Congressional
In total, there were five Special elections to the 111th United States Congress#House of Representatives, special elections to the United States House of Representatives during 2009. The only election which changed party hands (from Republican Party (United States), Republican to Democratic Party (United States), Democratic) was in 2009 New York's 23rd congressional district special election, New York's 23rd congressional district. Also, a primary election was held in Massachusetts on December 8, 2009, for the senate seat left open by the death of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy; the United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2010, general special election for that later seat occurred on January 19, 2010.Gubernatorial
New Jersey and Virginia, along with the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, held gubernatorial elections in 2009. Both governorships in New Jersey and Virginia changed party hands from Democrat to Republican. This is the last time, both governors flipped parties in the same election. Meanwhile, the local Covenant Party (Northern Mariana Islands), Covenant Party maintained control of the governorship of the Northern Mariana Islands. This is the last time this seat would be up in an off-year.State legislative
Legislative elections were held for the New Jersey General Assembly, the Virginia House of Delegates, and the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. Democrats maintained a comfortable majority in the lower house of the New Jersey legislature, while Republicans expanded control of the lower chamber of the Virginia legislature.Municipalities
Cities, counties, school boards, special districts and others elect members in 2009. Several large cities held mayoral elections in 2009, including: 2009 New York City mayoral election, New York City, 2009 Boston mayoral election, Boston, 2009 Los Angeles mayoral election, Los Angeles, 2009 Houston mayoral election, Houston, 2009 Minneapolis mayoral election, Minneapolis, 2009 Seattle mayoral election, Seattle, 2009 San Antonio mayoral election, San Antonio, and 2009 Detroit mayoral election, Detroit. Memphis, Tennessee also had a special election to replace former mayor Willie Herenton. Some of these mayoral elections included the following: * 2009 Albuquerque mayoral election, Albuquerque, New Mexico – Richard J. Berry (R) defeated Incumbent Mayor Martin Chavez (D). * 2009 Albany mayoral election, Albany, New York – Incumbent Mayor Gerald Jennings (D) defeated Working Families Party candidate Corey Ellis and Nathan LeBron (R). * 2009 Anchorage mayoral election, Anchorage, Alaska – Dan Sullivan (Mayor of Anchorage), Dan Sullivan (R) was elected mayor. * 2009 Atlanta mayoral election, Atlanta, Georgia – Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) was term-limited. Kasim Reed (D) defeated Mary Norwood (D) in a runoff election. * 2009 Austin mayoral election, Austin, Texas – Incumbent Mayor Will Wynn (D) was term-limited. * 2009 Boston mayoral election, Boston, Massachusetts – Incumbent Mayor Thomas Menino (D) defeated Michael F. Flaherty (D). * 2009 Buffalo mayoral election, Buffalo, New York – Incumbent Mayor Byron Brown (D) defeated Michael Kearns (D). * 2009 Charlotte mayoral election, Charlotte, North Carolina – Anthony Foxx (D) defeated John Lassiter (R) * 2009 Detroit mayoral election, Detroit, Michigan – Incumbent Mayor Dave Bing (D) defeated Tom Barrow (D) * 2009 Henderson mayoral election, Henderson, Nevada – Incumbent Mayor James B. Gibson (D) was term-limited. He was succeeded by Democrat Andy Hafen. * 2009 Houston mayoral election, Houston, Texas – Incumbent Mayor Bill White (Texas politician), Bill White (D) was term-limited. In a runoff election, Annise Parker (D) defeated Gene Locke (D). * 2009 Jersey City mayoral election, Jersey City, New Jersey- Incumbent Mayor Jerramiah Healy (D) defeated Louis Manzo (D), L. Harvey Smith (D) and other minor candidates. * 2009 Lancaster, Pennsylvania mayoral election, Lancaster, Pennsylvania – Incumbent Mayor Rick Gray (Pennsylvania politician), Rick Gray (D) defeated Charlie Smithgall (R). * 2009 Los Angeles mayoral election, Los Angeles, California – Incumbent Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) defeated Walter Moore (politician), Walter Moore (R). * 2009 Manchester, New Hampshire mayoral election, Manchester, New Hampshire – Ted Gatsas (R) elected mayor succeeding mayor Frank Guinta (R). * 2009 Minneapolis mayoral election, Minneapolis, Minnesota – Incumbent Mayor R.T. Rybak (DFL) was re-elected. * 2009 New York City mayoral election, New York City, New York – Incumbent Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) was re-elected. * 2009 North Las Vegas mayoral election, North Las Vegas, Nevada – Incumbent Mayor Mike Montandon (R) was term-limited. He was succeeded by Republican Shari Buck. * 2009 Omaha mayoral election, Omaha, Nebraska – City councilman Jim Suttle was elected mayor after incumbent Mike Fahey declined to run for re-election. * 2009 Pittsburgh mayoral election, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Incumbent Mayor Luke Ravenstahl (D) was re-elected. * 2009 Rochester mayoral election, Rochester, New York – Incumbent Mayor Robert Duffy (mayor), Robert Duffy (D) was unopposed. (The next year, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York.) * 2009 San Antonio mayoral election, San Antonio, Texas – Incumbent Mayor Phil Hardberger was term-limited. He was succeeded by Democrat Julian Castro. * 2009 Seattle mayoral election, Seattle, Washington – Incumbent Mayor Greg Nickels (D) defeated in the primary in August 2009. Mike McGinn (D) defeated Joe Mallahan (D). * 2009 Saint Paul mayoral election, St. Paul, Minnesota – Incumbent Mayor Chris Coleman (politician), Chris Coleman (DFL) was re-elected. * 2009 Syracuse mayoral election, Syracuse, New York – Incumbent Matt Driscoll (D) was term limited. Stephanie Miner (D) defeated Steve Kimatian (R) and Conservative Otis Jennings. * 2009 Tulsa, Oklahoma mayoral election, Tulsa, Oklahoma – Mayor Kathy Taylor (politician), Kathy Taylor did not seek re-election. Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr. (R) defeated Tom Adelson (D).References
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