Lane Allen Evans was an American attorney and politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007,representing the 17th District of Illinois. Evans announced that he would not seek reelection in November 2006 and retired at the end of the 109th Congress,due to the increasingly debilitating effects of Parkinson's disease.
Charles Harting Percy was an American businessman and politician. He was president of the Bell &Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964,and served as a Republican U.S. senator from Illinois from 1967 until 1985,following a defeat to Paul Simon. He was mentioned as a Republican presidential hopeful from 1968 through 1988. During his Senate career,Percy concentrated on business and foreign relations.
The 1986 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate. Held on November 4,in the middle of Ronald Reagan's second presidential term,the 34 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections. The Republicans had to defend an unusually large number of freshman Senate incumbents who had been elected on President Ronald Reagan's coattails in 1980. Democrats won a net of eight seats,defeating seven freshman incumbents,picking up two Republican-held open seats,and regaining control of the Senate for the first time since January 1981. This remains the most recent midterm election in which the sitting president's party suffered net losses while still flipping a Senate seat.
The 1984 United States Senate elections were held on November 6,with the 33 seats of Class 2 contested in regular elections. They coincided with the landslide re-election of President Ronald Reagan in the presidential election. In spite of the lopsided presidential race,Reagan's Republican Party suffered a net loss of two Senate seats to the Democrats,although it retained control of the Senate with a reduced 53-47 majority. Democrats defeated incumbents in Illinois and Iowa,and won an open seat in Tennessee,while Republicans defeated an incumbent in Kentucky.
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 in the elections,while Republicans stayed at 54 seats for a majority. A special election was also held in Washington state in 1983 that gave Republicans a seat that was previously held by a Democrat,bringing their majority to 55-45.
The 1980 United States Senate elections were held on November 4,coinciding with Ronald Reagan's victory in the presidential election. The 34 Senate seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections. Reagan's large margin of victory over incumbent Jimmy Carter gave a huge boost to Republican Senate candidates,allowing them to flip 12 Democratic seats and win control of the chamber for the first time since the end of the 83rd Congress in January 1955.
Lynn Morley Martin is an American businesswoman and former politician who served as the 21st United States secretary of labor from 1991 to 1993,under President George H. W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party,she previously represented Illinois's 16th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1991. Before her election to Congress,Martin served in both chambers of Illinois General Assembly;in the State House of Representatives from 1977 to 1979,as well as the State Senate from 1979 to 1980.
The 1986 United States House of Representatives elections was held on November 4,1986,to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 100th United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of President Ronald Reagan's second term in office,while he was still relatively popular with the American public. As in most mid-term elections,the President's party —in this case,the Republican Party —lost seats,with the Democratic Party gaining a net of five seats and cementing its majority. These results were not as dramatic as those in the Senate,where the Republicans lost control of the chamber to the Democrats.
The 1984 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 6,1984,to elect members to serve in the 99th United States Congress. They coincided with the re-election of President Ronald Reagan in a landslide. This victory also yielded gains for Reagan's Republican Party in the House,where they picked up a net of sixteen seats from the Democratic Party. Despite Reagan's extremely large electoral victory,the Democrats nonetheless retained a commanding majority in the House and actually gained seats in the Senate. These elections were the last until 2020 when a member of a political party other than the Democrats,Republicans,or an independent had one or more seats in the chamber.
Mark Deli Siljander is an American author and politician who served as a Republican U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan. He authored the book A Deadly Misunderstanding:A Congressman's Quest to Bridge the Muslim-Christian Divide.
Harris Walter Fawell was an American lawyer and politician from Illinois who served seven terms as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1985 to 1999.
Judy Koehler is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Appellate Court Justice.
The Synthetic Fuels Corporation was a U.S. government-funded corporation established in 1980 by the Energy Security Act (ESA) to create a financial bridge for the development and construction of commercial synthetic fuel manufacturing plants that would produce alternatives to imported fossil fuels. With a seven-member board of directors,the corporation received $20 billion in initial funding to be used in joint ventures with private firms,not only to construct plants,but also to help finance coal mines or transportation facilities. The SFC also researched and promoted the use of alcohol fuels,solar energy,and the production of fuel from urban waste. Over its 6-year existence,the SFC only spent approximately $960 million to fund four synthetic fuels projects,none of which survive today. The corporation was abolished in April 1986.
John E. Grotberg was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois serving from 1985 until his death from bronchial pneumonia and colon cancer in St. Charles,Illinois in 1986.
George Miller O'Brien was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented Illinois' 17th and 4th districts from 1973 until his death from prostate cancer in Bethesda,Maryland in 1986.
The 1984 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 6,1984. Incumbent Republican Senator Charles H. Percy ran for re-election to a fourth term in the United States Senate. Senator Percy was opposed by Democratic nominee Paul Simon,who was a United States Congressman from Illinois's 22nd congressional district. The campaign between Percy and Simon was contentious and brutally-fought,and ended up with Simon ousting Percy by fewer than 90,000 votes,which was,at the time,considered an upset. Incidentally,Percy's son-in-law Jay Rockefeller was elected Senator from West Virginia in the same election cycle.
The 1986 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 4,1986. The incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Alan J. Dixon won re-election to a second term. Until 2022,this was the most recent election in which an incumbent Senator won re-election to Illinois' Class 3 seat and was elected to more than one full term.
The 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas occurred on November 6,1984,to elect the members of the state of Texas's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Texas had twenty-seven seats in the House,apportioned according to the 1980 United States Census.
Susan Catania is an American former politician who served as a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1973 to 1983. She was involved in women's rights issues,and led the unsuccessful effort to get the federal Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) ratified by the Illinois General Assembly. Catania also served as chairperson of the Illinois Commission on the Status of Women. A representative from Chicago,she was described as a liberal,feminist,and maverick member of the Republican legislative caucus.
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday,November 6,1984.
