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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 January 2, 2009, Democrat Rahm Emanuel resigned one day before the end of the previous Congress after being named White House Chief of Staff. Democrat Michael Quigley won the election April 7, 2009 election to replace him, handily defeating Republican Rosanna Pulido with better than a two-to-one share of the vote.
Despite multiple court challenges by the Gore campaign after a recount in Florida, the Supreme Court upheld the election; Bush won the Electoral College despite losing the popular vote by 0.51%. [19] The 2000 election remains the only presidential election since President Truman's upset re-election in 1948 in which the final pre-election polls ...
Obama won the election, gaining a seat previously represented by Republican Peter Fitzgerald. In 2008, Obama entered the Democratic primaries for the U.S. presidential election. Numerous candidates entered initially, but over time the field narrowed down to Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton from New York. The contest was highly competitive ...
All 435 voting seats: Popular vote margin: Democratic +10.6%: Net seat change: Democratic +21: 2008 House election results map Democratic hold Republican hold Democratic gain Republican gain: Gubernatorial elections; Seats contested: 13 (11 states, 2 territories) Net seat change: Democratic +1: 2008 gubernatorial election results map
Related: 35 Republicans who oppose Trump. Presidential polls in Iowa. Trump is leading in Iowa, a state which has just six electoral college votes but holds heavy influence in presidential elections.
Cartogram of the Electoral Votes for 2008 United States presidential election, each square representing one electoral vote. The map shows the impact of winning swing states. Nebraska, being one of two states that are not winner-take-all, for the first time had its votes split, with its second congressional district voting for Obama.
2009 Afghan presidential election; 2009 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum; 2009 Bangkok gubernatorial election; 2009 Bangladeshi presidential election; 2009 Indonesian presidential election; 2009 Indonesian legislative election; 2009 Iranian presidential election; 2009 Israeli legislative election; 2009 Kuwaiti parliamentary election; 2009 ...