| A | B |
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| When the Republicans captured the House of Representatives he became Speaker | John Boehner (R-Ohio) |
| She was replaced as Speaker of the House as a result of the election of 2010 | Nancy Pelosi (D-California) |
| The Democratic Senator from Nevada retained his seat in 2010 and keep his role as Senate Majority Leader | Harry Reid (D-Nevada) |
| This incumbent Republican Senator was defeated in her state's primary but won the general election as a write-in candidate | Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) |
| This son of a former and current Republican presidential candidate won election in his own right to the Senate | Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) |
| This candidate had the support of the Tea Party and is considered a leading contender for a possible Vice-Presidential candidate for the Republicans | Marco Rubio (R-Florida) |
| This former majority leader of the House of Rep. was convicted on money laundering and conspiracy charges | Tom DeLay (Nicknamed The Hammer) |
| This sone of a former governor won election as Gov. of NY in 2010 | Andrew Cuomo |
| This former governor of CA won his third term 28 years after finishing his second term. This makes him both the oldest and youngest person to serve as Governor of CA | Jerry Brown |
| This congresswomen was severely wounded in a shooting incident outside a supermarket in Tucson | Gabrielle Giffords |
| This long serving African-American congressman from New York was censured by the House of Representatives on various ethics charges | Charles Rangel |
| This person served as President Obama's chief of staff until Jan. 2011. He left the White House to run for Mayor of Chicago | Rahm Emanuel |
| This son and brother of a Chicago mayor took over as President Obama's chief of staff in early 2011 | William Daley |
| The Wisconsin Gov. who in 2011 tried to limit collective bargaining for state workers in Wisconsin was | Scott Walker |
| This former congressman moved from Director of the CIA to Secretary of Defense | Leon Panetta |
| This holdover from the Bush Administration was replaced as Secretary of Defense in 2011 | Robert Gates |
| This former commander of US forces in Afghanistan was appointed as Head of the CIA | David Petraeus |
| This longest serving gov. of Texas won reelection in 2010 but did not do well when he entered the Republican Presidential contest | Rick Perry |
| This former Republican Senator from Pennsylvania ultimately won the Iowa caucus and did well in several midwestern states | Rick Santorum |
| This former gov. of MA and headed Salt Lake City's implementation of the Olympics was | Mitt Romney |
| This longterm Republican congressman from Texas is considered the spokesperson for limited government and has a liberterian philosophy is | Ron Paul |
| This former speaker of the House mounted a political comeback in the early Republican primaries for President winning the South Carolina primary was | Newt Gingrich |
| This candidate was the early favorite of the Tea Party and did well in the initial Iowa straw poll but did not do well in the Iowa caucus and dropped out early | Michele Bachman |
| This former Gov. of Alaska was the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate in 2008, she was mentioned as a possible contender for the 2012 nomination. | Sarah Palin |
| This recently deceased former congresswomen from NY was the first female to be nominated for the Vice-Presidency by a major political party | Geraldine Ferraro |
| This former gov. of MN did poorly in the Iowa straw poll and dropped out shortly after | Tim Pawlenty |
| Several Justice Dept officials lost their jobs due to a botched sting operations which sold guns to Mexican gun traffickers | Fast and Furious |
| The first Chinese-American to be elected to the House was forced to resign due to a sex scandal | David Wu |
| This congressman from NY was forced to resign after sending suggestive pictures of himself on Tweeter | Anthony Weiner |
| This African-American political leader was replaced as chairman of the Republican National Committee | Michael Steele |
| This former WI GOP chairman was selected as RNC chairman | Reince Priebus |
| This politican was chosen as head of the Democratic National Committee | Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) |
