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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 ...
January 8, 2009: Joint session counted the Electoral College votes of the 2008 presidential election. [9] January 20, 2009: Barack Obama became 44th President of the United States. February 24, 2009: President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress; April 28, 2009: Senator Arlen Specter switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic ...
Midterm elections: They occur two years after each presidential election. Elections are held for all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, and 33 or 34 seats in the Senate. As a result, the membership of these two legislative chambers changes near the midpoint of a president's four-year term of office; Off-year elections: These are ...
This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 111th United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 2009, to January 3, 2011. It is a historical listing and contains people who had not served the entire two-year Congress, such as Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton .
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
Current Senator Tammy Baldwin is the first and so far the only open lesbian to win election to Congress. [9] In 1998, she became the first ever openly gay person to win election to Congress as a non-incumbent. She went on to become the first openly gay person to win election to the U.S. Senate in 2012. [10]
Pages in category "2009 United States House of Representatives elections" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .