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On November 14, 2019 Cullerton announced to the other members of the Senate Democratic Caucus that he intended to retire in January 2020. [2] Cullerton was then replaced by the State Senator for the 39th district, Don Harmon in a closed door vote of the Illinois Senate on January 19, 2020. [3] Cullerton formally resigned from the Senate the ...
Texas was admitted to the United States on December 29, 1845, and elects its U.S. senators to class 1 and class 2. The state's current senators are Republicans John Cornyn (serving since 2002) and Ted Cruz (serving since 2013). A total of 27 Democrats, 7 Republicans, and 1 Liberal Republican have served or are serving as U.S. senators from Texas.
Robert Charles Krueger (September 19, 1935 – April 30, 2022) was an American diplomat, politician, and U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Texas, a U.S. Ambassador, and a member of the Democratic Party. As of 2024, he is the last Democrat to serve as a United States Senator from Texas.
Senator Years Class State Party Lifespan Joseph Carter Abbott: 1868–1871: 2: North Carolina: Republican: 1825–1881 James Abdnor: 1981–1987: 3: South Dakota: Republican
The longest currently serving state senator in the U.S. doesn’t plan to run for office again this year in South Carolina. Democratic Rep. Nikki Setzler was elected to the Senate in 1976 and has ...
A member of the United States Senate can resign by writing a letter of resignation to the governor of the state that the senator represents. [1] Under Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution of the United States, and under the Seventeenth Amendment, in case of a vacancy in the Senate resulting from resignation, the executive authority of the state (today known in every state as the governor ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Mitt Romney will not seek reelection in 2024, capping a roller-coaster ride through Republican politics from the height of his party's 2012 presidential ...
Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) became the 11th House Democrat to publicly call on President Biden to withdraw from the 2024 race, saying in a statement Thursday that it is “time to pass the torch.”