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2020 United States presidential election
538 members of the Electoral College; 270 electoral votes needed to win
	Opinion polls
Turnout	66.6% (6.5 pp)
	Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Biden/Harris and red denotes those won by Trump/Pence. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.
President before election; Donald Trump; Republican	Elected President ; Joe Biden; Democratic

2016 United States presidential election
538 members of the Electoral College; 270 electoral votes needed to win
	Opinion polls
Turnout	65.4% 5.1 pp
	Presidential election results map. Cyan denotes states won by Barber/Sanders, red denotes those won by Perry/Rubio and dark blue denotes those won by Warner/Panetta. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia. On election night, Barber won 305 electors and Perry won 201. However, because of four faithless electors, they received 303 and 199 votes respectively.
President before election; Joe Biden; Democratic	Elected President ; William Barber II; Democratic

2012 United States presidential election
538 members of the Electoral College; 270 electoral votes needed to win
	Opinion polls
Turnout	60.3% 1.3 pp
	Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Biden/Menendez and red denotes those won by Moore/Bachmann. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.
President before election; Joe Biden; Democratic	Elected President ; Joe Biden; Democratic

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2012 Republican Party presidential primaries

← 2008

January 3 to July 14, 2012

2016 →

2,286 delegates to the Republican National Convention
1,144 delegates votes needed to win


Candidate	Governor Roy Moore	Fmr. Senator Rick Santorum
Home state	Alabama	Pennsylvania
Delegate count	1,112	478
Contests won	16	13
Popular vote	3,500,644	3,576,857
Percentage	28,01%	28.6%


Candidate	Fmr. Representative Newt Gingrich	Representative Michele Bachmann
Home state	Georgia	Minnesota
Delegate count	201	189
Contests won	4	3
Popular vote	1,912,851	2,450,450
Percentage	15.3%	19.6%

Roy Moore

Rick Santorum

Newt Gingrich

Michele Bachmann

Previous Republican nominee

John McCain

Republican nominee

Roy Moore

Results

Primary county results

Republican primary results^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roy Moore	129,655	50.30
	Republican	Tim James	66,271	25.71
	Republican	Mo Brooks	49,593	19.24
	Republican	Bill Johnson	4,175	1.62
	Republican	Charles Taylor	1,056	0.41
	Republican	James Potts	567	0.22
Total votes			257,765	100.0%

2010 Alabama gubernatorial election

← 2006

November 2, 2010

2014 →


Nominee	Fmr. Chief Justice Roy Moore	Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	512,198	450.,738
Percentage	52.92%	46.57%

County results
Bentley: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Sparks: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%

Governor before election

Bob Riley
Republican

Elected Governor

Roy Moore
Republican

Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Syria Resolution
Citations

Long title	Joint Resolution to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the assassination of President Barack Obama and other recent attacks against the United States
Nicknames	Syria Resolution
Enacted by	the 113th United States Congress
Effective	January 3, 2013
Public law	Pub. L. 107–40 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large	115 Stat. 224
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S.J.Res.23 by Tom Daschle (D–SD) on Sept. 14, 2001 Passed the Senate on Sept. 14, 2001 (98-0) Passed the House as the H.J.Res.64 on Sept. 14, 2001 (420-1) Signed into law by President George W. Bush on Sept. 18, 2001
United States Supreme Court cases
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006), ACLU v. NSA (2007), Hedges v. Obama (2012)

1974 United States vice presidential confirmation

← 1973

December 10, 1974 (1974-12-10) (Senate)
December 19, 1974 (1974-12-19) (House)

1976 →

100 and 435 members of the Senate and House
Majority of both Senate and House votes needed to win


Nominee	Nelson Rockefeller
Party	Republican
Home state	New York
Electoral vote	90 (Senate) 287 (House)
Percentage	92.8% (Senate) 69.2% (House)

Vice President before election

Gerald Ford

Confirmed Vice President

Nelson Rockefeller

List of vice presidents of the United States from 1789 – till date.
No.^[b]	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term		Election	President
46		Dick Cheney (b. 1941)	January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009	Republican	2000 2004	George W. Bush
47		Joe Biden (b. 1942)	January 20, 2009 – May 23, 2011	Democratic	2008	Barack Obama
—	Office vacant May 23, 2011 – September 6, 2011^[d]					Joe Biden
48		Bob Graham (1936-2024)	September 13, 2011 – January 20, 2013	Democratic	2011^[e]	Joe Biden	Barack Obama
48		Bob Menendez (b. 1954)	January 20, 2013 – November 7, 2015	Democratic	2012	Donald Trump
49		Kamala Harris (b. 1964) ^[6]	January 20, 2021 – (Incumbent)	Democratic	2020	Joe Biden

2012 United States Senate elections

← 2010

November 6, 2012

2014 →

2013 (MA, NJ) →

33 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate
51 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Harry Reid	Mitch McConnell
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader's seat	Nevada	Kentucky
Seats before	51	47
Seats after	53	45
Seat change	2	2
Popular vote	49,988,282^[7]	39,128,301^[7]
Percentage	53.4%	41.8%
Seats up	21	10
Races won	23	8

	Third party

Party	Independent
Seats before	2^[f]
Seats after	2^[g]
Seat change
Popular vote	961,284^[7]
Percentage	1.0%
Seats up	2
Races won	2

Results of the elections:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain      Independent gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold      Independent hold
     No election

Majority Leader before election

Harry Reid
Democratic

Elected Majority Leader

Harry Reid
Democratic

2012 United States House of Representatives elections

← 2010

November 6, 2012

2014 →

← outgoing members

elected members →

All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives^[h]
218 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

52.0%^[8]

11.1 pp

	Majority party

Leader	Nancy Pelosi	John Boehner
Party	Democratic
Leader since	January 3, 2003	January 3, 2007
Leader's seat	California 12th	Ohio 8th
Last election	193 seats, 44.9%	242 seats, 51.7%
Seats won	219	217
Seat change	26	8
Popular vote	59,645,531	58,283,314
Percentage	48.8%	47.7%
Swing	3.9%	4.0%

Results:
Democratic hold Democratic gain
Republican hold Republican gain

Speaker before election

John Boehner
Republican

Elected Speaker

John Boehner
Republican

{{Infobox officeholder | image = John McCain official portrait 2009.jpg | alt = John McCain's official Senate portrait, taken in 2009 | caption = Official portrait, 2009 | jr/sr = United States Senator | state = Arizona | term_start = January 3, 1987 | term_end = August 25, 2018 | predecessor = Barry Goldwater | successor = Jon Kyl | state1 = Arizona | district1 = 1st | term_start1 = January 3, 1983 | term_end1 = January 3, 1987 | predecessor1 = John Jacob Rhodes | successor1 = John Jacob Rhodes III

Senatorial positions

Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee
In office January 3, 2015 – August 25, 2018^[i]
Preceded by	Carl Levin
Succeeded by	Jim Inhofe
Chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee
In office January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007
Preceded by	Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Succeeded by	Byron Dorgan
In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997
Preceded by	Daniel Inouye
Succeeded by	Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee
In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005
Preceded by	Fritz Hollings
Succeeded by	Ted Stevens
In office January 20, 2001 – June 3, 2001
Preceded by	Fritz Hollings
Succeeded by	Fritz Hollings
In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001
Preceded by	Larry Pressler
Succeeded by	Fritz Hollings

^ "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
^ "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
^ "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
^ Cite error: The named reference FEC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Election Results – Republican Primary". sos.alabama.gov. Alabama Secretary of State. June 11, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
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^ "Federal Elections 2012: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. p. 5. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
^ Kane, Paul (December 16, 2017). "How the oldest Senate ever is taking a toll on the business of Washington". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020.

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[1] "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2023.

[2] "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2023.

[3] "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2023.

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[6] "Election Results – Republican Primary". sos.alabama.gov. Alabama Secretary of State. June 11, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2022.

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[16] "Federal Elections 2012: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. p. 5. Retrieved December 7, 2015.

[17] Kane, Paul (December 16, 2017). "How the oldest Senate ever is taking a toll on the business of Washington". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020.

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