Michael Herman Michaud is an American businessman and politician from Maine. Michaud served as the U.S. representative for Maine's 2nd congressional district from 2003 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The primarily rural district comprises nearly 80% of the state by area and includes the cities of Lewiston,Auburn,Bangor,Presque Isle,and Ellsworth. It is the largest Congressional district by area east of the Mississippi River.
Steven Joseph Chabot is an American politician and lawyer who represented Ohio's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009 and again from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he lost his 2022 reelection bid to Democrat Greg Landsman. Until his election loss,he was the dean of Ohio's GOP delegation to the House of Representatives,after the retirement of former Speaker John Boehner.
Thomas Charles Sawyer was an American politician of the Democratic Party. During a career that spanned five decades,he represented his hometown of Akron,Ohio,across multiple levels of government. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983,the Mayor of Akron from 1984 to 1986,a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2003,and a member of the Ohio Senate from 2007 to 2016.
David George Reichert is an American retired police officer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Washington's 8th congressional district from 2005 to 2019. A moderate member of the Republican Party,he served as the sheriff of King County,Washington,from 1997 to 2005.
Ciro Davis Rodriguez is an American politician and social worker who served as a U.S. Representative for Texas's 23rd congressional district,serving from 2007 until 2011. The district stretched from El Paso in the west to San Antonio in the east,a distance of some 500 miles (800 km). A member of the Democratic Party,he previously represented the neighboring 28th congressional district from 1997 to 2005,and was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1987 to 1997.
David Cohen was an American lawyer,Democratic civil servant and politician. For the last 26 years of his life,he was a Philadelphia city councilman representing the northwest district. Having served a four-year term not consecutive to the other terms,he represented northwest Philadelphia for a total of 29 years. He died in office aged 90.
Charles Leighton Hardwick is an American Republican Party politician and business leader who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and was a candidate for Governor of New Jersey.
Steven Leo Driehaus is an American politician and former U.S. Representative for Ohio's 1st congressional district,serving from 2009 until 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as the Minority Whip in the Ohio House of Representatives.
Vernon Sykes is an American politician serving as the state Senator for the 28th district of the Ohio Senate. The district included Akron,Barberton,Green,Portage Lakes,Sawyerwood,Lakemore and portions of Cuyahoga Falls,Mogadore and Tallmadge in Summit County.
The 2004 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 2,2004. It was concurrent with elections to the United States House of Representatives and the presidential election. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator George Voinovich won re-election to a second term with the highest raw vote total in Ohio history. This remains the last Ohio statewide election to date in which a candidate won every county in the state. This was the first election since 1950 that an incumbent Republican Senator from Ohio was re-elected or won re-election for this seat.
The 1994 United States elections were held on November 8,1994. The elections occurred in the middle of Democratic President Bill Clinton's first term in office,and elected the members of 104th United States Congress. The elections have been described as the "Republican Revolution" because the Republican Party captured unified control of Congress for the first time since 1952. Republicans picked up eight seats in the Senate and won a net of 54 seats in the House of Representatives. Republicans also picked up a net of ten governorships and took control of many state legislative chambers. This is the first midterm election since 1946 in which the Republicans ended unified Democratic control of Congress in a midterm election under a Democratic president.
John Otterman is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives,who represented the 45th District from 2008 to 2010. An environmental consultant and a former member of Akron,Ohio City Council from 1992 to 2007,Otterman is the son of Robert J. Otterman,a prominent Akron politician.
William Troy Balderson is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative from Ohio's 12th congressional district since 2018. He served as an Ohio state senator representing the 20th district from 2011 until his election to Congress. A member of the Republican Party,he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2009 to 2011.
William Leslie Johnson is an American university administrator,businessman,and former politician who has served as president of Youngstown State University since 2024. Previously,he was the U.S. representative for Ohio's 6th congressional district from 2011 until 2024. He is a member of the Republican Party.
David Patrick Joyce is an American politician and attorney currently serving in the United States House of Representatives for Ohio's 14th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party,Joyce was previously the prosecutor of Geauga County,Ohio.
The Ohio general elections,2014 were held on November 4,2014,throughout Ohio,with polls opened between 6:30AM and 7:30PM. The close of registration for electors in the primary election was April 7,2014,and the primary election day took place on May 6,2014.
David Edmund Young is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 28th District,and previously served as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 3rd congressional district from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he is a native and resident of Van Meter,a western suburb of Des Moines. He was first elected in 2014 and reelected in 2016;he lost reelection in 2018 to Democrat Cindy Axne. Young unsuccessfully challenged Axne in 2020 in a rematch,losing by 1.3%.
Greta Johnson is an American attorney and politician. Johnson is the former representative of the 35th district of the Ohio House of Representatives,serving from January 2015 to March 2017. Johnson is a former assistant prosecutor for Summit County,who challenged incumbent representative Zack Milkovich in the 2014 Democratic primary. Johnson defeated Milkovich with 54% of the vote and won the general election with 61% of the vote. She held the seat until 2017,when she resigned to work for the Summit County Executive.
Emilia Strong Sykes is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she formerly represented the 34th district of the Ohio House of Representatives,which consists of portions of the Akron area. From 2019 until 2021,she also served as minority leader of that chamber.
The 1957 Philadelphia municipal election,held on November 5,involved the election of the district attorney,city controller,and the remainder of a term for one city council seat,as well as several row offices and judgeships. Democrats were successful citywide,continuing a run of victories racked up after the passage of a new city charter in 1951 despite growing divisions between factions of the party. Victor H. Blanc,the incumbent district attorney,led the Democratic ticket to victory. They held the city council seat and took two citywide offices that Republicans had won in 1953. In the judges' elections,most were endorsed by both parties but in the one race that pitted a Democratic candidate against a Republican,the Democrats were successful in seating their candidate,former Congressman Earl Chudoff.
