James Jeffords (Former Sen. - I-VT) Newsletter
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Bernie Sanders tells Politico that next U.S. Senate term will ‘probably’ be his last
11 Dec 2024 19:54 GMT
Incumbent U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, … ’s senior U.S. senator shared new insight this week … became chair of the powerful Senate Committee on Health, Education, … the late Sen. Jim Jeffords, I-Vt., who represented Vermont in the Senate for …
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The End of the Line for Red State Senate Democrats By Kyle Kondik
05 Dec 2024 13:12 GMT
… all 100 senators as someone who continues to hold a Senate seat … , as Sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont—Sanders’s predecessor in the Senate—switched from … .
Table 1: Number of Democratic senators in states that only voted …
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From the archives – scenes of summer and a visit from U.S. Rep. Jim Jeffords
17 Jul 2024 21:48 GMT
… more about her.
Then-candidate Jim Jeffords can also be seen paying … of two of Vermont’s senators later in his career. ( … a committee assistant to the Senate Committee of the Judiciary for … have memories of Jeffords as senator, or Lucenti working in Montpelier …
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South Dakota’s Thune got to the Senate the hard way | Dick Wadhams
18 Nov 2024 12:09 GMT
… became Senate Majority Leader in 2001 when Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Jeffords of … 1998 after unseating a Republican senator in 1986. But 2004 looked … when U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater unseated Senate Democratic Leader Ernest McFarland …
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Who's in charge: The muddy history of the 50-50 Senate
28 Oct 2024 21:43 GMT
… interesting infighting and resignations of senators which explains the political machinations … Minority Leader. Republicans would chair Senate committees. But membership by … short-lived. By springtime, late Sen. Jim Jeffords, I-Vt., dropped his membership …
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U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, undefeated in politics, dies nearly decade after leaving office
09 Oct 2024 16:27 GMT
… opportunity for compromise when senators and representatives socialized together … in the U.S. Senate. Johnson had little statewide … most expensive and longest Senate campaign in South Dakota … had convinced Vermont Republican Sen. Jim Jeffords to leave the GOP …
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That time Harry Reid snatched control of the Senate away from Bush and the Republicans
08 Sep 2024 13:38 GMT
… better in multiple competitive Senate races.
But Democrats … Senate seats, but that still left them with 50 senators … Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, Reid persuaded Vermont Republican Sen. Jim Jeffords … but Republicans control the Senate, Republicans will be …
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Rutland's Paramount Theatre celebrates 25 years since reopening
22 Mar 2025 06:29 GMT
… gave money.”
Then-U.S. Sen. James Jeffords urged passage of a federal …
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What is the Congressional GOP waiting for?
25 Mar 2025 09:29 GMT
… their districts.)
The 2026 Senate campaign, by contrast, is … —Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Thune. Trump … necessary!" say Republican senators. "We are confident … is "Remember Jim Jeffords" —the GOP senator who bolted the …
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Bernie Sanders, 82, announces Senate re-election bid
06 May 2024 17:43 GMT
… Bern for six more years.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt … not elected a Republican senator since Jim Jeffords in 1988. (Jeffords … last Green Mountain State senator to remain a Republican … candidate, Sanders chairs the Senate Committee on Health, Education, …