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November 4, 2021 New Mexico 1: Deb Haaland (D) Resigned March 16, 2021, to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior. [89] A special election was held on June 1, 2021. [89] Melanie Stansbury (D) June 14, 2021 Florida 20: Alcee Hastings (D) Died from pancreatic cancer on April 6, 2021. A special election was held on January 11, 2022. [90] Sheila ...
[21] [22] Indeed, some academics consider free mailings as giving incumbents a big advantage over challengers. [23] [24] In 2008, rank and file members of Congress earned $169,300 annually. [25] Some critics complain congressional pay is high compared with a median American income of $45,113 for men and $35,102 for women. [26]
Because resources for helping non-constituents are limited, an additional component of constituent service becomes directing citizens to their assigned representative in Congress. [53] An incumbent member of Congress has considerably more clout than most official ombudsmen at the state level, and in other countries, given the appointive and ...
The count of the Electoral College ballots during a joint session of the 117th United States Congress, pursuant to the Electoral Count Act, on January 6–7, 2021, was held as the final step to confirm then President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election over incumbent President Donald Trump.
Vacant until the next Congress Florida 1: Matt Gaetz (R) Incumbent resigned November 13, 2024, after being nominated for U.S. Attorney General, but withdrew from consideration on November 21, 2024. [91] New Jersey 3: Andy Kim (D) Incumbent resigned December 8, 2024, [68] after being elected to the U.S. Senate and appointed to take office early ...
Control of the Congress from 1855 to 2025 Popular vote and house seats won by party. Party divisions of United States Congresses have played a central role on the organization and operations of both chambers of the United States Congress—the Senate and the House of Representatives—since its establishment as the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States in 1789.
In South Africa, the African National Congress lost its majority for the first time in the country’s post-apartheid history, falling from 57.9% of the vote in 2019 to a stunning 40.2% this year ...
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 6, 2012. It coincided with the reelection of President Barack Obama.Elections were held for all 435 seats representing the 50 U.S. states and also for the delegates from the District of Columbia and five major U.S. territories.