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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 total, there were five special elections to the United States House of Representatives during 2009. The only election which changed party hands (from Republican to Democratic) was in New York's 23rd congressional district.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a slim 220-215 majority when the next Congress gets underway next month after Democrats picked up a seat in ...
435 representatives 6 non-voting delegates: Senate majority: Democratic: Senate President: Dick Cheney [a] (until January 20, 2009) Joe Biden (from January 20, 2009) House majority: Democratic: House Speaker: Nancy Pelosi : Sessions; 1st: January 6, 2009 – December 24, 2009 2nd: January 5, 2010 – December 22, 2010
A Republican race to become the next speaker of the US House of Representatives was mired in chaos on Friday after party divisions scuppered the first choice of candidate, Steve Scalise.
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Election Day nowadays is a veritable Niagara Falls of information surging through social media streams and cable news networks. To help make sense of it, here are five races that speak to broader ...
Additionally, as the U.S. Constitution does not explicitly state that the speaker must be an incumbent member of the House, it is permissible for representatives to vote for someone who is not a member of the House at the time, and non-members have received a few votes in various speaker elections over the past several years. Nevertheless ...