Robert Lee Holden Jr. is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 53rd Governor of Missouri from 2001 to 2005. Previously,he served as the State Treasurer of Missouri from 1993 to 2001 and represented the 136th district in the Missouri House of Representatives from 1983 to 1989. Since leaving public office,Holden has worked at Webster University,where he founded the Holden Public Policy Forum,and serves as the chairman and CEO of the United States Heartland China Association.
The 1964 United States Senate elections coincided with the election of President Lyndon B. Johnson by an overwhelming majority,to a full term. His Democratic Party picked up a net two seats from the Republicans. As of 2022,this is the last time either party has had a two-thirds majority in the Senate,which would have hypothetically allowed the Senate Democrats to override a veto,propose constitutional amendments,convict and expel certain officials,or invoke cloture without any votes from Senate Republicans. In practice,however,internal divisions could have prevented the Democrats from doing so. The Senate election coincided with Democratic gains in the House in the same year.
Edward Maurice Mezvinsky is an American politician and lawyer from Iowa. He is a former U.S. Representative and felon. A Democrat,he represented Iowa's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for two terms (1973–77).
Carl Christopher Perkins is an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States representative from the 7th district of Kentucky from 1984 to 1993. Perkins served as a Democrat. He was convicted on three federal felony corruption charges.
Richard M. Webster was an American politician from Missouri. He attended the University of Missouri and worked as an attorney in Carthage,Missouri. He was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives,in 1948,1950,and 1953. He served as Speaker of the House in 1954. He was elected to the Missouri State Senate in 1962 and was re-elected 6 times. He served in the Missouri Senate until his death in 1990.
Christopher Andrew Koster is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 41st Attorney General of Missouri,from 2009 to 2017. Before he was elected attorney general,he had served in the Missouri Senate as a Republican until August 1,2007,when he switched to the Democratic Party.
Frank LaGrotta is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 10th District from 1987 to 2006.
The 1966 New York state election was held on November 8,1966,to elect the governor,the lieutenant governor,the state comptroller,the attorney general and the Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals,as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate. Besides,15 delegates-at-large to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1967 were elected on the state ticket,and three delegates each in the 57 senatorial districts.
The 1954 New York state election was held on November 2,1954,to elect the governor,the lieutenant governor,the state comptroller,the attorney general,the chief judge and three associate judges of the New York Court of Appeals,as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
The 1936 New York state election was held on November 3,1936,to elect the governor,the lieutenant governor,the state comptroller,the attorney general,a judge of the New York Court of Appeals and two U.S. Representatives-at-large,as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
Harry Thomas Jr.,is a Democratic politician in Washington,D.C. In 2006 he was elected to represent Ward 5 on the Council of the District of Columbia and served until his resignation in 2012,several hours after federal prosecutors filed charges of embezzlement and filing false tax returns against him.
The 2012 Missouri Attorney General election was held on November 6,2012,alongside the presidential and gubernatorial elections. The incumbent Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster,a Democrat,won re-election for a second full term against Republican attorney Ed Martin. As of 2022,this is the last time a Democrat was elected Attorney General of Missouri.
Michael Lynn Parson is an American politician serving as the 57th governor of Missouri since 2018. A member of the Republican Party,Parson previously served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011 and in the Missouri Senate from 2011 to 2017. He served as the 47th lieutenant governor of Missouri under Eric Greitens from 2017 to 2018. He was sworn in as the state's governor on June 1,2018,following Greitens's resignation;he served the remainder of Greitens' term and was elected governor in his own right in 2020 over Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012 and elected the eight U.S. Representatives from the state of Missouri,a loss of one seat following the 2010 United States Census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate.
Abbe David Lowell is an American defense attorney who has represented several high-profile defendants. Lowell has represented numerous high-profile political figures,including Bob Menendez,John Edwards,Jared Kushner,Jim Wright,Dan Rostenkowski,Charles Keating,Joseph McDade,Joe Bruno,Gary Condit,and Jim Gibbons,among others.
The 1940 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 5,1940 and resulted in a victory for the Republican nominee,Forrest C. Donnell,over the Democratic nominee,Lawrence "Larry" McDaniel,and candidates representing the Socialist and Socialist Labor parties. Democrats delayed Donnell's inauguration for six weeks as they unsuccessfully attempted to overturn the election result in an incident called the "Great Governorship Steal",which was ended by an order from the Missouri Supreme Court.
Eric Smith rose through the ranks of the Prosecutor's Office,starting his career there in 1993. He would eventually serve as senior trial attorney,chief of the sex crimes unit and chief assistant prosecutor. 'Eric Smith’served as an American attorney and as the former Prosecuting Attorney of Macomb County,Michigan from 2004,then re-elected in 2008,2012,and 2016. Smith gained national notoriety in 2007 due to the Tara Grant murder case,a case that Smith personally prosecuted. Grant was strangled to death and eventually dismembered by her husband,Stephen Grant. Stephen Grant was convicted of second degree murder in December 2007 and was sentenced to 50 - 80 years in prison. He resigned in 2020.
Nicole Marie Galloway is an American accountant and politician who has served as the State Auditor of Missouri since 2015. She was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Missouri in the 2020 election,losing to incumbent Republican Mike Parson.
