Cynthia Jeanne Shaheen is an American politician and retired educator serving as the senior United States senator from New Hampshire,a seat she has held since January 2009. A member of the Democratic Party,she also served as the 78th governor of New Hampshire from 1997 to 2003. Shaheen is the first woman elected as both a governor and a U.S. senator.
James Mountain Inhofe is an American retired politician who served as a United States senator from Oklahoma from 1994 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he is the longest serving U.S. senator from Oklahoma. He served in various elected offices in the state of Oklahoma for nearly sixty years,between 1966 and 2023.
Thomas Allen Coburn was an American politician and physician who served as a United States senator from Oklahoma from 2005 to 2015. A Republican,Coburn previously served as a United States representative from 1995 to 2001.
Mary Fallin is an American politician who served as the 27th governor of Oklahoma from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,she was elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014. She is the first and so far only woman to be elected governor of Oklahoma. She was the first woman to represent Oklahoma in Congress since Alice Mary Robertson left office in 1923.
Kelton Gray Seliger,known as Kel Seliger,is a former Republican member of the Texas State Senate for District 31,which stretches from the Panhandle south to the Permian Basin.
James A. DeLeo is a former Democratic member of the Illinois Senate,representing the 10th district since 1992,and is an Assistant Majority Leader. Earlier he served in the Illinois House of Representatives. He announced his retirement from the State Senate in 2010,and left office in August 2010. Democrat John G. Mulroe was appointed to replace him and defeated Republican Brian Doherty for a full term in office in the 2010 general election.
Richard Stuart Madaleno Jr.,commonly known as Rich Madaleno,is an American politician from Maryland. A Democrat,he was a member of the Maryland State Senate,representing the state's 18th district in Montgomery County,which includes Wheaton and Kensington,as well as parts of Silver Spring,Bethesda and Chevy Chase. Madaleno served as chair of the Montgomery County Senate Delegation from 2008 to 2011. He previously served four years in the House of Delegates.
Andrew Monroe Rice is an American civic leader and politician from Oklahoma. He represented Senate District 46 in the Oklahoma State Senate. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for the United States Senate in 2008,losing to incumbent U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe.
Shane David Jett is an American politician from the state of Oklahoma,who is the state senator from Senate District 17,which includes northern Pottawatomie County and eastern Oklahoma County. He was a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2004 to 2010,representing House District 27. He also serves as chairman of the U.S. Treasury CDFI Fund Community Development Advisory Board.
Donald C. "Donny" Olson is an American physician,attorney,commercial pilot,reindeer herder,and politician,currently serving as a member of the Alaska Senate,representing the T district since 2001.
Georgia's state elections were held on November 4,2008. The primary elections were held on February 5,also known as Super Tuesday.
Brian John Bingman is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma who has served in elected and appointed offices since the 1990s. A member of the Republican Party,he was first elected to the Sapulpa city commission in 1992,before being elected mayor by his fellow commissioners in 1994. He would serve in both of these offices until 2004,when he was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives to represent the 30th district. After one term in the house,Bingman ran for the 12th district of the Oklahoma Senate in 2006 and would hold the seat until term limited in 2016. In 2011,he was elected by Republican senators to serve as the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate,a position he would hold until retirement in 2016.
The Oklahoma state elections were held on November 4,2008. Votes for the Presidential Primary were cast on February 5. The primary election for statewide offices was held on July 29,and the runoff primary election was held August 26.
James Edmund Halligan was an American state senator from Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University president. Halligan defeated Robert "Bob" Murphy in 2008,gaining a Republican seat in the state senate and helping to deliver his party control for the first time in state history.
Kim Lee Ward is an American politician who served as acting lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania and currently serves as President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate. She represents the 39th Senatorial District which covers the central portions of Westmoreland County,Pennsylvania. Following the resignation of Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman,Ward became acting lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania on January 3,2023,and served until January 17,2023. She is the first female president pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate. She was succeeded by Austin Davis as Lieutenant Governor.
James Paul Lankford is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oklahoma. A member of the Republican Party,Lankford has represented Oklahoma in the U.S. Senate since 2015. Before his Senate service,he represented Oklahoma's 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015.
Louis "Lou" Gentile is an American politician formerly serving as the senator for the 30th District of the Ohio Senate. He was also previously a member of the Ohio House of Representatives,serving briefly in 2011 prior to his appointment to the Senate. His district is one of the largest in Ohio,stretching from Carrollton,Ohio to Athens,Ohio and encompassing much of the Ohio Valley. Gentile served as Assistant Minority Whip in the Ohio Senate. He is a Democrat. Gentile lost his 2016 Senate re-election bid to Frank Hoagland.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Oklahoma was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Oklahoma. Incumbent senator James Lankford won re-election to a second full term,defeating cybersecurity professional Madison Horn in a landslide,winning all 77 counties by more than 50% of the vote in each one.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma were held on November 8,2022,to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Oklahoma,one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The primary elections for the Republican. Democratic,and Libertarian parties' nominations took place on June 28,2022.
The 2022 Oklahoma State Treasurer election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the next Oklahoma State Treasurer. The primary election is scheduled for Tuesday,June 28,2022. Runoff primary elections,if necessary,would have been held on Tuesday,August 23,2022. The deadline for candidates to file was April 15,2022.
