John Randolph Thune is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Dakota,a seat he has held since 2005. A member of the Republican Party,he has been the Senate majority leader and Senate Republican leader since 2025. Thune is in his fourth Senate term and is the dean of South Dakota's congressional delegation. From 1997 to 2003,he served three terms as the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) is an organization of 38 Democratic members of the United States Congress of Hispanic and Latino descent. The Caucus focuses on issues affecting Hispanics and Latinos in the United States. The CHC was founded in December 1976 as a legislative service organization of the United States House of Representatives. The CHC is organized as a Congressional Member organization,governed under the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Republicans Overseas (RO) is a political organization created in 2013 for United States citizens who are living outside of the United States. RO is recognized by the Republican National Committee (RNC),and by other affiliated groups,such as College Republicans. It operates in the majority of countries around the world where there are large numbers of United States citizen residents. Similar to political action committees (PAC) and Super Pacs;RO is a 527 political organization that operates as a corporation with specific interests of repealing the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and of generally representing Republicans living overseas.
Richard K. Impallaria is an American politician who served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates,representing District 7 in Baltimore and Harford counties,from 2003 to 2023.
Richard Glen Casada Jr. is an American politician,and a former Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives,where he represented District 63 from 2003 to 2023. He was the Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives from January 8,2019 through August 2,2019,whereupon he resigned his post amid scandal. This was the shortest stint of a Tennessee Speaker of the House in modern history. Casada was previously the Majority Leader of the Tennessee House of Representatives. His opposition to Syrian refugees attracted national attention in the media in 2015.
Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem is an American politician who has served as the 33rd governor of South Dakota since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,she was the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2011 to 2019 and a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives for the 6th district from 2007 to 2011. In November 2024,Donald Trump selected Noem to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security in his second term.
The 2018 United States elections were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018. These midterm elections occurred during Incumbent Republican President Donald Trump's first term. Although the Republican Party increased its majority in the Senate,unified Republican control of Congress and the White House was brought to an end when the Democratic Party won control of the House of Representatives in what was widely characterized as a "blue wave" election as Democrats also gained governorships,other statewide offices,and state legislative chambers.
Debra Kay Lesko is an American politician from the state of Arizona. Lesko,a member of the Republican Party,serves on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors representing the 4th district. She previously represented Arizona's 8th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2018 to 2025. The district is in the West Valley portion of the Phoenix metropolitan area and includes Glendale,Surprise,Sun City,Peoria,and part of western Phoenix. A member of the Republican Party,Lesko previously served in the Arizona State Legislature from 2009 to 2018.
Martin J. Jackley is an American attorney and politician who is currently serving as the Attorney General of South Dakota since 2023,having previously served from 2009 to 2019. He assumed office as Attorney General again in 2023 after winning the 2022 election unopposed. He previously served as the 39th United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota. He ran unsuccessfully for Governor of South Dakota in 2018,losing the Republican primary to Kristi Noem.
Kyle Schoenfish is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate. Schoenfish had previously served as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives,representing District 19 since January 11,2013.
Lance S. Russell is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate and a former member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 30.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on November 6,2018,to elect the U.S. representative from Delaware's at-large congressional district,who will represent the state of Delaware in the 116th United States Congress. The election coincided with the election of a U.S. Senator from Delaware and other federal and state offices. Democratic Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester,the incumbent,won re-election.
Dustin Michael Johnson is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he served as South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner from 2005 to 2011,when he was appointed chief of staff to Governor Dennis Daugaard,a position he held until 2014. Between his state political career and congressional service,Johnson was the vice president of Vantage Point Solutions in Mitchell,South Dakota.
Lynne DiSanto,also known as Lyndi Meyers,is an American politician from Box Elder,South Dakota,a former Republican member of the South Dakota state senate and former member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 35,and the former Republican majority whip in the state House. In 2014 and 2016,she received the highest total of votes in her district,which elected two Republicans to the state House of Representatives,and also was elected as a Donald Trump delegate to the 2016 presidential convention.
Dawn Wetzel Keefer is an American politician who is currently a Pennsylvania State Senator from the 31st district since 2025. A member of the Republican Party,she represented the 92nd district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2017 to 2024.
Kelly Michael Armstrong is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 34th governor of North Dakota since 2024. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the U.S. representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2019 to 2024. He also served as the North Dakota state senator from the 36th district from 2012 to 2018 and as chair of the North Dakota Republican Party from 2015 to 2018. On January 23,2024,he announced he would not seek reelection to the House and would instead run in the 2024 North Dakota gubernatorial election. Armstrong won the Republican primary on June 11,2024,and defeated Democratic nominee Merrill Piepkorn in the general election.
William C. Eigel is an American politician and member of the Missouri State Senate. A member of the Republican Party,he was first elected in 2016 and assumed his seat on January 4,2017. Eigel is a former captain in the United States Air Force,having served from 2009 to 2016.
Julie Frye-Mueller is an American politician from South Dakota. A member of the Republican Party,she has been a member of the South Dakota Senate,serving since 2021. She was censured by the Senate in 2023 for harassment of a legislative staffer;she denied harassment.
Jason Richard Ravnsborg is an American attorney and politician. A Republican,he served as Attorney General of South Dakota from 2019 until his removal in 2022. Ravnsborg ran for the U.S. Senate in 2014,losing in the Republican primary to former Governor Mike Rounds,who won the general election.
The 2024 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held on November 5,2024,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of North Dakota. Republican incumbent Kevin Cramer was re-elected to a second term in office,defeating Democratic–NPL educator Katrina Christiansen in the general election. Primary elections took place on June 11,2024,with Cramer and Christiansen winning their respective party's nomination unopposed.
