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Location of Hamilton Centre in the urban area of Hamilton. The 2023 Hamilton Centre provincial by-election was held on March 16, 2023. [1] The election was triggered by the resignation of Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP) MPP Andrea Horwath. [2] ONDP candidate Sarah Jama won the election, retaining the seat for the party. [3]
On the strength of the by-election victory, the BQ went on to be officially formed as a party in 1991 and win 54 seats in the 1993 federal election, enough to form the Official Opposition. By-elections may occur singly or in small bunches, especially if the authority responsible for calling them has discretion over the timing and can procrastinate.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the 18 U.S. representatives from the state, one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts, a loss of one seat following the 2010 United States census.
The last Republican presidential candidate to win in Illinois was George H.W. Bush in 1988. In the U.S. House, incumbents are running for reelection in all 17 districts.
Elections in Illinois are directly administered by 109 election authorities. Seven municipalities each have an election commission as the local election authority only within that municipality. Outside of those, the county clerk is the local election authority in 100 counties, and 2 counties have a separate election commission . [ 3 ]
Incumbent Democrat Mike Quigley, who had represented the district since 2009, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 67.8% of the vote in 2016. [4] The district had a PVI of D+20. Per the Illinois Board of Elections, four Democrats and one Republican filed to run in the 5th congressional district. [68]
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