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Raymond Stanley Tenorio (born February 8, 1965) is a Guamanian Republican politician and former police officer of the Guam Police Department. He was the 9th Lieutenant Governor of Guam from 2011 to 2019. Tenorio was a Senator in the Legislature of Guam from January 2003 until January 2011. He took office as the 9th Lieutenant Governor of Guam on January 3, 2011. He won the gubernatorial election in November 2010 with Governor Eddie Calvo and was once again re-elected under the same ticket in the gubernatorial election in 2014. Tenorio was the Republican candidate for Governor in the 2018 election, but lost the general election to Democrat Lou Leon Guerrero.
Andria Tupola (born December 6, 1980) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Honolulu City Council since 2021. She was a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2014 until 2018. In 2015, she served as the minority floor leader for one year. She currently serves as the Minority Leader making her the first Samoan woman to serve in that position.  Tupola was the Republican nominee for Governor of Hawaii in 2018.
Brad Little (born February 15, 1954) is an American politician. Little is a member of the Republican Party. He is the 33rd and current Governor of Idaho since 2019. Little was the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Idaho from 2009 to 2019.  Little was appointed by Governor Butch Otter to replaced Jim Risch as Lieutenant Governor, who resigned to become a United States Senator. Little was the Republican nominee for Governor in the 2018 gubernatorial election. He defeated Democrat Paulette Jordan in the general election.
Paulette Jordan (born December 7, 1979) is an American politician. She is in the Idaho House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party from December 1, 2014 until February 14, 2018.  Jordan was on the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Council. During her final term she was the only Democrat serving in the Idaho Legislature from North Idaho. She was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Idaho in the 2018 election against Lieutenant Governor Brad Little. She lost the general election to Little in November 2018. On February 7, 2020, she announced a run for the United States Senate against incumbent Senator Jim Risch.
Gregory Richard Gianforte (born April 17, 1961) is an American businessman, engineer, politician, and author. He is the 25th Governor of Montana since 2021. He was the U.S. Representative for Montana's at-large congressional district from 2017 to 2021. Career. Gianforte and his wife founded RightNow Technologies, a customer relationship management software company. In 2016, he ran for Governor of Montana for the Republican Party, losing to Democratic incumbent Steve Bullock. On May 25, 2017, he won a special election for Montana's at-large congressional seat, defeating Democratic opponent Rob Quist. In 2020, he was elected Governor of Montana. Assault charge. On June 12, 2017, Gianforte pleaded guilty in court on a charge of misdemeanor assault stemming from his May 24 attack on "The Guardian" political reporter Ben Jacobs. He was sentenced to 40 hours of community service, 20 hours of anger management, a 180-day deferred sentence, and a $300 fine along with an $85 court fee. Wealth. As of 2018, he was among the richest members of Congress. Health. In April 2021, Gianforte was diagnosed with COVID-19.
Laura Kelly (born January 24, 1950) is a Democratic politician. Kelly is the 48th and current Governor of Kansas since 2019. She was a member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 18th District from 2005 to 2019. She was the Senate Minority Whip.  Kelly was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Kansas in the 2018 election cycle. She beat Kris Kobach in the general election.
Janet Trafton Mills (born December 30, 1947) is an American politician. She is the 75th and current Governor of Maine. She is the first female Governor of Maine. Before being elected governor, she is the Attorney General of Maine. She was first elected by the Maine State Legislature on January 6, 2009. Her second term began on January 3, 2015. She is the first woman to hold the position of State Attorney General in Maine. Mills was born in Farmington, Maine. She studied at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Mills was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Maine in the 2018 Maine gubernatorial election winning the general election against Republican Shawn Moody.
Gretchen Esther Whitmer (born August 23, 1971) is an American politician and attorney serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. Before becoming governor, she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and in the Michigan Senate from 2006 to 2015. Whitmer was born and raised in Michigan. She graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor's degree in communication in 1993 and a Juris Doctor degree in 1998. Her political career began in 2000 when she was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives. In 2006, she won a special election to the state senate and became its first female Democratic leader from 2011 to 2015. In 2013, Whitmer gained national attention for a floor speech during a debate on abortion and she shared her experience of being sexually assaulted. For six months in 2016, she was the prosecutor for Ingham County. Whitmer was elected governor in 2018, defeating Republican nominee Bill Schuette. Whitmer has identified herself as a progressive. As governor, she has focused on healthcare and infrastructure legislation. In February 2020, she was selected to give the Democratic response to then President Donald Trump's 2020 State of the Union Address. In October 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation thwarted a far-right militia group's kidnapping plot against Whitmer. Whitmer has served as one of the vice chairs of the Democratic National Committee from 2021 to 2025, and was reelected as governor in 2022, defeating Republican nominee Tudor Dixon. Political career. Michigan Legislature. Michigan House of Representatives. Whitmer began her political career in 2001, when she was inaugurated to the Michigan House of Representatives. She served there until March 16, 2006. Five days later, she joined the Michigan Senate. Michigan Senate. Whitmer was inaugurated to the Michigan Senate on March 21, 2006, five days after leaving the Michigan House. She would continue serving through 2014. She spent the last four years in the Michigan Senate as Minority Leader. In
Timothy James Walz ( ; born April 6, 1964) is an American politician, former teacher and retired U.S. Army non-commissioned officer. Since 2019, he has been serving as the 41st governor of Minnesota. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, he was the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 1st congressional district from 2007 to 2019. Walz was also the Democratic vice presidential nominee in the 2024 presidential election. Before entering politics, Walz was a history teacher in Nebraska and Minnesota. He was part of the National Guard and took part of Operation Enduring Freedom in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. He was to re-elected to U.S. congress five times before resigning after being elected governor. His political views have been seen as progressive. During his first term as governor of Minnesota, Walz was in charge of the state's response to the George Floyd protests and COVID-19 pandemic. In his second term, he signed many laws into effect that gave paid time off, made cannabis legal, increased spending on infrastructure and environmental issues, codifying abortion rights, universal free school meals, and universal gun background checks. In July 2024, after President Joe Biden announced he would be ending his re-election campaign, Walz was seen as a possible running mate pick for Kamala Harris's presidential campaign. In early August 2024, Harris announced she had picked Walz as her running mate. Early life. Timothy James Walz was born on April 6, 1964, in West Point, Nebraska. His parents were Darlene Rose ("née" Reiman) and James F. Walz. Walz and his three siblings grew up in Valentine, Nebraska. His family moved to Butte, Nebraska while he was in high school because his father was sick with lung cancer. With his father's support, Walz took part in the Army National Guard when he turned 17. His father had served in the Korean War and paid for his education degree with the G.I. Bill. He wanted his son to have the same opportunity. Overall, Walz served in the National
Jeff Johnson (born November 11, 1966) is an American politician. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2000 and from 2001 until 2007. He left office to run unsuccessfully for state attorney general in 2006. Johnson was the Hennepin County commissioner for the 7th district, having been elected in 2009. He was elected as the Republican National Committeeman from Minnesota in April 2011. On May 10, 2017, Johnson announced that he would run again for Governor of Minnesota. On August 14, 2018, Johnson defeated former Governor Tim Pawlenty in the primary to become the party's nominee to challenge Democrat Tim Walz. He lost the general election to Walz in November 2018.
Stephen F. Sisolak (born December 26, 1953) is an American businessman and politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was the 30th Governor of Nevada from 2019 to 2023. Before becoming Governor, he was a member of the Clark County Commission and was its Chair. Sisolak was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Nevada in the 2018 election and faced Republican Adam Laxalt. In the general election, Sisolak defeated Laxalt by nearly 5%. Sisolak lost his re-election campaign to Republican sheriff Joe Lombardo in November 2022.
Michelle Lynn Lujan Grisham (; born October 24, 1959) is an American lawyer and politician. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Lujan Grisham is the 32nd and current Governor of New Mexico since January 1, 2019. She was the U.S. Representative for from 2013 to 2018. Lujan Grisham has announced her candidacy for Governor of New Mexico in the 2018 election. She won the Democratic nomination on June 5, 2018. She defeated Republican Steve Pearce in the general election. Her uncle is former Republican Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and former U.S. Representative Manuel Lujan, Jr.. In 2019, a campaign staffer accused Lujan Grisham of sexual misconduct after she reportedly poured water on the staffer's pants and grabbed his penis-area. In 2021, she paid $62,500 to the staffer following a lawsuit.
Stevan Edward Pearce (born August 24, 1947) is an American businessman and politician. He was the U.S. Representative for from 2011 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. Pearce was the Republican nominee for Governor of New Mexico in the 2018 election. He lost general election to Michelle Lujan Grisham.
William Andrew Edmondson (born October 12, 1946) is an American lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Edmondson was the 16th Attorney General of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2011.  In 2010, Edmondson ran and lost for Governor of Oklahoma. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Oklahoma in the 2018 gubernatorial election, but lost to Kevin Stitt.
Francis Anthony "Frank" Keating II (born February 10, 1944) is an American attorney and politician. He was the 25th governor of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2003. Keating is one of only four governors in Oklahoma history, in addition to George Nigh, Brad Henry and Mary Fallin, to hold consecutive terms and the first Republican to do so.  Keating was governor during the Oklahoma City bombing.
Bleak House is a novel by Charles Dickens, 1852/3. It features the long-running legal case in the Court of Chancery, "Jarndyce and Jarndyce". This novel helped support a judicial reform movement which led to legal reform in the 1870s.
Dr. Knute Carl Buehler (born August 1, 1964) is an American politician. He is in the Oregon House of Representatives, representing District 54 in Bend.  Buehler was the Republican nominee for Governor of Oregon in the 2018 election. He lost to incumbent Governor Kate Brown.
Allan Wai-Ket Fung (born February 25, 1970) is an American attorney and politician. He was the mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island from 2009 to 2021.  He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Rhode Island in the 2014 and 2018 election. He lost the gubernatorial race in Rhode Island during 2014 to Gina Raimondo. In October 2017, Fung announced he would again run for governor in the 2018 election. He lost the general election again to Rainmondo. In February 2022, Fung announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the United States House of Representatives in Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district after U.S. Representative James Langevin announced his retirement.
James Emerson Smith Jr. (born September 9, 1967) is an American politician and businessman. He is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Smith is also a combat veteran. He was first elected to the South Carolina House representing the 72nd district in 1996. Smith endorsed Joe Biden in the 2008 United States presidential election. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of South Carolina in 2018, but lost to incumbent Henry McMaster.
Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem (; née Arnold; born November 30, 1971) is an American politician who has been the 8th United States Secretary of Homeland Security since 2025. Noem is a member of the Republican Party. Before, she was the 33rd Governor of South Dakota from 2019 to 2025, the United States Representative from South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2011 to 2019, and member of the South Dakota House of Representatives for the 6th district from 2007 to 2011. Noem was elected governor in the 2018 election, defeating Democrat Billie Sutton. During her time as governor, she became known for her refusal to issue a face mask mandate in South Dakota during the COVID-19 pandemic and for her strict response to protests surrounding the Keystone Pipeline. In 2022, Noem was re-elected by a landslide.  In August 2013, conservative "Newsmax" magazine named Noem among the "25 most influential women in the GOP". She was seen as a possible vice presidential pick for former President Donald Trump's re-election campaign in the 2024 election. In November 2024, President-elect Trump picked Noem to be his United States Secretary of Homeland Security during his second administration. Living in rural South Dakota, Noem is also a farmer and a rancher. Noem released her first autobiography, "Not My First Rodeo: Lessons from the Heartland", in 2022. In her second autobiography, "No Going Back" (2024), Noem talked about a time in which she shot and killed her young dog that because of how he behaved. This caused criticisms from Democrats and Republicans. Noem said that she was a "responsible owner" who made a tough decision. Early life. Noem was born in Watertown, South Dakota, and was raised with her siblings on their family ranch and farm in Hamlin County. Noem graduated from Hamlin High School in 1990, and was crowned South Dakota Snow Queen that year. Noem's father was killed in a farm machinery accident in 1994. Noem went to Northern
Billie Harmon Sutton (born March 16, 1984) is an American politician. He was the South Dakota Senate Minority Leader, and 2018 Democratic nominee for Governor of South Dakota. In 2010, Sutton was elected to the South Dakota Senate, representing District 21. In May 2017, Sutton announced his candidacy for Governor of South Dakota in 2018 at his family ranch in Burke, SD. He won the Democratic nomination, but lost the general election in November 2018 to Republican Kristi Noem by 2%.
Karl Foster Dean (born September 20, 1955) is an American attorney and politician. He was the sixth mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. He was sworn in on September 21, 2007. In 2017, Dean declared his candidacy for Governor of Tennessee in the 2018 election. In the first three months of the campaign, Dean raised $1.2 million and spent $200,000. He was the Democratic nominee after winning the primaries, but lost to Republican cattle rancher Bill Lee in the general election.
Bill Lee (born October 9, 1959) is an American businessman and politician. He is the 50th and current Governor of Tennessee. He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Tennessee in the 2018 election. Lee was the 7th Congressional District’s representative to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. Lee had no active political positions while running for governor and was a cattle rancher.
Mark Gordon (born March 14, 1957) is an American politician. On January 7, 2019, he became the 33rd Governor of Wyoming. He was the treasurer of the U.S. state of Wyoming from 2012 to 2019. He is a Republican. Gordon was appointed state treasurer by Governor Matt Mead on October 26, 2012. In 2008, Gordon was an unsuccessful candidate in the Republican primary for the United States House of Representatives for the at-large seat now held by fellow Republican Cynthia Lummis. Gordon ran for Governor in the 2018 election and won the general election.
Ronald Dion DeSantis (; born September 14, 1978) is an American politician serving as the 46th governor of Florida since 2019. Before becoming governor, he was the U.S. representative from from 2013 to 2018. DeSantis was a candidate for the 2024 presidential election, but suspended his campaign before the primaries in January 2024. After graduating from Yale University and Harvard Law School, DeSantis joined the U.S. Navy in 2004 and was promoted to lieutenant before serving as a legal advisor to SEAL Team One. He was stationed at Joint Task Force Guantanamo in 2006 and was deployed to Iraq in 2007. When DeSantis returned to the U.S. about eight months later, the U.S. attorney general appointed DeSantis to serve as a special assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Middle District of Florida until his honorable discharge from active military duty in 2010. DeSantis was first elected to Congress in 2012 and was reelected in 2014 and 2016. He briefly ran for U.S. Senate in 2016 but withdrew when incumbent senator Marco Rubio sought reelection. DeSantis won the Republican nomination for the 2018 gubernatorial election and narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum, in the general election. In the 2022 gubernatorial election, he defeated former governor Charlie Crist in the landslide. On May 24, 2023, DeSantis announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president. On January 21, 2024, DeSantis withdrew his presidential candidacy and endorsed Trump. Biography. Early life and education. Ronald Dion DeSantis was born on September 14, 1978, in Jacksonville, Florida to Karen Rogers DeSantis and Ronald D. DeSantis Sr. During his childhood, DeSantis lived in Orlando for a short time before moving to Dunedin, Florida. At six years old, he had a sister named Christina DeSantis who was born in 1985.  He was a member of the Little League team for 199
Livingstone is a surname and given name. The pronunciation of the name is [ liv-ing-st"uh"n ]. The surname is toponymic. It is one of the habitual surnames eventually adopted by members of the Scottish branch of the Irish Dunleavy (Gaelic language Duinnshléibhe)/MacNulty royals, including the ancestors of the African missionary doctor and African explorer David Livingstone. There may be a relationship between the Livingstones and Clan MacLea. This is a unique name (not in the top 1000 newborn names in the US in 2021).
Altair, also called α Aquilae, α Aql, is the brightest star in the constellation of Aquila. It is the twelfth brightest star in the night sky. It is in the G-cloud—a fog of gas and dust known as an interstellar cloud. Altair is an A-type main sequence star with an apparent visual magnitude of 0.77. It is one of the vertices of the Summer Triangle (the other two vertices are Deneb and Vega). It is 16.7 light-years (5.13 parsecs) from the Sun and is one of the closest stars visible to the naked eye. Altair spins rapidly, with a velocity at its equator of about 286 km/s. This is a significant fraction of the star's estimated breakup speed of 400 km/s. A study with the Palomar Testbed Interferometer showed that Altair is not spherical, but is flattened at the poles due to its high rate of rotation. Other interferometric studies with multiple telescopes, operating in the infrared, have confirmed this.
The Naval Air Station Glenview (NASG) was a military air base in Glenview, Illinois. History. The base began as Curtiss Reynolds Wright Airport in 1929. The Curtiss Flying Service bought farmland in the Glenview region and opened the airfield as an alternative to Chicago's Municipal Airport. But the Great Depression, which started just nine days after the airfield was dedicated, reduced the need for another regular airport for Chicago. During the Depression, the main source of income for the airport was air shows. However, in the late 1930s, there were also some commercial routes to and from the airfield. In the 1930s, the airfield was used as a training center for military airmen. In 1937, the U.S. Navy moved to the airbase. ("Although the airport managed to survive . . . the Great Depression, the navy's decision to relocate the Great Lakes aviation program to Glenview likely saved Curtiss Airfield." ) The United States Naval Reserve Aviation Base (NRAB) was the name given to the training unit. On November 1, 1939, the base was notified that the Department of the navy had approved a lease on the airport. When the United States joined World War Two, activity increased at the base. It became a major training base for training pilots water-related flying. This included training for aircraft carrier-based flights. After the war, the base reduced its activities. In 1950, though, marines and naval personnel from the base were called up to fight in the Korean War. Later in the 1950s, and in the later decades, the base hosted various community events such as national model-airplane contests In 1963, the Seabees became based there. In 1971, the base was officially annexed by the village of Glenview. During the Vietnam War, military activity at the base increased. This included serving as the receiving base of wounded personnel who were being taken to Great Lakes Naval Hospital for treatment. In the 1980s, the base population grew. Military units present at the base included the u. S. Coast Guard's search and rescue unit for southern
Sabirabad (also, Galagayin, Petropavlovka, Petropavlovskoye, and Sabirabad) is a city in and the capital of the Sabirabad Rayon of Azerbaijan. The city was renamed in honor of the poet Mirza Alekper Sabir. Sabirabad - administrative center of Sabirabad District of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In 1935, the district received the status of subordinate city. Sabirabad is located on the right bank of the Kura River. In the vicinity of the city called Sugovushan, the Araz River is merged with the Kur River.
Ponte Morandi (English: "Morandi Bridge"), or Polcevera viaduct, was a bridge on the A10 motorway in Genoa, Italy. The bridge was one of the major links to France. The bridge was built between 1963 and 1967. It opened on 4 September 1967. On 14 August 2018, a large part of the bridge collapsed. Forty-three people were killed. Eyewitnesses said the bridge was hit by lightning just before it collapsed. Between 30 and 35 cars and three trucks fell from the bridge.
The I-35W Mississippi River bridge was an eight-lane steel arch bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It opened in 1967. It was the third busiest bridge in Minnesota. It carried over 140,000 vehicles daily. On August 1, 2007, during the evening rush hour, a major failure caused the bridge to fall down. The bridge collapse killed 13 people and injured at least 145 more people. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said a problem with the design probably caused the bridge to fall. They said a too-thin steel plate ripped along a line of rivets. Also, additional weight at the time due to ongoing rehabilitation construction led to the major failure that caused the bridge to fall into the Mississippi River. It later was replaced with the I-35W Saint Anthony Falls Bridge which opened in September 2008. The new bridge that opened in 2008 carries 10 lanes.