Theodore Ralph Kulongoski is an American politician,judge,and lawyer who served as the 36th Governor of Oregon from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,he served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly and also served as the state Insurance Commissioner. He was the Attorney General of Oregon from 1993 to 1997 and a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1997 to 2001. Kulongoski has served in all three branches of the Oregon state government.
Neil Edward Goldschmidt was an American businessman and Democratic politician from the state of Oregon who held local,state,and federal offices over three decades. After serving as mayor of Portland,Oregon,the United States Secretary of Transportation under President Jimmy Carter and governor of Oregon,Goldschmidt was at one time considered the most powerful and influential figure in Oregon's politics. In 2004,Goldschmidt's career and legacy were irreparably damaged by revelations of the ongoing sexual abuse of a young teenage girl beginning in 1973,during his first term as mayor of Portland.
The 1992 United States Senate elections,held November 3,1992,were elections for the United States Senate. The 34 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections,along with special elections to fill vacancies. They coincided with Bill Clinton's victory in the presidential election. This was the first time since 1956 that the balance of the Senate remained the same.
The 1960 United States Senate elections coincided with the election of John F. Kennedy as president on November 8,1960. The 33 seats of Class 2 were contested in regular elections. A special election was also held on June 28,1960,for a mid-term vacancy in North Dakota where Democrats flipped a seat to expand their majority to 66–34. As Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson was elected Vice President,Mike Mansfield became the new majority leader.
New York is a Democratic stronghold and is considered one of the "Big Three" Democratic strongholds alongside California and Illinois. The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of New York:
The 1954 United States Senate elections was a midterm election in the first term of Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. The 32 Senate seats of Class 2 were contested in regular elections,and six special elections were held to fill vacancies. Eisenhower's Republican party lost a net of two seats to the Democratic opposition. This small change was just enough to give Democrats control of the chamber with the help of the Independent who at the start of this Congress in January 1955 agreed to caucus with them;he later officially joined the party in April 1955.
Vicki Lynn Walker is an American politician. She served as the Oregon State Director for Rural Development with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A member of the Democratic Party,Walker previously served in both houses of the Oregon Legislature and briefly served as chair of the state's parole board. Walker is known as an advocate for utility customers and as an outspoken critic of influential former Governor Neil Goldschmidt.
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.
The presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes began on March 4,1877,when Rutherford B. Hayes was inaugurated as President of the United States,and ended on March 4,1881. Hayes became the 19th president,after being awarded the closely contested 1876 presidential election by Republicans in Congress who agreed to the Compromise of 1877. That Compromise promised to pull federal troops out of the South,thus ending Reconstruction. He refused to seek re-election and was succeeded by James A. Garfield,a fellow Republican and ally.
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Arkansas:
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Montana:
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Oregon:
Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th president of the United States,serving from 1877 to 1881. A staunch abolitionist from Ohio,he was also a brevet major general for the Union army during the American Civil War.
Howard C. Belton was an American farmer from the state of Oregon. A native of Algona,Iowa,he served as the nineteenth Treasurer of the State of Oregon after appointment by Oregon Governor Mark O. Hatfield. A Republican,he had previously served one term in the Oregon House of Representatives and five terms in the Oregon State Senate.
The 2011 United States elections were held on Tuesday,November 8. This was an off-year election,in which the only seats up for election in the United States Congress were special elections. There were also four gubernatorial races,including a special election in West Virginia. There were also state legislative elections in four states and judicial elections in three states;as well as numerous citizen initiatives,mayoral races,and a variety of other local offices on the ballot.
Beverly A. Clarno is an American politician who served as the 27th Oregon Secretary of State from 2019 to 2021. She was the only Republican statewide official in Oregon at the time. Clarno previously served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives and Oregon State Senate. As of 2024,she is the most recent Republican to have held statewide office in Oregon.
The 1980 Oregon United States Senate election was held on November 4,1980 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of Oregon. Republican candidate Bob Packwood was re-elected to a third term,defeating Democratic state senator Ted Kulongoski and Libertarian Tonie Nathan.
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday,November 2,2010. Primary elections were held on February 2,2010.
William D. Rutherford is an American Republican politician who served as Oregon State Treasurer from 1984 until 1987.
