The 82nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington,D.C.,from January 3,1951,to January 3,1953,during the last two years of President Harry S. Truman's second term in office.
The 1996 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 5,1996. Though eligible for a second term,incumbent governor Mike Lowry chose not to run for reelection following a series of personal and public scandals,including allegations of sexual harassment. This gubernatorial race was especially significant in that it resulted in the first Asian American governor in the mainland United States,Democrat Gary Locke.
The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature,while the New York State Assembly is its lower house. Established in 1777 by the Constitution of New York,its members are elected to two-year terms with no term limits. There are 63 seats in the Senate. The Democratic Party has held control of the New York State Senate since 2019. The Senate Majority Leader is Andrea Stewart-Cousins.
The 2006 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was held on November 7,2006. Incumbent Republican Lincoln Chafee sought re-election to a second full term in office,the seat he had held since 1999 when he was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of his father John Chafee. He lost to Democratic nominee,former state Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse by a 7-point margin. Lincoln Chafee later left the Republican Party in September 2007 before running successfully as an Independent for Governor of Rhode Island in 2010.
The Alabama State Senate is the upper house of the Alabama Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alabama. The body is composed of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the state,with each district containing at least 127,140 citizens. Similar to the lower house,the Alabama House of Representatives,the senate serves both without term limits and with a four-year term.
The Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate,sometimes referred to as the Democratic Conference,is the formal organization of all senators who are part of the Democratic Party in the United States Senate. For the makeup of the 118th Congress,the caucus additionally includes four independent senators who caucus with the Democrats,bringing the current total to 51 members. The central organizational front for Democrats in the Senate,its primary function is communicating the party's message to all of its members under a single banner. The present chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus is Chuck Schumer of New York.
The Washington State Senate is the upper house of the Washington State Legislature. The body consists of 49 members,each representing a district with a population of nearly 160,000. The State Senate meets at the Legislative Building in Olympia.
Peter Francis Welch is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2023 as the junior United States senator from Vermont. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the U.S. representative for Vermont's at-large congressional district from 2007 to 2023. He has been a major figure in Vermont politics for over four decades,and is only the second Democrat to be elected a senator from the state.
The president pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate is the second-highest-ranking official of the Oklahoma Senate and the highest-ranking state senator. The Oklahoma Constitution designates the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma as the highest-ranking official,serving ex officio as President of the Senate,even though the lieutenant governor only votes in the case of a tie. During the lieutenant governor's absence,the president pro tempore presides over sessions. By longstanding custom,the lieutenant governor presides over sessions devoted to ceremonial purposes,while the bulk of the legislative management and political power is reserved for the president pro tempore,who is elected directly by the Oklahoma Senate.
Rodney Tom is an American businessman and politician who represented Washington's 48th Legislative District in the state Senate.
The 2008 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 4,2008,and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
Pamela Jean Roach is an American politician who served as a member of the Pierce County Council from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party,she previously served as a member of the Washington State Senate,representing the 31st district from 1991 to 2017.
John C. Jacobs was an American politician from New York.
Anna M. Rivers is an American politician and educator serving as a Republican member of the Washington State Senate from when she was appointed to represent the 18th district in 2012,upon the resignation of Joe Zarelli. Prior to this she was a member of the Washington House of Representatives. In her first full term,a Majority Coalition Caucus was formed,taking control away from the Democrats in the state senate. Rivers was appointed to be majority whip for the session,a rare appointment for a freshman senator. She won re-election for another four-year term in 2012,with 67% of the vote against 32% for her opponent,Ralph Schmidt.
The 2014 Washington State Senate elections is one of the biennial legislative elections in Washington took place on November 4,2014. In this election,about half of the 49 legislative districts in Washington chose a state senator for a four-year term to the Washington State Senate. The other half of state senators were chosen in the next biennial election,so that about half of the senators are elected at a time:one group in presidential election years and the other in other even-numbered election years. All the members of the Washington State House of Representatives are elected concurrently with half of the senators every two years.
The Majority Coalition Caucus (MCC) was a caucus formed on December 10,2012,by all 23 Republican members of the Washington State Senate and two Democratic senators. Its membership constituted a majority of the chamber's 49 members,allowing it to take control of the Senate from the Democratic caucus whose members had previously formed a majority. The MCC,operating much like a coalition government,offered an equal number of committee leadership positions to Republicans and Democrats. Senate Democrats accepted only three of the nine positions offered them. The Republicans strengthened their position by gaining one seat in the 2013 election,but lost its majority following a special election in November 2017. The coalition has 23 Republicans and one self-identified Democratic senator,Tim Sheldon. On November 15,2017,the Majority Coalition Caucus returned to being the state Senate Republican Caucus.
Drew Christian MacEwen is an American politician of the Republican Party. He is a member of the Washington State Senate,representing the 35th district,which covers the entirety of Mason County and parts of Kitsap and Thurston counties.
The 2018 United States Senate elections were held on November 6,2018. Among the 100 seats,the 33 of Class 1 were contested in regular elections while 2 others were contested in special elections due to Senate vacancies in Minnesota and Mississippi. The regular election winners were elected to 6-year terms running from January 3,2019,to January 3,2025. Senate Democrats had 26 seats up for election,while Senate Republicans had 9 seats up for election.
The 2022 Vermont Senate election took place on November 8,2022,as part of the biennial United States elections. The election coincided with elections for other offices including the U.S. Senate,U.S. House,Governor,and State House. Vermont voters elected all 30 state senators from 16 districts,with each district electing between one and three senators. State senators serve two-year terms in the Vermont Senate. Primary elections were held on August 9,2022. This election would be the first to use new districts adopted by the Vermont General Assembly to allocate for population changes across the state after the 2020 census.
