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On October 29, 2015, during the 114th United States Congress, an election for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives was necessitated by the impending resignation of John Boehner, set for October 30. [1] Boehner was the first speaker to resign in the middle of a Congressional term since Jim Wright in 1989. [2]
The 2015 United States elections were held (for the most part) on Tuesday, November 3. The off-year election included a special election for Speaker of the House.There were also gubernatorial and state legislative elections in a few states; as well as numerous citizen initiatives, mayoral races, and a variety of other local offices on the ballot.
A special election was held on September 10, 2015, following the resignation of Aaron Schock on March 31, 2015, amid a scandal involving his use of public and campaign funds. [8] Primary elections were set for July 7 to comply with the UOCAVA, despite Illinois law calling for a stricter deadline. [9]
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Louisiana on October 24, 2015. [1] All of Louisiana's executive officers, in addition to both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature were up for election.
This national electoral calendar for 2015 lists the national/federal elections held in 2015 in all sovereign states ... 23 October and 24 November: Austria, Federal ...
She succeeded her fellow Democrat Alfred C. Williams, who died in office on August 4, 2015. In the primary election held on October 24, 2015, Marcelle won the right to succeed Williams by defeating a single opponent, her fellow Democrat Donna Collins-Lewis, 4,971 votes (60.6 percent) to 3,237 (39.4 percent).
United States gubernatorial elections were held in three states in 2015 as part of the 2015 United States elections.In Kentucky and Mississippi, the elections were held on November 3, and in Louisiana, as no candidate received a majority of votes at the primary election on October 24, 2015, a runoff election was held on November 21.
As no candidate received a majority of the vote during the primary election on October 24, 2015, a runoff election was held on November 21, 2015, between the top two candidates in the primary. Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system (California and Washington have a similar "top two primary" system).