This Democratic surge was stopped in the 2009 local elections in which the Republicans increased their majority on the Board of Supervisors though the defeat of longtime Kinderhook Supervisor Doug McGivney.

The three Republicans on the Board were all elected in 2009, and took office in January 2010.

Of the 18, 806 registered voters in 2009, 7, 246 ( 38. 5 %) were Democrats and 6, 768 ( 36 %) were Republicans.

In the 2009 local elections, Cheshire voters ousted the Democratic majority on the Town Council and elected 8 Republicans and 1 Democrat ( though due to local minority representation rules, only 7 Republicans were seated ).

Republicans have a comfortable majority in the town: as of April 1, 2009, there were 2670 registered Republicans and 2230 registered Democrats residing in the town.

* On April 28, 2009, Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter specifically mentioned the Club for Growth's previous activity in supporting conservative primary opponents against Republicans such as Wayne Gilchrest, Joe Schwarz, Lincoln Chafee and Heather Wilson, in his decision to run for re-election as a Democrat in 2010.

Polls in late 2009 showed him the favorite among Republicans and polling the strongest among all potential Republican candidates.

In 2008 the DFL added two more seats to their caucus, and Republicans reclaimed Olson's Seat bringing the 2009 – 10 total to 87 – 47.

During the 2009 elections on November 3, local Republicans regained control of the Richmondville Town Board, and Supervisor John Barlow ( R ) defeated his Democratic opponent by one vote.

While discussing proposed healthcare reform on the December 17, 2009, edition of Hardball, Matthews stated, " The Republicans will know they have lost .... Let them keep score and it's easy.

He was one of three Republicans who voted for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009.

In December 2006, Senate Democrats officially backed him for a record eighth term in that post, and in January 2009, Senate Democrats and two Republicans backed him for a ninth term.

He was one of only three Republicans on the majority-Democratic North Carolina Council of State from January 2005 through January 2009.

A poll in 2009 by Rasmussen Reports found that 43 % of Americans would support a national sales tax replacement, with 38 % opposed to the idea ; the sales tax was viewed as fairer by 52 % of Republicans, 44 % of Democrats, and 49 % of unaffiliateds.

At the time of Treen's death in 2009, only a few other living Louisiana Republicans had exceeded his length of tenure in the GOP.

In 2009, Republicans in the State Legislature approved an additional $ 100, 000 for the project in the closing days of a session, bypassing a committee which would have reviewed the payment.

On May 24, 2007, Doggett was one of 140 Democrats and 2 Republicans to vote against HR 2206, a bill that would provide emergency supplemental appropriations for funding the war, and in 2009 he was one of only 30 Representatives to vote against HR 2346 which provided funding to continue war.

On September 15, 2009, Jones was one of only seven Republicans to vote for a resolution of disapproval of fellow Representative Joe Wilson for his actions during President Obama's address to a Joint Session of Congress on September 9, 2009.

Jones presents the Walter B. Jones Campus Defender of Freedom Award to a North Carolina activist selected by a committee at Duke University, including the Duke College Republicans ; in 2009, Jones presented the award to B. J.

* Kennedy, Walter Donald, and Benson, Jr., Al, Red Republicans and Lincoln's Marxists: Marxism in the Civil War ( 2009 ) ISBN 0-595-89021-0

Although Senate Republicans were expected to raise questions concerning Salazar's stances on oil shale development and drilling in environmentally sensitive areas, Salazar was one of several Obama Cabinet appointees confirmed in the Senate by voice vote on January 20, 2009, shortly after Obama's inauguration.

By the end of 2009, banks had reclaimed much of their market share ; hedge funds had largely retreated from the market after the crises.

In early 2009, co-founder Martin Abrams announced that he has reclaimed rights to the name Mego.

However, he reclaimed his place a year later, and he has remained there ever since as of 2009.

In early 2009, Flom reclaimed the Lava Records imprint from Warner and revived the label under the Universal umbrella.

For the first time in 13 years, a Dutch championship ice-skating marathon on natural ice was held in January 2009, in the Oostvaardersplassen wetland near Lelystad in the province of Flevoland, an area of land reclaimed in the 1960s.

A water quality study published in 2009 compared the water quality differences of reclaimed / recycled water, surface water, and groundwater.

On 31 August 2009, after just 6 weeks in charge, Steve Deakin left the club and Dave Clark reclaimed the head coach role, leading the club to the 2009 Co-Op Championship league leaders trophy and a grand final appearance versus Halifax.

On April 29, 2009 Ottumwa announced that it has reclaimed the title Video Game Capital of the World.

On April 24, 2009, Spinks reclaimed the vacant IBF Junior Middleweight Championship in a close split-decision victory over fellow St. Louis native Deandre Latimore.

They returned to WGI the following year ( 2009 ) to achieve second place, and then reclaimed the gold medal in Scholastic World in 2010.

This station reclaimed the top position in the November 2007 sweeps although still in a statistical tie with WGRZ, and as of May 2009, is now solidly back in first place.

His record was broken in 2008 but was reclaimed by Robert in April 2009.

During 2008 and 2009, he was a more infrequent member of the England teams – however he reclaimed his Test place during the 2009 Ashes, which England won, and featured in several ODIs the following year.

After briefly losing the all time lead for career wins to South American jockey Jorge Ricardo ( who was diagnosed with cancer ) Baze reclaimed the title on May 16, 2009 and continues to hold the record for the most wins by any jockey

In November 2009, SMHS won the Paw for the first time in six years, though Burlingame reclaimed the trophy in 2010.

The band completed their third album and released it exclusively digital on August 29, 2009.

* 2009 – Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwe Dollar as their official currency.

He has written and produced seventy-three full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their first performance.

Although they failed to make the playoffs in 2009, the streak ended when the team rallied to win their final three regular season games to record back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in franchise history.

Despite their avowed claim to appeal to the entire state, in 2009 the Diamondbacks moved their Triple-A Pacific Coast League farm team, the Tucson Sidewinders, to Reno, where they are now known as the Aces.

In 2007, she wrote that she did not want to belittle the issue but was sceptical of the claims that specific actions would prevent catastrophe, then in 2008 that her doubts had been “ crystalised ” by Nigel Lawson's book An Appeal to Reason, before stating in 2009 that " There is no climate change, hasn ’ t anybody looked out of their window recently?

Although most South African parties announced their candidate list for provincial premierships in the 2009 election, the ANC did not.

In 2009, IGN chose the 7800 to be their 17th best video game console of all time.

At the San Diego Comic Con in July 2009, IDW announced the upcoming publication of Al Capp's Li ' l Abner: The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays as part of their ongoing Library of American Comics project.

In 2009, she distributed a series of podcasts called At Home in the Cosmos with Annie Druyan in which she described the life of husband, Carl Sagan, her works, and their marriage.

Nikolai Tsonev, defence minister under the 2005 – 2009 cabinet, undertook steps to provide the members of the military and their families with certain privileges in terms of healthcare and education, and to improve living conditions.

The University of Illinois marching band, the Marching Illini, wore two baldrics as a part of their uniform until 2009, with one over each shoulder.

Dennis and Gnasher got their own TV series on CBBC from 7 September 2009 to accompany the comic's new look.

Dennis and Gnasher were presenting their own radio show on Fun Kids from 5 September 2009.

In 2009, many retailers with both online and High Street stores launched their online sales on Christmas Eve and their High Street sales on Boxing Day.

These powers have been used by the Britannia in 2009 and Kent Reliance in 2011 leading to their demutualisation.

The amended terms allowed former members of multiple societies which merge into one to maintain multiple entitlements to FSCS protection until 30 September 2009 ( later extended to 30 December 2010 ), so ( for example ) a member with £ 50, 000 in each of Nationwide, Cheshire and Derbyshire at the time of the respective mergers would retain £ 150, 000 of FSCS protection for their funds in the merged Nationwide.

Fat Albert performed its final JATO demonstration at the 2009 Pensacola Homecoming show, spending their 8 remaining JATO bottles.

Nothing more was heard until summer 2009 when it was rumoured that Jackman's Seed Productions would add this to their upcoming projects with the possibility of Richard Donner directing or Jackman himself making his directing debut.

Fulham recorded four record attendances in the 2009 – 2010 season, in their 0 – 1 loss to Arsenal and their 3 – 1, 3 – 0 and 2 – 1 victories over Liverpool, Manchester United and Hamburg SV respectively, each of which drew full capacity crowds.

Matters did not improve under caretaker manager Phil Parkinson, and a 3 – 1 defeat at Sheffield United saw the Addicks four points adrift at the bottom of the Championship as 2009 dawned, under threat of their first relegation to English football's third tier for 29 years.

In May 2009, the National Federation of State High School Associations released the results of their first true high school participation study.