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Meppo's Electoral Molehill

Meppo

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Setting up a thread dump of infoboxes, various tidbits and other stuff from AH.com.

1921-1927: Leonard Wood (Republican)
1920 (w. Carmi Thompson) def. James M. Cox / Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1924 (w. Carmi Thompson) def. Samuel W. Ralston / James W. Gerard (Democratic), Robert M. La Follette Sr. / Burton K. Wheeler (Progressive), Oscar Underwood / James W. Gerard ('Anti-Klan' Democratic)
• 1927: Pres.
Wood dies during surgery on brain tumor
1927-1933: Carmi Thompson (Republican)
1928 (w. William S. Kenyon) def. Thomas J. Walsh / James S. Reed (Democratic)
1933-1941: Al Smith (Democratic)
1932 (w. John N. Garner) def. Carmi Thompson / William S. Kenyon (Republican)
1936 (w. John N. Garner) def. Herbert Hoover / Frank Knox (Republican), Robert M. La Follette Jr. / Elizabeth Gurney Flynn (Progressive)

1941-1946: Floyd B. Olson (Farmer-Labor)
1940 (w. Bronson Cutting) def. Charles Lindbergh / Hamilton Fish III (Republican), Lewis W. Douglas / Paul V. McNutt (Democratic), Huey P. Long / William Lemke (Reform), Alvin Owsley / Raymond W. Moley ('Texas Regular' Democrat)
1944 (w. Bronson Cutting) def.
• 1946: Pres. Olson resigns on account of "health problems" amidst impeachment proceedings over alleged "collusion" with gangster Kid Cann

1946-1949: Bronson Cutting (Farmer-Labor)
1949-1953: Richard E. Byrd (All-American)
1948 (w. John W. Bricker) def. Bronson Cutting

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Премьер-министры Российской республики
  1. 1944-1949: Прокопий Климушкин (СР | Самарская губ.)
  2. 1949-1952: Георгий Маленков (РСДРП | Оренбургская губ.)
  3. 1952-1957: Илья Челышов (БП | Самарская губ.)
  4. 1957-1958: Роман Гуль (БП | Пензенская губ.)
  5. 1958-1960: Сергей Сабашников (БП | Московская губ.)
  6. 1960-1963: Никита Хрущёв (РСДРП | Курская губ.)
  7. 1963-1968: Лев Цвиллинг (РСДРП | Челябинская губ.)
  8. 1968-1975: Георгий Игнатьев (БП | Санкт-Петербургская губ.)
  9. 1975-1978: Сергей Павлов (БП | Тверская губ.)
  10. 1978-1988: Виталий Бьянки (ТА | Мурманская губ.)
  11. 1988-1993: Анатолий Черняев (ТА | Московская губ.)
  12. 1993-2000: Анатолий Собчак (БП | Санкт-Петербургская губ.)
  13. 2000-2003: Олег Очин (БП | Новгородская губ.)
  14. 2003-2013: Сергей Афанасьев (ТА | Саратовская губ.)
  15. 2013-2017: Дмитрий Медведев (БП | Санкт-Петербургская губ.)
  16. 2017-2018: Маргарита Баржанова (БП | Симбирская губ.)
  17. 2018-2022: Леонид Слуцкий (БП | Московская губ.)
  18. 2022: Мария Захарова (БП | Самарская губ.)
  19. 2022-н.в.: Давид Арахамия (БП | Кубанская губ.)
Two Troubles, Three Paths

1998–1999: Sergei Kiriyenko (nonpartisan / Right Cause)
1999–2007: Yury Luzhkov (Fatherland – All Russia)

1999 def. Gennady Zyuganov (CPRF), Sergei Kiriyenko (Right Cause), Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR)
2003 def. Aleksandr Lebed (Right Cause), Yury Lodkin (CPRF), Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko)

2007–2011: Boris Gromov (Fatherland – All Russia)
2007 def. Boris Nemtsov (Right Cause), Gennady Zyuganov (CPRF), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR)
2011–2019: Sergei Zhilkin (Right Cause)
2011 def. Boris Gromov (Fatherland – All Russia), Mikhail Yevdokimov (Agrarian), Sergei Glazyev (CPRF), Olga Beklemishcheva (People's Republican)
2015 def. Vladimir Gruzdev (Fatherland – All Russia), Roman Grebennik (CPRF), Tatyana Astrakhankina (Communists of the Future)

2019–2022: Sergei Sobyanin (Fatherland – All Russia)
2019 def. Sergei Levchenko (CPRF), Vyacheslav Lysakov (Third Force), Mikhail Kasyanov (Right Cause), Nikolai Rybakov (Yabloko)
2022–2023: Vyacheslav Volodin (Fatherland – All Russia)
2023–present: Artyom Samsonov (Union of Left Forces)

2023 def. Yegor Beroyev (nonpartisan), Mark Feygin (Right Cause), Anastasia Rakova (Fatherland – All Russia)

"For two decades or so it seemed that the alleged Seven Bankers plan had, in fact, worked out: Russia had settled into a two-party system, 'two feet' for the Russian populace to shift between from time to time, and a bunch of small fries getting in the way. It really broke the Russian left for a while - the cooperation of the CPRF with Fatherland, Zyuganov's passivity, the splits over direction. Even with 2019 in mind

"[Vyacheslav Volodin] has always harbored presidential ambitions, at least since 2011... A major party leader at only 47, a canny political operator who knows the Duma inside and out, a far more publicly aggressive and proactive politician than most, almost comparable to an American congressman. A lot of people argued that it helped him shore up Sobyanin in the Duma, shore up his conservative credentials – especially once the backlash to his COVID restrictions was whipped up. A lot of people saw him as the 'grey cardinal' of Fatherland by that point, or the future of Russian conservatism, a kind of Orthodox Russophilia reborn, draped in the rags of the United States' Republican Party...

Frankly speaking, this was also his greatest weakness. This aggression, this arrogance made him intolerant of compromises. He was incapable of responding to the attacks lobbed on his character on the Internet. For Volodin, 2022 really was the worst possible moment— all of the Sobyanin administration's scandals were now his problem, and, well, you already know what the surrogate mothers scandal did. And thank God it did."
(c) Protoiereus Vsevolod Chaplin in interview to Dozhd, c. 10.02.2023

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The Compromise

1991–1993: Boris Yeltsin (nonpartisan)

1991 (w. Aleksandr Rutskoi): Nikolai Ryzhkov (CPSU), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR)
1993 Russian constitutional referendum: 52.7% YES | 47.0% NO | 53.2% YES | 61.2% YES

1993–1994: Yegor Gaidar (Choice of Russia)
1994–2004: Aleksandr Rutskoi (Civic Union)

1994 (w. Nikolai Travkin): Anatoly Sobchak (RDDR), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR), Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko), Gennady Zyuganov (Communist)
1995 Russian constitutional referendum: 62% YES, 36% NO
1999: Boris Nemtsov (New Force), Aman Tuleyev (Communist), Grigory Yavlinsky (Yabloko), Viktor Kress (Choice of Regions '99)

2004–2009: Ilya Zaslavsky (Democratic Choice)
2004: Sergei Burkov (Civic Union), Sergei Shoigu (The Bear), Vladimir Bayunov (Communist), Sergei Baburin (Russian All-National Union)
2009–2014: Boris Gromov (Fatherland)
2009: Ilya Zaslavsky (Democratic Choice), Tatyana Yumasheva (Right Cause), Tatyana Astrakhankina (Communist)
2014–2019: Sergei Zhilkin (Democratic Choice)
2014: Vladimir Gruzdev (Fatherland), Tatyana Yumasheva (Right Cause), Vladimir Tkachev (Bloc for Life), Vladimir Ryzhkov (People's Republican)
2019–2023: Vyacheslav Volodin (Fatherland)
2019: Sergei Zhilkin (Democratic Choice), Vyacheslav Lysakov (Third Force)
2023: Sergei Sokol (Fatherland)
2023–2024: Anastasia Rakova (Fatherland)
2024–present: Rustem Bulatov (Left Front)

2024: Yegor Beroyev (nonpartisan), Sergei Andreyev (Democratic Choice), Anastasia Rakova (Fatherland)

"...And when Yeltsin had to make a decision, when the ranking vote had already taken place, there was a moment when Yeltsin asked us how many people we had, how many people we could gather in Gaidar's support. We told him, of course, we knew everyone, we had a list of everyone, I think it was about five or four hundred people, I don't remember exactly now. But, we told him how many people we could gather, because we talked to everyone beforehand, everything was known, the vote was by name, like that. He read out the paper that we had written to him, 'and I ask all those who support Gaidar to gather in Georgievsky Hall at lunchtime'. He really enunciated the last words, I don't remember exactly who underlined the 'lunchtime' part either, I think it may have been Chubais or someone - anyway, we were able to make sure everyone that we gathered was present when Yeltsin arrived. It really emboldened him to really pressure the Congress to accept Gaidar as Prime Minister, a full-fledged Prime Minister. There are, uh, plenty of ill-wishers who think he should have been more compromising, that he - that the stress wouldn't have gotten him killed - but I do not think choosing Gaidar was a mistake."
(c) former Minister of Internal Affairs Arkady Murashov in interview to Radio Svoboda, c. 11.12.2011

"The only thing Gaidar's nomination amounted to was a victory for Rutskoi and his cohort. His name, and the aura of populism it carried, was already pejorative among most people - especially among the people who stormed Ostankino on October. It was not surprising that certain oligarchs started looking for alternatives, for better-looking candidates, while Rutskoi's intermediaries approached regional elites. The latter didn't help much

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2024 - 2024: PM Marat Khusnullin (nonpartisan | TAT)
- shot by "delirious" ex-Wagner militant
2024 - 2025: PM Dmitry Patrushev (nonpartisan | SPB)
- resigned following father's death and re-emergence of Rosselkhozbank scandals
2025: Deputy PM Anastasia Rakova (nonpartisan | MOW)
- resigned over constitutional dispute
2025 - 2026: Chair of State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin (United Russia | SAR)
- arrested on charges of terrorism
2026: Head of FSB Alexei Dyumin (nonpartisan | TUL)
- killed in shootout with Moscow police on Black Thursday
2026 - 2034: Gov. Dmitry Ionin (nonpartisan | SVE)
2034 - 2037: Gov. Viktor Vorobyov (Union of Left Forces | KO)

- assassinated by ex-Rusich Group militant
2037 - 2042: PM Oleg Mikhailov (Union of Left Forces | KO)
2042 - 2046: Gov.
Rina Matsapulina (Liberal Coalition | SPB)
2046 - 2050: MinIA Nikolai Chernikov (ConDem | LIP)
2050 - 2058: Gov. Ruslan Radul (Union of Left Forces | YAR)
2058 - 2066: fmr. Gov. Nikita Kologrivy (ConDem | NVS)

2066 - 2070: MinFA Georgy Kustov
2070 - 2078:
 
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A really short, fairly simple infobox.

Currently in its tenth convocation, the State Assembly of the Sakha Republic, also known as Il Tumen, like the Sakha Republic itself, is controlled by the social democratic party A Just Russia, which has 37 deputies in the assembly. Even in the days of Putin, A Just Russia was a major political force within the region. Their reformation in 2028, which strengthened the party as the Communist Party waned, has helped them in the 2030s. As of currently, the tenth State Assembly's government is formed by A Just Russia and the Agrarian-Communist Party, a tiny conservative remnant focused on the reformation of agricultural sector that broke off from the Communist Party.

However, while A Just Russia is a powerful force, they find themselves challenged by the united force of the Russian People's Party, a merger of several liberal parties spearheaded by Yabloko and the People's Freedom Party, and Unity, a right-leaning United Russia remnant that especially thrives in non-ethnically Russian regions, like Dagestan and Tuva. Notably, Il Tumen is one of the few regional parliaments where Unity and the People's Party actively cooperate as part of an united opposition, as opposed to generic mud-slinging. This opposition is also supported by The Greens, perhaps as a consequence of the party's history of supporting Putin.

While Il Tumen is very much the property of Just Russia, and indeed many polls show that Yakutia is a safely pro-Just Russia region, the future is never truly set in stone. Who knows – perhaps Unity or RPR will win next year?

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2019-2024: Volodymyr Zelensky (Servant of the People)
2019: def. Petro Poroshenko (Independent), Yulia Tymoshenko (Fatherland), Yuriy Boyko (Independent), various
2024: Oleksandr Danilyuk (Servant of the People; acting)
2024-2029: Mustafa Nayem (Progressive Alliance)
2024: def. Yuri Tymoshenko (People's Front), Yulia Tymoshenko (Fatherland), Ihor Shevchenko (Independent), Yevgeny Murayev (Opposition Bloc - For Life), various
2029-2030: Yulia Tymoshenko (New Course)
2029: def. Mustafa Nayem (Progressive Alliance), Natalia Korolevska (For Life), Arseniy Yatsenyuk (People's Front), Vladimir Muntyan (Rebirth), Zlata Ognevich (Radical), various
2030-present: Vasily Gritsak (Republican Transition Committee)
 
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Russian Dream

Although overshadowed by the 2024 presidential elections in USA, the transition of the Presidency from Vladimir Putin to Mikhail Mishustin and the second President of the Russian Federation's ascension to the empowered State Council could be called the beginning of an important - if relatively short - era in the history of the Federation. Although Mishustin was not particularly remarkable as a President and was perceived as a pure stooge of State Council Chairman Putin, his term did see a continuation of minor "modifications" to the Constitution (such as the reduction of presidential terms from six to four years), minor economic reforms and foreign developments such as the Indian intervention in Qatar and the Silicon Valley bubble burst.

2030 was not a good year for the Russian administration. In addition to suffering the effects of a global economic recession, the Russian political system was shaken by two unexpected deaths. On the 23rd of January, State Council Chairman Vladimir Putin, aged 77, passed away in his sleep. While this stunned most of the Russian populace and dealt a blow to the political strength of the State Council - by and large an advisory group of disparate ex-governors and senators, the powers and privileges of which as outlaid in the Constitution were conspicuously amorphous - it didn't lead to anything more than a sense of unease, and was quickly overshadowed by the shocking death of President Mishustin in a car bombing two months later.

Although Mishustin's approval ratings dipped in the wake of the recession, the taxation technocrat was never particularly unpopular with the populace or the Russian political elite, certainly not as much as Medvedev. While Krasnov, Sledkom and FSB investigated Mishustin's death (eventually convicting a random man of Ukrainian origin), the various political factions that had risen to prominence during the twenties — from Sobyanin's Moscow technocrats to the standard securocrats — went into overdrive, working behind the scenes to take charge of the Russian state's chain of command. By November, Prime Minister Andrei Belousov, a geopolitical hardliner and veteran economist with a , became President of the Russian Federation, estabilishing a precarious administration as he attempted to unite and subjugates the Sobyanistas, the siloviks and the other factions. For many observers, particularly opposition activists, the infighting at the core of Belousov's administration spelled the death knell of the Putinist political system as a whole; it was not surprising, given that the 2030 gubernatorial elections saw considerable losses for United Russia and other members of the All-Russian People's Front. Rallies began to organize in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and other Russian cities, demanding free, democratic elections and a Constitutional Convention; however, they were harshly quelled, primarily for the crime of "obstructing the preparations for the next presidential election" as described in state-run news channels.

The 2032 presidential elections were a raucous affair. While Belousov was quick to "adjust" his state capitalist policies and open "constructive discussions" with the European Union, his administration was still burdened by association with the poor economic situation in Russia, the infamy surrounding the 10th Convocation of the State Duma and the violent suppression of pro-democracy riots. The opposition consolidated around Nikolai Bondarenko, the Communist Governor of Saratov Oblast. Well-known as far back as 2018 for his criticism of pension reform and living wage policy, Bondarenko was elected Governor of Saratov Oblast in 2027 and quickly became a household name; the success of his bold economic programs lent credence to his popularity, as did Saratov being relatively untouched by the recession. The 2032 election was a dirty affair, with official outlets painting Bondarenko as a 'criminal liar' with 'ties to Soros', Belousov visiting Astana, and cossack militias clashing with Antifa members and supporters of minor presidential candidates (such as Vyacheslav Makarov of the Party of Direct Democracy) in the streets of Moscow. In the end, Belousov just barely avoided a second round by winning 50% of the popular vote, compared to Bondarenko's 32%; the results of the election were widely seen as fraudulent, and Bondarenko's most ardent supporters quickly took to the streets, even as their preferred candidate came down with "influenza" and bedrudgingly conceded. As business came out in opposition to Belousov and his "surplus extraction" policies, economic conditions worsened, and even cities like Grozny and Makhachkala saw wide protests against the results of the presidential election, it was strongly believed by observers at home and abroad that Andrei Removich, ideologically rigid as he was, would at least partially concede to the opposition and allow for a new election.

Then he was assassinated.

His successor was much worse than anyone could've imagined.

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Having emerged from the corporate wars of 2000s as an investment giant and an influential powerbroker in his own right, "Orthodox oligarch" Konstantin Malofeyev fully entered the political sphere in the twenties, joining the national conservative party Rodina and bringing his ultramonarchist views along for the ride. Closely backed by elder statesman and sovereignist legend Vladislav Surkov and a number of other prominent government officials and oligarchs, Malofeyev rose through the ranks quickly enough until he became Deputy Prime Minister, appointed by Mikhail Mishustin at the recommendation of then-Prime Minister Belousov. Homegrown and foreign analysts identified Malofeyev as a coordinator of far-right movements and a growing force in the Russian administration in his own right, one that became increasingly distinct from the state capitalist sovereignists that were embodied by Surkov, Glazyev and then-President Belousov.

Promising to stabilize the Russian Federation and to 'bring the malignant forces behind the assassination to justice', Acting President Malofeyev went to work, purging the government of ideological deviants and reforming the state security forces with assistance from a subservient Federal Assembly. In a twist that surprised the vast majority of pundits, Malofeyev resigned as Acting President on 9th of April and ascended to the position of Chairman of the State Council, replacing multi-oblast governor and de facto figurehead Oleg Kozhemyako. Although Malofeyev explained that he didn't see himself as a 'legitimate president' and that he sought to help Russia 'efficiently prepare for the next presidential election and the future Constitutional Convention' as chief of the State Council, Malofeyev's deep-seated contempt for the office of President became clear soon enough as Malofeyev gave his speech in Rio de Janeiro.

As the office of President remained vacant for the second year, Malofeyev's true intentions for the upcoming Constitutional Convention became clear as well, with Malofeyev promising a "clean slate" for the Russian Constitution, the attainment of supreme sovereignty from the Western cosmopolitan order, and the fulfillment of the Russian Dream, the Third Rome that so many past and present Russians perceived their vast, long-suffering nation to be. Although it is doubtless that Chairman Malofeyev now wields more than enough power to translate his dream into reality, the survival of his regime is uncertain as black-shirted guardsmen brutalize unarmed protesters in the streets of Yekaterinburg, fights between state forces and rogue kadyrovtsy intensify in Grozny, and 'armed volunteers' head towards the Crimean border...
 
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The 1956 Democratic Party presidential primaries were part of the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1956 U.S. presidential election. 26 states and 3 territories held actual primary elections, while the rest of the country saw delegate selection confined to state-level conventions and caucuses, many of which were controlled by local political machines.

Early primaries and conventions saw freshman Massachusetts Senator Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. emerge as the immediate frontrunner. Popularly presented as a handsome, highly decorated veteran of the Pacific War, Joe P. Kennedy had a well-financed, well-organized campaign team (courtesy of his father, Bay State mogul Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.) and was expected to secure the nomination with ease, beating out comparatively weaker candidates like House Democratic Leader Clarence Cannon and Governor of Georgia Herman Talmadge; however, the party establishment was concerned about his chances at victory, given Kennedy's relative youth and his extreme hostility to organized labor and ethnic minorities.

The 1954 Republican landslide discouraged mainstream Democratic candidates and local sons from undertaking a nationwide presidential campaign and challenging the young Massachusetts Senator; as such, when the 65 year old ex-Governor of Rhode Island Howard P. Lovecraft entered the primary race, major newspapers and pundits laughed him off as a "New England obscurity". Lovecraft ran a spirited campaign, and his popularity with Wilsonians and labor groups allowed him to rout Kennedy in a number of Midwestern states; he was also endorsed by the Progressive Democratic organization in California and its informal leaders such as former Congressman Edouard Izac, leading him to win the Pacific Coast states as well. However, Lovecraft's financial state paled in comparison with the well-funded Kennedy campaign, and accusations of being a mentally unfit, soft-on-eugenics, card-carrying member of the Socialist Party, attacks by nativist mobs (such as the one in Madison, organized by local politician Joseph McCarthy), and his own introverted attitude and age-exacerbated neuroses eventually caused Howard P. Lovecraft to end his presidential campaign.

As the 1956 Democratic National Convention approached and torch-wielding mobs chanted "Give 'em hell, Joe!", Lovecraft was courted by Progressive Party members to run as their presidential nominee; however, Lovecraft curtly refused, stating that he did not desire to run against President Coolidge.
 
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Political career of Pete Buttigieg (1982-2048):

2010: Candidate for Indiana State Treasurer, Democratic
2010: Richard Mourdock (R) def. Pete Buttigieg (D)
2010-2020: Candidate for Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Democratic
2011: def. Norris W. Curry Jr. (R), Patrick M. Farrell (L)
2012: def. Kelly Jones (R)

2019-2020: Candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States
2020: Bernie Sanders (VT) def. Pete Buttigieg (IN), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Mike Bloomberg (NY), Joe Biden (DE), various others
2020-2023: Private citizen, Democratic
2023-2024: Candidate for Governor of Indiana, Democratic
2024: Susan Brooks (R) def. Pete Buttigieg (D)
2024-2029: McKinsey & Company consultant, Democratic
2029-2032: Representative from Indiana's 1st congressional district, Democratic
2028: def. Roseann P. Ivanovich (R)
2030: def. Colin Passman (R)

2032: Candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States
2032: Pete Buttigieg (IN) def. Joe Kennedy III (MA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY)†, Andrew Yang (NY), Adrian Perkins (LA), various others
2033-2039: President of the United States of America, Democratic
2032 (with Alessandra Biaggi) def. John James (MI)/Erin Stewart (CT) (R), Tucker Carlson (CA)/Tulsi Gabbard (HI) (AA)
2036 (with Alessandra Biaggi) def. Dan Crenshaw (TX)/Lee Zeldin (NY) (R)

2039-2046: Private citizen, Democratic
2046-2048: Private citizen, Democratic Party of Malta
 
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The 2058 Illinois gubernatorial election took place on November 12, 2058. Incumbent Democratic Governor Zayden Waller ran for re-election to a third term in office, and was challenged by Republican nominee Kurtis Seele and prominent anti-poverty activist Howard Luis Garcia, who ran under the Commonwealth ticket.

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The election was arguably one of the most controversial in the state's history due to its conduct. Zayden Waller, who previously served as Calumet County Sheriff before running for governor in 2050, was increasingly unpopular with the Illinoisan populace due to his association with Chicago Mayor Edgar Aries, himself profoundly despised over his response to the 2057 slum protests and the Chicago housing crisis as a whole. Detractors accused Waller of turning a blind eye to the growing influence of private security companies, which have become popular among Greater Chicago's wealthier residents and corporations seeking to protect their property from "criminal elements" and which have frequently employed military-grade equipment and drones to disperse protesters. Other concerns regarding Waller's tenure include allegations of profiting off a contract with Jinjiang International (one that is ostensibly designed to build and manage refugee camps), and the passage of a controversial law that weakened police regulations.

Although Governor Waller's approval ratings reached as low as 29% by March, the 2058 Illinois race was not expected to be a particularly close one due to the population disparity between the Chicago metropolitan area and Illinois proper, as well as Waller's notable campaign skills and powerful PR team. As such, the Republican primary did not see many contenders aside from former U.S. Representative Sheila Gesner, State Senator Don Dillard, Mayor of Moline Paul Alguacil and Springfield journalist Kurtis Seele. In a surprising upset, Seele emerged as the victor of the primary, ultimately choosing State Representative Sal Kuczynski as his running mate. However, this was not as exciting as the campaign announcement of H. L. Garcia, the informal leader of the "Share Your Wealth" movement that shook Chicago's gated communities. Venerated by the state's Hispanic community and Chicago's suburban poor, the Mexican-American activist consistently led in most independent polls early on.

The general election was considerably dirty, with deepfake spams and violent quarrels between supporters of Waller, Garcia and Seele being fairly common (despite all three candidates publicly disapproving of partisan violence). On the debate stage, Garcia accused Waller of colluding with corporations to use Greater Chicago's slums as "target practice" and acting as a political patron for Aries and a number of allied politicians in the Chicagoland area, whereas Kurtis blasted Waller for letting downstate Illinois deteriorate while organizing a personal fiefdom in Chicago. Controversially, Kurtis was discovered to have been involved in a far-right disinformation outfit in the past, resulting in several Republicans retracting their endorsement and the Kurtis campaign taking a blow in the polls.

In the end, Waller ended up winning 54 percent of the popular vote, nearly thirty percentage points above his nearest competitor, mainly due to running up large margins in Chicagoland's heavily populated counties. The results proved to be a source of controversy, with H. L. Garcia, his supporters, and federal lawmakers alleging that systematic voter intimidation and fraud helped Waller achieve his victories in Greater Chicago. Their claims weren't particularly unfounded, though, as the troubled federal investigation, combined with the 2059 H. L. Garcia assassination attempt, would eventually lead to Zayden Waller's arrest.

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Cherie Laura Wayland (born May 17, 2014) is an American tech and aerospace mining entrepreneur and politician, currently serving as the senior United States Senator for Florida since 2051. A member of the Democratic Party, Wayland previously represented Florida's 4th congressional district, a Hispanic-majority Orlando-based district that has voted Republican since the 2048 presidential election, from 2047 to 2051. Born to Alexander Wayland, owner of the electronics manufacturing company Wayland Tech, and aspiring singer Stephanie Baume, Cherie grew up in Miami in a firmly middle-class household. Although Cherie's parents' relationship was considerably strained, both Alexander and Stephanie exerted a great deal of influence on their daughter, with Alexander teaching her to "keep a business going" and Stephanie giving Cherie a deep love for space (as well as expressing her wish to be "launched into the cosmos" upon her death, which Cherie would fulfill in 2055).

Graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2036 and from Harvard University in 2039, Cherie succeeded her father as CEO of Wayland Tech and went on to significantly expand her company's wealth, entering the aerospace industry and becoming one of the earliest asteroid mining tycoons. With a net worth of nearly $1.2 trillion, Wayland is the wealthiest person to have ever served in the United States Congress and is currently among the richest people on the planet.

Cherie Wayland is overwhelmingly popular in her home state of Florida due to being one of the few major businesspeople to not move her assets to a more climate-secure state following the Great Flooding, and has consistently won her congressional races by enormous margins, having attracted bipartisan appeal. Her philanthropic activities have also helped in this regard, with Republican Governor Matteo Busigo notably praising Wayland Tech in 2058 for their donations to Floridian local governments, small business, and initiatives as part of the Wayland Foundation; as such, most statewide polls give Wayland extremely positive approval ratings, rarely going lower than 75%.

Wayland is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and has described herself as a "democratic socialist"; this has been a point of contention due to Wayland's status as a trillionaire and her stalwart opposition to bills limiting corporate freedom and regulating asteroid mining, and Wayland has earned particular ire from fellow southern Democrats due to her support for strict gun laws. In April 2059, Cherie Wayland announced her campaign for the 2060 Democratic nomination for President of the United States; officially, she supports an ordoliberal economic policy to deal with America's infrastructure decay, reduced international role and loss of land to the deep blue sea, greater international cooperation with major powers such as China and Russia, and a strong focus on development of space technology and biotech. While Wayland has emerged as one of the strongest candidates in the primary race, her campaign has been slightly tainted by allegations of "paranoia" and poor treatment of campaign staff, among other things.

Cherie Wayland married Portland-born lawyer and Democratic Party volunteer James Foster in 2039, having met him in MIT; they have had three children together, Marcella (b. 2040), Veronica (b. 2042) and Peter (b. 2044). James Foster was murdered in 2054 by a group of disgruntled ex-Wayland Tech employees, and Cherie hasn't remarried since. Her personal life has been a point of controversy and rumours as well, with her friendship with a Russian diplomat, Tamara Kozlova, being arguably the biggest source of conspiracy theories.

Juanita Griffiths (b. October 3, 2019) is an Argentine biologist, sheep and penguin farmer, and entrepreneur, best known as the founder of chief executive officer of Johnnies, a multinational company that focuses on fast food restaurants, textile manufacturing and genomics, as well as the creation of sanctuaries.

Juanita was born in Caleta Olivia, a prominent port in the province of Santa Cruz, to Welsh fisherman Raul Griffiths and Italian-born teacher Regina Caruso. Having graduated from the National University of Austral Patagonia in 2041 with a degree in biology, Juanita was resettled in a refugee camp alongside her family due to rising sea levels, and subsequently left northwards after marrying American emigre Letizia Dixon, doing various side jobs and volunteering for various animal charities. After returning home following the end of the Second Falklands War, Juanita founded the first Johnnies restaurant in Comodoro Rivadaria.

The company expanded over a span of seven years, buying up farmland, egg and (vegetarian) dairy outlets and signing contracts with local businesses; as of currently, Johnnies has a presence in South America, Australia, New Zealand and Southern Africa, with about 2,100 food outlets and genetic laboratories worldwide as well as 150 mini-sanctuaries. Johnnies has played a significant role in the preservation of Antarctic fauna, namely penguins, and the popularization of the Gentoo penguin (after which the company is named), which has become ubiquitous as a pet, poultry specimen and laboratory animal in Argentine Antarctica and elsewhere. While the company has been criticized over allegations of inhumane experimentation and its CEO has been accused of war crimes during her time as a military volunteer, Johnnies' income remains steady.

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List of Governors of US States as of December 2035

Alabama: Will Dismukes (Republican)
Alaska: Kiera O'Brien (Republican)
Arizona: Anita Malik (Democratic)
Arkansas: James Sturch (Republican)
California: Curtis Yarvin (Independent, backed by Californian National)
Colorado: Mike Coffman (Republican)
Connecticut: Sean Scanlon (Democratic)
Delaware: Elizabeth Lockman (Democratic)
Florida: Vincent Evans (Democratic)
Georgia: Sam Park (Democratic)
Hawaii: Kai Kahele (Democratic)
Idaho: Brandon Woolf (Republican)
Illinois: Peter Breen (Republican)
Indiana: Chris Chyung (Democratic)
Iowa: Bobby Kaufmann (Republican)
Kansas: Usha Reddi (Democratic)
Kentucky: McKenzie Cantrell (Democratic)
Louisiana: Jean-Paul Coussan (Republican)
Maine: Justin Chenette (Democratic)
Maryland: Jesse Pippy (Republican)
Massachusetts: Kate Campanale (Republican)
Michigan: Tom Leonard (Republican)
Minnesota: Jacob Frey (Democratic)
Mississippi: Shanda Yates (Democratic)
Missouri: Daniel Hartman (Republican)
Montana: Forrest Mandeville (Republican)
Nebraska: Brett Lindstrom (Republican)
Nevada: Ammon Bundy (Republican)
New Hampshire: Joseph Stallcop (Libertarian)
New Jersey: Antwan McClellan (Republican)
New Mexico: Stephanie Garcia Richard (Democratic)
New York: Alessandra Biaggi (Democratic)
North Carolina: Todd Johnson (Republican)
North Dakota: Kevin Black (Republican)
Ohio: Yvette Simpson (Democratic)
Oklahoma: David Holt (Republican)
Oregon: Dallas Heard (Republican)
Rhode Island: Blake Filippi (Republican)
Pennsylvania: Torren Ecker (Republican)
South Carolina: Bakari Sellers (Democratic)
South Dakota: Jess Olson (Republican)
Tennessee: John Rose (Republican)
Texas: August Pfluger (Republican)
Utah: Abby Huntsman (Republican)
Vermont: Tim Ashe (Vermont Progressive)
Virginia: Israel O'Quinn (Republican)
Washington: Joshua Collins (Independent Democratic/"Pacific Socialist")
West Virginia: Richard Ojeda II (Democratic)
Wisconsin: Kevin Nicholson (Republican)
Wyoming: Marian Orr (Republican)


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The 1948 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 2, 1948. Incumbent U.S. Senator Henrik Shipstead, who was renominated by the Republican–Farmer–Labor Party (formed by a merger of the Republican Party and the Farmer–Labor Party in 1946), faced off against Democratic Mayor of Minneapolis Hubert H. Humphrey.

Although Henrik Shipstead, who had been serving by that point for 25 years, won all of his past races by double-digit margins, the 1948 U.S. Senate election soon became unusually competitive as Humphrey provided a strong challenge to the 67 year old Senator. Distinguished by his crackdown on crime in Minneapolis, liberal internationalist views and foundation of the Committee for the Defense of Democracy, Humphrey contrasted himself with the aged, staunchly isolationist Senator, attracting Republican voters who disdained Shipstead - among them devotees of President Quentin Roosevelt, champion of the Fair Deal and the Convention of Nations. Although Henrik Shipstead had little love for the anticapitalist leanings of his fellow Farmer-Laborites, many members of the Humphrey campaign and its supporters accused the U.S. Senator of being a "closeted communist", in addition to many attacks on the man's isolationist views, which were increasingly perceived to be "antiquated" as tensions continued to grow between the United States of America and the German and Japanese empires. The Shipstead campaign was bellicose as well, accusing Humphrey of dodging the draft and sponsoring the expansion of a "totalitarian world superstate"; regardless of the mudslinging, Shipstead's grasp on the south of the state was rapidly waning.

In the end, Hubert Humphrey prevailed over Henrik Shipstead by 33,525 votes, becoming the first Democrat to be elected U.S. Senator from Minnesota in 48 years; this upset victory defied state conventions, as the North Star State voted for the Republican presidential nominee by double-digit margins on the same day. The combative Shipstead insinuated that Humphrey and his men manipulated the vote in Minneapolis, but nothing came of it; the two rivals ultimately mended their relationship in 1951.

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Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 14, 1893) was an American convicted rapist, politician and lawyer who served as Governor of New York from 1880 to 1883 and as Imperial Secretary of the Treasury from 1883 to 1886.

Born to a Presbyterian minister, Cleveland grew up in upstate New York. A political leader of the local Democratic-Republican Party's reformist Liberal faction, Cleveland came to be reputed for high personal integrity, commitment to principles of classical liberalism and stringent opposition to political corruption and bossism, which were central to his tenure as Mayor of Buffalo and, following the 1879 state election, Governor of New York. Cleveland's formidable policymaking skill and tacit support for tariff reform piqued the interest of Theodore I, who appointed Cleveland to the position of Secretary of the Treasury at the behest of then-current officeholder Henry Mason Mathews.

While Cleveland did much to reform the existing regulations and combat economic corruption, his prestigious career was brought down by an investigation into allegations of "gross sexual misconduct" towards Maria Halpin, first published in a Buffalo newspaper in 1880. A highly-publicized 1885 trial, which aroused the American people's interest further due to Cleveland's exuberant and stubborn personality, subsequently revealed that Cleveland conspired to cover up the incident by organizing the murders of reporters involved in the case and, eventually, Maria Halpin herself. Cleveland was sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment and convicted in December 1885. Cleveland's arrest led to brief turmoil as members of the New York Liberal faction denounced the trial as "politically motivated"; while this would affect future scandals such as the proceedings of the 1886 New York mayoral election, the unrest within the New York Democratic-Republican Party would ultimately abate by the Panic of 1891.

On June 14, 1893, Cleveland passed away from a heart attack at the Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York.
 
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ITTL, Sarkis Dkhrouni has a mostly successful first term as Armenia sees four years of economic growth and steady industrialization going hand in hand with trade union growth, as well as a strong relationship with the West (particularly Labour-led Britain) and relative peace abroad. As such, the ASDLP maintains their parliamentary majority; however, the Dkhrouni government finds themselves focusing on foreign affairs as Stalin passes away and tensions brew in Iran, Mahabad and the Arab world. In 1955, Dkhrouni is assassinated during a diplomatic visit to Lebanon amidst a severe political crisis in the country.

POD: Monte Melkonian survives the Battle of Aghdam

Even before the [1999 National Assembly shooting], Monte Melkonian's relationship with Vazgen Sargsyan and his allies was increasingly strained. While Vazgen deeply respected Monte until his death, calling Avo "the most honest person in the entire world", and the feeling was mutual, their different political views - their outlook on Armenia's future - came to the forefront in the late nineties. In August 1999, despite his alliance with Sargsyan and [People's Party leader and National Assembly President Karen] Demirchyan, Monte Melkonian criticized the Sargsyan government's austerity measures, calling the proposal "a betrayal of the Armenian people's best interests in favor of foreign profiteers", and voted against, becoming one of the few Unity MPs to do so. Karen met with Monte on August 29, 1999 in his residence; he said that he understood Avo's qualms with the measures, but said that Armenia was in no position to do otherwise. Monte said that he wanted to stand by his principles, and found Sargsyan and Demirchyan's "disposal" of Armenia to Western caprice "unjust". What was supposed to be a heart-to-heart conversation grew increasingly heated, with Avo calling out Karen over the "false promises" and lack of concreteness in his presidential campaign, insinuating that he was lying about bringing Armenians "a prosperous life"; Demirchyan felt insulted. It took a week before Monte and Karen fully reconciled, when they held a press conference reaffirming their commitment to the Armenian people's welfare.

[...]

A confrontation between Melkonian and Kocharyan was inevitable. Some say it was a confrontation between the diaspora and the Soviet-grown mainland, but those claims only laid out a part of the political turmoil that Armenia went through. After Sargsyan and Demirchyan's death, Kocharyan understood quickly that Melkonian was his most dangerous enemy - they were starkly different, both in terms of politics and personality, and he would always be overshadowed by the greatest commander of the Nagorno-Karabakh War, no matter how much his men would insinuate that Monte was a radical, a Stalinist, or a terrorist sympathizer. Once Monte stepped up as leader of the People's Party, there was continuous, implicit tension between the Republican Party and the People's Party; Kocharyan held press conferences that contained not just numerous jabs at the "inefficient communist" People's Party, but what Monte perceived to be implicit death threats against him. It was not unreasonable for him to think so, as many felt that Kocharyan was involved in the [1999 National Assembly shooting], and Melkonian himself was almost assassinated in January of 2000. Melkonian's supporters, many of whom grew up in Artsakh or abroad and tended to be left-leaning and reform-minded, chanted that Kocharyan was "afraid" of Melkonian. In some way, they would be proven right when preparations for the presidential election began.

~ A Man's Rebirth, Mardar Melkonian

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In many ways, Napoleon Bonaparte and Toussaint Louverture were practically made from the same mold - they were men of low birth who, wielding great ambition and perseverance, rose to the highest stations available to them, taking every opportunity that came across them to achieve their vision, even despite their oft-contradictory attitudes. It is unsurprising, then, that Toussaint, was nicknamed "Napoléon Noir" by people who had the chance to observe his military skill first-hand, and it is even less surprising that both Toussaint and Napoleon immediately recognized each other's capabilities. Amidst the turmoil surrounding the downfall of slavery in Saint-Domingue, Napoleon sought to keep France's most profitable colony by tempering Toussaint Louverture's ambition and affirming the territory's autonomy; Toussaint, in turn, wanted to assure Napoleon of his loyalty and be personally assured of his domain's safety from metropolitan troops. In 1800, Napoleon sent a flattering letter to Toussaint confirming the metropole's "great confidence" in one of France's finest generals and citizens, and stating his hopes for Toussaint to "promote agriculture" and "enlarge the glory and possessions of the Republic". Historians conclude that this letter would prevent the invasion of Santo Domingo that Toussaint Louverture had been planning for so long, and ultimately bring an end to the violence that had plagued Saint-Domingue for so long. From then on, Toussaint Louverture would maintain a steadfast loyalty to the French nation, in exchange for little to no interference from the metropole unless specifically requested and "agreeable" commissioners. As remaining independentist sentiment was pacified and war with Great Britain erupted once more, Toussaint was given effective control over the larger, but less densely settled colony of Louisiana as its military protector and de facto Governor-General.

This transition of power was not without problems, however, as whites and creoles in New Orleans took issue with Toussaint Louverture wielding such power over New France. Although Napoleon wrote to Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte that "[Toussaint] would be little more than New France's gendarme" and Toussaint Louverture professed his compliance with Napoleon's wishes, he sought to actively govern New France, developing various industries in Saint-Domingue to make the island self-sufficient, inviting migrants - mainly non-planters or slaveholders, that is - to settle in Upper Louisiana, strengthening Saint-Domingue and Louisiana's economic ties, and taking steps to limit the New Orleans slave trade, earning him the ire of wealthy sugarcane planters and frequent civil disturbance. Numerous letters were sent to Paris, requesting that Toussaint be recalled; these were usually ignored, given Toussaint Louverture's expert manipulation of the various colonial factions and the heavy burden of the war in Europe. Toussaint's compromise with Napoleon did see the return of several former foes, namely Rigaud supporters Alexandre Petion and Jean-Pierre Boyer, who quickly acquainted themselves with the gens de couleur of New Orleans and felt obliged to stymie Toussaint Louverture's control over New France.

As the War of the Sixth Coalition drew to a close, the New French colonial government distanced itself from the metropole, and the carefully crafted independence would eventually become part of New French law in May 1814, as the realm's varied political establishment opposed the Bourbon Restoration. Although New Orleans was fraught with rumors that Napoleon would escape to Louisiana and rebuild his empire on American soil - and that Jean Lafitte was already on his way to Elba to rescue the Emperor - the Constitutional Convention of 1814, mainly represented by white planters and gens de couleur from both Louisiana and Saint-Domingue, would ultimately establish a republic. As the esteemed Governor-General of New France, a man of strong democratic inclinations, a man who was palatable to both the sugarcane planter in New Orleans and the black artisan in Le Cap, Alexandre Petion was easily elected the first President of New France.

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The French presence just across the Mississippi River, coupled with an "unpredictable" ex-slave insurrection leader as the colony's leader, frightened the American public. President Thomas Jefferson, who sought to wrest control of the Mississippi River from Paris, found his plans routed by the pacification of Saint Domingue and Toussaint's appointment to Governor-General and was particularly alarmed about reports of New France's colonial military reform. Toussaint Louverture did not plan to invade the United States, viewing it as an unnecessary and troublesome venture; regardless, the South exploded with fearmongering, with pamphlets spread from Knoxville to Richmond presenting the terrible vision of an army of Napoleonic brigands and black mercenaries marching towards Washington D.C., leaving behind plundered plantations and famished families facing the wrath of savage slaves. While such sentiments would calm down in a few months, continued border skirmishes between American and Louisianan settlers (more often than not accidental despite press reporting otherwise) did not ease relations between the two governments. Along with the Embargo of 1807 and its devastating effects on the Northeast, the Mississippi border skirmishes provided a surge of support for the otherwise moribund Federalists, with Alexander Hamilton and the party's rapidly modernizing press system attacking the Jefferson administration's policies as weak, destructive, Francophilic and anti-American, their ultimate result being the ruination of America's developing industry and eventual loss of independence. This scathing criticism of Jefferson's presidency did not make the Federalist Party more popular than their Republican foes, but it did give them control of the White House once it became clear just who did the congressional caucus nominate.

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The Roman War of Independence (Italian: Guerra d'indipendenza romana), also called the Franco-Roman War, the One Month War or the Roman Crisis of 1849, was waged by the Second French Republic against the Roman Republic, a revolutionary state that was previously founded on 9 February 1849 by the Costituente Romana, founded in the wake of liberal protests in the Papal States and Pius IX's self-imposed exile.

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Without consulting his ministers, Prince-President Louis Napoleon sent an expeditionary force to Rome in order to restore the temporal power of the Holy See, a move which was extremely popular with Catholics, but angered the more liberal republicans. On 25 April, 10,000 French soldiers led by General Charles Oudinot landed at Civitavecchia, while 4,000 Spanish soldiers marched north from Gaeta, where Pius IX had made his refuge. Giuseppe Garibaldi's fateful arrival to Rome emboldened Republican forces, who routed Oudinot's forces on 30 April.

Giuseppe Mazzini and French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps's attempt to sign a ceasefire was denunciated by Louis Napoleon, as he sought to achieve total destruction of the revolutionary regime. Hostilities would resume in May, as Oudinot's army, reinforced by Spanish soldiers and Sicilian volunteers, marched towards Rome. In an unexpected move, however, American President Theodore Frelinghuysen – a Northern Whig and pious humanitarian – declared his tacit support for the Roman cause, sending a squadron of warships under Commodore Perry's command towards the western coast of the Roman state.

As USS Mississippi stopped by the mouth of the Tiber in late May and American soldiers lent their arms to the defense of Rome, Louis Napoleon was increasingly anxious to continue the war, and a peace treaty would eventually be brokered on 12 June 1849, affirming the Roman Republic's independence. The war would solidify the military alliance between the Roman Republic and the Kingdom of Sardinia, though the Republic's financial issues would see them become heavily reliant on Turin for survival. As per the conditions of the Treaty of Forli, the Triumvirate would invite the Pope to take refuge in a portion of the city surrounding St. Peter's Basilica, an offer which the increasingly reactionary Pius IX would refuse. Louis Napoleon's withdrawal from Rome would damage his popularity with Roman Catholics, setting the stage for the Crisis of 1850. Frelinghuysen's decision to intervene in an European war caused uproar in the United States and abroad, with Roman Catholic riots occurring in New York City and Southern congressmen denouncing Frelinghuysen's flagrant disregard for the Monroe Doctrine. While Frelinghuysen would continue to support subsequent liberal revolutions in Europe, his outreach would be limited by Congress and he would eventually be defeated in the 1852 presidential election.
 
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Carlos Fernando Flores Labra (born January 9, 1943) is a Chilean engineer, entrepreneur, politician and political theorist serving as the Chairman of the Strategic Long Range Planning Committee since 11 October 1991. From 17 August 1975 until his formal resignation, Fernando Flores served as Chile's 29th and final President. Along with Stafford Beer, Flores is considered one of the primary architects behind the Synco network and the Syntegration theory, which he would implement following the 1991 constitutional referendum.

Spanning more than four decades, Fernando Flores's political career began with his 1972 appointment as Minister of Finance by President Salvador Allende; the then 29-year-old engineer took quickly to government service and became one of the President's closest allies, overseeing the creation and development of Project Cybersyn. In the aftermath of the September 1973 coup and the beginning of civil war, Flores was captured by General Augusto Pinochet's forces and tortured; however, he was able to escape by January 1974 and take control of the Synco network, demonstrating its military potential by co-ordinating Allendist forces in the battlefield and turning the tide of the war against the Conservatives. Following Salvador Allende's assassination, Fernando Flores stepped up to take the reins of power; as the President of a formally Marxist republic, he would spend much of his tenure shepherding economic reforms, pursuing an independent, unaligned foreign policy and expanding Synco's reach, allowing Chile to weather the 1980s economic crisis. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Flores would oversee the transition of Chile from a Marxist dictatorship to the world's first Syntegration state, abolishing traditional political offices and elections.

To this day, Fernando Flores remains a controversial figure, with supporters praising his effective stewardship of the Chilean state and its transformation into an independent, sovereign, democratic regional power. Conversely, Flores has been labelled a dictator and authoritarian leader by a number of academic and political observers, citing pervasive censorship and mass surveillance as well as the Syntegration government's strained relationship with opposition.

The National Population Sample of Chile (Spanish: Muestra de Población Nacional de Chile) is the legislative branch of government of the Republic of Chile and the highest constitutional organ. Founded on 22 October 1991 in accordance with the 1991 Chilean Constitution, the unicameral National Population Sample replaced the National Congress of Chile; it is composed of 100 members, which are chosen at random by the Synconet Computer System from the population to serve one-year terms, a manner which, according to the Chilean government, is designed to prevent the formation of a "parasitic political class". While members of the legislature frequently associate with political parties, the National Population Sample is officially nonpartisan.
 
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Wanted to try out a format. All resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

2021-2023: Former Vice Pres. Joe Biden of Delaware / Sen. Kamala Harris of California (Democratic)
2020: def. Pres. Donald Trump of Florida / Vice Pres. Mike Pence of Indiana (Republican)


"Protests, clashes in the aftermath of mail-in ballot recount; right-wing militiamen cry foul at 'stolen election'"
"President Zelensky's resignation: a new turn in Ukraine and Russia's shadow war?"
"Debate over the Green New Deal continues in Congress"


2023-2024: Vice Pres. Kamala Harris of California / vacant (Democratic)
2024-2033: Pres. Kamala Harris of California / Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan (Democratic)
2024: def. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri / Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota (Republican)
2028: def. Former Rep. Mike Garcia of California / Gov. Tim Griffin of Arkansas (Republican)


"The Conundrum of Pervasive Advertisements"
"Vladimir Putin, Russia's strongman President, dead at 75"
"India invades, annexes Qatar amidst oil price implosion, attacks by Red Crescent Army"
"The youth volunteering for the Russian Democratic Front in Novosibirsk"


2033-2041: House Maj. Leader Elise Stefanik of New York / Gov. Frank LaRose of Ohio (Republican)
2032: def. Vice Pres. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan / Former Gov. Ron Nirenberg of Texas (Democratic), Actor Mark Ruffalo of Wisconsin / Former Rep. Joshua Collins of Washington (Green)
2036: def. Gov. Alessandra Biaggi of New York / Sen. Anna Eskamani of Florida (Democratic)


"Healthy Digital Environment Act"
"Arab Summer and the Sino-American battle for influence in the Middle East"
"King Charles III declares emergency government as UK struggles with floods in the Fens"
"Sergey Boyko inaugurated President of the Russian Federation"
"Mexico and United States sign treaty imposing strict restrictions on immigration across the U.S.-Mexican border; affirm need to combat desertification"


2041-2047: Gov. Stephen Smith of West Virginia / Sen. Athena Salman of Arizona (Democratic)
2040: def. Sec. of State Garrett Johnson of California / Gov. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina (Republican)
2044: def. Sen. Niraj Antani of Ohio / Rep. Tommi Burner of Washington (Republican)

2047: Vice Pres. Athena Salman of Arizona / vacant (Democratic)
2047-2049: Pres. Athena Salman of Arizona / Sec. of State Bakari Sellers of South Carolina (Democratic)


"Is the implementation of Medicare for All amidst climate catastrophe a bad idea?"
"Clashes over water rights flare up on both sides of the Mediterranean"
"Growing number of self-governing 'autonomous communities' across all states of America"
"Monarchy reinstated in Brazil"
"President Smith incapacitated following assassination attempt in Houston"
"Chinese Emergency ends, Shanghai government recognized as legitimate"


2049-present: Sen. Mark Weaver of Michigan / Gov. Noe Zeniadis of Montana (Republican)
2048: def. Pres. Athena Salman of Arizona / Gov. Justin Anderson of Virginia (Democratic), Jackson Mayor Nubia Ngozi Lumumba of Mississippi / Rep. Luz Begaye of New Mexico (Green ~ Land and Water Rights)
2053: def. Gov. Jack O'Malley of Maryland / Sen. A. S. "Addison" Vasquez of Illinois [replacing Former Mayor of Minneapolis Isra Hirsi of Minnesota / Gov. Jack O'Malley of Maryland] (Democratic)


"What is better for America: reclaimation or fortification?"
"President Weaver criticized over ambivalence on 'hedonic capsules'"
"Weaver and Yamanova meet in Vladivostok, cement Russian-American alliance in face of European, Indian, Egyptian aggression"
"The Bruenig Proposal for coastal city reconstruction"
"Florida Governor pleads federal government to dispatch FEMA troops, prevent further flooding"
"Japan, Ireland, Indonesia elect technocratic governments"
 
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This was intended to be a shitpost and took way too long.

POD: Lyndon B. Johnson's heart attack on July 2, 1955 proves to be fatal.

1961-1963: Richard M. Nixon (CA) / Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (MA) (Republican)
1960: def. John F. Kennedy (MA) / Stuart Symington (MO) (Democratic), Harry F. Byrd (VA) / various (Southern Democrat unpledged electors)
1963-1965: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (MA) / vacant (Republican)
1965-1969: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (MA) / William F. Knowland (CA) (Republican)
1964: def. John F. Kennedy (MA) / George Smathers (FL) (Democratic), Edwin Walker (TX) / Ross Barnett (MS) (Stand for America!)
1969-1977: Frank G. Clement (TN) / Clement J. Zablocki (WI) (Democratic)
1968: def. William F. Knowland (CA) / Spiro Agnew (MD) (Republican)
1972: def. Barry Goldwater (AZ) / Ray Shafer (PA) (Republican), Eugene McCarthy (MN) / Pete McCloskey (CA) (Progressive)

1977-1983: Tom McCall (OR) / Guy Vander Jagt (MI) (Republican)
1976: def. Clement J. Zablocki (WI) / Ben Barnes (TX) (Democratic)
1980: def. James Carter (GA) / Gerry Ferraro (NY) (Democratic), John B. Anderson (IL) / Cesar Chavez (AZ) (Progressive)

1983-1984: Guy Vander Jagt (MI) / vacant (Republican)
1984-1985: Guy Vander Jagt (MI) / Manuel Lujan (NM) (Republican)
1985-1989: Mario Biaggi (NY) / William B. Fitzgerald (MI) (Democratic)
1984: def. Guy Vander Jagt (MI) / Manuel Lujan (NM) (Republican)
1989-1994: Joseph Biden (DE) / Mike Curb (CA) (Republican)
1988: def. Mario Biaggi (NY) / William B. Fitzgerald (MI) (Democratic)
1992: def. William B. Fitzgerald (MI) / Samuel Nunn (GA) (Democratic), Larry Agran (CA) / Richard Hatcher (IN) (Progressive)

1994-1995: Mike Curb (CA) / vacant (Republican)
1995-1997: Mike Curb (CA) / Bob Martinez (FL) (Republican)
1997-2005: Mary Landrieu (LA) / Tony P. Hall (OH) (Democratic)
1996: def. Mike Curb (CA) / Bob Martinez (FL) (Republican)
2000: def. Fife Symington (AZ) / Jim Bunning (KY) (Republican)

2005-2009: Gil Gutknecht (MN) / Bill Bradley (NJ) (Republican)
2004: def. Rick Perry (TX) / Joe Lieberman (CT) (Democratic), Ralph Nader (CT) / Jim Hightower (TX) (Progressive)
2009-2013: Harold Ford Jr. (TN) / John Kitzhaber (OR) (Democratic)
2008: def. Gil Gutknecht (MN) / Bill Bradley (NJ) (Republican)
2013-2021: Bill Romney (MI) / Loretta Sanchez (CA) (Republican)
2012: def. Harold Ford Jr. (TN) / John Kitzhaber (OR) (Democratic)
2016: def. Liz Herring (TX) / David Beasley (SC) (Democratic)

2021-present: Michael Flynn (RI) / Rod Blagojevich (IL) (Democratic)
2020: def. J. Hunter Biden (DE) / Bill Richardson (NM) (Republican), Sean Reyes (UT) / H. Ross Perot (TX) (Moderate)
 
I'd honestly write up some more here, but I feel a bit exhausted 😔

All I can say is that Albert Speer succeeds Hitler as ruler of the Third Reich

1937-1941: John Nance Garner (TX) / Paul V. McNutt (IN) (Democratic)
1936: def. Alf Landon (KS) / Frank Knox (IL) (Republican)
1941-1943: Wendell Willkie (IN) / Raymond E. Baldwin (CT) (Republican)
1940: def. Paul V. McNutt (IN) / Millard Tydings (MD) (Democratic), Huey Long (LA) / William Lemke (ND) (Independent)
1943-1945: Raymond E. Baldwin (CT) / vacant (Republican)
1945: Charles Lindbergh (NJ) / Prentice Cooper (TN) (America First / Democratic)
1944 (contingent election): Charles Lindbergh (NJ) / Burton K. Wheeler (MT) (America First), Charles F. Hurley (MA) / Prentice Cooper (TN) (Democratic), Upton Sinclair (CA) / Philip La Follette (WI) (Popular Front), Raymond E. Baldwin (CT) / Harold Stassen (MN) (Republican), Charles Lindbergh (NJ) / Dan Moody (TX) (America First [unpledged Dixiecrat electors])
1945-1948: Charles Lindbergh (NJ) / Prentice Cooper (TN) (Second National Union ~ America First)
1948-1949: Charles Lindbergh (NJ) / vacant (Second National Union ~ America First)
1949-1951: Brien McMahon (CT) / James F. Byrnes (SC) (Democratic)
1948: def. Harold Stassen (MN) / John G. Winant (NH) (Republican), Philip La Follette (WI) / Harry Hopkins (NY) (Popular Front), Charles Lindbergh (NJ) / Bennett Champ Clark (MO) (Second National Union ~ America First), Dan Moody (TX) / various (Independent Democratic [unpledged Dixiecrat electors])
1951-1953: James F. Byrnes (SC) / vacant (Democratic)
1953-1961: Jerry Voorhis (CA) / Sid McMath (AR) (Popular Front)
1952: def. Thomas Dewey (NY) / Val Peterson (NE) (Republican), James F. Byrnes (SC) / J. Henry Goguen (MA) ("Official" Democratic), Alvin M. Owsley (TX) / Francis E. Walter (PA) ("Reform" Democratic)
1956: def. John Sparkman (AL) / Frank Lausche (OH) (Democratic), Val Peterson (NE) / Walter Judd (MN) (Republican)

1961-1965: Sid McMath (AR) / Johnny Gates (NY) (Popular Front)
1960: def. Robert Heinlein (CA) / Frederic Rene Coudert Jr. (NY) (Republican), Charles P. Cabell (TX) / Robert F. Wagner II (NY) (Democratic)
1965-1968: Philip Willkie (IN) / Robert F. Kennedy (MA) (Republican / Democratic)
1964: def. Sid McMath (AR) / Johnny Gates (NY) (Popular Front), Gus Hall (OH) / Grace Lee (WA) (Workers of the World)
1968-1969: Robert F. Kennedy (MA) / vacant (Democratic)
1969-1971: Milton Wolff (NY) / Jesse Unruh (CA) (Popular Front)
1968: def. Robert F. Kennedy (MA) / Robert B. Anderson (TX) (Democratic, cross-endorsed by Republicans)
1971-1973: Jesse Unruh (CA) / vacant (Popular Front)
1973-1977: Jesse Unruh (CA) / Patrick Lucey (WI) (Popular Front)
1972: def. Spiro Agnew (MD) / Ben Ramsey (TX) (Democratic), Michael Stepovich (AK) / William Taft III (OH) (Republican)
1977-1981: Patrick Lucey (WI) / Frank Moss (UT) (Popular Front)
1976: def. Robert F. Kennedy (MA) / Gerald Ford (MI) (Unity), Lester Maddox (GA) / Leo Thorsness (SD) (Independent), Gus Hall (OH) / Hulan Jack (NY) (Workers of the World)
1981-1982: Walter Reuther (MI) / Frances Farenthold (TX) (Popular Front)
1980: def. Charlton Heston (CA) / Reubin Askew (FL) (Unity), Dudley Dudley (NH) / Russell Means (SD) (Green)
1981: Frances Farenthold (TX) / vacant (Popular Front)
1982-1989: Frances Farenthold (TX) / Donald Fraser (MN) (Popular Front)
1984: def. Edward J. King (MA) / Bob Stump (AZ) ("Convention" Unity), Warren Rudman (NH) / John Y. Brown (KY) ("Independent" Unity)
1989-1997: Penn Kemble (PA) / Zell Miller (GA) (Popular Front)
1988: def. Mel Bradford (TX) / Richard Lamm (CO) (Peace and Liberty), various Unity candidates, Cesar Chavez (AZ) / Martin Olav Sabo (MN) (Popular Front [write-in])
1992: def. Richard Lamm (CO) / Tonie Nathan (OR) (Liberty ~ New Republic)

1997-2005: Daniel Prager (NY) / Charlie Roemer (LA) (Liberty ~ New Republic)
1996: def. Zell Miller (GA) / Paul Soglin (WI) (Popular Front), Alan Agran (CA) / Ham Fish V (NY) (Independent)
2000: def. Ramses Fields (LA) / Johnny DeFazio (PA) (Popular Front)


d6ab54 - Republican
A86C61 - America First
c42349 - Popular Front
780000 - Workers of the World
8A9D87 - Unity
b0c49f - Independent Unity
d9c068 - Peace and Liberty
 
Inspired by a similar infobox on the Other Site featuring Romney '12.

By January 2020, the Republican Party was in a bit of pickle. Though the 45th President of the United States was moderately popular, presiding over an economic recovery and the building of an trans-Atlantic anti-Putin coalition, many Republicans found him insufficiently willing to cut down on socialized healthcare, insufficiently strong in the face of Chinese aggression, insufficiently partisan overall. Amidst a dubious Ukrainian election between Tihipko and Boyko, threats of a trade war with China and an actual war with Iran, and the introduction of a disease heretofore limited to Africa, numerous conservative up-and-comers arose to challenge Vice President Paul Ryan, who nonetheless eked out a victory in the primaries and took along one of the biggest such competitors as well as numerous concessions to the Tea Party.

The Democratic field was equally divided, as former President Obama declined the opportunity to pull a Cleveland and former Vice President Biden grieved over the death of his son. Castro stuttered in the debates, Carter stumbled over the Ferguson protests and his past pledge to permit Confederate battle flag license plates, Klobuchar's tough demeanor and abuse towards her staff didn't endear her to anyone, and the political maverick Crist was not appreciated enough by the DNC. The vacuum was soon filled by Senator Donna Edwards of Maryland, who narrowly triumphed over moderate Van Hollen in 2016 and since then portrayed herself as an unabashed torchbearer of progressive causes. The DNC wasn't entirely on ease with Edwards, with some slamming her for being "overtly ambitious", but her campaign was easy to negotiate with, and Sanders and Warren - seeing her strength amidst the protests and the increasingly evident ebolavirus epidemic - endorsed her quite early.

Although initial polls showed Ryan well in the lead, he wasn't well-equipped for the ebolavirus issue - with both him and his running mate flip-flopping and contradicting each other in regards to the solution - and generally wasn't a very good campaigner. Pundits of all outlooks feared that Edwards wouldn't perform as well in the Midwest as, say, Biden or Carter or Mitchell would, but she quickly narrowed the lead as backlash against far-right counterprotestors and "Romneycare" access issues in the Rust Belt played into her hand.

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The Ryan/Ward ticket is more than a little inspired by @Callan's neat little scenario here.
 
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