2001 United States elections
| ←19992000200120022003→ Off-year elections | |
| Election day | November 6 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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| 2001 Gubernatorial election results map | |
| Legend | |
| Democratic gainRepublican hold | |
The2001 United States electionswere held on November 6 of that year (with some exceptions for local elections and other special elections across the country). The2001 recessionwas a dominant issue throughout the year as well as theSeptember 11 attacksand subsequentwar on terror.
Despite PresidentGeorge W. Bush's strong popularity amongst the American public due to the September attacks, theDemocratic Partyflipped thegovernorshipsofVirginiaandNew Jersey,a typical showing for an opposition party in off-year elections.
Federal elections[edit]
No elections to either theSenateorHousewere regularly scheduled to occur in 2001.
U.S. House of Representatives special elections[edit]
In 2001, sevenspecial electionsto fill vacancies in the House of Representatives were held. Special elections were held forPennsylvania's 9th congressional district(on May 15),California's 32nd congressional district(June 5),Virginia's 4th congressional district(June 19),Massachusetts's 9th congressional district(October 16),Florida's 1st congressional district(October 16),Arkansas's 3rd congressional district(November 20), andSouth Carolina's 2nd congressional district(December 18). Only one district, Virginia's 4th congressional district, changed hands withstate SenatorRandy Forbes' (R) victory to the seat previously held byNorman Sisisky(D). Thus Republicans increased their majority in the House by one seat.
State elections[edit]
Gubernatorial elections[edit]
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 theDistrict of Columbia,and two governorships were held by incumbents of neither party.Democratsgained the governorships ofVirginiaandNew Jersey.However,Republicansretained the governorship of theNorthern Mariana Islands.Thus the balance of power between Republicans and Democrats was changed from 29–19 to 27–21.
Other statewide elections[edit]
The offices of Lieutenant Governor (inVirginiaas a separate election and theNorthern Mariana Islandson 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 inNew Jerseyopen with the office of governor aside.
State legislative elections[edit]
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[edit]
Mayoral elections[edit]
During 2001, several Major American cities held mayoral elections in that year, including the following:
- Albuquerque:former MayorMartin Chavez(D) was elected to his previous job to serve a second term.
- Boston:Incumbent MayorThomas 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 MayorAnthony Masiello(D) was re-elected.
- Charlotte:Incumbent MayorPat McCrory(R) was re-elected to a fourth term.
- Greensboro, North Carolina:Incumbent MayorKeith Hollidaywon re-election in the runoff againstRoch Smith Jr.[3]
- Houston:Incumbent MayorLee P. Brown(D) defeated CouncilmanOrlando Sanchezto win re-election to a third term.
- Jersey City:Former Public Safety Director of Hudson CountyGlenn D. Cunningham(D) won an open seat election to succeed outgoing MayorBret Schundler(R). Cunningham became Jersey City's firstBlackmayor.
- Kansas City, Kansas:Incumbent MayorCarol Marinovichwas re-elected.[4]
- Los Angeles:City AttorneyJames Hahn(D) defeated formerState Assembly SpeakerAntonio Villaraigosa(D) in the runoff to succeed term-limited MayorRichard Riordan(R). Villaraigosa would defeat Hahn four years later.
- Monroe:Chairman of the Monroe City CouncilJamie Mayowas elected Mayor ofMonroe, Louisiana,in 2001. Mayo is the secondAfrican-Americanto be elected Mayor of Monroe.
- New York City:In a tight race to succeed term-limited MayorRudy Giuliani(R) that was complicated due to the9/11terrorist attacks,Democrat turned RepublicanbillionaireMichael Bloombergdefeated then-Public AdvocateMark 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 MayorThomas J. Murphy Jr.(D) was re-elected
- Raleigh:Incumbent MayorPaul Coble(R) was defeated by former CouncilmanCharles Meeker(D).
References[edit]
- ^"Official List, Candidate Returns for State Senate for November 2001 General Election"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on March 4, 2016.RetrievedDecember 3,2015.
- ^"Election Results - Virginia Department of Elections".
- ^"Holliday re-elected mayor of Greensboro".triad.bizjournals.bizjournals. November 7, 2001.Retrieved2010-01-06.
- ^"History of Mayors Unified Government of Wyandotte County Kansas City Kansas".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-07-13.Retrieved2010-01-11.