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Election Day in the United States is the annual day for general elections of federal, state and local public officials.With respect to federal elections, it is statutorily set by the U.S. government as "the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November" [1] of even-numbered years (i.e., the Tuesday that occurs within November 2 to November 8).
Effective January 1, 2018, all of California's cities, K-12 school districts, community college districts and special districts will have to move their election dates to a statewide election (primary or general) held during an even-numbered year due to the passage of Senate Bill 415 (California Voter Participation Rights Act), which was ...
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in California were held on November 8, 2022, to elect representatives for the 52 seats in California (reduced from 53 in the redistricting cycle following the 2020 United States census). This marked the first time in the state's history where it lost a seat.
The 1914 midterm elections became the first year that all regular Senate elections were held in even-numbered years, coinciding with the House elections. The ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913 established the direct election of senators, instead of having them elected directly by state ...
In many years, elections were even held after the legal start of the Congress, although typically before the start of the first session. In the elections for the 1st Congress, five states held elections in 1788, electing a total of 29 Representatives, and six held elections in 1789, electing a total of 30 Representatives.
The Tuesday following the first Monday in November has been fixed as the day for holding federal elections, called the Election Day. [131] After the election, each state prepares seven Certificates of Ascertainment, each listing the candidates for president and vice president, their pledged electors, and the total votes each candidacy received.
The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. This is the first general election since 1994 in which a Republican defeated an incumbent House Democrat in California.
All of California's seats to the United States House of Representatives were up for election to two-year terms. Due to the results of the 2020 United States Census, California had 52 seats up for election, a loss of one seat. This was the first time the state lost a congressional delegation in its history. [7]