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Clarence Saxby Chambliss is an American lawyer and retired politician who was a United States Senator from Georgia from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as a U.S. Representative from 1995 to 2003.
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 66th Governor of Georgia from 1931 to 1933 before serving in the United States Senate for almost 40 years,from 1933 to 1971. Russell was a founder and leader of the conservative coalition that dominated Congress from 1937 to 1963,and at his death was the most senior member of the Senate. He was for decades a leader of Southern opposition to the civil rights movement.
Southern Democrats are members of the U.S. Democratic Party who reside in the Southern United States.
The Georgia State Senate is the upper house of the Georgia General Assembly,in the U.S. state of Georgia.
The 2002 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 5,2002,in the middle of President George W. Bush's first term,to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 108th United States Congress. This was the first congressional election using districts drawn up during the 2000 United States redistricting cycle on the basis of the 2000 census.
The Oregon State Senate is the upper house of the statewide legislature for the US state of Oregon. Along with the lower chamber Oregon House of Representatives it makes up the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 30 members of the state Senate,representing 30 districts across the state,each with a population of 141,242. The state Senate meets in the east wing of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem.
Linc's is an American comedy-drama sitcom created by Tim Reid and Susan Fales-Hill. The series starred Steven Williams,Pam Grier and Golden Brooks,and was set in a bar in Washington,D.C. It aired on Showtime for two seasons from August 1998 to February 2000. After its cancellation,it was briefly syndicated on Showtime's sister network BET.
Neptali Alvaro Gonzales,better known as Neptali Gonzales,Sr.,was a Filipino politician who served as the President of the Philippine Senate from 1992 to 1993,1995 to 1996,and 1998.
Timothy Eugene Scott is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from South Carolina since 2013. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as a Charleston city councilor,a state representative,and a U.S. Representative. He also worked in financial services before entering politics.
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This article lists potential candidates for the Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 2016 election. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,the 2016 Democratic nominee for President of the United States,chose Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia as her running mate. The formal nomination took place at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. The Clinton–Kaine ticket lost the 2016 presidential election to the Republican Trump–Pence ticket,and Kaine returned to the Senate following the campaign.
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Thomas Jonathan Ossoff is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Georgia since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,Ossoff was previously a documentary filmmaker and investigative journalist.
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The 2010 Georgia State Senate elections occurred on November 2,2010,to elect the members to the Georgia State Senate. All fifty-six seats in the state Senate and all 180 seats in the state House were up for two year terms. The winners of this election cycle served in the 151st Georgia General Assembly.
Several elections took place in the U.S. state of Georgia in 2022. The general election was held on November 8,2022. A runoff election for one of Georgia's seats in the United States Senate was held on December 6,2022. The runoff was scheduled because none of the candidates for Senate received 50% of the statewide vote in the general election. In addition to the Senate seat,all of Georgia's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Also up for election were all of Georgia's executive officers and legislative seats,as well as one seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission. The Republican Party decisively won every single statewide office in Georgia except for the Federal Senate race which narrowly went Democratic in 2022.
