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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 26, 2009, Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand resigned when appointed to fill Hillary Clinton's U.S. Senate seat. Scott Murphy, a fellow Democrat, won the election held March 31, 2009, defeating Republican Jim Tedisco by fewer than 700 votes. Because of the slim margin, Tedisco did not concede the race until more than three weeks later, when ...
2009 Atlanta elections; 2009 Austin mayoral election; 2009 Boston mayoral election; 2009 Buffalo mayoral election; 2009 Burlington mayoral election; 2009 Charlotte mayoral election; 2009 Detroit mayoral election; 2009 Houston mayoral election; 2009 Houston elections; 2009 Jersey City mayoral election; 2009 Lancaster, Pennsylvania mayoral ...
This electoral calendar 2009 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2009 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections.
The Commonwealth Election Commission certified the results of the general election on November 9 and set the date of the runoff election between Fitial and Hofschneider for Monday, November 23. [27] In a November 17 memorandum, Governor Fitial declared November 23 a legal holiday in the Northern Mariana Islands to encourage voter turnout. [4]
Both state governorships were previously held by Democrats elected in 2005, and both were won by Republicans in 2009; the local Covenant Party maintained control of the governorship of the Marianas. These elections formed part of the 2009 United States elections. As of 2025, this is the last election after which the Democratic party held a ...
Federal Election Commission v. Akins (1998), authorizing "any party aggrieved by an order of the Commission" to file a suit; McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003) Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. (2007), holding that issue ads may not be banned before elections; Davis v. Federal Election Commission (2008 ...
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]