2001 United States elections
← 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 → Off-year elections | |
Election day | November 6 |
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Congressional special elections | |
Seats contested | 7 |
Net seat change | Republican +1 |
Gubernatorial elections | |
Seats contested | 3 (2 states, 1 territory) |
Net seat change | Democratic +2 |
2001 Gubernatorial election results map | |
Legend | |
Democratic gain Republican hold |
The 2001 United States elections were held on November 6 of that year (with some exceptions for local elections and other special elections across the country). The 2001 recession was a dominant issue throughout the year as well as the September 11 attacks and subsequent war on terror.
Despite President George W. Bush's strong popularity amongst the American public due to the September attacks, the Democratic Party flipped the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey, a typical showing for an opposition party in off-year elections.
Federal elections
No elections to either the Senate or House were regularly scheduled to occur in 2001.
U.S. House of Representatives special elections
In 2001, seven
State elections
Gubernatorial elections
During the 2001 gubernatorial elections, the governorships of two states and one territory were up for election.
Going into the elections, Republicans held the Governorships of twenty-nine states and one territory, Democrats held the governorships of nineteen states, four territories, and the Mayorship of the
Other statewide elections
The offices of Lieutenant Governor (in Virginia as a separate election and the Northern Mariana Islands on the same ticket as the gubernatorial nominee) and state Attorney General in the former were up for election. There were no other statewide elective offices in New Jersey open with the office of governor aside.
State legislative elections
In 2001, seats in both houses of the New Jersey and Virginia legislatures, and both houses of the territorial legislature of the Northern Marina Islands were up for election.
Republicans maintained control of both houses of the Virginia legislature, while Democrats won control of the New Jersey General Assembly, and turned the state Senate from Republican to tied.[1][2]
Local elections
Mayoral elections
During 2001, several Major American cities held mayoral elections in that year, including the following:
- Martin Chavez(D) was elected to his previous job to serve a second term.
- Boston: Incumbent Mayor Thomas Menino (D), breaking a campaign pledge he had made in his first election in 1993 to serve only two terms, was re-elected to a third term.
- Buffalo: Incumbent Mayor Anthony Masiello (D) was re-elected.
- Charlotte: Incumbent Mayor Pat McCrory (R) was re-elected to a fourth term.
- Greensboro, North Carolina: Incumbent Mayor Keith Holliday won re-election in the runoff against Roch Smith Jr.[3]
- Houston: Incumbent Mayor Lee P. Brown (D) defeated Councilman Orlando Sanchez to win re-election to a third term.
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- Kansas City, Kansas: Incumbent Mayor Carol Marinovich was re-elected.[4]
- State Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa (D) in the runoff to succeed term-limited Mayor Richard Riordan(R). Villaraigosa would defeat Hahn four years later.
- African-Americanto be elected Mayor of Monroe.
- 9/11 terrorist attacks, Democrat turned Republican billionaire Michael Bloomberg defeated then-Public Advocate Mark Green(D), thus giving the Republican party its third consecutive victory for the Mayorship of New York City despite that city's strong Democratic tendency.
- Pittsburgh: Incumbent Mayor Thomas J. Murphy Jr. (D) was re-elected
- Raleigh: Incumbent Mayor Paul Coble (R) was defeated by former Councilman Charles Meeker (D).
References
- ^ "Official List, Candidate Returns for State Senate for November 2001 General Election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ^ "Election Results - Virginia Department of Elections".
- ^ "Holliday re-elected mayor of Greensboro". triad.bizjournals.com. bizjournals.com. November 7, 2001. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
- ^ "History of Mayors Unified Government of Wyandotte County Kansas City Kansas". Archived from the original on 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2010-01-11.