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Changes in Governorships Since November 2000
NJ On Nov. 6, 2001, Jim McGreevey (D) was elected the next governor.
VA On Nov. 6, 2001, Mark Warner (D) was elected the next governor.
NJ On Dec. 22, 2000, then President-elect Bush named Gov. Christine Todd Whitman (R) as his choice for EPA Administrator;
Senate President Donald T. DiFrancesco (R) was sworn in as acting governor on Jan. 31, 2000, replacing Whitman.
WI On Dec. 29, 2000, then President-elect Bush named Gov. Tommy Thompson (R) as his choice for Secretary of HHS;
Thompson resigned effective Feb. 1, 2001; Lt. Gov. Scott McCallum (R) assumed the post.
MA On Feb. 13, 2001, Pres. Bush announced he would nominate Gov. Paul Cellucci as Ambassador to Canada.
The U.S. Senate confirmed Cellucci in April, and Lt. Gov. Jane Swift (R) became governor on April 10, 2001.
PA On Sept. 20, 2001, Pres. Bush named Gov. Tom Ridge (R) as Director of the new Office of Homeland Security. Lt. Gov. Mark Schweiker (R)
was sworn in as governor on Oct. 5, 2001.
Congressional
Special Elections Since November 2000:
PA-9
Bill Shuster (R) elected May
15, 2001; his father Rep. Bud Shuster (R) resigned in Feb. 2001.
CA-32
Diane E. Watson (D) elected June 5, 2001; Rep. Julian Dixon (D) died Dec.
8, 2000.
VA-4
Randy Forbes (R) elected June
19, 2001; Rep. Norman Sisisky (D) died March 29, 2001.
MA-9
Stephen Lynch (D) elected Oct.
16, 2001; Rep. Joe Moakley (D) died May 28, 2001.
FL-1
Jeff Miller (R) elected Oct. 16, 2001; Rep. Joe Scarborough (R) resigned
effective Sept. 6, 2001.
AR-3
John Boozman (R) elected Nov.
20, 2001; Rep. Asa Hutchinson (R) resigned effective Aug. 6 2001.
SC-2
Joe Wilson (R) elected Dec. 18, 2001; Rep Floyd D. Spence (R) died Aug.
16, 2001.
OK-1
John Sullivan (R) elected Jan. 8, 2002; Rep. Steve Largent (R) resigning
effective Feb. 15, 2002.
Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.