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United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1790
The United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1790, elected eight representatives to the Second United States Congress under the initial apportionment rather than the census reapportionment.
United States House of Representatives special elections, 1960–1999
Special elections held from 1960 to 1999 under governors' writs to fill vacant US House seats after deaths, resignations, or withdrawals, since the Constitution permits no temporary appointments.
United States midterm election
United States midterm election: congressional election halfway through a president's term, all 435 House seats and one-third of the Senate on the ballot; next held November 3, 2026; the president's party has lost House seats in every midterm since the Civil War except 1934.
United States presidential debates
Televised general-election debates between US presidential candidates, begun with Kennedy–Nixon in 1960, run by the League of Women Voters then the CPD from 1988, bypassed by Biden and Trump in 2024.
United States presidential election
United States presidential election: the quadrennial process where voters choose 538 electors (270 needed to win) who elect the president; includes primaries, general election, December elector vote, January 6 count, and 2024 Trump-Harris result.
United States presidential election results by state, 1788–1820
The United States presidential election results by state, 1788–1820, cover the first nine elections, when most legislatures chose electors and popular votes survive for only some states.
United States presidential nominating convention
United States presidential nominating conventions are quadrennial party meetings, dating to the 1831 Anti-Masonic and 1832 Democratic conventions, that nominate presidential and vice-presidential candidates, adopt platforms, and set rules via pledged and automatic delegates.
United States state and local elections
United States state and local elections are contests below the federal level for governor, legislatures, counties, mayors, school boards, and judges, administered by thousands of decentralized state and local systems.
Unity – National Movement
Unity – National Movement (ერთიანობა – ნაციონალური მოძრაობა) is a Georgian pro-European electoral coalition led by the United National Movement for the 2024 election, which won 10.17%, refused mandates, and faces a ban attempt.
Unity (Bolivia)
Unity (Alianza Unidad) is a Bolivian center-right electoral alliance of Unidad Nacional and Creemos, led by Samuel Doria Medina; it took 19.7% and third place in the 2025 election and 26 Chamber of Deputies seats.
Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom
An unopposed by-election to the Parliament of the United Kingdom is one where a single candidate is nominated and declared elected without a poll, a Victorian-era pattern that ended in 1954.
Upper Silesian plebiscite
The Upper Silesian plebiscite was a referendum held on 20 March 1921 under the Treaty of Versailles on whether Upper Silesia should belong to Germany or Poland.
Venda
Venda: apartheid-era Bantustan in northeastern South Africa, self-governing 1973, declared "independent" 1979, ruled by Mphephu's VNP, one-party state 1986, reincorporated into South Africa in 1994.
Virginia House of Delegates
The Virginia House of Delegates is the 100-member lower chamber of Virginia's General Assembly, descended from the 1619 House of Burgesses. Delegates serve two-year terms from single districts, about 80,000 constituents each, under a Speaker controlling 14 standing committees.
Vivek Ramaswamy 2024 presidential campaign
Vivek Ramaswamy's 2024 presidential campaign: Republican primary bid announced February 2023 by the biotech entrepreneur. Digital-first anti-woke strategy, $66.2 million in receipts, fourth in Iowa with about 8 percent, suspended January 15, 2024, endorsing Trump.
War-time electoral pact
War-time electoral pact refers chiefly to the 1914 British electoral truce, in which Liberal, Conservative, and Labour Chief Whips agreed uncontested by-elections, and the 1918 Conservative–Lloyd George Liberal 'coupon' pact, which reshaped the party system.
Wartime by-elections in the United Kingdom (1939–1945)
Wartime by-elections in the United Kingdom (1939–1945) were held under a September 1939 electoral truce between the Conservative, Labour, and Liberal parties, leaving most seats uncontested.
We begin bombing in five minutes
"We begin bombing in five minutes" is the closing line of Ronald Reagan's August 11, 1984 hot-mic joke before a radio address, which leaked, drew a formal Soviet denunciation, and briefly dented his 1984 campaign lead over Mondale.
We for Brandenburg
Wir für Brandenburg (WfB) is a three-member parliamentary group in the Brandenburg Landtag, recognized 18 June 2026, formed by ex-BSW deputies Matzies, von Ossowski, and Simon under the amended Fraktionsgesetz.
What is Aleppo?
Aleppo (Halab, Halep), Syria's largest city and a UNESCO World Heritage site, divided and besieged in the 2012–2016 civil war battle; name known from Gary Johnson's 2016 'What is Aleppo?' gaffe.
William Knowland
William F. Knowland (1908–1974) was a California US senator 1945–1959, Senate Republican leader 1953–1959, 'senator from Formosa' for supporting Chiang Kai-shek, and 1958 losing candidate for California governor.
Willie Horton
Willie Horton (William R. Horton Jr.), Massachusetts life-sentence convict whose 1986 furlough escape and 1987 Maryland rape became the infamous 1988 National Security PAC 'Weekend Passes' ad against Michael Dukakis, a landmark of racialized attack advertising.
Withdrawal of BC United from the 2024 British Columbia general election
BC United, the former BC Liberal Party, suspended its 2024 British Columbia election campaign on August 28, 2024, with leader Kevin Falcon directing supporters to John Rustad's BC Conservatives, running no candidates, and ending a party that governed from 2001 to 2017.
Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election
Joe Biden's July 21, 2024 withdrawal from the 2024 US presidential election: his social media letter declining the Democratic nomination, same-day endorsement of Kamala Harris, delegate rules, and the June 27 debate pressure that preceded it.
Withdrawal of Lyndon B. Johnson from the 1968 United States presidential election
LBJ's March 31, 1968 withdrawal: Johnson announced on television he would not seek or accept the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination, paired with a bombing halt, after McCarthy's New Hampshire showing; Humphrey replaced him and lost to Nixon.
Yugoslav succession referendums
The Yugoslav succession referendums were independence votes held from 1990 to 2006 as Yugoslavia broke apart, from Slovenia's 1990 vote to Montenegro's narrow 2006 secession from Serbia.