There are no changes to the Republican side of the House Ag Appropriations Subcommittee ledger. Obey (WI), Ex Officio – did not seek re-election House Ag Appropriations Committee Election Results, Democrats:ĭavid R. Jack Kingston (R-GA), the current ranking minority member. The committee will likely be chaired in the next Congress by Rep. On the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, three Democrats lost their seats and one did not run for re-election. Jerry Moran (R-KS), who successfully sought a seat in the Senate. There are no changes on the Republican side of the House Agriculture Committee other than the exit of Rep. House Agriculture Committee Election Results, Democrats:īrad Ellsworth, Indiana – retired to run for Senate The Democrats will likely have the opportunity to add a small number of representatives to flesh out their numbers on the committee, while the number of Republicans sitting on the committee will likely increase by around ten. For instance, the Oklahoma Farm Bureau decided last week that keeping direct payments will be the group’s biggest farm policy priority.Ĭommittee Republican to Democratic ratios as well as Committee assignments will be made in late January, after new members are sworn in. While Peterson had intended to shift some money out of the traditional commodity programs into revenue insurance in the upcoming edition of the Farm Bill, Lucas has been a strong supporter of the direct payments program, reflecting his mix of commodity growers. There won’t be any change in direct payments.” I don’t think that’s true, but that’s his prerogative.” Peterson added: “I think direct payments are a sure deal in the next farm bill. He has got this idea it will be better if he waits. The change in leadership bodes poorly for current chairman Collin Peterson’s (D-MN) campaign to write and pass the House version of the 2012 Farm Bill in 2011 according to Peterson, in a DTN interview, “Lucas doesn’t want to move as quickly. The majority of the ousted committee members were moderate to conservative Blue Dog Democrats.įrank Lucas (R-OK), the current ranking Republican on the House Agriculture Committee, is expected to become the new committee chairman. On the House side, where Republicans have apparently gained a 239-185 majority (as of noon Wednesday), 15 Democrats out of 28 on the House Ag Committee lost their seats, including primary supporters of certain previous NSAC policy campaigns such as Steve Kagen (D-WI), Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin (D-SD), and Earl Pomeroy (D-ND). Should anything change as a result of late tabulations or recounts, we will issue a revised story. It's really a disgrace what's going on.Below is a quick take on 2010 election results for the Agriculture Committees and the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittees in the House and Senate. Sometimes they go to their car, put on a different hat, put on a different shirt, come in and vote again. "When people get in line that have absolutely no right to vote and they go around in circles. "The Republicans don't win and that's because of potentially illegal votes," Trump said in an interview with The Daily Caller. Last week, the president cited illicit voting as the reason for Republican losses but did not offer any proof. Trump has made unfounded assertions that illegal voters contributed to his popular vote loss in 2016 and that of Republicans in this year's midterms. Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton and claimed the White House with a 306-232 victory in the Electoral College, but lost the popular vote by over 2.8 million votes. The president is all too familiar with losing the popular vote. Republicans did flip Florida, Missouri, Indiana and North Dakota's Senate seats, but also lost seats in Nevada and Arizona. Notably, Democrats made significant gains in typical Republican-stronghold districts in California, New Jersey, Utah and others around the country as the president made the elections a referendum on his divisive first two years in office.ĭemocrats also picked up seven governor's mansions and stymied Republican hopes of deepening their hold on the Senate. Instead, Democrats have earned at least a 233 to 199-seat majority in the House with three races still undecided. Trump claimed a massive "red wave" would head to the polls to counteract the so-called "blue wave" of Democrats in opposition to his first two years office. Democrats took over 49 seats in the House and four in the Senate that year. The 1974 midterm elections came roughly three months after late Republican President Richard Nixon resigned over the Watergate scandal. Dems' national lead in raw House votes - now 8.8 million - just broke the record for largest for either party in the history of midterm elections (previous record was 8.7 million set by Dems in 1974).
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