The 2006 Texas Legislature election was held on Tuesday,November 7,2006,in the U.S. state of Texas. The Texas Legislature election was conducted as a part of the 2006 Texas general election,which also included the 2006 United States Senate election in Texas,the 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas,and the 2006 Texas gubernatorial election.
The 1994 United States Senate election in Maine was held November 8,1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell decided to retire,instead of seeking a third term. Congressman Tom Andrews won the Democratic primary unopposed,while Congresswoman Olympia Snowe won the Republican primary unopposed. In the general election,Snowe defeated Andrews in a rout to win her first of three terms in the United States Senate,a stark contrast to retiring Senator Mitchell's landslide win six years prior.
Emily Ann Cain is an American politician from Maine and Executive Director of EMILY's List. A member of the Democratic Party,Cain served in the Maine Senate from 2012 to 2014,representing the 30th district which includes part of Penobscot County. She was previously a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 2004 to 2012,where she served as Minority Leader from 2008 to 2010 and as House Chair of the Appropriations &Financial Affairs Committee from 2010 to 2012.
Vermont's 2012 general elections were held on November 6,2012. Primary elections were held on August 28,2012.
The 2018 United States Senate elections were held on November 6,2018. 33 of the 100 seats were contested in regular elections while two others were contested in special elections due to Senate vacancies in Minnesota and Mississippi. The winners were elected to six-year terms running from January 3,2019,to January 3,2025. Senate Democrats had 26 seats up for election,while Senate Republicans had nine seats up for election.
Sally Ann Gonzales is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Arizona State Senate representing District 3 since January 14,2019. She previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 3 since from 2013 to 2019. She previously served consecutively from January 10,2011 until January 14,2013 in the District 27 seat,and non-consecutively from January 1997 until January 2001 in the District 20 seat.
Eddie Farnsworth is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Arizona State House of Representatives and Arizona State Senate. Farnsworth previously served in the House consecutively from January 10,2011 until January 14,2013 in the District 22 seat,in the District 12 seat from 2013 to 2019,and non-consecutively from January 2001 until January 2009 in the District 22 and District 30 seats. Farnsworth served in the State Senate representing District 12 from January 14,2019 to his retirement in 2021.
Steven B. Yarbrough is an American politician. A Republican,he was the president of the Arizona Senate,and represented District 17 from January 14,2013 to January 14,2019. Yarbrough served in the Arizona State Legislature from January 2003 until January 2011 in the Arizona House of Representatives District 21 seat,then in the Arizona Senate in the District 21 seat from January 10,2011 until January 14,2013 for his first term in the Senate. This District was renumbered from 21 to 17 in 2012,although it remained substantially the same geographically.
Gail Griffin is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives. She previously served in the Arizona Senate representing District 14 from 2013 to 2019. Griffin served consecutively in the Arizona Senate in the District 20 seat from January 10,2011,until January 14,2013,but served non-consecutively in the Arizona State Legislature from January 1997 until January 2001 in the Arizona House of Representatives District 8 seat. In 2019 Griffin proposed a bill to fund a US-Mexican border wall by levying a tax on Arizonans who look at pornography.
Nancy K. Barto is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona State Senate since 2021. She previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021 and the Arizona Senate representing District 15 from 2013 to 2019. Barto served consecutively in the Arizona State Legislature from January 2007 until January 10,2011 in the Arizona House of Representatives District 7 seat,then in the Arizona Senate in the District 7 seat from January 10,2011 until January 14,2013.
Brock L. Greenfield is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate. Greenfield was consecutively a member of the House for District 6 from January 2009 until January 11,2013,and a member of the South Dakota Senate for District 6 from January 2001 until January 2009. Greenfield has represented District 2 since January 10,2015.
Larry J. Tidemann is a former American politician and a former Republican member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 7 from 2011-2019. Tidemann served consecutively in the South Dakota Legislature from January 2005 until January 11,2011 in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 7 seat.
Dan Lederman is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 16 from January 11,2011 until he resigned on March 30,2015. Lederman served consecutively in the South Dakota Legislature from January 2009 until January 11,2011 in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 16 seat.
Al Novstrup is business owner,an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 3 since January 2015.
Jean M. Hunhoff is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate since 2021. She has also served in the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 18 from 2001 to 2007 and again from 2015 to 2021. She previously served in the South Dakota Senate from 2007 to 2015. Hunhoff was the mayor of Yankton from 1995 until 1997.
Michael J. McCaffrey is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate representing District 29 since January 2003. He has been the Rhode Island Senate Majority Leader since March 23,2017. McCaffrey served consecutively from January 1995 until January 2003 in the District 16 seat.
Craig Philip Blair is an American politician and a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate representing District 15 since January 12,2013. Blair served non-consecutively in the West Virginia Legislature from January 2003 until January 2011 in the West Virginia House of Delegates in the District 52 seat. Blair is also the father of former WV Delegate Saira Blair.
Catherine Breen is an American Democratic politician from Maine. Breen,a Falmouth resident,is currently serving her fourth term representing Senate District 25,which includes the towns of Falmouth,Cumberland,Yarmouth,Gray,Long Island,Chebeague Island and part of Westbrook.
Donna Bailey is an American politician and attorney from Maine. A Democrat,she serves in the Maine Senate representing District 31,which includes her residence in Saco,as well as the towns of Old Orchard Beach,Hollis,Limington and part of Buxton. Bailey grew up in Berlin,New Hampshire,and attended Berlin High School,Bates College and the University of Maine School of Law. She worked in real estate law,family law and probate law in private practice and was first elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 2016. In 2020,Bailey was elected to her first term in the Maine Senate.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on Tuesday,November 5,1918. All of the state's executive officers—the Governor,Secretary of State,Auditor,Treasurer,and Superintendent of Public Instruction—were up for election. Republicans won all statewide offices by wide margins,and with Robert D. Carey's defeat of Frank L. Houx,picked up the governorship following two consecutive losses to Democrats.
