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2009 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 3. 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 ...
In a United States presidential election, the popular vote is the total number or the percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states and Washington, D.C.; the candidate who gains the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote. However, the popular vote is not used to determine who is elected as the nation's ...
Incumbent resigned February 24, 2009, to become U.S. Secretary of Labor. New member elected July 14, 2009. Democratic hold. Y Judy Chu (Democratic) 61.85%. Betty Chu (Republican) 32.96%. Christopher Agrella (Libertarian) 5.18%. California 10. Ellen Tauscher. Democratic.
Congressional leaders meeting with President Obama, November 30, 2010. President Obama signing the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 into law, January 2, 2011. The 111th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011.
t. e. The 2009 election for Mayor of New York City took place on Tuesday, November 3. The incumbent Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, an independent who left the Republican Party in 2008, won reelection on the Republican and Independence Party /Jobs & Education lines with 50.7% of the vote over the retiring City Comptroller, Bill Thompson, a Democrat ...
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 2009 election was the only time since 1961 when Bergen County did not support the winner of the state's gubernatorial election. Chris Daggett's 5.8% of the vote was the best for a third party in a New Jersey gubernatorial election since 1913. This is the second and most recent time that a sitting governor of New Jersey lost a general election.
The 2009 United States state legislative elections were held on November 3, 2009. Two legislative chambers in two states held regularly-scheduled elections. These off-year elections coincided with other state and local elections, including gubernatorial elections in two states. [ 1] Both chambers of the Northern Mariana Islands legislature were ...