William Todd Tiahrt is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Kansas's 4th congressional district from 1995 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party,he was elected as part of the historic Republican Wave of 1994,defeating 18-year incumbent U.S. Representative Dan Glickman. He ran in 2010 for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Sam Brownback. He lost to fellow Republican U.S. Representative Jerry Moran of Hays,Kansas,50%–45%.
The 1998 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 3,1998,to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 106th United States Congress. They were part of the midterm elections held during President Bill Clinton's second term. They were a major disappointment for the Republicans,who were expecting to gain seats due to the embarrassment Clinton suffered during the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the "six-year itch" effect observed in most second-term midterm elections. However,the Republicans lost five seats to the Democrats,although they retained a narrow majority in the House. A wave of Republican discontent with Speaker Newt Gingrich prompted him to resign shortly after the election;he was replaced by Congressman Dennis Hastert of Illinois.
The 1996 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 5,1996,to elect members to serve in the 105th United States Congress. They coincided with the re-election of President Bill Clinton. Democrats won the popular vote by almost 60,000 votes (0.07%) and gained a net of two seats from the Republicans,but the Republicans retained an overall majority of seats in the House for the first time since 1928.
The 1860–61 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between August 6,1860,and October 24,1861,before or after the first session of the 37th United States Congress convened on July 4,1861. The number of House seats initially increased to 239 when California was apportioned an extra one,but these elections were affected by the outbreak of the American Civil War and resulted in over 56 vacancies.
The Kansas Republican Party is the state affiliate political party in Kansas of the United States Republican Party. The Kansas Republican Party was organized in May 1859.
The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court,the bicameral legislature of the state of New Hampshire. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 203 legislative districts across the state,created from divisions of the state's counties. On average,each legislator represents about 3,300 residents,which is the smallest lower house representative-to-population ratio in the country.
The 1858–59 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 7,1858,and December 1,1859. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives. 238 representatives were elected in the new state of Oregon,the pending new state of Kansas,and the other 32 states before the first session of the 36th United States Congress convened on December 5,1859. They were held during President James Buchanan's term.
Henry Wilson Temple was a Progressive and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Chester Louis Mize was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas.
The 2010 United States Senate election in Kansas took place on November 2,2010,alongside 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. Incumbent Senator Sam Brownback did not seek a third full term,but instead successfully ran for Governor of Kansas.
The 2010 congressional elections in Kansas were held on November 2,2010,and determined who would survive the state of Kansas in the United States House of Representatives. Kansas has 4 seats in the House,apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;the elected served in the 112th Congress from January 3,2011,until January 3,2013.
The 1902–03 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913,senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1902 and 1903,and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections,terms were up for the senators in Class 3.
The 1996 United States Senate special election in Kansas was held November 5,1996,concurrently with the presidential election and the regularly scheduled election for the state's Class 2 seat. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole,the Republican nominee for president,had resigned on June 11,1996,in order to focus on his presidential campaign. Lieutenant Governor Sheila Frahm was appointed to the seat upon Dole's resignation,but she was defeated in the primary by Representative Sam Brownback,who went on to win the general election over Democrat Jill Docking.
Ronald Gene Estes is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative for Kansas's 4th congressional district since April 2017. A member of the Republican Party,he served as Kansas State Treasurer from 2011 to 2017.
The 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas occurred on November 3,1998,to elect the members of the state of Texas's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Texas had thirty seats in the House,apportioned according to the 1990 United States census.
The 2014 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Kansas,concurrently with the election of Kansas' Class II U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2021 United States elections were held in large part on Tuesday,November 2,2021. This off-year election included the regular gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia. In addition,state legislative elections were held for the New Jersey Legislature and Virginia House of Delegates,along with numerous state legislative special elections,citizen initiatives,mayoral races,and a variety of other local elections. Six special elections to the United States House of Representatives also took place on November 2 or earlier as a result of either deaths or vacancies. The first of these was held on March 20.
The 2019 United States state legislative elections were held on November 5,2019. Seven legislative chambers in four states held regularly-scheduled elections. These off-year elections coincided with other state and local elections,including gubernatorial elections in three states.
The 2022 Texas's 34th congressional district special election was held on June 14,2022. The seat,which went to Democratic president Joe Biden by only four points in the 2020 United States presidential election after being solidly blue in the past,became vacant after Democratic incumbent representative Filemon Vela Jr. resigned on March 31,2022,to work at the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &Feld.
Mayra Nohemi Flores is an American politician who represented Texas's 34th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2022 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,she was the first female Mexican-born member of the House.
