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Georgia's 9th congressional district


Georgia's 9th congressional district is represented by Republican Doug Collins. Nathan Deal resigned his seat on March 21, 2010 in order to run for Governor of Georgia. A special election was held on June 8, 2010. Following redistricting, Tom Graves moved to the newly created 14th district. , there are two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 9th congressional district who are currently living at this time. The most recent representative to die was Ed Jenkins (served 1977-1993) on January 1,
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Steve Rothman


into the 9th Congressional District. The incumbent congressman in the 8th District, lifelong Passaic County resident Congressman Bill Pascrell, the former Mayor of Paterson and New Jersey State Assemblyman from Passaic County, announced that he would run in the Democratic Primary for the redrawn 9th Congressional District. Rep. Pascrell had represented the 8th Congressional District since 1997 The incumbent congressman in the 9th District, lifelong Bergen County resident Congressman Steve Rothman, the former Mayor of Englewood and elected Bergen County Surrogate Court Judge, announced that he would run in the Democratic Primary
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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio


Ohio's 9th congressional district since 1983; and Dennis Kucinich, who represented Ohio's 10th congressional district from 1997 until January 3, 2013 and had considered seeking re-election in Washington or in the 11th district, sought re-election in the 9th district. Graham Veysey, who runs a video production company, also sought the Democratic nomination. Kaptur defeated Kucinich and Veysey in the primary. Steven Kraus, an auctioneer, and Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher both sought the Republican nomination; Wurzelbacher won. Both Democratic
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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin


Democrat Gwen Moore, who has represented Wisconsin's 4th congressional district since 2005, is running for re-election. Dan Sebring, an automobile repair shop owner who unsuccessfully challenged Moore as the Republican nominee in 2010, ran again. Robert R. Raymond, a perennial candidate, ran as an Independent. Republican Jim Sensenbrenner, who has represented Wisconsin's 5th congressional district since 2003 (and previously represented Wisconsin's 9th congressional district from 1979 to 2003), is running for re-election. Dave Heaster, a technology employee at
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New Jersey Redistricting Commission


Congressional District Both the incumbent congressman in the 8th and 9th districts, Bill Pascrell and Steve Rothman, announced that they would run in the Democratic Primary for the redrawn 9th Congressional District. Rothman was defeated by Pascrell in the 2012 Democratic Primary In describing the gerrymandered redistricting, Record Editorial Page Editor Alfred Doblin wrote that "While many folks are looking at the new 5th District as being a combination of the existing 5th and 9th districts, it’s really the current 8th District that is getting the lion’s share of Rothman’s 9th
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Indiana's 9th congressional district


Indiana's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. Located in south-central and southeastern Indiana, the district stretches from the outer suburbs of Indianapolis to the Indiana side of the Louisville metropolitan area. The district's largest city is Bloomington, home to Indiana University. The district is currently represented by Republican Trey Hollingsworth, who won the seat vacated by now-U.S. Senator Todd Young in 2016. Indiana counties within the 9th Congressional District, and the major cities within the county: , four
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2010 Georgia's 9th congressional district special election


The 2010 special election for the 9th congressional district of Georgia was held on May 11, 2010 to fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of Republican U.S. Representative Nathan Deal, who wished to concentrate on his campaign for Governor of Georgia. As no candidate received a majority in the special election, a runoff was held on June 8, 2010. The special election had originally been scheduled for April 27, but was postponed for the benefit of military and overseas voters. Nathan Deal announced he was running for governor on May
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2011 New York's 9th congressional district special election


York in September 2011. Turner's victory had implications on how the political boundaries of the state of New York were drawn in 2012. The 9th district was one of the two districts to be eliminated, as the state lost congressional seats because of population changes. Turner considered running for reelection. Turner nonetheless bowed out of the race after the 9th district was mostly dissolved into the newly formed 6th district, which will have a greater Asian population and an even greater Democratic advantage; Turner instead ran for the U.S. Senate seat up
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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia


and passed by the Republican-controlled Georgia General Assembly, was signed into law by Governor Nathan Deal on September 7, 2011. The new district, numbered the 9th, is based in Hall County. The map also makes the 12th district, currently represented by Democrat John Barrow, much more favorable to Republicans. Republican incumbent Jack Kingston, who has represented Georgia's 1st congressional district since 1993, is running for re-election. Democratic incumbent Sanford Bishop, who has represented Georgia's 2nd congressional district since 1993, is
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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia


Barrow, who has represented the 12th district since 2005, is running for re-election. Anderson defeated Allen in an August runoff election, winning the Republican nomination. Democratic incumbent David Scott, who has represented Georgia's 13th congressional district since 2003, is running for re-election. S. Malik won the Republican nomination unopposed. In redistricting, the new 14th district includes almost all of northwestern Georgia. Republican incumbent Tom Graves, who has represented the 9th district since May 2010, lives in this new district and is running
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2011 New York's 9th congressional district special election


A 2011 special election in New York's 9th congressional district was held on September 13, 2011 to fill a seat in the U.S. Congress for New York's 9th congressional district, after Representative Anthony Weiner resigned from this seat on June 21, 2011 due to his sexting scandal. Democratic Party nominee David Weprin, a member of the New York State Assembly, faced Republican and Conservative Party nominee Bob Turner, a businessman who unsuccessfully sought the seat in 2010. The district with over 300,000 registered voters was expected to be eliminated during
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Virginia's 9th congressional district


Virginia's ninth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia, covering much of the southwestern part of the state. The 9th is Virginia's second-largest district in area, covering 9,113.87 square miles (slightly larger than the whole state of New Jersey). Since 2011 it has been represented by Morgan Griffith (R), who took office after defeating Rick Boucher (D), the district's representative for 1983-2011. The largely white district was aligned with the Democratic Party well into
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New Jersey's 9th congressional district


New Jersey's Ninth Congressional District is a district that consists largely of Bergen County and Passaic County municipalities. Due to redistricting following the 2010 Census, parts of the old 9th District were shifted to the Fifth District and the new Eighth District, as part of a reduction in congressional districts from 13 to 12 in New Jersey. The Ninth District is represented by Democrat Bill Pascrell, who resides in Paterson. Congressman Pascrell was first elected to Congress in 1996 from the old Eighth District, defeating incumbent William J. Martini. The redistricting
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Arizona's 9th congressional district


succeed her. Arizona began sending a ninth member to the House after the 2010 Census, the 2012 Congressional election, and the convening of the 113th Congress. As the result of the closed primary on August 28, 2012, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema faced Republican Vernon Parker in the November 6 general election. Sinema was the first candidate to announce an intention to run. A former member of both the Arizona House of Representatives and the Arizona State Senate, until resigning to launch her House campaign in Arizona's 9th congressional district, she
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Florida's 9th congressional district


plus northeastern Polk County, while the former 9th district became parts of the 10th, 11th, 12th (Pasco County) or the 14th district which split Hillborough County with the 15th and 17th district. The 2013 redistricting also expanded the State of Florida from 25 to 27 districts, adding 2 at Miami-Dade County, Florida. The district is currently represented by Democrat Darren Soto. , there are five former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 9th congressional district who are currently living at this time. The
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Dennis C. Wolff


19, 2018. Wolff indicated that regardless of other factors, he would run in whichever district his home in Columbia County was placed in. Columbia County was subsequently placed into the new 9th Congressional district, which includes all of Carbon, Columbia, Montour, Schuylkill and Lebanon counties. It's also includes parts of Berks, Luzerne and Northumberland counties. The new 9th district was rated as having a Partisan Voting Index (PVI) of R+14, among the most conservative congressional districts in the country. The additional Republican registration advantage
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2001 United States elections


were held. Special elections were held for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district (on May 15), California's 32nd congressional district (June 5), Virginia's 4th congressional district (June 19), Massachusetts's 9th congressional district (October 16), Florida's 1st congressional district (October 16), Arkansas's 3rd congressional district (November 20), and South Carolina's 2nd congressional district (December 18). Only one district, Virginia's 4th congressional district, changed hands with state Senator Randy Forbes' (
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Harry W. Musselwhite


1905 to 1914, Musselwhite moved to Manistee and became owner, editor, and publisher of the "Manistee Daily News-Advocate", 1915-1928. He was supervisor of census for Michigan's 9th congressional district in 1920 and for the fourth district in 1930. He was also a member and vice chairman of the Michigan Hospital Commission from 1927 to 1932. In 1933, running as a Democratic candidate, Musselwhite defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Representative James C. McLaughlin to be elected from Michigan's 9th congressional district to the 73rd Congress
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California's 9th congressional district


California's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. Jerry McNerney, a Democrat, has represented the district since January 2013. Currently, the 9th district is centered on Stockton. It consists of portions of Contra Costa, Sacramento, and San Joaquin counties. Cities in the district include Antioch, Galt, Oakley, Lathrop, Lodi, and Stockton. Prior to redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission of 2011, the 9th district encompassed much of the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area
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Illinois's 9th congressional district


the most reliably Democratic districts in Chicago, and in all of Illinois. It has been in Democratic hands without interruption since 1949, and for all but six years since 1935. Only three people have held the district since 1949--Sidney Yates, Edward Finnegan, and Schakowsky. Yates gave up the seat in 1962 to run for United States Senate. When he lost, Chicago machine officials persuaded Finnegan, who had succeeded Yates after his former district was merged with the 9th, to hand the seat back to Yates. Schakowsky
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Missouri's 9th congressional district


Missouri's 9th congressional district was a US congressional district, dissolved in 2013, that last encompassed rural Northeast Missouri, the area known as "Little Dixie," along with the larger towns of Columbia, Fulton, Kirksville and Union. Boone, Franklin, and a portion of St. Charles County comprise the highest voting centers of the mostly rural district. It was last represented by Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer. Some of the most famous representatives to represent the 9th congressional district were Speaker of the House Champ Clark; James Broadhead, the
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Paul Broun


in that county. In 2016, Broun announced his candidacy for Congress, running for Georgia's 9th congressional district, a district that one political journal ranked as the third-most-conservative in the nation. Broun ran in a five-candidate Republican primary race with fellow Tea Party challengers Roger Fitzpatrick, Bernie Fontaine and Mike Scupin, against incumbent candidate Doug Collins, who held the 9th seat since 2012. In the May primary, Collins won with 52,943 votes (61.3 percent of the vote), over Broun's 18,761
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Michigan's 9th congressional district


Michigan's 9th congressional district is located in parts of Oakland and Macomb counties in the southeast areas of the U.S. state of Michigan. It includes the communities of Ferndale, Royal Oak, Hazel Park, St.Clair Shores, Warren, Bloomfield, and Sterling Heights. Prior to 1992 the 9th congressional district did not overlap at all with the one that existed after 1992. It largely corresponded to the later Michigan's 2nd congressional district, covering most of the west coast counties starting with Muskegon and taking in a portion of Grand
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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina


represented North Carolina's 9th congressional district since 1995, did not seek another term. Curtis Campbell ran as the Libertarian nominee. Mecklenburg County Commissioner Jennifer Roberts was the only candidate seeking the Democratic nomination. Patrick Cannon, the mayor pro tem of Charlotte, did not run. Republican Patrick McHenry, who has represented North Carolina's 10th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election. Though the 10th district was made more favorable to Democrats in redistricting, it was expected to continue to strongly favor Republicans. Democrat Heath Shuler
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2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts


-elected with 98% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of D+31. The 8th congressional district is located in eastern Massachusetts. It contains the southern quarter of the city of Boston and many of its southern suburbs. The incumbent is Democrat Stephen Lynch, who has represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 9th district from 2001 to 2013. He was re-elected with 99% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of D+6. The 9th congressional district is located in
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2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts


8th congressional district is located in eastern Massachusetts. It contains the southern quarter of the city of Boston and many of its southern suburbs. The incumbent is Democrat Stephen Lynch, who has represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 9th district from 2001 to 2013. The district has a PVI of D+10. He was re-elected with 72% of the vote in 2016. Lynch is running for re-election. No Republicans filed to run. Two political newcomers ran against Lynch in the primary, video game developer
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Tennessee's 9th congressional district


Tennessee's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in West Tennessee. It has been represented by Democrat Steve Cohen since 2006. The district is located entirely within Shelby County, where the city of Memphis is located. It begins north on the border with Tipton County and encompasses most of Millington. It then travels south to the district's anchor city of Memphis. Nearly all of Memphis is in the 9th, although some of its city limits spill over into the 8th. The district then juts out east to capture Cordova,
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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania


has been represented by Republican Pat Meehan since January 2011. He is running for re-election. Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district has been represented by Republican Mike Fitzpatrick since January 2011. Fitzpatrick previously represented the district from 2005 until 2007. He ran unopposed in the Republican primary. Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district has been represented by Republican Bill Shuster since 2001. Karen Ramsburg, a nurse from Mercersburg, had been running as an Independent, but after no Democrat filed to run, she mounted a write-in campaign for the
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Washington's 9th congressional district


Washington's 9th congressional district encompasses a long, somewhat narrow area in Western Washington through the densely populated central Puget Sound region, from Tacoma in the south to Bellevue in the north. Since 1997, the 9th District has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Adam Smith, a Democrat from Bellevue. Established after the 1990 U.S. Census, the 9th District was originally drawn as a "fair fight" district. The first representative from the 9th District, Mike Kreidler (D), was defeated after one term by
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Dan Meuser


house in Harvey's Lake, which is in the 10th district, however, he still resides in Dallas, Pennsylvania. In October 2017, Dan Meuser announced that he would run as a Republican to represent Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. The district had previously been the 11th, represented by four-term fellow Republican Lou Barletta, who was running for the United States Senate. In March 2018, over 100 members of the Lebanon County Republican Committee unanimously endorsed Meuser. Meuser "strongly backs" President Trump's "America First
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North Carolina's 9th congressional district


The 9th Congressional District of North Carolina is a Congressional district in south-central North Carolina. The district's current boundaries were redrawn in February 2016 after a U.S. District Court overturned the existing boundaries because of politically directed gerrymandering that suppressed minority representation. The new congressional district consists of Union, Anson, Richmond, Scotland, and Robeson counties; a southeast portion of Mecklenburg County; and parts of Cumberland and Bladen counties. Republicans have held this district since 1963. Republican Robert Pittenger had represented the district since January 2013. In
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Dennis C. Wolff


between the old 11th district and the new 9th district were significant, and the remedial map gave the 9th district Republican nominee a seemingly insurmountable advantage in the general election. On May 15, 2018, Wolff won the Democratic primary for the 9th Congressional District, taking in 41% of the vote, compared to Gary Wegman's 31% and Laura Quick's 28%. Wolff won every county in the district except Wegman and Quick's home counties. Although not a resident of the new 9th congressional district, candidate Dan Meuser
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Florida's 9th congressional district


Florida's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. It stretches from eastern Orlando south-southeast to Yeehaw Junction. It also includes the cities of Kissimmee and St. Cloud. From 2003 to 2012, it encompassed most of rural eastern Hillsborough County, northern parts of Pinellas County (including Clearwater) and the Gulf coast of Pasco County (including New Port Richey). The redistricting on January 3, 2013, completely reassigned the boundaries of the 9th district to mostly Osceola County with central Orange County
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2019 North Carolina's 9th congressional district special election


primary, among them 10 Republicans, 1 Democrat, 1 Libertarian and 1 Green. Dan McCready, the Democratic Party nominee in the 2018 election, ran again and faced no primary opposition. Among Republicans, neither Harris nor Robert Pittenger, the incumbent whom Harris defeated in the 2018 primary election, filed to run. With the announcement by the State Board ordering a new election, it becomes one of two congressional special elections in North Carolina in 2019, the other being the 3rd congressional district's special election. The 2018 congressional
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Iowa's 9th congressional district


Assembly to reapportion the districts. Because the northwestern area of the state was relatively less populous, its congressional district (the ninth) was by far the largest, encompassing more than a quarter of the state's 99 counties, and running from the Minnesota border on the north and the Missouri River on the west to Story County, location of the state's geographic center. In this phase, the Ninth District included Hamilton, Story, Boone, Webster, Humboldt, Kossuth, Emmet, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Calhoun,
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Steve Rothman


for re-election in the 9th Congressional District. Rep. Rothman had represented the 9th Congressional District since 1997. Rothman was defeated by Pascrell in the 2012 Democratic Primary. In describing the gerrymandered redistricting, Record Editorial Page Editor Alfred Doblin wrote that "While many folks are looking at the new 5th District as being a combination of the existing 5th and 9th districts, it’s really the current 8th District that is getting the lion’s share of Rothman’s 9th. Rothman’s constituents are in what these folks are calling Pascrell’s
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Dov Hikind


of the vote, his best showing in the state. Hikind expressed interest in the special election for the New York's 9th congressional district seat vacated by Anthony Weiner; Hikind did not expect the Democrats to nominate him and considered running as a Republican. In 2017, Hikind's son Yoni ran for the City Council in district 44 against Kalman Yeger, David Greenfield's handpicked successor who was on the Democratic party line; in order to avoid a primary, the younger Hikind collected petitions to run on his own party line called
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Ohio's 9th congressional district


Ohio's 9th congressional district has been represented by Representative Marcy Kaptur (D) since 1983. This district is in the northern part of the state, bordering Michigan and Ontario, Canada (via Lake Erie), and includes portions of Cuyahoga, Erie, Lorain, Lucas, and Ottawa counties. Due to redistricting by the Republican-controlled state legislature following the 2010 state elections, the 9th district absorbed part of western Cuyahoga County pitting 10th district Democratic incumbent Dennis Kucinich against Kaptur in the 2012 Democratic primary. The new 9th
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Bill Keating (politician)


Keating into the same congressional district as Stephen Lynch. Under the plan, the cities of Quincy and other upper South Shore towns were placed into Lynch's district, potentially forcing a primary between the two lawmakers. Most of the eastern portion of Keatlng's old district, including his summer home in Bourne on Cape Cod, became the 9th District. Rather than challenge Lynch, Keating chose to run in the 9th, claiming his summer home as his residence in the district. Keating defeated Bristol County District Attorney Samuel Sutter in the
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David Weprin


's District 24. He won the general election the following November with 67 percent of the vote. Weprin was selected by the local leaders of the Democratic Party to run for the New York's 9th congressional district special election to the House of Representatives held on September 13, 2011, to replace Democrat Anthony Weiner, who had resigned in June 2011 following a sexting scandal. The district in which registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by three to one may be eliminated in the 2012 redistricting, and Weprin, who lives a few blocks outside
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Arizona's 5th congressional district


Arizona's 5th congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of Arizona. The district contains Gilbert, Queen Creek, southern and eastern Chandler, and eastern Mesa. It is within eastern Maricopa County, and includes most of the East Valley. It is currently represented by Republican Andy Biggs, who was elected in November 2016. After redistricting in 2010, most of the 5th's territory became the 9th district, while the 5th included most of the territory in the old 6th district. Arizona picked up a fifth
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Ellen Bard


elected to represent the 153rd legislative district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. During her tenure there, she has had 17 bills signed into law. During her legislative career, she was known for advocating on behalf of the Abington School District and for her work on energy and environmental issues, including her service as Chair of the Task Force on a 21st Century Energy Policy for Pennsylvania. She left her PA House seat to run for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district, losing the Republican primary to Melissa Brown, who went on to
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2004 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania


ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Pa. is allocated 21 electors because it has 19 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 21 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 21 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate,
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Texas's 9th congressional district


Texas District 9 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves the southwestern portion of the Greater Houston area in Texas. The current Representative for the district, since 2005, is Democrat Al Green. Before 2005, the 9th covered an area stretching from Galveston through Houston to Beaumont. Much of that area is now the 2nd District. Most of the area now in the 9th was in the 25th District from 1983 to 2005. From 1967 to 2005 the district included the Johnson Space Center, and from
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2006 Texas's 22nd congressional district election


field was limited to one write-in candidate, Wallace withdrew in late August. Part of the decision to bypass Wallace may have been based on his decision to run against the incumbent Republican mayor of Sugar Land in 2002, a race that he won. Former US Representative Steve Stockman, who had previously represented the 9th district, attempted to run as an independent, but failed to gather enough signatures to make the ballot. At the end of June 2006, Lampson had $2.2 million cash on hand and spent about $
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Dennis C. Wolff


won the Republican nomination the same evening. Meuser, born in Long Island, New York and a resident of Dallas, Pennsylvania, lives in Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. The 8th District is significantly more balanced district in terms of voter registration, with a Partisan Voting Index (PVI) rating of R+1 (versus R+14 in the 9th district) and had an incumbent Democratic congressman, Matt Cartwright. Cartwright has strong name I.D. and financial backing. It was heavily speculated that Meuser chose to run in the 9th district instead of
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Wisconsin's 9th congressional district


Wisconsin's 9th congressional district was a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in Wisconsin. It was created following the 1870 Census along with the 8th district, and was disbanded after the 2000 Census. In its final incarnation, the district included most of the western and north-western suburbs of Milwaukee. It contained all of Washington and Ozaukee counties, most of Dodge and Jefferson counties, the northern and western halves of Waukesha county and the eastern parts of Sheboygan county, including the town itself. It was usually
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Berea, Ohio


Since January 3, 2013, Berea has been split between two congressional districts, lying partly in Ohio's 16th congressional district and partly in Ohio's 9th congressional district. The 9th district has been called "The Mistake by the Lake" and one of the "Top 5 Ugliest Districts" due to gerrymandering. As of the census of 2010, there were 19,093 people, 7,471 households, and 4,390 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 7,958 housing units at an average density of . The racial
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W. W. Herenton


90 days of the resignation. On August 13, 2009, Herenton pulled a petition to run for the Mayoral office from which he had resigned only two weeks prior, raising questions of a possible lawsuit against the former Mayor for the more than $1 million in City funds needed for the October 15 special election. In 2010, Herenton announced that he would run against Congressman Steve Cohen in the Democratic Primary for Tennessee's 9th congressional district. The 9th is a heavily Democratic, black-majority district, and the Democratic primary
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2018 North Carolina's 9th congressional district election


The 2018 election in North Carolina's 9th congressional district was held on November 6, 2018, to elect a member for North Carolina's 9th congressional district to the United States House of Representatives. Republican Mark Harris, an evangelical minister, defeated incumbent Congressman Robert Pittenger in the primary and faced Democrat Dan McCready, a veteran and businessman in the general election. Initial tallies put Harris 905 votes ahead, but the state election board refused to certify the results, pending a criminal investigation into allegations of fraud in handling of absentee ballots
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Michigan's 9th congressional district


of the Oakland County portion of the old 11th District. The only areas that survived in the 9th congressional district across the 2002 redistricting were Pontiac, Waterford, Auburn Hills, some of Orion Township, Oakland Township, Rochester and Rochester Hills. This district was for all intents and purposes the one eliminated by the 2012 redistricting. Portions of it were reassigned to four different districts, all of which largely preserved other former districts. The current 9th is mostly the successor of the old 12th District. Andy Levin was elected on November
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Joe the Plumber


run and would be "up for it". On October 7, 2011, Wurzelbacher filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to challenge Democratic Representative Marcy Kaptur in the 2012 race for Ohio's 9th congressional seat. In the March 6, 2012 primary, Wurzelbacher gained the nomination as the Republican candidate in the race, defeating challenger Steven Kraus. He ran in the November 2012 general election against Kaptur, who had won the Democratic primary against Dennis Kucinich after the two incumbents' respective Congressional districts were collapsed into one as a
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Nick Lampson


Nicholas Valentino Lampson (born February 14, 1945) is an American politician from the state of Texas and a former Congressman representing the 22nd Congressional District and the 9th Congressional District of Texas. He is the founder of the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children Caucus, a former member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and remains one of NASA's fiercest advocates. Lampson was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 9th congressional district from 1997 to 2005. After an extremely controversial mid-decade redistricting, he lost
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Massachusetts's 9th congressional district


Massachusetts's 9th congressional district is located in eastern Massachusetts. It is represented by Democrat William R. Keating. Redistricting after the 2010 census eliminated Massachusetts's 10th congressional district and moved many of the district's communities here. The district also added some Plymouth County communities from the old 4th district, and some Bristol County communities from the old 3rd and 4th districts. It eliminated a few easternmost Norfolk County communities and northernmost Plymouth County communities. The following municipalities in Bristol County: The following municipalities in Plymouth County: 1849: "The
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Darren Soto


nomination to succeed Rep. Alan Grayson, who had stepped down to run in the primary for U.S. Senate in Florida's 9th congressional district. Soto earned 36% of the vote in a four-way primary election. The district is Democratic-leaning and contains all of Osceola County and parts of Orange and Polk counties. Soto has represented the majority of this district while serving in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate. The Orlando Sentinel endorsed him in his primary race, calling him an "effective lawmaker."
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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia


re-election. Steve Reilly, an attorney, won the Democratic nomination without opposition. Republican incumbent Austin Scott, who was first elected to represent Georgia's 8th congressional district in 2010, is running unopposed in the primary as well as the general election. In redistricting, most of Macon—the heart of the 8th and its predecessors for over a century—was shifted to the neighboring 2nd, thereby making the 8th district more favorable to Republicans. In redistricting, the new 9th district is centered around Gainesville and has no
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Mike Sodrel


Michael E. "Mike" Sodrel (born December 17, 1945) served as the United States Representative from the Indiana's 9th congressional district, representing the Republican Party for one term from 2005 to 2007. Sodrel's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives was his first public office. Sodrel launched another run against incumbent Democratic Rep. Baron Hill in 2010 – his fifth straight run for Congress in the ninth district. However, Sodrel lost the Republican nomination to Bloomington attorney Todd Young, who won the general election. Born in Louisville
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Arizona's 9th congressional district


Arizona's ninth congressional district was created as a result of the 2010 Census. The first candidates ran in the 2012 House elections, and the first representative was seated for the 113th Congress in 2013. The district is located entirely within Maricopa County. Most of the old 5th district became the new 9th; 60 percent of the 9th's territory came from the old 5th. It is centered around Tempe and includes southern Scottsdale, western Mesa, northwestern Chandler, and southern Phoenix including the Ahwatukee district. As of the 2012 general
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Greg Stanton


, bike lanes, and sidewalks while reducing the city's greenhouse gas emissions. After incumbent Democratic congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema decided to run for the US Senate in 2018, to replace retiring U.S. Senator Jeff Flake, Stanton – who was term-limited as mayor – decided to run for Sinema's seat in the 2018 election for the 9th District. Per Arizona's resign-to-run laws, Stanton resigned as mayor on May 29, 2018 to focus on his congressional campaign. Stanton ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. On
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New Jersey Redistricting Commission


Congressional District, which was represented by Rep. William Pascrell, and parts of the 9th Congressional District, which was represented by Rep. Steve Rothman. The Republican plan chosen by the Redistricting Commission removed 7 of the largest Democratic vote-producing municipalities from the 9th District (the Jersey City, North Bergen, and Kearny sections of the District; Fairview, Hackensack, Fair Lawn and two-thirds of Teaneck) and moved major Passaic County cities and towns (Paterson, Passaic and Clifton, Haledon and Prospect Park) into the 9th
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New Jersey's 9th congressional district


resulted in Pascrell's hometown of Paterson was added to the Ninth District, which had been represented by Steve Rothman, a fellow Democrat who like Pascrell entered Congress by winning a seat in the 1996 federal election. Both incumbents declared their intentions to run for their party's nomination for the seat, which Pascrell won. Pascrell defeated Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, the Republican nominee, in the general election. For the 113th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2010 Census), the district contains all or portions of three counties
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Al Green (politician)


on increasing minority hiring in Texas and forming alliances with Houston Hispanic groups. Green ran for mayor of Houston in 1981, and finished fifth in Democratic primary. In 2004, Green entered the Democratic primary for the 9th Congressional District. The 9th District had previously been the 25th Congressional District and was represented by Democrat Chris Bell. A 2003 Texas redistricting, placed Chris Bell's congressional seat in jeopardy Although the redistricted 25th District remained heavily Democratic, it had a significantly larger percentage of blacks and Latinos voters than the old 25th District
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Pennsylvania Route 954


PA 954 fully enters Indiana and runs past more homes, heading into the downtown area. Here, the route turns west to form a concurrency with PA 286 on Philadelphia Street, a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane, passing downtown businesses. PA 954 splits from PA 286 by heading north on two-lane undivided North 9th Street, while PA 286 turns south onto South 9th Street. The route heads through residential areas, crossing back into White Township. PA 954 turns northwest onto Fulton Run Road
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Virginia's 9th congressional district


the 20th century, when Virginia was among the Solid South states and African Americans were disenfranchised. Since the 1990s its voters have increasingly cast ballots for Republican presidential candidates. It last supported a Democrat for president in 1996, and has supported a Democrat in only two statewide contests since then. Republican presidential candidate John McCain received 59% of the vote in the 9th district in 2008, his best performance in any of Virginia's eleven congressional districts. The 9th District is the only district in Virginia that cast more votes for Hillary
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New York's 9th congressional district


New York's 9th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City, represented by Yvette Clarke. The district is located entirely within Brooklyn. It includes the neighborhoods of Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Midwood, Sheepshead Bay, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach and Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Prospect Park, Grand Army Plaza and the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket, the worldwide headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic community and the Brooklyn Children
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Indiana's 8th congressional district


elections become a safe Republican district. As of 2013. Based in Evansville, the 8th Congressional District was widened when Indiana lost a seat after the 2000 U.S. Census to include much of the former 5th and 7th Congressional Districts. At that time, Bloomington (the home of former U.S. Representative Frank McCloskey) was moved into the 9th Congressional District, while the 8th Congressional District was extended northward to include much of the former 7th Congressional District in west-central Indiana, including Terre Haute. As a result of this expansion,
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Dave L. Reed


, saying that "What he lacks in practical experience, Reed more than makes up for with hard work." In January 2018, Reed announced he would campaign for the United States Congress in Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district after Bill Shuster announced he would not run for re-election in 2018. However, he ended his campaign several months later when the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled the current district maps illegal and established new district maps. The new maps placed Reed's residence in Indiana, Pennsylvania in a new 15th congressional
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Iowa's 9th congressional district


Iowa's 9th congressional district existed from 1873 to 1943. The district was configured four times, first as part of a nine-district plan, then twice in eleven-district plans, then again in a nine-district plan. In the nine-district plans, the Ninth District encompassed the northwestern corner of Iowa, but in the eleven-district plans it encompassed Council Bluffs and nine surrounding counties. Based on the 1870 census, Iowa's U.S. House delegation increased from six to nine members, requiring the Iowa General
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2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania


Pennsylvania, John McCain carried 10 of the commonwealth's 19 congressional districts, including four districts held by Democrats. One district, PA-03, was extremely close, however, with McCain only winning by 17 votes. Obama won 9 districts, including two districts held by Republicans. Technically the voters of Pennsylvania cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Pennsylvania is allocated 21 electors because it has 19 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must
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2011 New York's 9th congressional district special election


election should the district have been eliminated in the 2012 redistricting (which subsequently happened). Bob Turner, former CEO of Multimedia Entertainment best known for producing "The Jerry Springer Show", was chosen as the Republican nominee on July 8, 2011, after Councilman Eric Ulrich declined to run and Juan D. Reyes backed out of contention. Turner was a candidate for the 9th district in 2010, and was defeated by Weiner by a 39% to 61% margin. The Conservative Party of New York State endorsed Republican nominee Bob
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Lester Johnson (politician)


vacancy caused by the death of Merlin Hull. He took over representing Wisconsin's 9th congressional district. He was reelected to the five succeeding Congresses and served from October 13, 1953, to January 3, 1965. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress because 1964 redistricting moved his 9th district from Western Wisconsin to the Milwaukee suburbs. Had he run, Johnson would have faced Congressman Vernon Thomson in the newly configured 3rd district. He died in Augusta, Wisconsin, July 24, 1975
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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia


running for re-election. In redistricting, the 2nd district was made majority-African American and Macon was moved from the 8th district to the 2nd. Republican incumbent Lynn Westmoreland, who has represented Georgia's 3rd congressional district since 2007, and had previously represented the 8th district from 2005 to 2007, is running for re-election. Democratic incumbent Hank Johnson, who has represented Georgia's 4th congressional district since 2007, is running for re-election. Democratic incumbent John Lewis, who has represented Georgia's 5th congressional
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Nancy Skinner (commentator)


, Skinner officially announced that she was again running for the 9th congressional district. On February 25, 2008, however, Skinner announced that she was withdrawing from the race rather than face a contentious primary with former Michigan Lottery Commissioner Gary Peters. (Peters went on to win the election.) In 2014 Skinner ran again for the House of Representatives in Michigan's 11th congressional district. She came in 3rd in the Democratic primary, with 26.5% of the vote. The winner of the Democratic primary, Bobby McKenzie, went
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Lucas County, Ohio


it was one of only two counties in the entire state that supported George McGovern. In the last five Presidential elections the Democratic candidate's margin of victory has ranged from 18% to 30.5% in the case of Barack Obama. The eastern portion of Lucas County, including Toledo lies in Ohio's 9th congressional district, and it is represented by Marcy Kaptur, who is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. The western portion, however, lies in Ohio's 5th congressional district, and is represented by Bob Latta.
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Jim Broyhill


the party was almost nonexistent in the former Confederacy, including North Carolina. After attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Jim Broyhill joined his father's company in 1945 and served in various capacities there until 1962. He was also active in several state industry associations, as well as a civic leader in Lenoir. He made his first run for elected office in 1962 for North Carolina's 9th Congressional District. Broyhill was the unexpected beneficiary of redistricting after the 1960 census, which cost North Carolina a congressional district.
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Daniel L. Feldman


Democratic primary for Congress from New York's 9th congressional district, which was again being vacated by Schumer, who was running for a seat in the U.S. Senate. In the district's hotly contested, four-person primary election, Feldman ultimately lost to eventual Congressman – and fellow former Schumer aide – Anthony Weiner. After the primary, Feldman served as a senior member of then-New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's staff for six years and as special counsel for law and policy to New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli
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Iowa's 9th congressional district


except Hager (from Adair County), McPherson (from Montgomery County), Green (from Audubon County), and Vincent (from Guthrie County). The General Assembly's 45-year failure to reapportion congressional districts resulted in malapportionment, which was particularly severe in certain districts in Iowa. Residents of three other southern Iowa districts (the 1st, 6th, and 8th) gained in per capita influence as the districts' population growth slowed or reversed. The 9th district did not decline in political influence as much as districts that were
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North Carolina's 9th congressional district


2018, Pittenger was defeated by challenger Mark Harris. The latter faced Democrat Dan McCready in the general election. Harris was initially called as the winner by several hundred votes, but the result was not certified, pending a statewide investigation into allegations of absentee ballot fraud. On February 21, the bipartisan State Election Board unanimously voted to call for a new election for the 9th district, because of ballot fraud by Republican operatives. The special election is scheduled for September 2019. Democrat Dan McCready is running against Republican Dan Bishop,
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Allan O. Hunter


the Sixth Army Group from 1944 to 1946. After returning from World War II, Hunter started his law practice in Fresno, and continued until 1950 when he decided to run for the House of Representatives seat of the 9th congressional district. In the 9th district, the Republican Hunter defeated Democratic incumbent Cecil F. White in a close race, capturing 76,015 votes to White's 70,201 votes, giving Hunter the 52%-48% margin. In 1952, Hunter was the delegate from California in the Republican National Convention. In that year's House
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2018 North Carolina's 9th congressional district election


No questions had been raised in those races. In Robeson County, the easternmost county in the 9th district, twice as many absentee ballots from African-American voters (who tend to vote Democratic in this district) were not returned compared to white voters (who vote Republican). In neighboring Bladen County, the return rates were the same for the two groups. , the outcome of the election had not been certified, as state election officials continued to investigate alleged fraud. Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said it was
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2011 New York's 9th congressional district special election


the Democratic nominee on July 7, 2011. Weprin did not live in the 9th district but in Holliswood, Queens in the 5th district. However, as with Kathy Hochul in the 26th district election held upstate earlier in the year, this did not disqualify Weprin from seeking or holding the office; the U.S. Constitution requires only that a person be a resident of the state which he or she represents, not specifically a district. Weprin was believed to have been nominated to serve as a placeholder who would not seek re-
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Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district


Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district is located in the east central part of the state and encompasses all of Carbon County, Columbia County, Lebanon County, Montour County, and Schuylkill County, as well as parts of Berks County, Luzerne County, and Northumberland County. Much of the district includes Pennsylvania's Coal Region. Republican Dan Meuser represents the district, serving since 2019. Before 2019, the district was located in the southern part of the state and was a very safe seat for Republicans. According to the Cook Partisan Voting
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Ohio's 9th congressional district


district has been called "The Snake by the Lake" (due to its long and skinny appearance on the map) and one of the "Top 5 Ugliest Districts" due to gerrymandering. The two portions of the district are only connected via a bridge between Erie and Ottawa counties, as well as Crane Creek State Park. Some Ohio Democrats argued that when the beach floods, the reconfigured 9th is not contiguous. It was one of several districts challenged in a 2018 lawsuit seeking to overturn Ohio's congressional map as unconstitutional
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Daniel Ermentrout


Daniel Ermentrout (January 24, 1837 – September 17, 1899) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1881 to 1889 and for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district from 1897 to 1899. He also served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 1st district from 1873 to 1874 and the 11th district from 1875 to 1888. Ermentrout was born in Reading, Pennsylvania to William and Julia (Silvis) Ermentrout. He attended Franklin
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Conor Lamb


heroin dealer who shot a man during a drug transaction at the Cambridge Square apartments in Monroeville, PA. Cottrell was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison and was ordered to forfeit his BMW, $27,000 in cash and 10 firearms. On October 5, 2017, the "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" reported that Lamb was considering running for Congress in a special election for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. The vacancy was created when Representative Tim Murphy (R) resigned amid revelations that he had had an extramarital affair and urged
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Missouri's congressional districts


Missouri is currently divided into 8 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. Due to the 2010 Census Missouri lost a Congressional seat in 2013. The biggest impact has been in the 3rd Congressional District (which includes portions of St. Louis which had large population losses in the Census). The district effectively became part of the 1st District. The largely rural 9th District, which also suffered population decreases and was also dissolved, became part of the 6th District north of the Missouri River and
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New York's 9th congressional district


Queens. This iteration of the district gained national attention in 1984 when 9th District Rep. Geraldine Ferraro became the vice presidential candidate of the Democratic Party. The 9th was historically a Queens district. Part of the old 9th became the 7th District in the 1992 redistricting when the present 9th absorbed much of the old 10th District based in Brooklyn. In New York elections, there are minor parties. Certain parties will invariably endorse either the Republican or Democratic candidate for every office, hence the state electoral results contain both the party votes,
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Florida's 10th congressional district


the open seat of the new 9th district. On election day, Webster won a fairly narrow 3.4% victory over Demings to secure re-election. Webster slightly underperformed in the district compared to the top of the ticket, where presidential candidate Mitt Romney received 53.4% of the vote. Bill Young won re-election over Charlie Justice with 65.9% of the vote. , there are three former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 10th congressional district who are currently living at this time. The most recent
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2011 New York's 9th congressional district special election


, whose congressional district in South Florida comprises many Jewish voters, denied national ramifications saying that the district's large concentration of Orthodox Jews, who don't vote for Democrats, made it unusual. Despite her claims the evidence shows that the Orthodox community is overwhelmingly Democratic and usually votes that way. One example was in one of the special elections for State Assembly in one of the heavily Orthodox areas in the district where Turner won with 75% of the vote, the Assembly race was won by the Democrat, Michael Simanowitz,
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Illinois's 9th congressional district


The 9th Congressional District of Illinois covers parts of Cook County, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the 2010 census. All or parts of Chicago, Des Plaines, Evanston, Glenview, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Mount Prospect, Niles, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Skokie, Wilmette and Winnetka and Arlington Heights are included. It is anchored in Chicago's North Side along Lake Michigan, and covers many of Chicago's northern suburbs. Democrat Jan Schakowsky has represented the district since January 1999. The district is one of
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Steve Stockman


Stephen Ernest Stockman (born November 14, 1956) is an American who was a member of the Republican Party. He served as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 9th congressional district from 1995 to 1997 and for Texas's 36th congressional district from 2013 to 2015. Stockman ran in the Republican primary for the United States Senate in the 2014 election but lost to incumbent Senator John Cornyn. On April 12, 2018, he was tried in a U.S. district court in Texas, and was found guilty of 23 felonies and remanded into
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2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota


consequence of the 2000 United States Census, Mark Kennedy, the incumbent Republican from the Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, was redistricted into the 6th congressional district, while Bill Luther, the incumbent DFLer from the 6th congressional district was redistricted into the 2nd congressional district. Thus, Luther was forced to run in the new congressional district 2 in the 2002 election, while Kennedy ran in the new congressional district 6. Luther, who was first elected to Congress in 1994, was unchallenged in the DFL primary. However, in the
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Vincent F. Harrington


in 1940 he won by only 2,140 votes out of over 130,000 cast. Iowa lost one of its nine congressional seats following the 1940 census, requiring the Republican-controlled 1941 Iowa General Assembly to divide the state into eight congressional districts. The old 9th congressional district, minus one county, became the new 8th congressional district. The exception was Monona County, which Harrington had carried in 1940 by a thousand-vote margin. When Monona County was placed in the reconfigured 7th congressional district, it was considered a blow to Harrington
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Charles B. Hoeven


in England. Democrats quickly nominated new candidates to serve out Harrington's 9th district term and to run against Hoeven in the 8th district, but Hoeven won the 8th district seat by over 19,000 votes. Hoeven was then re-elected to Congress from that district an additional nine times, the last time in 1960 (when he defeated future U.S. District Court Judge Donald E. O'Brien). Following the 1960 census, Iowa lost a congressional district, and the bulk of his territory was reconfigured as the 6th district. Hoeven was elected
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Alabama's 6th congressional district


Alabama's 9th Congressional District were transferred to the 6th District. The state legislature did not redistrict for several decades, resulting in urban and industrial areas being under-represented in congressional and state districts. It was forced to redistrict after a 1972 Supreme Court case based on the principle of one man-one vote. , there are three former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 6th congressional district that are currently living. The most recent representative to die was John H. Buchanan, Jr. on March 5, 2018
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Alabama's 9th congressional district


Alabama's 9th congressional district was formerly apportioned to portions of central and western Alabama from 1893 until 1963 when the seat was lost due to reapportionment after the 1960 United States Census. Formed in 1893, the district was first represented by Louis Washington Turpin, a self-educated tax assessor from Hale County. The district was represented by Democrats during the whole of its existence except from 1896-1897 when Truman Heminway Aldrich, a Republican, unseated Oscar W. Underwood in a post-election contest. The 1960 United States Census and
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Alvin Hawkins


Whigs switched their support to the Confederacy after the Battle of Fort Sumter, Hawkins remained staunchly pro-Union for the duration of the Civil War. In December 1862, after the Union Army had regained control of much of West Tennessee, the state's military governor, Andrew Johnson, called for congressional elections to be held in its 9th and 10th congressional districts. Hawkins was elected to the 9th district seat, but the House of Representatives deemed his vote total (1,900) to be too low in proportion to his district's
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Steve Rothman


Republican members. That map created a new 5th Congressional District, combining parts of New Jersey's 5th Congressional District, represented by Rep. Scott Garrett (age 53), with parts of the 8th Congressional District, which was represented by Rep. William Pascrell (age 75), and parts of the 9th Congressional District, which was represented by Rep. Steve Rothman (age 60). At the time of the creation of this new map, Congressmen Rothman and Pascrell were members of two of the most powerful committees in the U.S. House
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Massachusetts's 10th congressional district


Massachusetts's 10th congressional district is an obsolete district that includes parts of the South Shore of Massachusetts, and all of Cape Cod and the islands. The District has existed since 1795, but was removed for the 113th Congress in 2013 as district lines were redrawn to accommodate the loss of the seat due to reapportionment as a result of the 2010 Census. Effective from the elections of 2012, most of the district falls into the new Massachusetts 9th congressional district, with some northern portions falling in the new 8th district. 1843:
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Ric Killian


August 2006, incumbent Republican State Representative Doug Vinson, of North Carolina's 105th House District, decided not to run for a 2nd term. Killian was appointed to the seat. He won re-election to a full term, as a Republican, and won unopposed. He won re-election unopposed in 2008 and 2010. He left office in 2013. After redistricting, Killian decided to retire from the state legislature to run for the newly redrawn North Carolina's 9th congressional district. He said "[Incumbent Sue Myrick
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