Clarence William Nelson II is an American politician and attorney serving as the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Nelson served as a United States senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1972 to 1978 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991. In January 1986,Nelson became the second sitting member of United States Congress to fly in space,after Senator Jake Garn,when he served as a payload specialist on mission STS-61-C aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. Before entering politics he served in the United States Army Reserve during the Vietnam War.
Voter caging is a colloquial term used in the United States referring to a campaign activity used to remove,or attempt to remove,targeted voters from official lists of registered voters. It occurs when a non-governmental organization,such as a political party or a campaign,sends first-class mail to registered voters,in order to compile a so-called "challenge list" of the names of those whose letters are returned undelivered. The fact that the mail was returned as undeliverable may be seen as either proof,or strong evidence of,the person no longer residing at the address on their voter registration. The challenge list is presented to election officials with the suggestion that the officials should purge these names from the voter registration rolls or to challenge voters' eligibility to vote on the grounds that the voters no longer reside at their registered addresses.
Richard Lynn Scott is an American attorney,businessman,and politician who has been the junior United States senator from Florida since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he served two terms as the 45th governor of Florida from 2011 to 2019.
The 2012 United States Senate elections were held on November 6,2012,with 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate,all Class 1 seats,being contested in regular elections whose winners would serve 6-year terms beginning January 3,2013,with the 113th Congress. Democrats had 21 seats up for election,plus 1 Independent,and 1 Independent Democrat,while the Republicans only had 10 seats up for election. The presidential election,elections to the House of Representatives,elections for governors in 14 states and territories,and many state and local elections were also held on the same day.
The 2010 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 2,2010. Republican-turned-independent incumbent Governor Charlie Crist chose not to run for a second term and he ran unsuccessfully for the Senate seat vacated by Mel Martínez. This resulted in an open race for Governor of Florida in which Republican Rick Scott narrowly defeated Democrat Alex Sink.
The 2012 United States elections took place on November 6,2012. Democratic President Barack Obama won reelection to a second term and the Democrats gained seats in both chambers of Congress,retaining control of the Senate even though the Republican Party retained control of the House of Representatives. As of 2024,this is the most recent election cycle in which neither the presidency nor a chamber of Congress changed partisan control,and the last time that the party that won the presidency simultaneously gained seats in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Frank LaRose is an American politician who has served as the 51st Secretary of State of Ohio since January 2019. He was a Republican member of the Ohio State Senate for two terms,from January 2011 to January 2019. He was a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in the 2024 election,challenging incumbent Senator Sherrod Brown. He lost to Bernie Moreno in the primary.
Mark Eaton Walker is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
Recall elections for four Wisconsin state senators were held during the spring of 2012. Voters put four state senators up for recall,all Republicans,because of the budget repair bill proposed by Governor Scott Walker and circumstances surrounding it. Democrats targeted Republicans for voting to significantly limit public employee collective bargaining. Scholars could cite only four times in American history when more than one state legislator has been recalled at roughly the same time over the same issue. The recall elections occurred on June 5,with May 8 being the date of the primary election.
The 2018 United States Senate elections were held on November 6,2018. Among the 100 seats,the 33 of Class 1 were contested in regular elections while 2 others were contested in special elections due to Senate vacancies in Minnesota and Mississippi. The regular election winners were elected to 6-year terms running from January 3,2019,to January 3,2025. Senate Democrats had 26 seats up for election,while Senate Republicans had 9 seats up for election.
The 2018 United States elections were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018. These midterm elections occurred during Incumbent Republican President Donald Trump's first term. Although the Republican Party increased its majority in the Senate,unified Republican control of Congress and the White House was brought to an end when the Democratic Party won control of the House of Representatives in what was widely characterized as a "blue wave" election as Democrats also gained governorships,other statewide offices,and state legislative chambers.
Voter suppression in the United States consists of various legal and illegal efforts to prevent eligible citizens from exercising their right to vote. Such voter suppression efforts vary by state,local government,precinct,and election. Voter suppression has historically been used for racial,economic,gender,age and disability discrimination. After the American Civil War,all African-American men were granted voting rights,but poll taxes or language tests were used to limit and suppress the ability to register or cast a ballot. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 improved voting access. Since the beginning of voter suppression efforts,proponents of these laws have cited concerns over electoral integrity as a justification for various restrictions and requirements,while opponents argue that these constitute bad faith given the lack of voter fraud evidence in the United States.
The 2018 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor of Florida,alongside an election to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and other state and local elections. Incumbent two-term Republican Governor Rick Scott was term-limited and could not run for a third term,and he successfully ran for Florida's Class I Senate seat.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 6,2018,alongside a gubernatorial election,elections to the U.S. House of Representatives and other state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic senator Bill Nelson ran for re-election to a fourth term,but was narrowly defeated by Republican governor Rick Scott. The election was the closest Senate race in the state's history.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission is a bipartisan regulatory agency of the state of Wisconsin established to administer and enforce election laws in the state. The Wisconsin Elections Commission was established by a 2015 act of the Wisconsin Legislature which also established the Wisconsin Ethics Commission to administer campaign finance,ethics,and lobbying laws. The two commissions began operation on June 30,2016,replacing the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB),which was abolished.
The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity,also called the Voter Fraud Commission,was a Presidential Commission established by Donald Trump that ran from May 11,2017,to January 3,2018. The Trump administration said the commission would review claims of voter fraud,improper registration,and voter suppression. The establishment of the commission followed Trump's false claim that millions of illegal immigrants had voted in the 2016 presidential election,costing him the popular vote. Vice President Mike Pence was chosen as chair of the commission and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach was its vice chair and day-to-day administrator.
Joseph Ryan Gruters was the Chairman of the Florida Republican Party from 2018 to 2022,and is a member of the Florida Senate representing the 22nd District,which consists of Sarasota County and part of Charlotte County. He was previously a member of the Florida House of Representatives. Earlier in his career,Gruters worked on the campaign of U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan as campaign manager and was vice chairman of the Republican Party of Florida and chairman of the Republican Party of Sarasota.
Brenda Calhoun Snipes was an American public official who was the Supervisor of Elections for Broward County,Florida. She was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush in 2003. Snipes was registered as a Democrat.
The 2024 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 5,2024,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Florida. Republican incumbent Rick Scott won a second term,defeating Democratic former Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell by 12.8 percent. The primary election was August 20,2024.
The 2020 United States presidential election in Georgia was held on Tuesday,November 3,2020,as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Georgia voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote,pitting the Republican Party's nominee,incumbent President Donald Trump of Florida,and running mate Vice President Mike Pence of Indiana against Democratic Party nominee,former Vice President Joe Biden of Delaware,and his running mate Senator Kamala Harris of California. Georgia has 16 electoral votes in the Electoral College.
