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During this off-year election, the only seats up for election in the United States Congress were special elections held throughout the year. In total, only the seat representing New York's 23rd congressional district changed party hands, increasing the Democratic Party 's majority over the Republicans in the United States House of ...
This category has the following 27 subcategories, out of 27 total. A. 2009 Alabama elections (1 P) ... Pages in category "2009 elections in the United States by state"
The following is a table of United States presidential election results by state. They are indirect elections in which voters in each state cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College who pledge to vote for a specific political party's nominee for president. Bold italic text indicates the winner of the election
On January 26, 2009, Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand resigned when appointed to fill Hillary Clinton's U.S. Senate seat. Scott Murphy, a fellow Democrat, won the election held March 31, 2009, defeating Republican Jim Tedisco by fewer than 700 votes.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 3, 2009, in the states of New Jersey and Virginia, as well as in the U.S. commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on November 7, 2009. Both state governorships were previously held by Democrats elected in 2005, and both were won by Republicans in 2009; the local Covenant Party ...
The 1824 election was the first in which the popular vote was first fully recorded and reported. Since then, 19 presidential elections have occurred in which a candidate was elected or reelected without gaining a majority of the popular vote. [4] Since the 1988 election, the popular vote of presidential elections was decided by single-digit ...
California's 26th State Senate district special election, 2009 [7] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Curren Price: 37,677 : 70.72 : Republican: Nachum Shifren 11,097 20.83 Peace and Freedom: Cindy Henderson 4,501 8.45 Valid ballots 53,275 83.24 Invalid or blank votes 10,726 16.76 Total votes 64,001 : 100.00 : Turnout 18.59 Democratic hold
Orie Melvin won the seat with 53 percent of the vote, restoring the 4–3 Republican majority that had existed on the court prior to the 2007 state election. [5] Panella raised $2.4 million for the campaign, compared to $734,000 for Orie Melvin. [6]