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This Congress included the last House of Representatives elected from congressional districts that were apportioned based on the 2000 census. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the 2010 midterm elections , the Republican Party won the majority in the House of Representatives.
Some view majority-minority districts as a way to dilute the voting power of minorities and analogous to racial segregation; others favor majority-minority districts as ways to effectively ensure the election of minorities to legislative bodies, including the House of Representatives. Majority-minority districts have been the subject of legal ...
This was the first congressional election using districts drawn up based on the 2010 United States census. Although Democratic candidates received a nationwide plurality of more than 1.4 million votes (1.1%) in the aggregated vote totals from all House elections, [ 3 ] the Republican Party won a 33-seat advantage in seats, thus retaining its ...
Voters of the 50 U.S. states chose 435 U.S. Representatives to serve in the 112th United States Congress. Also, voters of the U.S. territories, commonwealths and District of Columbia chose their non-voting delegates. [b] U.S. Senate elections and various state and local elections were held on the same date.
2011 United States House of Representatives elections (1 C, 5 P) 2012 United States House of Representatives elections (64 P) 2010 United States Senate elections (40 P)
The 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on November 2, 2010, to determine who would represent California's various congressional districts in the United States House of Representatives. In the 112th Congress, California has 53 seats in the House, apportioned accordingly after the 2000 United States ...
Nancy Pelosi is the most recent example of an outgoing Speaker seeking the Minority Leader post to retain the House party leadership, as the Democrats lost control of the House in the 2010 elections. She ran successfully for Minority Leader in the 112th Congress. [9] In 2014, Eric Cantor became the first House Majority Leader to lose a primary ...
A special election was held at the same time as the general election for a representative to serve out the remainder of Inslee's term in the 112th Congress. The winner of the special glection, Suzan DelBene , assumed the seat on November 13, 2012.