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The 100th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. , from January 3, 1987, to January 3, 1989, during the last two years of Ronald Reagan's presidency .
In this congress, Ernest Hollings (D-South Carolina) was the most senior junior senator and Daniel J. Evans (R-Washington) was the most junior senior senator. Senators who were sworn in during the middle of the two-year congressional term (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1988 election) are listed ...
The 100th United States Congress began on January 3, 1987. There were 12 new senators (ten Democrats, two Republicans) and 50 new representatives (27 Democrats, 23 Republicans) at the start of the first session.
California Democrat Adam Schiff won a U.S. Senate seat long held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The Los Angeles-area congressman defeated Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey.
Elections were held on November 4, 1986 and elected the members of the 100th United States Congress. The elections occurred in the middle of Republican President Ronald Reagan's second term. Democrats regained unified control of both chambers of Congress for the first time since the 1980 elections.
The Senate is divided into three classes to stagger the terms of its members such that one-third of the Senate would be up for re-election every two years. Upon California's admission to the Union in 1850, the state was assigned a Class 1 seat and a Class 3 seat, first elected in 1849 .
Min, a state senator, won the race to represent California’s 47th Congressional District, situated in Orange County. Porter opted against running for reelection to instead try… Democrat wins ...
Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Sacramento, won re-election in California’s 7th Congressional District, the Associated Press projected. Matsui, a member of Congress since 2005, faced Republican Tom Silva ...