The "Republican Revolution","Revolution of '94",or "Gingrich Revolution" are political slogans that refer to the Republican Party's (GOP) success in the 1994 U.S. mid-term elections,which resulted in a net gain of 54 seats in the House of Representatives,and a pick-up of eight seats in the Senate. It was led by Newt Gingrich.
Nancy Elizabeth Johnson is an American lobbyist and politician from the state of Connecticut. Johnson was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007,representing the 6th district and later the 5th District after reapportionment.
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett Jr. is an American politician who served a member of the United States House of Representative from 1993 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party and was a member of the Tea Party Caucus. At the end of his tenure in Congress,Bartlett was the second-oldest serving member of the House of Representatives,behind fellow Republican Ralph Hall of Texas.
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative,U.S. Senator,and the 85th Governor of Connecticut.
Steven Jay Israel is an American political commentator,lobbyist,author,bookseller,and former politician. He served as a U.S. representative from New York from 2001 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,he was elected in New York's 2nd congressional district until 2013 and New York's 3rd congressional district until his retirement. At the time of his departure from Congress,his district included portions of northern Nassau County and Suffolk County on Long Island,as well as a small portion of Queens in New York City.
Herbert Leon "Sonny" Callahan was an American businessman and politician from Alabama. After being elected as a Democrat from Mobile to the state house and senate,he shifted to the Republican Party after losing a race for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama in 1982. He was repeatedly elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives,serving from 1985 to 2003. Afterward he established his own lobbying firm and continued to be active in the Republican Party.
Milton Robert Carr was an American lawyer,academic,and politician from Michigan.
The 1982 United States Senate elections were held on November 2,1982. They were elections for the United States Senate following Republican gains in 1980. The 33 Senate seats of Class 1 were up for election in 1982. A total of four seats changed hands between parties,with Democrats winning seats in New Jersey and New Mexico,and Republicans taking seats in Nevada and the seat of the lone independent,Senator Harry Byrd Jr.,in Virginia. Democrats made a net gain of one seat bringing them to 46 seats,while Republicans stayed at 54 seats for a majority. However,the Democratic gain in New Jersey replaced a Republican that had been appointed earlier in the year. Liberal Republicans senators in Connecticut,Rhode Island and Vermont held onto their seats,keeping the Senate in Republican hands.
The 2006 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7,2006,to elect members to the United States House of Representatives. It took place in the middle of President George W. Bush's second term in office. All 435 seats of the House were up for election. Those elected served in the 110th United States Congress from January 3,2007,until January 3,2009. The incumbent majority party,the Republicans,had won majorities in the House consecutively since 1994,and were defeated by the Democrats who won a majority in the chamber,ending 12 years of Republican control in the House.
William Edward Curry Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who has been a two-time Democratic nominee for Governor of Connecticut and a White House advisor in the administration of Bill Clinton.
Angela McGlowan is an American Republican political commentator,best-selling author,and CEO of Political Strategies &Insights (PSI),a government affairs,political strategy,public relations,and advocacy consulting firm based in Oxford,Mississippi,and Washington,D.C. She is a contributor on Fox News,covering politics,special interest groups,and lobbies.
Connecticut is divided among five congressional districts from which citizens elect the state's representatives to the United States House of Representatives. After the re-apportionment following the 2000 census,Connecticut lost one representative,reducing the state's delegation from six to five. The redistricting process was shared between the Republican governor at the time,John G. Rowland,and the Democratic-controlled General Assembly. Before the census,the state's House delegation was split evenly between Republicans and Democrats,and the solution finally agreed upon by the redistricting committee would ensure an even match-up between incumbents,the 6th district's Nancy L. Johnson,a Republican,and the 5th district's James H. Maloney,a Democrat. In the 2002 elections,Johnson defeated Maloney by a surprisingly large margin in the new 5th district.
John Hall Buchanan Jr. was an American military veteran,clergyman,and politician who served as a Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1981,representing Alabama's 6th congressional district.
John Harbin Rousselot was a U.S. Representative from southern California. Although the territory he represented was generally the same,in eastern Los Angeles County,the district was renumbered several times during his congressional career.
The 2008 congressional elections in Connecticut were held on November 4,2008,to determine who would represent the state of Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives,coinciding with the presidential election. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3,2009,until January 3,2011. The Primary election was held on August 12.
Sean Patrick Sullivan is an American lawyer,politician,a retired submarine commander and was commanding officer of the Naval Submarine Base New London. He was the Republican candidate for the United States Congress in Connecticut's 2nd congressional district in 2008.
The 1982 United States Senate election in Connecticut took place on November 2,1982. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker won re-election to a third term. He first defeated a challenge from Republican Prescott Bush Jr.,the brother of Vice President George H. W. Bush and son of former Senator Prescott Bush,and then won the general election against Democratic U.S. Representative Toby Moffett.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the eight U.S. representatives from the state of Maryland,one from each of the state's eight congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including the quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate.
The 1990 United States elections were held on November 6 and elected the members of the 102nd United States Congress. The elections occurred in the middle of Republican President George H. W. Bush's term and during the Gulf War. The Democratic Party slightly built on their control of Congress.
Andrea Rose Salinas is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 6th congressional district since 2023. Oregon's 6th congressional district includes all of Yamhill and Polk counties,the part of Marion County that includes Salem and Woodburn,a small piece of Beaverton,and the suburban communities to the southwest of Portland,including Tigard,Tualatin,and Sherwood.
