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1884 in the United States

November 4 – United States presidential election, 1884: Democrat Grover Cleveland defeats Republican James G. Blaine in a very close contest to win the first of his non-consecutive terms.

Alexander Butterfield

As it happened, Butterfield was asked the direct question by the minority (Republican) counsel, Donald Sanders.

Alonzo J. Edgerton

He was appointed U.S. Senator from Minnesota as a Republican, and served from March 12, 1881 to October 30, 1881 in the 47th congress.

Amy Holmes

After working for several years for Independent Women's Forum, from 2003 to 2006 Holmes wrote Senate floor statements for Bill Frist, a two-term United States Senator from Tennessee and the Republican Majority Leader.

Arthur E. Nelson

Nelson unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate as a Republican in 1928 against Henrik Shipstead (receiving 33.4% of the vote), but was elected fourteen years later, in November 1942 to finish out the term of deceased Senator Ernest Lundeen, which had temporarily been filled by appointee Joseph H. Ball (who won the November 1942 election for the full six-year term from 1943 to 1949).

Bob Holden

In the 2000 election, Holden narrowly defeated Republican Jim Talent.

California gubernatorial election, 1934

Held in the midst of the Great Depression, the 1934 election was amongst the most controversial in the state's political history, putting conservative Republican Frank Merriam against former Socialist Party member turned Democrat Upton Sinclair, author of The Jungle.

Carole Murray

Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2008, Murray represents House District 45, which encompasses Teller County and southern Douglas County, Colorado.

Charles D. Breitel

In November 1973, he was elected on the Republican and Liberal tickets Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, defeating Democrat Jacob D. Fuchsberg and Conservative James J. Leff.

Charles M. La Follette

He served as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives during the 1940s and took part in the post-World War II Nuremberg Trials.

Chester B. McLaughlin

In November 1917, he was elected on the Republican and Democratic tickets to a full term on the Court of Appeals, and remained on the bench until the end of 1926 when he reached the constitutional age limit of 70 years.

Congressional Black Caucus

Only six black Republicans have been elected to Congress since the caucus was founded: Senator Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts, Representative Gary Franks of Connecticut, Delegate Melvin H. Evans of the Virgin Islands, Representative J. C. Watts of Oklahoma, Representative Allen West of Florida, and Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina.

Constitution Restoration Act

The Constitution Restoration Act of 2005 (originally "of 2004") is a proposed federal law filed on March 3, 2005 by United States Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Representative Robert Aderholt (R-AL).

Craig Sullivan

The seat was held by Republican George Nethercutt, who retired from the House to run for the United States Senate, a race Nethercutt lost to the incumbent Senator, Democrat Patty Murray.

Credit Union Membership Access Act

H.R. 1151 was introduced to the 105th United States Congress by Congressman Newt Gingrich (R-GA).

Ellen Karcher

In the 2003 election, Senator Karcher defeated incumbent Republican Senate Co-President John O. Bennett III, who was plagued by several ethics scandals including confirmed reports of double-billing local municipal governments.

Eric Garris

When Rothbard and his supporters began to feel that the Libertarian Party, through outfits such as the Cato Institute, was becoming too cozy with the Republican Party and its policies, they founded the "Libertarian Radical Caucus" which was led primarily by Garris and his most consistent collaborator Justin Raimondo.

Extremism

Barry Goldwater said, "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue" at the 1964 Republican Convention in a sentence attributed to his speechwriter Karl Hess.

Flat tax

Four years later, Republican candidate Steve Forbes proposed a similar idea as part of his core platform.

Fred H. Madden

The Washington Township (Gloucester County) native was recruited to run for the Senate in the high profile 4th Legislative District against incumbent Republican Senator George Geist in 2004.

George H. Clark

George H. Clark (October 18, 1872 – July 11, 1943) was a Republican lawyer from Canton, Ohio in the United States who sat as a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court in 1922.

Georgette Mosbacher

Georgette Mosbacher (née Paulsin; born January 16, 1947 in Highland, Indiana) is the CEO of Borghese, a cosmetics manufacturer based in New York City, and a fundraiser for the United States Republican Party.

Grier Martin

Martin was first elected in the 2004 elections, defeating incumbent Republican Don Munford.

Inez Tenenbaum

Tenenbaum was the Democratic candidate for retiring Democrat Fritz Hollings's seat in the U.S. Senate; she lost in the 2004 election to Republican Jim DeMint.

J. Hale Sypher

He served four terms as a Republican, after having served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

J. William Stanton

Stanton was elected as a Republican to the 89th to 97th Congresses, (January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1983).

James Barker Edmonds

Although he remained the board's Republican commissioner until 1885, when former Louisiana Senator Joseph Rodman West resigned from the presidency of the D.C. Board of Commissioners in 1883, President Chester A. Arthur nominated Edmonds to serve as the board's Democratic commissioner and its chair.

James R. Sherck

He stood for election to the United States House of Representatives four times—in 1978, 1980, 1982, and 1984, each time losing to Republican incumbent Del Latta.

Joanne W. Bowie

Joanne W. Bowie was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fifty-seventh House district, including constituents in Guilford county.

John Aravosis

Aravosis is a lawyer and worked on Capitol Hill as a foreign policy adviser for Ted Stevens, a Republican senator in the late 1980s and early 1990s before becoming a Democrat.

John Blust

John Marshall Blust (born June 4, 1954) is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly, representing the state's sixty-second House district, including constituents in Guilford county.

Ogden L. Mills

He was to elected to the Republican Party, from the 67th, 68th and the 69th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1921 until March 3, 1927.

Paul Hays

Hays joined the House in 1966 and became Republican reading clerk in 1988 at the nomination of Minority Leader Robert H. Michel of Illinois.

Paul W. Green

Green won the Republican nomination to his seat on the Court in a contested primary against then-Justice Steven Wayne Smith.

Randy Eastwood

Eastwood was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 2004, running as a Republican in the First Congressional District of Washington against incumbent Democrat Jay Inslee and Libertarian candidate Charles Moore.

Raymond J. McGrath

He was elected as a Republican to the 97th United States Congress and served from January 3, 1981 until January 3, 1993.

Richard Fulton

In 1966, 1968, and 1970, his Republican opponent was George Kelly, who owned a prominent flower shop in the Nashville suburb of Donelson.

Robert J. Conrad

Although he had the support of North Carolina's two Republican senators, Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr, Judge Conrad ran into immediate opposition from Senate Democrats and liberal groups such as People for the American Way and the Alliance for Justice.

Ross J. Connelly

In 1998, Connelly ran for Maine's first district House of Representatives seat on the Republican ticket and lost to fellow Republican James Longley.

Seward, Minneapolis

Seward is one of the most politically liberal neighborhoods in Minneapolis, with usually only a handful of votes in each precinct cast for Republicans.

Thomas Pelly

He represented the First Congressional District of Washington as a Republican.

Tommy Tanaka

Tommy Tanaka is a Republican politician from Guam, previous Speaker of the territorial Senate, and previous candidate for the position of Governor of Guam.

Wayne Scott

He was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives for the Republican Party until 2009, representing House District 39, which includes the communities of Barlow, Beavercreek, Canby, Mulino and Oregon City.

William Henry Andrews

William Henry "Bull" Andrews (January 14, 1846 – January 16, 1919) was an American politician who served as a Republican representative in the Pennsylvania General Assembly and as a delegate from the New Mexico Territory.


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