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2006 United States House of Representatives elections
2006 U.S. House elections, held November 7, 2006 under President George W. Bush: Democrats gained 31 seats, won 52% of the House vote, took both chambers for the first time since 1994, and made Nancy Pelosi the first female Speaker, with Iraq the dominant issue.
2006 United States Senate elections
The 2006 U.S. Senate elections (November 7, 2006) elected 33 Class 1 seats; Democrats won 22, Republicans 9, producing a 49-49 Senate with two independents caucusing Democratic and ending Republican control.
2008 Republican Party presidential primaries
The 2008 Republican presidential primaries selected Senator John McCain as the GOP nominee. Mike Huckabee won Iowa, McCain won New Hampshire and Florida, and clinched the nomination by Super Tuesday under winner-take-all rules over Romney and Huckabee.
2008 United States elections
2008 United States elections: November 4, 2008 contests for president, House, and Senate. Obama (D) beat McCain (R) 365-173 electoral votes; Democrats won the 111th Congress with 257 House and 57 Senate seats.
2008 United States House of Representatives elections
The 2008 U.S. House of Representatives elections, held November 4, 2008 with the presidential race, gave Democrats 257 seats to 178 for Republicans in the 111th Congress, with 59.08 percent of major-party votes and only 19 incumbents defeated.
2008 United States presidential election
2008 United States presidential election, held November 4, 2008: Barack Obama and Joe Biden (Democratic) defeated John McCain (Republican), winning 365 electoral votes and 52.9% of the popular vote, making Obama the first Black U.S. president.
2008 United States presidential election in Florida
The 2008 United States presidential election in Florida was won by Barack Obama on November 4, 2008, taking the state's 27 electoral votes with 51.03% over John McCain.
2008 United States presidential election in Texas
The 2008 U.S. presidential election in Texas: McCain/Palin beat Obama/Biden 55.45% to 43.68%, winning 34 electoral votes; 8,077,795 ballots cast, Republican margin 11.8 points, narrowed from Bush's 2004 margin.
2008 United States Senate elections
2008 United States Senate elections, held November 4, 2008 with 33 regular races plus Mississippi and Wyoming special elections; Democrats reached 57 seats, 41 Republicans, 2 independents, with a 312-vote Minnesota recount.
2010 California elections
2010 California elections: June 8 Statewide Direct Primary and November 2 General Election. Jerry Brown beat Meg Whitman; nine propositions (19–27) decided, including Prop 20 redistricting passed and Prop 19 marijuana legalization failed.
2010 California gubernatorial election
2010 California gubernatorial election, held November 2, 2010: Democrat Jerry Brown beat Republican Meg Whitman by 12.9 points; Whitman's record $178.5 million spending and the contested GOP primary against Poizner defined the race.
2010 Illinois elections
The 2010 Illinois elections were held on November 2, 2010, choosing a US Senator, the congressional delegation, statewide offices, and the legislature; Republican Mark Kirk won the Senate race.
2010 Missouri elections
2010 Missouri elections: August 3 primary and November 2 general. Roy Blunt (R) beat Robin Carnahan 54.2%-40.6% for U.S. Senate; Tom Schweich unseated Auditor Susan Montee; Vicky Hartzler defeated 17-term incumbent Ike Skelton; five ballot measures appeared in November.
2010 New York gubernatorial election
2010 New York gubernatorial election, November 2, 2010: Andrew Cuomo (D/Ind/WFP) beat Carl Paladino (R/Con/TXP) 2,911,616 to 1,548,101; turnout 44.5%; Green Party regained ballot status.
2010 Texas elections
The 2010 Texas elections (Nov 2, 2010): Rick Perry won a third term as governor with 54.97% over Bill White; Republicans swept all statewide offices and unseated House Democrats Chet Edwards, Ciro Rodriguez, and Solomon Ortiz.
2010 United States elections
2010 United States elections: the November 2, 2010 midterms under President Obama, in which Republicans gained 63 House seats for a 242-193 majority, six Senate seats, and six governorships amid the Tea Party wave.
2010 United States House of Representatives elections
2010 United States House of Representatives elections, held November 2, 2010, in which Republicans gained a net 64 seats for a 242-193 majority during the Tea Party wave under President Obama, their best result since 1946.
2010 United States Senate elections
2010 United States Senate elections: 37 seats contested November 2, 2010; Republicans won 24 seats, gained six, cutting Democrats to 51-47-2 in the 112th Congress amid the Tea Party wave.
2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts
January 19, 2010 Massachusetts special Senate election filling Ted Kennedy's Class I seat; Republican Scott Brown beat Democrat Martha Coakley 51.86% to 47.10%, ending the Democrats' 60-seat Senate majority during Affordable Care Act negotiations.
2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
2012 Republican presidential primaries: Mitt Romney won the GOP nomination over Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and Ron Paul; Iowa caucuses January 3, 2012, Santorum won Iowa, Gingrich won South Carolina, Romney swept later states.
2012 United States House of Representatives elections
2012 U.S. House elections, held November 6, 2012: Republicans kept a 234-201 majority despite Democrats winning the national House vote by about 1.37 million, a vote-seat gap driven by 2010-cycle redistricting and voter geography.
2012 United States presidential election
The 2012 United States presidential election, held on November 6, 2012, was won by President Barack Obama, a Democrat, who defeated Republican Mitt Romney 332 to 206 electoral votes.
2012 United States presidential election in Florida
Obama narrowly won Florida's 29 electoral votes in 2012, defeating Romney by 74,309 votes out of 8,474,179; the Cuban vote split 49-47 while Puerto Rican growth in central Florida boosted Obama's Hispanic support.
2012 United States presidential election in Ohio
Obama narrowly won Ohio's 18 electoral votes in 2012, defeating Romney 50.58% to 47.60% (margin 166,272 votes) after one of the most intensively campaigned battleground contests, with heavy early voting litigation and strong black voter support.
2012 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
2012 US presidential election in Pennsylvania: Obama-Biden (Democratic) beat Romney-Ryan, 2,990,274 to 2,680,434 votes, winning all 20 electoral votes by a 309,840-vote margin on November 6, 2012.
2012 United States presidential election in Texas
2012 US presidential election in Texas: Romney/Ryan (Republican) won November 6, 2012 with 4,569,843 votes over Obama/Biden's 3,308,124, taking all 38 electoral votes; primaries were May 29, 2012.
2012 United States Senate election in Texas
2012 Texas U.S. Senate election: Ted Cruz (R) beat Democrat Paul Sadler 56.46% to 40.62% for Kay Bailey Hutchison's open seat, after upsetting Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the Republican runoff, becoming the first Hispanic senator from Texas.
2012 United States Senate elections
2012 United States Senate elections, held November 6, 2012, elected 33 seats; Democrats held the chamber with 53 Democrats, 45 Republicans, and 2 independents, a 55-seat caucus majority.
2013 New York City mayoral election
The 2013 New York City mayoral election was held on November 5, 2013 to succeed Michael Bloomberg, the first open mayoral race in more than a decade.
2014 California gubernatorial election
The 2014 California gubernatorial election re-elected Democrat Jerry Brown to a historic fourth term over Republican Neel Kashkari, 59.97% to 40.03%, with record-low 42.2% turnout and the first governor's race under the top-two primary.