What was the Senate makeup in 2012?
2012 United States Senate elections
| Party | Democratic | Republican |
| Leader’s seat | Nevada | Kentucky |
| Seats before | 51 | 47 |
| Seats after | 53 | 45 |
| Seat change | 2 | 2 |
What was declared the winner of the controversial Senate race for the Democratic Party nomination in 1948?
After the inconclusive Democratic Party primary in July, a hotly contested runoff was held in August in which U.S. Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson was officially declared to have defeated former Texas governor Coke Stevenson for the party’s nomination by eighty-seven votes.
Who was elected to the Senate three times worked to secure federal money for Texas projects?
| Kay Bailey Hutchison | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kathryn Ann Bailey July 22, 1943 Galveston, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | John Parks ( m. 1967; div. 1969) Ray Hutchison ( m. 1978; died 2014) |
Who ran in the 2012 presidential election?
Incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Joe Biden, were re-elected to a second term. They defeated the Republican ticket of businessman and former Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
Who were the 3 candidates in the 1948 election?
1948 United States presidential election
| Nominee | Harry S. Truman | Thomas E. Dewey |
| Party | Democratic | Republican |
| Home state | Missouri | New York |
| Running mate | Alben W. Barkley | Earl Warren |
| Electoral vote | 303 | 189 |
Who controlled Congress during Truman’s presidency?
Truman proposed an ambitious domestic liberal agenda known as the Fair Deal. However nearly all his initiatives were blocked by the conservative coalition of Republicans and conservative Southern Democrats. Republicans took control of Congress in the 1946 elections after the strike wave of 1945–46.
Has Texas ever had a woman governor?
In 1924, Ma Ferguson became the first elected female chief executive of Texas. She was the second female state governor in the United States, and the first to be elected in a general election.