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Three special elections were held in 2023 to fill vacancies during the 118th U.S. Congress. Virginia's 4th congressional district: Democrat Jennifer McClellan defeated Republican Leon Benjamin in the February special election, to succeed Donald McEachin who died on November 28, 2022, of colorectal cancer. [10] The district has a partisan index ...
Despite their name, however, special elections to the U.S. House of Representatives happen often. Furthermore, one published study shows that special elections are explained by the same factors as regular congressional elections. [1] Special elections to the U.S. House have occurred at least once in all states except Idaho.
Governor Glenn Youngkin called a special election for February 21, 2023, with the general election filing deadline set for December 23, 2022. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The Democratic Party chose to hold its " firehouse primary " on December 20, just 8 days after the special election date was set.
Because of the cost of conducting a special election, [1] most states hold elections to fill a Senate vacancy in conjunction with the next general election, while some states, such as Alabama [2] and Texas, allow for special elections to the Senate to be held before a general election (similar to special elections to the U.S. House of ...
2023 Greek local elections, 8 October (first round) & 15 October (second round) Italy 2023 Italian local elections , 2-3 April & 17-18 April (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) / 14-15 May (first round) / 21 May (first round in Aosta Valley and Trentino-Alto Adige) / 28-29 May (second round and first round in Sardinia and Sicily) / 11-12 June (second round ...
This was the first congressional special election in Rhode Island since the 1967 2nd district special election and the first special election in the 1st district since 1935. The 1st district typically elects Democrats. Cicilline was re-elected with 64.0% of the vote in 2022, while Joe Biden won the district with 63.8% of the vote in 2020. [3]
Off-year elections: These are elections during odd-numbered years. Only special elections, if necessary, are held to fill vacant seats in the Senate and House of Representatives, usually either due to incumbents resigning or dying while in office. The years in which elections are held for U.S. state and local offices vary between each jurisdiction.
This is a list of special elections to the Minnesota House of Representatives. Such elections are called by the governor of Minnesota to fill vacancies that occur when a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives dies or resigns before the biennial general election. Winners of these elections serve the remainder of the term and are ...