California 2022 Governor and US Senate election results by congressional district (1 of 2): California 2022 Governor and US Senate election results by congressional district (2 of 2):

Missouri redistricting: state House voted 115-19 to refuse to adopt the Senate's congressional map, and to request that the Senate grant the House a conference. Missouri House passed its map Jan. 19 but Missouri Senate didn't pass its map until March 24, or 5 days before today's candidate filing deadline (5 pm local time)

"After Virginia Votes" #VAGOV postmortem with Will Ritter, media strategist for Glenn Youngkin's campaign, and Michael Halle, senior adviser to Terry McAuliffe's campaign:
1/x Halle (D): "What we did not anticipate was the level of turnout on election day and that early voting would make up less than 35% of the overall vote. As the early vote and vote by mail surged at the end, we were expecting it was going to make up a larger proportion." 2/x

IOWA: Republican-led state Senate rejected the 1st set of congressional & state legislative maps from the nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency, which will draw up a 2nd set of maps for consideration.

The 18-32 vote was straight party-line. Sen. Roby Smith (R): the proposed districts “may meet statutory requirements, however there are opportunities for these maps to be improved on compactness and population deviation. Voting down the first plan does not violate the quote-unquote gold standard.”

Some past joint sessions of Congress to count and certify electoral votes (video):

1989: c-span.org/video/?7752-1/…

1993: c-span.org/video/?36840-1…

1997: c-span.org/video/?77764-1…

2001: c-span.org/video/?161423-… 1/ 2005:

Part 1: c-span.org/video/?185007-…

House debate on Boxer/Tubbs Jones' Ohio objection & vote (objection rejected 31-267): c-span.org/video/?185005-…

Senate debate on Ohio objection & vote (rejected 1-74): c-span.org/video/?185006-…

Part 2: c-span.org/video/?185007-… 2/

27 people have served more than 40 years in the House, including two who began their 41st year of service as the 117th Congress began: Hal Rogers (R-KY) and Chris Smith (R-NJ) First elected in 1980, Rogers and Smith are tied for second in House seniority behind “Dean of the House” Don Young (R-AK), who’s nearing 48 years of House service.

Speaker's election underway. Conducted aloud on House floor, alphabetically by member-elect surname.

Winner needs majority of members-elect voting for a candidate by surname. Can win with fewer than 218.

Pelosi, McCarthy formally nominated, but members-elect can vote for anyone Blue Dog Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) voted for Pelosi for speaker for the 1st time since 2009.

Cooper voted "present" in 2019 and for Tim Ryan in 2017, Colin Powell in both 2015 elections and in 2013, and Heath Shuler in 2011. #tn05

Balance of power in the U.S. House in new 117th Congress begins at 222 Democrats & 211 Republicans, with #NY22 undecided & #LA05 vacant.

One of the smallest House majorities. 1/x It was 20 years ago today, 3 January 2001, that the House began new 107th Congress with 221 Republicans, 211 Democrats, 2 independents and 1 vacancy.

Senate began 50-50. In June 2001, Jim Jeffords left GOP and became independent aligned with Democrats, who took over majority. 2/

Thread of former U.S. Senators and House members who passed away in 2020. Listed alphabetically by last name: Mark Andrews (R-North Dakota): House 1963-81, Senate 1981-87
bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/A00…

Elected to Senate in 1980 Reagan landslide, unseated 1986 by Kent Conrad (D)
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Census Bureau today released population estimates for the nation and states as of July 1, 2019: census.gov/data/tables/ti…

U.S. population estimate 328.2 million, up just 0.5%/1.55 million from 326.7 million on July 1, 2018 docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d… 1/ Idaho (1.787m), the fastest-growing state in percentage point terms (2.1%) from 2018-2019, on pace in 2020 Census to overtake West Virginia (1.792m), which lost population at largest rate (-0.7%) among the 50 states

Idaho now has 2 congressional districts, West Virginia 3.
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Richard G. Lugar (1932-2019, R-Indiana) was Indianapolis mayor 1968-1975 and U.S. Senator 1977-2013. Chairman of Foreign Relations and Agriculture Committees. Worked with Sam Nunn on arms control and disarmament policy:
thelugarcenter.org/newsroom-news-…
bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodis… 1/ In 2013, President Obama awarded Lugar the Presidential Medal of Freedom:
c-span.org/video/?c479456… 2/

It was 20 years ago today
Capitol Hill had a turbulent display

December 19, 1998 (Sat.):
*House impeached President Bill Clinton
*Speaker-designate Bob Livingston made stunning resignation announcement
*Denny Hastert emerged as consensus pick for Speaker. 1/ ~9:45 am, Livingston stuns House, addressing Clinton from House floor: "You, sir, may resign your post. [Some Democrats call out, "You resign!"] ... And I can only challenge you in such fashion if I am willing to heed my own words."
c-span.org/video/?c476867… 2/

Pennsylvania Democratic legislators countered with this congressional map (PDF):
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State Supreme Court will adopt new map if legislature (R) & governor (D) don't meet deadline today And here's a map proposed by Pennsylvania Republican activists ("Intervenors" in legalese):