- Eliot Spitzer
Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10 1959) is an American lawyer, politician and the former Governor of New York. Spitzer was elected governor in the November 2006 election. He is the former New York State Attorney General, a member of the Democratic Party, and is married to Silda Wall Spitzer, the founder and chair of Children for Children, a non-profit organization. The Spitzers have three daughters. - David Paterson
David A. Paterson (born May 20, 1954) is an American politician and the current Lieutenant Governor of New York. He is the first African American to hold this position. He was selected as running mate by New York Attorney General and Democratic Party nominee Eliot Spitzer in the 2006 New York gubernatorial election. Paterson was born legally blind in Brooklyn in 1954. He received a BA from Columbia University in 1977 and later his law degree from Hofstra Law School. - Bill Lockyer
William Westwood "Bill" Lockyer (born May 8, 1941) is the current State Treasurer of California. Prior to this, he served as California's Attorney General and head of the Department of Justice for the U.S. state of California. He was elected in 1999 on the Democratic ticket, and was replaced by Jerry Brown in 2007. Previously he was a member of the California State Assembly and served as President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate. - Dick Ackerman
Richard Charles Ackerman (born December 5, 1942 in Long Beach, California) is a Republican U.S. politician, who is currently the California State Senate Minority Leader. Born in Long Beach, California, Ackerman earned a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1964 and a J.D. from Hastings College of the Law in 1967. Ackerman and his wife, Linda, who married in 1968, have three children, Lauren, Marc, and Brett, and one granddaughter, Caitlin. - Sheila Kuehl
Sheila James Kuehl (born February 9, 1941 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American politician, and a former child actress. She is currently a Democratic member of the California State Senate, representing the highly urbanized 23rd district in Los Angeles County and parts of southern Ventura County. - John Garamendi
A fast track medical school plan was presented by Lt. Gov. John Garamendi last month. Without a lower-cost alternative, Garamendi said it was likely the Merced medical school would be delayed and perhaps never opened at all as the state's budget crisis mounts. Garamendi is also an ex-officio member of the Board of Regents; his son, John Garamendi Jr . , works as the vice chancellor for University Relations at UC Merced. - Judith Kaye
Judith S. Kaye, Chief Judge of New York (b. Monticello, New York on August 4 1938) was appointed by Governor Mario Cuomo on February 22 1993, confirmed by the New York Senate on March 17, and sworn in on March 23. She is the first woman to occupy the State Judiciary's highest office. Kaye holds a B.A. from Barnard College (1958) and a LL.B. from New York University School of Law (cum laude) (1962). She was admitted to the New York State Bar, 1963. - Bob Smith
Bob Smith (born March 25, 1947) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 2002, where he represents the 17th Legislative District. Smith was elected to his first Senate term November 2001 to fill the seat vacated by the retirement of John Lynch. Smith serves in the Senate on the Environment Committee (as Chair), … - Bill Leonard
William R. Leonard (born 1947) is a Republican U.S. politician, who has been a member of the California State Board of Equalization since his election to the board in 2002. After earning his B.A. in history from the University of California, Irvine, Leonard worked in real estate and property management. - John Adler
John Herbert Adler (born August 23, 1959) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey State Senate since 1992, where he represents the 6th Legislative District. Adler was Democratic Conference Chair from 2002-03 and Assistant Minority Leader from 1994-2001. He has served as Assistant Minority Leader and Democratic Conference Chairman, and currently serves as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, … - Michael Balboni
Michael Balboni (born in May 1959, Long Island, New York) is the Deputy Secretary for Public Safety for the State of New York, which is the senior homeland security and law enforcement official in Governor Eliot Spitzer's Administration. He was appointed to that cabinet-level position by Democratic Governor Spitzer in January 2007. - Ed Murray
Edward B. Murray (born May 2, 1955) is an American politician from Washington state, who serves in the Washington State Senate. Elected to the Senate in 2006, he had previously served 11 years in the Washington State House of Representatives. A Democrat, Murray was appointed to fill one of the vacant 43rd District seats in the House in October 1995 and was re-elected biennially until he opted not to run for re-election in 2006. - Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson (1752 - July 23, 1802) was a Congressional representative from North Carolina; born in Chowan County, North Carolina; engaged as a planter; elected to the Continental Congress, 1781, 1784, and 1785, but did not attend; served in the state senate, 1781-1784, 1788-1790, and 1792; elected as a Republican to the Seventh Congress (March 4, 1801-July 23, 1802); died on July 23, 1802, in Bandon, near Edenton, North Carolina; interment in Edenton Cemetery. - Mark Schauer
Senator Mark Schauer (D- Battle Creek, Senate Democratic Leader) has much the same view, saying, "The violence in the Darfur region of Sudan has gone on for several years, but without proper funding this horrible situation would decrease and hopefully be extinguished. For this reason, I support Senate Bill 0555 which would keep state funds in the retirement investments of state employees away from businesses with interests in Sudan." - David Shafer
David J. Shafer is a Georgia politician. He currently serves in the State Senate, representing portions of Fulton County and Gwinnett County in the suburbs north of Atlanta. Shafer is a Republican. He served as executive director of the Georgia Republican Party in the early 1990s, managed the gubernatorial campaign of Republican businessman Guy Millner in 1994 and was himself the Republican nominee for Secretary of State in 1996. - Ellen Karcher
Ellen Karcher (born February 28, 1964) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 2004, where she represents the 12th Legislative District. In the 2003 election, Senator Karcher defeated incumbent Republican Senate Co-President John O. Bennett III, who was plagued by several ethics scandals including confirmed reports of double-billing local municipal governments. - Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr.
Thomas V. "Mike" Miller, Jr. (born December 3, 1942) is the current president of the state senate of Maryland in the United States. He has served as president since January 1987, and has been a state senator since 1975. He announced in November of 2006 that he will not seek reelection in 2010. Miller was born in Clinton, Maryland, and attended Surrattsville High School. - Shirley Turner
Shirley K. Turner (born July 3, 19??) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1998, where she represents the 15th Legislative District. Before being elected to the Senate, Turner served in New Jersey's lower house, the General Assembly, from 1994 to 1998. Before entering state politics, Senator Turner served on the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders from 1983 to 1986, … - Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono (born July 28, 1953) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 2002, where she represents the 18th Legislative District. Before entering the Senate, Buono served in the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature, the General Assembly, from 1994 to 2001, where she served as the Minority Parliamentarian. In the Assembly, Senator Buono became the ranking Democrat on the Assembly Budget Committee. - Gerald Cardinale
Gerald Cardinale (born February 27 1934) is an American Republican Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1982, where he represents the 39th Legislative District. Cardinale served in the State Senate as Deputy Majority Leader from 1994-2001, as Majority Whip from 1992-1993, as Assistant Minority Leader from 1987-1989 and as Minority Whip from 1985-1986. He serves on the Commerce Committee, the Judiciary Committee, … - Diane Allen
Diane B. Allen is an American Republican Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1995, where she represents the 7th Legislative District. She served as the Deputy Republican Conference Leader from 2002-2003 and as the Majority Whip from 1998-2001. She was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1996-1998. Senator Allen has served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1996 and 2000. - Raymond Lesniak
Raymond J. Lesniak (born May 7, 1946) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1983, where he represents the 20th Legislative District. Before entering New Jersey's upper house, the Senate, Lesniak served in the General Assembly from 1978 to 1983. Currently Senator Lesniak is the Chairman of the Economic Growth Committee, Vice Chairman of the Legislative Oversight, member of the Commerce Committee, … - Ronald Rice
Ronald L. Rice (born December 18, 1945) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey State Senate since 1986, where he represents the 28th Legislative District. While serving in the Senate, Rice has held a variety of different leadership roles including Associate Minority Leader (1998-2001), Assistant Deputy Minority Leader (1994-1997), and Assistant Majority Leader (1990-1991). - Thomas Smith
Thomas Smith was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana. Smith was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. In 1818, he moved to Rising Sun, Indiana, where he learned the trade of tanning. He then moved to Versailles, Indiana in 1821 and established a tanyard. Smith eventually became a colonel in the state militia, and member of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1829, 1830, and from 1833-1836. - Ernesto Scorsone
Ernesto Scorsone is an American politician from Kentucky. A Democrat, he is currently a member of the Kentucky State Senate. From 1984 to 1996, Scorsone served in the Kentucky House of Representatives. In 1996, he was elected to the Kentucky State Senate by a wide margin, representing the state's 13th District in Fayette County. Since then, he has twice been re-elected unopposed. - Jim Bryson
Jim Bryson (born July 14, 1961) is a Tennessee politician, a former Republican member of the State Senate representing the 23rd District, which encompasses Williamson County and part of Davidson County, and the 2006 Republican nominee for Governor of Tennessee. - Joseph Vitale
Joseph F. Vitale (born November 10, 1954) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1998, where he represents the 19th Legislative District. He is also the former Mayor of Woodbridge Township, having been elected by the Township Council in July 2006 to fill a temporary vacancy, following the death of Mayor Frank Pelzman. - Thomas Kean Jr.
Thomas Howard "Tom" Kean Jr. (born September 5, 1968) is an American Republican politician, serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 2003. He represents the 21st Legislative District, which covers parts of Union, Morris, Somerset and Essex Counties. - Paul Sarlo
Paul A. Sarlo (born August 31, 1968) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 2003, where he represents the 36th Legislative District. Sarlo is the Assistant Majority Leader of the Senate, a position held since 2004. Sarlo was appointed as state senator when former District 36 Senator Garry Furnari, an attorney and mayor of Nutley was appointed to the New Jersey Superior Court. - Ander Crenshaw
Ander Crenshaw (born September 1 1944), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing (map). He was born in Jacksonville, Florida, was educated at the University of Georgia (A.B. 1966) and the University of Florida. Ander Crenshaw served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1972 through 1978, and in the Florida Senate from 1986 through 1994. - Paul Coverdell
Paul Douglas Coverdell was a United States Senator from Georgia and was also the director of the Peace Corps from 1989 until 1991. He was elected for the first time in 1992 and re-elected in 1998. He died while still in the Senate of a cerebral hemorrhage. Coverdell, a Republican, was often described as a quiet, soft-spoken man, but he left profound marks on the governments of both the state of Georgia and the nation in a relatively brief period of time. - Nia Gill
Nia H. Gill (b. March 15 1948, Glen Ridge, New Jersey) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 2002, where she represents the 34th Legislative District. Gill is the Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee. She is also a member of the Judiciary Committee, Legislative Services Commission, and the Legislative Oversight Committee. - Bob Bacon
Robert "Bob" Bacon is a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate, representing Senate District 14, which encompasses the city of Fort Collins, Colorado. Born in Galesburg, Illinois, Bacon earned a B.S. in Social Sciences at Illinois State University in 1957, and taught high school in Illinois before moving to Fort Collins, Colorado, in 1959. He received a Master's degree in History from University of Northern Colorado in 1961 while teaching in Poudre School District, … - Diane Harkey
Diane Harkey was a Republican candidate for California's 35th State Senate district. Then-Assemblyman Tom Harman defeated Harkey for the Republican nomination by 236 votes and went on to win the general election by 44,000 votes. This was one of the closest California State Senate races in history. She is currently a Dana Point City Councilwoman and Director of the San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency. - Robert Martin
Robert J. Martin (born January 13, 1947) is an American Republican Party politician, who has served as a member of the New Jersey State Senate since 1993, where he represents the 26th Legislative District. Before entering the Senate, Martin served in the United States Army as a First Lieutenant (1969-1971). Martin served in the New Jersey General Assembly, the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature, from 1985 to 1993, … - Dick Posthumus
Richard Posthumus (pronounced "PAHST-hume-us") (born on 19 July 1950), American farmer, businessman, and politician, is a former State Senate Majority leader and Republican gubernatorial candidate from Michigan. He currently is the CEO of Compatico, Inc., an office furniture manufacturer in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dick Posthumus grew up on a dairy farm in Alto, Michigan outside of Grand Rapids. - Bernard Kenny
Bernard F. Kenny, Jr. (born November 17 1946 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1993, where he represents the 33rd Legislative District. Before moving up to the Senate, Kenny served in the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature, the General Assembly, from 1987 to 1993. Upon the resignation of Bob Menendez from the New Jersey Senate, … - Nicholas Sacco
Nicholas J. Sacco (born November 17 1946) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1994, where he represents the 32nd Legislative District. Senator Sacco is the Chairman of the Transportation Committee, and is also a member of Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee. In addition to serving as a State Senator and as Mayor of North Bergen (since 1991), … - Stan Matsunaka
Stanley Toshi Matsunaka (born November 12, 1953) is a former Democratic member of the State Senate of the U.S. state of Colorado, serving from 1995 to 2003. He served as President of the Senate for two years. In both the 2002 and 2004 congressional elections, Matsunaka lost to Republican Marilyn Musgrave for the 4th District of Colorado in the United States House of Representatives). Matsunaka is a Japanese American native of Akron, Colorado, … - Stephen M. Sweeney
Stephen M. Sweeney (born June 11, 1959) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey State Senate since 2002, where he represents the 3rd Legislative District. Sweeney also serves on the Gloucester County Board of Chosen Freeholders, a post he has held since 1997, and has been the Freeholder Director since January 6, 2006.
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