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Deborah Ross is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district since 2021. Her district is based in Raleigh. A member of the Democratic Party,Ross served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2003 to 2013,representing the state's 38th and then 34th House district,including much of northern Raleigh and surrounding suburbs in Wake County.
Stephanie Marie Herseth Sandlin is an American attorney,university administrator,and politician from the Democratic Party. She served in the United States House of Representatives for South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2004 until 2011. Sandlin was first elected to Congress in a special election on July 12,2004 and was re-elected three times before losing her seat in Congress to Republican Kristi Noem in 2010. She was the youngest female member of the House,and the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota. Before her 2007 marriage to Max Sandlin,she was known as Stephanie Herseth. She is a Democrat and a member of the Herseth family of South Dakota.
Lee Irwin Fisher is an American attorney,politician,and academic. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 64th lieutenant governor of Ohio,with Governor Ted Strickland,from 2007 until 2011. He serves as the Dean of Cleveland–Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University.
Melissa Anne Hart is an American lawyer and politician. She was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007,representing western Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. She was the first Republican woman to represent Pennsylvania at the federal level. Prior to her service in Congress,Hart served in the Pennsylvania Senate,where she chaired the finance committee. She was the first Republican woman elected to serve a full term in the Pennsylvania Senate in 1990 when she was 28 years old. In her first run for office,Hart defeated an incumbent in a senate district that included parts of Allegheny,Westmoreland and Armstrong counties. In the 2006 midterm elections,Hart lost her bid for re-election to Democrat Jason Altmire. She challenged Altmire again in the 2008 election,but was defeated again.
Capri Silvestri Cafaro is a former Democratic member of the Ohio Senate,representing the 32nd District from 2007 to 2016. From the Mahoning Valley,Cafaro served three terms as an Ohio State Senator (2007-2016),including a stint as Minority Leader from 2009 to 2012. Her district included all of Trumbull County,Ashtabula County and portions of Geauga County.
The 1914 United States Senate elections,with the ratification of the 17th Amendment in 1913,was the first time that all seats up for election were popularly elected instead of chosen by their state legislatures. These elections occurred in the middle of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson's first term.
Donald Gene Davis is an American educator and politician. He currently represents the 5th senate district in the North Carolina Senate. Davis was first elected to the post in 2008,representing Pitt,Wayne,and Greene counties. He was defeated for re-election in 2010,but ran and won a Senate seat for the newly redrawn 5th District in the 2012 election.
Cynthia Moore Chestnut is an American Democratic politician who served on the Gainesville,Florida City Commission from 1987 to 1989 and as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1990 to 2000,representing the 23rd District. After unsuccessfully running for the Florida Senate in 2000,Chestnut was elected to the Alachua County Commission in 2002,where she served until she lost re-election in 2010.
Mike Curtis was a Democratic member of the Alabama House of Representatives,representing the 2nd District from November 2006 to November 2010. The district includes part of Lauderdale County. He was defeated for re-election in November,2010.
Kelda Helen Roys is an American tech entrepreneur,business owner,attorney,and Democratic politician. She currently serves in the Wisconsin State Senate,representing the 26th senatorial district. She succeeded Fred Risser in 2021,who was the longest-serving state legislator in American history. She previously served two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly,was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012 and for Governor of Wisconsin in 2018.
Carolyn Comitta is an American politician,educator and financial officer. She is a member of the Democratic Party,currently serving in the Pennsylvania State Senate representing the 19th district. Previously,Comitta was the first woman to serve as Mayor of West Chester,the seat of Chester County,Pennsylvania,and served two terms in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives representing the 156th district.
Augustus Benton Chafin Jr. was an American politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates from the 4th district in 2014,and in the Senate of Virginia from the 38th district from 2014 to 2021,as a member of the Republican Party.
Shemia Patricia Fagan is an American lawyer and politician serving as the Oregon secretary of state. She previously served as a Democratic member of the Oregon Senate,representing Senate District 24 from in 2019 to 2021. She also represented House District 51 from 2013 to 2017. In 2020,Fagan secured the Democratic nomination for Oregon Secretary of State in a close three-way race,and went on to defeat Republican Kim Thatcher in the general election.
John Morgan McGarvey is an American attorney and politician serving as a Democratic member of the Kentucky Senate,where he represents the 19th district. In December 2018,he was elected as minority leader,becoming one of the youngest members of a general assembly in the nation to serve in a leadership role. He is the U.S. representative-elect for Kentucky's 3rd congressional district.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Alabama on November 6,2018. All Alabama executive officers were up for election along with all of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections took place on June 5,2018,for both major parties.
The Michigan general election,2018 was held on Tuesday,November 6,2018 throughout Michigan. The Democrats swept all of the statewide offices held by the Republicans.
Nikema Natassha Williams is an American politician and political executive serving as the representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district. The district includes almost three-fourths of Atlanta. She was a member of the Georgia State Senate for the 39th district before her House campaign. She is also the chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia. Williams served as one of 16 electors for Georgia in the Electoral College following the 2020 United States presidential election.
Jasmine Felicia Crockett is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 100th district. Elected in July 2020,she assumed office in January 2021.
The 2022 Alabama Senate elections took place on November 8,2022,as part of the 2022 United States elections. Alabama voters elected state senators in all 35 of the state's Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Alabama Senate in Montgomery.
