennis D. Pyle is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 1st district since 2005. He ran for governor of Kansas in the 2022 election.
Karin Housley is an American politician,businesswoman,and member of the Minnesota Senate. A Republican,she represents Forest Lake,Stillwater,and the surrounding St. Croix Valley. Housley was the Republican nominee in Minnesota's 2018 special election for the United States Senate.
Phil Jensen,is an American politician from Pennington County,South Dakota who is a current member of the South Dakota House of Representatives and has served as a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 33 from 2013 to 2021. Jensen served consecutively in the South Dakota Legislature from January 2009 until January 8,2013 in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 33 seat. He supplements his legislative income as a cookware dealer.
Patricia Eileen Kuderer is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the Washington State Senate for the 48th district. She was appointed to the State Senate after Cyrus Habib was elected lieutenant governor. In 2024,Kuderer was elected as Insurance Commissioner of Washington,succeeding Mike Kreidler.
The 2020 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 3,2020. It followed a top-two primary held on August 4. Incumbent Governor Jay Inslee,the Democratic candidate,defeated Loren Culp,the Republican candidate by a wide margin. Inslee,who was eligible to run for a third term due to the lack of gubernatorial term limits,initially launched a campaign for president of the United States in the 2020 election. When he dropped out of that race in August 2019 due to extremely low polling numbers,he announced he would seek a third term as governor. Several other Democratic political figures considered entering the race if Inslee did not run,including Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson;no other major Democratic candidates entered the race. Republican Loren Culp,the police chief of Republic,Washington,placed second in the top-two primary and advanced to the general election alongside Inslee.
Michael J. Maroney is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate,representing the 2nd district since January 11,2017.
Vin Gopal is an American Democratic politician who took office on January 9,2018,to represent the 11th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate,which covers portions of Monmouth County. Gopal serves as Chairman of the influential Senate Education Committee and as Senate Majority Conference Leader.
Morgan Thomas Lewis Irwin is an American law enforcement officer and politician from Washington. Irwin is a former Republican member of Washington House of Representatives,representing the 31st Legislative District from 2017 to 2021. He previously was the ranking Republican member on the House Civil Rights &Judiciary Committee.
The 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. Democratic state attorney general Josh Shapiro defeated Republican state senator Doug Mastriano to win his first term in office. Shapiro succeeded Democratic incumbent Tom Wolf,who was term limited.
The 2024 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 5,2024. The top-two primary was held on August 6. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jay Inslee was eligible to seek re-election to a fourth term but decided that he would not do so. The Democratic nominee,state Attorney General Bob Ferguson,defeated the Republican nominee,former Congressman Dave Reichert,who conceded defeat on November 19. Ferguson defeated Reichert with 55.51% of the vote in the general election. He also became the first Democrat to win Clallam County since 2000.
The 2022 Vermont Senate election took place on November 8,2022,as part of the biennial United States elections. The election coincided with elections for other offices including the U.S. Senate,U.S. House,Governor,and State House. Vermont voters elected all 30 state senators from 16 districts,with each district electing between one and three senators. State senators serve two-year terms in the Vermont Senate. Primary elections were held on August 9,2022. This election would be the first to use new districts adopted by the Vermont General Assembly to allocate for population changes across the state after the 2020 census.
Washington state elections in 2024 were held on November 5,2024. Primary elections were held on August 6,2024.
