Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
[24] [25] At age 34, Leahy was the youngest U.S. senator in Vermont history, [26] the first non-Republican senator from Vermont since 1856, and the first Democrat to represent Vermont in the chamber. [27] [b] In 1980, Leahy defeated Republican Stewart Ledbetter by only 2,700 votes amid Ronald Reagan's landslide victory in the presidential ...
From the 1850s until well into the 20th century, Vermont was always represented by members of the Republican Party. Democrat Patrick Leahy (served 1975–2023) was Vermont's longest serving US senator. Its current members of the United States Senate are Independent Bernie Sanders (since 2007) and Democrat Peter Welch (since 2023).
The 1992 United States Senate election in Vermont was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy won re-election to a fourth term.. This was the last time in which a Republican candidate won Caledonia county in a senate election. the last time until 2016 that a Republican candidate would win a county in Vermont in a Class 3 Senate election, and the last time a ...
Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the longest-serving current member of the Senate, said Monday he will not seek reelection next year to the seat he has held for eight terms. First elected ...
Senate President Pro Tempore Pat Leahy (D-Vt.), the most senior member of the Senate Democratic Caucus who stands third in the line of presidential succession, fell and broke his hip and will ...
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont has broken a hip in a fall at his home and was to undergo surgery to repair it, his office said Thursday. The 82-year-old Democrat fell Wednesday night in McLean ...
At age 34, Patrick Leahy was the youngest U.S. senator in Vermont history, the first non-Republican senator from Vermont since 1856, and the first Democrat to represent Vermont in the chamber. The current dean of the Vermont congressional delegation is Senator Bernie Sanders , having served in the Senate since 2007 and in Congress since 1991.
David Carle, Leahy’s press secretary, did not disclose the specifics of the 80-year-old senator’s condition, only saying he “was not feeling” after returning to his office from the trial.