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Majority party Minority party Leader Nancy Pelosi: John Boehner: Party Democratic: Republican: Leader since January 3, 2003 January 3, 2007 Leader's seat California 8th: Ohio 8th: Last election 257 seats 178 seats Seats won 5 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 256,360: 154,344 Percentage 49.27%: 29.66%
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 ...
A special election was held April 7, 2009 Michael Quigley (D) April 7, 2009 New York 20: Kirsten Gillibrand (D) Resigned January 26, 2009, when appointed to the Senate. A special election was held March 31, 2009. Scott Murphy (D) March 31, 2009 Northern Marianas at-large: Gregorio Sablan (I) Changed party affiliation February 23, 2009. [e ...
This provides a summary of the results of elections to the United States House of Representatives from the elections held in 1856 to the present. This time period corresponds to the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Party Systems of the United States. For the purposes of counting partisan divisions in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
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 .
The 2008 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2008, to elect members to the United States House of Representatives to serve in the 111th United States Congress from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011. It coincided with the election of Barack Obama as president. All 435 voting seats, as well as all 6 non ...
No Democratic-held seats had fallen to the Republican Party in the 2006 elections. [ 2 ] This is the most recent Congress to feature Republican senators from Minnesota ( Norm Coleman ), New Mexico ( Pete Domenici ) and Oregon ( Gordon Smith ), in which Domenici retired and the other two lost re-election at the end of the Congress.
Although the sitting president's party usually loses seats in a midterm election, the 2010 election resulted in the highest losses by a party in a House midterm election since 1938, [6] [7] as well as the largest House swing since 1948. [8] In total, 52 House Democrats were defeated, including 34 freshman and sophomore representatives.