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These results represented the first in a pattern of Republican dominance in non-general election years during the Obama presidency. [2] Just one year later in 2010 Republicans gained 63 seats in the House of Representatives, six Senate seats, and 12 Governor's Mansions (net +6 gain).
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 ...
Indian general election in Uttarakhand, 2009; Results of the 2009 Indian general election by parliamentary constituency; Results of the 2009 Indian general election by party; Results of the 2009 Indian general election by state; Results of the 2009 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu by state assembly constituents
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United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 3, 2009, in the states of New Jersey and Virginia, as well as in the U.S. commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on November 7, 2009. Both state governorships were previously held by Democrats elected in 2005 , and both were won by Republicans in 2009; the local Covenant Party ...
The 1914 midterm elections became the first year that all regular Senate elections were held in even-numbered years, coinciding with the House elections. The ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913 established the direct election of senators, instead of having them elected directly by state legislatures.
In a United States presidential election, the popular vote is the total number or the percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states and Washington, D.C.; the candidate who gains the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote.
The 2009 election for Mayor of New York City took place on Tuesday, November 3. The incumbent Mayor, Michael Bloomberg , an independent who left the Republican Party in 2008, won reelection on the Republican and Independence Party /Jobs & Education lines with 50.7% of the vote over the retiring City Comptroller , Bill Thompson , a Democrat ...