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An anti-Pelosi "Boehner for Speaker" bumper sticker on a car window. Following the 2006 elections, Democrats took control of the House as well as the Senate.In the 2008 elections, which coincided with Democrat Barack Obama's victory over Republican John McCain for the presidency, Democrats increased their majorities in both chambers.
The 2010 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, in the middle of Democratic President Barack Obama's first term. Republicans ended unified Democratic control of Congress and the presidency by winning a majority in the House of Representatives and gained seats in the Senate despite Democrats holding Senate control.
As of November 2, 2010, Nate Silver's prediction model projected the Republicans would win (on average) 232.2 seats, and the Democrats would win 202.8. [2] Patrick Ishmael, Hot Air.com Ishmael predicted on October 31, 2010, that Republicans would win a net of 63 seats, +/- 3 seats. [3] Rasmussen Reports cited Ishmael's calls in its election ...
New York's 2nd congressional district election, 2010 [18] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Steve Israel 84,211 48.04 Working Families: Steve Israel 4,130 2.36 Independence: Steve Israel 6,353 3.62 Total: Steve Israel (Incumbent) 94,694: 54.02: Republican: John B. Gomez 58,590 33.42 Conservative: John B. Gomez 13,525 7.72 Total John B. Gomez ...
California's 8th congressional district election, 2010 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Nancy Pelosi : 167,957 : 80.1 : Republican: John Dennis 31,711 15.2 Peace and Freedom: Gloria E. La Riva 5,161 2.5 Libertarian: Philip Berg 4,843 2.3 Independent: Summer Shields 24 0.0 Total votes 209,696 : 100.0 : Democratic hold
Congressional districts in the United States are electoral divisions for the purpose of electing members of the United States House of Representatives. The number of voting seats within the House of Representatives is currently set at 435, with each one representing an average of 761,169 people following the 2020 United States census . [ 1 ]
In the 2010 Republican primary, Canseco won the run off election against former CIA officer Will Hurd with 56% of the vote. In the Democratic primary, Rodriguez won with 83% against Iraq war veteran Miguel Ortiz. [32] In 2008, Rodriguez was re-elected with 56% of the vote. Obama carried the district with 51% of the vote.
The 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey were held on November 4, 2010, to elect the 13 U.S. representatives from the state of New Jersey, one from each of the state's 13 congressional districts. The primary election in which candidates were chosen took place on June 8, 2010.