James Baird Weaver was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives and two-time candidate for President of the United States. Born in Ohio,he moved to Iowa as a boy when his family claimed a homestead on the frontier. He became politically active as a young man and was an advocate for farmers and laborers. He joined and quit several political parties in the furtherance of the progressive causes in which he believed. After serving in the Union Army in the American Civil War,Weaver returned to Iowa and worked for the election of Republican candidates. After several unsuccessful attempts at Republican nominations to various offices,and growing dissatisfied with the conservative wing of the party,in 1877 Weaver switched to the Greenback Party,which supported increasing the money supply and regulating big business. As a Greenbacker with Democratic support,Weaver won election to the House in 1878.
The 1968 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate. Held on November 5,the 34 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections. They coincided with the presidential election of the same year. Although Richard Nixon won the presidential election narrowly,the Republicans picked up five net seats in the Senate. This saw Republicans win a Senate seat in Florida for the first time since Reconstruction.
Quentin Northrup Burdick was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party,he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U.S. Senate (1960–1992). At the time of his death,he was the third longest-serving senator among current members of the Senate.
Otha Donner Wearin was a writer and politician. Elected as the youngest member of Franklin D. Roosevelt's first "New Deal" Congress,his political career stalled in 1938 when he gave up his seat at Roosevelt's urging to run for a U.S. Senate seat held by another Democrat,Guy M. Gillette,but primary voters rallied behind Gillette. He became a prolific writer,which led to his election to the Cowboy Hall of Fame.
Daniel W. Hynes is an American politician,formerly serving as the Illinois Comptroller.
Ed Fallon is an American activist,former politician,talk show host,author,and urban farmer. He is an American politician from the State of Iowa. He was previously a Democratic candidate for Governor of Iowa and the U.S. Congress,and served as a member of the Iowa General Assembly from 1993 to 2006.
David E. Zuckerman is an American politician who is currently serving as the 84th lieutenant governor of Vermont since 2023. He previously served two terms as the 82nd lieutenant governor of Vermont,from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Vermont Progressive Party,he previously served in the Vermont House of Representatives for seven terms (1997–2011),and the Vermont Senate for two (2013–2017). In 2020,Zuckerman was a candidate for governor of Vermont. He ran with the support of both the Progressive Party and the Democratic Party,but lost to incumbent Governor Phil Scott in the general election.
Dennis Martin Daugaard is an American attorney and politician who served as the 32nd governor of South Dakota from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he was the first chief executive of a U.S. state to be the child of deaf parents. Before being elected governor,he was a lawyer,banker,development director for a nonprofit organization;he also served as a state senator from 1997 to 2003 and the 37th lieutenant governor of South Dakota from 2003 to 2011.
Dave W. Mulder is an American politician and educator who served as a member of the Iowa Senate for the 2nd District from 2005 to 2009.
James Bradley Eldridge is an American politician and lawyer. He serves as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate from the Middlesex and Worcester District. Eldridge previously served three terms in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,where he sat on the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business,the Joint Committee on Election Laws,and the Joint Committee on Public Service.
Ryan M. Taylor is an American politician. A member of the Democratic-NPL Party,he served as the North Dakota State Senator from the 7th district from 2003 to 2013. Taylor spent his final two years as minority leader. He left the North Dakota Senate to run for the governorship,but was defeated by incumbent Republican Jack Dalrymple in the general election.
The 2010 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 2,2010,alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections in Iowa. The party primary elections were held on June 8,2010. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley won reelection to a sixth term.
Roxanne Barton Conlin is an American lawyer who served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa from 1977 to 1981. A Democrat,she was a candidate for Governor of Iowa in 1982 and for United States Senate in 2010 but was not elected to either post.
Kristie Fiegen is a Republican politician from South Dakota and Vice Chairman of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. From 1994 to 2001,she served in the South Dakota House of Representatives.
Gloria Bromell Tinubu is an applied economist,educator,and political figure. She served on the Atlanta City Council and as a member of the Georgia State Assembly,as well as running as a candidate for Mayor of Atlanta.
McLain Joseph Schneider is an American attorney and politician who has served as the United States attorney for the District of North Dakota since December 2022. He previously represented the 42nd district in the North Dakota Senate from 2009 until his reelection defeat in 2016. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party,he served as the Senate Minority Leader from 2013 until the end of his Senate tenure. He was the Democratic-NPL endorsed candidate for the 2018 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Iowa was held November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Iowa,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Reynold F. Nesiba is an American politician and a Democratic member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 15 since January 10,2017. Nesiba is also a professor of economics at Augustana University in Sioux Falls,South Dakota.
Theresa Greenfield is an American businesswoman and political candidate. She was the Democratic nominee for the 2020 United States Senate election in Iowa,losing to incumbent Republican Joni Ernst.
Tanya C. Vyhovsky is an American social worker and politician who has served in the Vermont Senate since January 2023. A member of the Vermont Progressive Party,she previously represented the Chittenden-8-1 district in the Vermont House of Representatives.
