Michael Allen "Mac" Collins was an American businessman and politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005,representing Georgia's 8th congressional district. In 2004,he was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate.
James Johnston Blanchard is an American attorney,diplomat,and politician who served as the 45th governor of Michigan from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Democratic Party,Blanchard previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983,and later as the as United States Ambassador to Canada from 1993 to 1996.
Richard Posthumus is an American businessman,and politician. He was the 61st lieutenant governor of Michigan and majority leader of the Michigan Senate. In 2002,he was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Governor of Michigan.
Robert Paul Griffin was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he represented Michigan in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate and was a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. He co-sponsored the Landrum-Griffin Act,which regulates the internal affairs of labor unions. As a deputy minority leader in the Senate,he called on President Richard Nixon,a fellow Republican,to resign during the Watergate scandal.
John George Schmitz was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and California State Senate from Orange County,California. He was also a member of the John Birch Society. In 1972 he was the candidate for President of the United States of the American Independent Party,later known as the American Party.
Joseph Kastl Knollenberg was an American politician from Michigan. From 1993 to 2009,he was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives,representing Michigan's 9th congressional district and Michigan's 11th congressional district.
Milton Robert Carr is an American lawyer,academic,and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Frank Probasco Bohn was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served three terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1927 to 1933.
The 1972 United States Senate elections were held on November 7,with the 33 seats of Class 2 contested in regular elections. They coincided with the landslide re-election of Republican President Richard Nixon. Despite Nixon's landslide victory,Democrats increased their majority by two seats. The Democrats picked up open seats in Kentucky and South Dakota,and defeated four incumbent senators:Gordon Allott of Colorado,J. Caleb Boggs of Delaware,Jack Miller of Iowa,and Margaret Chase Smith of Maine. The Republicans picked up open seats in New Mexico,North Carolina,and Oklahoma,and defeated one incumbent,William B. Spong Jr. of Virginia.
The 1964 United States Senate elections were held on November 3. The 33 seats of Class 1 were contested in regular elections. Special elections were also held to fill vacancies. They 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 2023,this was 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,or convict and expel certain officials without any votes from Senate Republicans. In practice,however,internal divisions effectively prevented the Democrats from doing so. The Senate election cycle coincided with Democratic gains in the House in the same year.
The 1960 United States Senate elections coincided with the election of John F. Kennedy as president on November 8,1960. The 33 seats of Class 2 were contested in regular elections. A special election was also held on June 28,1960,for a mid-term vacancy in North Dakota where Democrats flipped a seat to expand their majority to 66–34. As Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson was elected Vice President,Mike Mansfield became the new majority leader.
The 1992 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 3,1992,to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 103rd United States Congress. They coincided with the 1992 presidential election,in which Democrat Bill Clinton was elected as President,defeating Republican incumbent President George H. W. Bush.
The 1982 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives held on November 2,1982,to elect members to serve in the 98th United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of President Ronald Reagan's first term,whose popularity was sinking due to economic conditions under the 1982 recession. The President's Republican Party lost seats in the House,which could be viewed as a response to the President's approval at the time. Unlike most midterm election cycles,the number of seats lost—26 seats to the Democratic Party—was a comparatively large swap. It included most of the seats that had been gained the previous election,cementing the Democratic majority. Coincidentally,the number of seats the Democrats picked up (26),was the exact amount the Republicans would have needed to win the House majority. It was the first election held after the 1980 United States redistricting cycle.
Frank Eugene Hook was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Harvey I. Sloane,a physician and Democrat,served two terms as Mayor of Louisville,Kentucky and also a term as county judge-executive of Jefferson County,Kentucky. He narrowly lost two Democratic primaries for Governor of Kentucky and lost a race for the United States Senate to incumbent Mitch McConnell.
James Whitney Dunn is an American politician and businessman from the Michigan. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1983 before unsuccessfully seeking reelection. He ran for the Senate in 1984,losing the Republican primary to astronaut Jack R. Lousma,and in 1988,when he was defeated by Democratic incumbent Donald W. Riegle,Jr. He sought another term in the U.S. House in 1990,but lost in the Republican primary to Dave Camp,ending his electoral career.
The Michigan Five Fluke Freshmen is the name given to five members of the U.S. House of Representatives who were elected in the Democratic landslide of 1964 and were subsequently defeated just two years later by a Republican resurgence. They included Paul Todd,Raymond Clevenger,Billie Farnum,John Mackie,and Wes Vivian of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan. All of the five were one-term congressmen. It was the last time that a state would have five freshmen members of Congress defeated for reelection.
The 2012 Michigan House of Representatives elections were held on November 6,2012,with partisan primaries to select the parties' nominees in the various districts on August 7,2012. Due to gerrymandering,the Republican Party retained its majority in the House of Representatives despite losing the popular vote.
The 2014 Michigan House of Representatives elections were held on November 4,2014,with partisan primaries to select the parties' nominees in the various districts on August 5,2014. Members elected at the 2014 election served in the 98th Michigan Legislature which convened on January 7,2015.
An election was held on November 6,2018 to elect all 110 members to Michigan's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices,including U.S. Senate,U.S. House of Representatives,Governor and Senate. The primary election was held on August 7,2018.
