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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 ...
On September 21, 2009, Republican John M. McHugh resigned to become United States Secretary of the Army. [2] On November 3, 2009, Democrat Bill Owens defeated Conservative Doug Hoffman and Republican Dede Scozzafava in a race that garnered considerable press attention. Days before the election, Scozzafava dropped out of the race, then endorsed ...
In 1929, Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo of New Mexico became the first Hispanic to be elected to the United States Senate. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Cuban American first elected in 1989, was the first Hispanic woman in Congress. While Hispanic women have served in House, none have been elected to the Senate.
Only 33 at the time of the election, she was thus ineligible to serve as president due to the age requirement established by the United States Constitution. Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections records no votes for Woodhull in any state. [6] Belva Ann Lockwood was twice a candidate for president, in 1884 and 1888.
The 2009 California's 32nd congressional district special election was held July 14, 2009, to fill the vacancy in California's 32nd congressional district. The election was won by Democrat Judy Chu , who became the first Chinese American woman elected to serve in Congress.
Retired to run unsuccessfully for the 2016 United States Senate election in California: Debbie Stabenow (born 1950) Democratic: Michigan's 8th: January 3, 2001: Retired to run successfully for the 2000 United States Senate election in Michigan: Ellen Tauscher (1951–2019) Democratic: California's 10th: June 26, 2009
United States Trade Representative June 8, 2006: January 20, 2009 [65] 13 Lisa P. Jackson: Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency January 23, 2009: February 19, 2013: Democratic Obama [66] 14 Susan Rice: United States Ambassador to the United Nations January 26, 2009: June 30, 2013 [67] 15 Christina Romer: Chair of the Council of ...
November 3 – 2009 United States elections: Republican candidates win the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections. [98] In Maine, a ballot measure repeals a recent action by the state legislature that had legalized same-sex marriage. [99]