Chester Trent Lott Sr. is an American lawyer,author,and politician who represented Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1989 and in the United States Senate from 1989 to 2007. Lott served in numerous leadership positions in both chambers of Congress as one of the first of a wave of Republicans winning seats in Southern states that had been solidly Democratic. Later in his career,he served twice as Senate Majority Leader,and also,alternately,Senate Minority Leader. In 2003,he stepped down from the position after controversy due to his praising of Senator Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist Dixiecrat presidential bid.
Clarence Saxby Chambliss is an American lawyer and retired politician who was a United States Senator from Georgia from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as a U.S. Representative from 1995 to 2003.
Patrick Joseph Toomey Jr. is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from Pennsylvania from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he served three terms as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district,from 1999 to 2005.
Charles Wieder Dent is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district from 2005 to 2018.
George William Gekas was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district from 1983 to 2003.
The city of Allentown,Pennsylvania was founded in 1762 as Northampton Towne by William Allen,a wealthy shipping merchant. During its first 50 years of existence,Northampton Towne was a small unincorporated settlement,consisting of a few homes,stores,and taverns.
Donald Allen Bailey was an American lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania. He was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1983,Auditor General of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 1989,and a candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senate and Governor of Pennsylvania. His Congressional District (PA-21) included all of Westmoreland County,Pennsylvania with a sliver of Allegheny County,Pennsylvania,prior to the 1981 redistricting.
Edwin Everett Pawlowski is an American politician who served as the 41st Mayor of Allentown,Pennsylvania. He held the office from 2006 until his resignation in 2018,following his election to a fourth term in 2017. He resigned after being convicted on 47 federal charges related to corruption as mayor of Allentown.
Walter Paul Helmke,Jr. is an American politician,and the former president of the Washington,DC-based Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. He held this position from July 2006 to July 10,2011. He is a former mayor of Fort Wayne,Indiana and a former president of The United States Conference of Mayors. As of 2023,he is the last Republican to hold the office of mayor.
Emmaus High School is a large public high school located in Emmaus,Pennsylvania. The school serves grades 9-12 in Pennsylvania's East Penn School District in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.
Terry Link is an American politician who represented the 30th district in the Illinois Senate from 1997 until his resignation in 2020. The 30th district includes all or part of the municipalities of Beach Park,Buffalo Grove,Green Oaks,Lincolnshire,Mundelein,North Chicago,Riverwoods,Wheeling,Vernon Hills and Waukegan.
Pennsylvania State Senate District 14 includes parts of Lehigh County and Northampton County. It is currently represented by Democrat Nick Miller. Prior to the current reapportionment plan it was a Luzerne County seat that was moved to the Lehigh Valley to reflect long-term population shifts.
Pennsylvania State Senate District 16 includes parts of Bucks County and Lehigh County. It is currently represented by Republican Jarrett Coleman.
Robert C. Wonderling was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who represented the 24th District from 2003 to 2009. The district he represented includes portions of Montgomery,Berks,Lehigh and Northampton Counties and includes the population centers of Easton,Lansdale,and Emmaus. He resigned his seat on July 28,2009,to become president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia.
Douglas Reichley is a politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania;he was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2002,representing the 134th district. He sat on the House Appropriations,Consumer Affairs,Health and Human Services and Professional Licensure Committees and was also a member of the House Republican Policy Committee. In 2011,he was elected Judge on the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas.
Mario Scavello is a Republican and an American politician who served in the Pennsylvania State Senate representing the 40th district from 2015 to 2022. Prior to his election to the State Senate in 2014,he served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives representing the 176th Legislative District of Pennsylvania. He has been a member of the House Appropriations,Ethics,Finance,Professional Licensure,and Tourism and Recreational Development Committees.
The 1980 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 4,1980. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Richard Schweiker decided to retire,instead of seeking a third term.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 8,2022,concurrently with elections for all other Class 3 U.S. senators and elections for the U.S. House of Representatives,to select a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Missouri. Incumbent senator Roy Blunt,a Republican,did not seek a third term in office. Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt won the open seat,defeating Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine.
The 2001 mayoral election in Allentown,Pennsylvania was held on November 6,2001,and resulted in the Democrat and former state senator Roy Afflerbach,being elected over Republican challenger and businessman,Bob Lovett. Since this election there has never been a Republican mayor of Allentown.
The 1981 Allentown mayoral election was a municipal election to determine the mayor of Allentown,the third largest city in Pennsylvania. Incumbent first-term Republican mayor Frank Fischl would not seek re-election,with the Republicans instead running local businessman and former city councilmen Robert E. Smith Jr. against the Democratic former mayor Joseph S. Daddona.
