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Georgia's 6th congressional district: Tom Price resigned February 10, 2017, to become the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. [6] A special election was held on April 18, 2017. A runoff was held on June 20, 2017, and was won by Republican Karen Handel, although Democrat [ gained 47% of the historically Republican district. [7]
The count of the Electoral College ballots during a joint session of the 115th United States Congress, pursuant to the Electoral Count Act, on January 6, 2017, was held as the final step to confirm then President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential election over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
This article is a list of United States presidential candidates. The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter. Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote.
PUBLISHED: Monday, April 10, 2017 9:30 AM EST. UPDATED: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 6:00 PM EST . President Donald Trump’s election has sparked an enormous groundswell of activism from rank-and-file voters angry about his policies.
The first tenure of Donald Trump as the president of the United States began on January 20, 2017, when Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president, and ended on January 20, 2021. Trump, a Republican from New York, took office following his electoral college victory over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
Prior to the election of 1824, most states did not have a popular vote. In the election of 1824, only 18 of the 24 states held a popular vote, but by the election of 1828, 22 of the 24 states held a popular vote. Minor candidates are excluded if they received fewer than 100,000 votes or less than 0.1% of the vote in their election year.
President Donald Trump signed 32 executive orders in his first 100 days. Presidential usage of executive orders has varied wildly throughout history. George Washington issued eight. Wartime presidents have issued the most, like Franklin Delano Roosevelt (with nearly 4,000) and Woodrow Wilson (nearly 2,000).
Donald Trump is the current president of the United States who also previously served as the 45th president (2017–2021). Trump first ran for president in the 2000 United States presidential election as a candidate for the Reform Party of the United States. Trump withdrew from the race before the primaries. Trump won the 2016 United States ...