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January 6, 2011: On the second day of the 112th Congress, the House of Representatives read a modified version of the U.S. Constitution, a first. [5]January 8, 2011: 2011 Tucson shooting: Representative Gabby Giffords and nineteen other people were shot by a gunman in Tucson, Arizona.
Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 112th Congress from January 2013 until January 2015. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election, and an election to the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on June 12, 2012. [1]
This was the first congressional election using districts drawn up based on the 2010 United States census. Although Democratic candidates received a nationwide plurality of more than 1.4 million votes (1.1%) in the aggregated vote totals from all House elections, [ 3 ] the Republican Party won a 33-seat advantage in seats, thus retaining its ...
The 2012 United States elections took place on November 6, 2012. Democratic President Barack Obama won reelection to a second term and the Democrats gained seats in both chambers of Congress , retaining control of the Senate even though the Republican Party retained control of the House of Representatives .
Follow along with our live-updating results for the U.S. presidential race and congressional races across the country with maps that show the balance of power between Democrats and Republicans on ...
List of United States senators in the 112th Congress; List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 112th Congress by seniority; 2011 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election; 2011 State of the Union Address; 2012 State of the Union Address
June 19, 2012: No Succeeded Gabby Giffords (D) Staff for U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords: 1945 [116] Kentucky 4: Thomas Massie (R) November 13, 2012: No Succeeded Geoff Davis (R) Lewis County Judge/Executive 1971 [117] Michigan 11: David Curson (D) November 13, 2012: Yes Succeeded Thaddeus McCotter (R) Union representative U.S. Marine Corps ...
Jesse Jackson, Jr. resigned his seat in the 112th Congress on November 21, 2012, and also resigned his seat in the 113th Congress on the same day. As a result, no one was seated in the 113th Congress for the 2nd congressional district, and a special election was called for April, 2013, to fill the vacancy.