Kweisi Mfume lost a primary campaign for the United States Senate seat that was being vacated by which American politician and attorney?
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Kweisi Mfume Kweisi Mfume (born Frizzell Gerald Gray; October 24, 1948) is an American politician and the former President/CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), as well as a five-term Democratic Congressman from Maryland's 7th congressional district, serving in the 100th through 104th Congress. On September 12, 2006, he lost a primary campaign for the United States Senate seat that was being vacated by Maryland U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes.
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Paul Sarbanes Paul Spyros Sarbanes (born February 3, 1933) is an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party from Maryland he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and as a United States Senator from 1977 to 2007. Sarbanes was the longest-serving senator in Maryland history until it was surpassed by Barbara Mikulski by a single day when her term ended on January 3, 2017.
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Herbert W. Kalmbach Herbert Warren Kalmbach (October 19, 1921 – September 15, 2017) was an American attorney and banker. He served as the personal attorney to United States President Richard Nixon (1968–1973). He became embroiled in the Watergate scandal due to his fundraising activities in the early 1970s, some of which supported undercover operatives directed by senior White House figures under Nixon. Kalmbach was convicted and served 191 days in jail for his part in the scandal, and lost his license to practice law for a time, although he was later reinstated.
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Fred Thompson Fred Dalton Thompson (born Freddie Dalton Thompson; August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015) was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, film and television actor, and radio host. Thompson, a Republican, served in the United States Senate representing Tennessee from 1994 to 2003, and was a GOP presidential candidate in 2008.
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Kerry Bentivolio Kerry Bentivolio (born October 6, 1951) was the United States Representative for Michigan 's 11th congressional district , in office from 2013 to 2015. Bentivolio, a Republican, defeated Democratic nominee Syed Taj, a physician, in the November 6, 2012 election. The seat was vacated by Representative Thaddeus McCotter, who resigned from Congress on July 6, 2012, and was briefly held by Democrat David Curson of Belleville, Michigan. He was defeated for the Republican nomination in his bid for a second term by attorney David Trott. He launched a write-in campaign for the November 2014 general election but lost again to Trott.
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David M. Louie David M. Louie (born October 8, 1951 in Oakland, California) is an American attorney, who served as Attorney General of Hawaii for 4 years.
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A. Pratt Kessler A. Pratt Kessler (April 26, 1905 – October 13, 1984) was an American politician who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Utah from 1953 to 1961 and as the Attorney General of Utah from 1961 to 1965.
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Kwame R. Brown Kwame R. Brown (born October 13, 1970) is an American politician in Washington, D.C., who was an at-large member of the council from 2005 to 2011 and chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia from 2011 until his resignation in June 2012. He was the second councilman to resign in the face of federal charges in 2012.
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Mazie Hirono Mazie Keiko Hirono ( ; Japanese name: 広野 慶子 "Hirono Keiko"; born November 3, 1947) is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from Hawaii, in office since 2013. Hirono, a member of the Democratic Party, previously served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1985 to 1995 and as the Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii from 1994 to 2002, serving under Governor Ben Cayetano. She was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Hawaii in 2002 but was defeated by Republican Linda Lingle. She then served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2007 to 2013.
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J. Lister Hill Joseph Lister Hill (December 29, 1894 – December 20, 1984) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Alabama in the U.S. Congress for more than forty-five years, as both a U.S. Representative (1923–38) and a U.S. Senator (1938–69). During his Senate career, he was active on health-related issues and served as Senate Majority Whip (1941–47). At time of his retirement, Hill was the fourth-most senior Senator.
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Joe Miller (Alaska politician) Joseph Wayne Miller (born May 10, 1967) is an American attorney and politician.
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Karen L. Loeffler Karen L. Loeffler (born 1957) is the former United States Attorney for the District of Alaska. She was appointed in 2009 by President Barack Obama, replacing Nelson Cohen. She resigned her position in March 2017. Loeffler was the first female U.S. Attorney for Alaska. As one of 93 U.S. Attorneys nationwide, she represented the United States in all civil and criminal cases within the district.
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LaRuby May LaRuby May (born 1975) is a Democratic politician and African American lawyer who formerly represented Ward 8 on the Council of the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C. She won the Ward 8 special election on May 10, 2015, succeeding Marion Barry, who died in office on November 23, 2014. May, who was sworn into office on May 14, 2015, served out the remainder of Barry's term, which ended on December 31, 2016. During her first council term, she was active on the issues of crime and violence, marijuana policy, assisted suicide, and improvements to Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. She criticized the city's emergency medical services department, opposed the creation of a public electrical utility, and applauded the construction of a sports arena in her ward. She was one of the few council members to support the mayor during the FreshPAC scandal, and although she asked Congress to end its school voucher program she also supported a political action committee which supports an expanded voucher and charter school program in the District.
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Marcus Hunter Marcus Lamar Hunter (born January 3, 1979) is an African-American politician and second generation attorney from Monroe, Louisiana. A Democrat, Hunter is a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 17, which encompasses parts of the cities of Monroe and West Monroe and the towns of Richwood and Bawcomville.
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Michelle Lujan Grisham Michelle Lynn Lujan Grisham ( ; born October 24, 1959) is an American lawyer and politician who is the U.S. Representative for 2=nd
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Rubel Phillips Rubel Lex Phillips, Sr. (March 29, 1925 – June 18, 2011) was an attorney, businessman, and politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi best known for his Republican gubernatorial campaigns waged in 1963 and 1967.
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William M. Daley William Michael Daley (born August 9, 1948) is an American lawyer and former banker. He served as White House Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama from January 2011 to January 2012. He also served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1997 to 2000 under President Bill Clinton. His private-sector positions included membership on the Executive Committee of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Until dropping out of the race on September 16, 2013, he was a candidate for Illinois Governor.
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Frank W. Nolen Frank William Nolen (born December 26, 1939) is an American politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate. Winning a special election to succeed H. Dunlop Dawbarn after his retirement, he lost reelection to J. Marshall Coleman. When Coleman resigned to become Attorney General, Nolen won back his old seat.
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Albert Twesme Albert Theodore Twesme (August 7, 1879 – June 27, 1949) was an American jurist and politician.
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Bart Davis Bart McKay Davis (born March 7, 1955) is an American lawyer and politician who has been confirmed to serve as the next United States Attorney for the District of Idaho. He previously served as a Republican member of the Idaho Senate, representing District 33 from 2002 to 2017. He represented District 29 from 1998 to 2002. During his time in the Idaho Senate, he served as state senate majority leader.
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Pam Bondi Pamela Jo Bondi (born November 17, 1965) is an American attorney, politician and member of the Republican Party who serves as the current Attorney General of Florida.
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David Jolly David Wilson Jolly (born October 31, 1972) is an American attorney, former lobbyist, and former U.S. Representative for Florida's 13th congressional district. A Republican, he previously served as general counsel to his predecessor, U.S. Rep. Bill Young. He won the race for Young's seat in a 2014 special election against Democrat Alex Sink. He was subsequently re-elected in November 2014, winning 75 percent of the vote, but was unseated in 2016 by former Governor Charlie Crist. Jolly has become a prominent Republican critic of U.S. President Donald Trump.