Prologue continued
115th Congress (Leadership)
Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi
House Leader: Steny Hoyer
Majority Whip: Xavier Becerra
Minority House Leader: Kevin McCarthy
Minority Whip: Steve Scalise
Majority Leader of the Senate Chuck Schumer
Assistant Majority Leader (Majority Whip): Elizabeth Warren
Minority Leader in the Senate John Cornyn
Assistant Minority Leader (Minority Whip): Mike Crapo
Mitch McConnell announces his plan to retire from Senate Leadership January 2017 and retire from the Senate in December of 2017.
Cabinet (all Confirmed), Clinton chooses to keep many of the Current Cabinet on
Secretary of State: Harry Reid
Secretary of the Treasury: Patty Murray
Secretary of Defense: Ashton Carter
Attorney General: Jim Hood
Secretary of the Interior: Sally Jewell
Secretary of Agriculture: Tom Harkin
Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker
Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez
Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro
Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx
Secretary of Energy Barbara Boxer
Secretary of Education Tammy Baldwin
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Kristin Beck
Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson
Loretta Lynch is appointed and Confirmed by the Senate to the Supreme Court.
2017 Gains and losses
2017 offered an excellent opportunity for the GOP to make major gains by holding on to the New Jersey Governorship, gain the Governorship and Senate seats in Virginia, Wisconsin, and Washington and possibly pull an upset in the NYC Mayoral Race.
Governor-New Jersey
Primary GOP
Kim Guadagno 40%
Thomas Kean, Jr 38%
Randy Brown 22%
Democratic Primary
Richard Codey 35%
Ray Lesniak 32%
Philip D. Murphy 27%
Robert Russo 6%
General
Richard Codey 55%
Kim Guadagno 43%
Other 2%
Virginia- Governor
Democratic Primary
Ralph Northam 52%
Gerry Connolly 48%
GOP Primary
Ed Gillespie 60%
Corey Stewart 40%
General
Ed Gillespie 52%
Ralph Northam 45%
Other 3%
Virginia Senate
Democratic Primary
Mark Herring (Incumbent) acclaimed
GOP Primary
Eric Cantor 37%
Rob Wittman 35%
Bill Bolling 18%
Pete Snyder 10%
General
Mark Herring 51%
Eric Cantor 48%
Other 1%
NYC Mayoral
Democratic Primary
Bill de Blasio 85%
Assorted minor candidates 15%
GOP Primary
Scott Stringer 55%
Bo Dietl 30%
Michel Faulkner 10%
Assorted minor Candidates 5%
General
Scott Stringer 50%
Bill de Blasio 47%
Other 3%
Wisconsin Senate
Ron Johnson and Mary Burke were both Acclaimed in their Primaries
General
Mary Burke R 55%
Ron Johnson D 43%
Other 2%
Washington Senate
Primary
Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 49%
Jim McIntire D 47%
Others 4%
General
Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 51%
Jim McIntire D 49%
(+1 GOP in the Senate, no change in Governorship's)
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