1986 United States House Of Representatives Elections In Colorado
The 1986 United States House of Representatives elections was held on November 4, 1986, in the middle of President of the United States, President Ronald Reagan's second term in office, while he was still relatively popular with the American public. As in most mid-term elections, the President's party — in this case, the United States Republican Party, Republican Party — lost seats, with the United States Democratic Party, Democratic Party gaining a net of five seats and cementing its majority. These results were not as dramatic as those in the United States Senate elections, 1986, Senate, where the Republicans lost control of the chamber to the Democrats. Overall results SourceElection Statistics - Office of the Clerk Retiring incumbents Forty incumbents retired. Democrats Nineteen incumbent Democrats retired. # : Richard Shelby: To 1986 United States Senate election in Alabama, run for U.S. senator # : Tim Wirth: To 1986 United States Senate election in Colorado, ...
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United States House Of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being the Upper house, upper chamber. Together they comprise the national Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the United States. The House's composition was established by Article One of the United States Constitution. The House is composed of representatives who, pursuant to the Uniform Congressional District Act, sit in single member List of United States congressional districts, congressional districts allocated to each U.S. state, state on a basis of population as measured by the United States Census, with each district having one representative, provided that each state is entitled to at least one. Since its inception in 1789, all representatives have been directly elected, although universal suffrage did not come to effect until after ...
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