states decide when elections for us senators and us representatives will be held.
who decides when elections for us senators and us representatives will be held?
states
in 1894, a coalition of republicans and the populist party won control of the north carolina state legislature (and with it, the ability to elect two us senators) and were successful in electing several us representatives elected through electoral fusion. the fusion coalition made impressive gains in the 1896 election when their legislative majority expanded. republican daniel lindsay russell won the gubernatorial race in 1897, the first republican governor of the state since the end of reconstruction in 1877. the election also resulted in more than 1,000 elected or appointed black officials, including the election in 1897 of george henry white to congress, as a member of the house of representatives.
disenfranchisement after the reconstruction era
bullet::::- elected officials and local governments—the city councils of los angeles, san francisco, davis, santa monica, santa cruz, west hollywood, and berkeley; us senators barbara boxer and dianne feinstein; state superintendent of public instruction jack o'connell; us representatives john campbell (orange county), elton gallegly (santa barbara), barbara lee (east bay), brad sherman (san fernando valley), and maxine waters (los angeles); mayors gavin newsom (san francisco), marty blum (santa barbara), and craig litwin (sebastapol); state senators dean florez (bakersfield/fresno), sheila kuehl (los angeles), christine kehoe (san diego) and carole migden (san francisco); assembly speaker pro tem sally lieber (mountain view); and assembly members mike davis (los angeles), merv dymally (los angeles), loni hancock (albany), paul krekorian (glendale), mark leno (san francisco), lloyd levine (van nuys), and jose solorio (anaheim); and former mayor richard riordan (los angeles) and former us representative john burton (san francisco)
2008 california proposition 2