Special elections to the United States House of Representatives

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This is an incomplete list of special elections to the United States House of Representatives. Such elections are called by state governors to fill the vacancies that occur when a member of the House of Representatives dies or resigns before the biennial general election. Winners of these elections serve the remainder of the term and are usually candidates in the next general election for their districts.

The general elections are held in November of even numbered years, and new Congresses first meet on January 3 of the following year (about two months after the election).

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[edit] 104th Congress (1995 - 1997)

District Date of election ↑ Incumbent Party Winner Party
Oregon 3rd May 21, 1996 Ron Wyden Democratic Earl Blumenauer Democratic

[edit] 105th Congress (1997 - 1999)

District Date of election ↑ Incumbent Party Winner Party
Texas 28th April 12, 1997 Frank Tejeda Democratic Ciro Rodriguez Democratic
New Mexico 3rd May 13, 1997 Bill Richardson Democratic Bill Redmond Republican
New York 13th November 4, 1997 Susan Molinari Republican Vito Fossella Republican
New York 6th February 3, 1998 Floyd Flake Democratic Gregory W. Meeks Democratic
California 22nd March 10, 1998 Walter Capps Democratic Lois Capps Democratic
California 9th April 7, 1998 Ron Dellums Democratic Barbara Lee Democratic
California 44th April 7, 1998 Sonny Bono Republican Mary Bono Republican
Pennsylvania 1st May 19, 1998 Thomas M. Foglietta Democratic Bob Brady Democratic
New Mexico 1st June 23, 1998 Steven H. Schiff Republican Heather Wilson Republican

[edit] 106th Congress (1999 - 2001)

District Date of election ↑ Incumbent Party Winner Party
Georgia 6th February 23, 1999 Newt Gingrich Republican Johnny Isakson Republican
Louisiana 1st May 29, 1999 Bob Livingston Republican David Vitter Republican
California 42nd November 16, 1999 George Brown, Jr. Democratic Joe Baca Democratic

[edit] 107th Congress (2001 - 2003)

District Date of election ↑ Incumbent Party Winner Party
Pennsylvania 9th May 15, 2001 Bud Shuster Republican Bill Shuster Republican
California 32nd June 5, 2001 Julian Dixon Democratic Diane Watson Democratic
Virginia 4th June 19, 2001 Norman Sisisky Democratic J. Randy Forbes Republican
Massachusetts 9th October 16, 2001 Joe Moakley Democratic Stephen F. Lynch Democratic
Florida 1st October 16, 2001 Joe Scarborough Republican Jeff Miller Republican
Arkansas 3rd November 20, 2001 Asa Hutchinson Republican John Boozman Republican
South Carolina 2nd December 18, 2001 Floyd Spence Republican Joe Wilson Republican
Oklahoma 1st January 8, 2002 Steve Largent Republican John Sullivan Republican
Hawaii 2nd November 30, 2002[1] Patsy Mink Democratic Ed Case Democratic

[edit] 108th Congress (2003 - 2005)

District Date of election ↑ Incumbent Party Winner Party
Hawaii 2nd January 4, 2003[1] Ed Case Democratic Ed Case Democratic
Texas 19th June 3, 2003 Larry Combest Republican Randy Neugebauer Republican
Kentucky 6th February 17, 2004 Ernie Fletcher Republican Ben Chandler Democratic
South Dakota At Large June 1, 2004 Bill Janklow Republican Stephanie Herseth Democratic
North Carolina 1st July 20, 2004 Frank Ballance Democratic G. K. Butterfield Democratic

[edit] 109th Congress (2005 - 2007)

District Date of election ↑ Incumbent Party Winner Party
California 5th March 8, 2005 Bob Matsui Democratic Doris Matsui Democratic
Ohio 2nd August 2, 2005 Rob Portman Republican Jean Schmidt Republican
California 48th December 6, 2005 Chris Cox Republican John Campbell Republican
California 50th June 6, 2006 Randy "Duke" Cunningham Republican Brian P. Bilbray Republican
New Jersey 13th November 7, 2006 Robert Menendez Democratic Albio Sires Democratic
Texas 22nd November 7, 2006[2] Tom DeLay Republican Shelley Sekula-Gibbs Republican

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Mink had been re-elected posthumously in the November 2002 election. Case was elected in a special election on November 30, 2002 to fill out her term in the 107th Congress and again on January 4, 2003 to fill out her term in the 108th Congress.
  2. ^ Sekula-Gibbs won the special election but lost the general election on the same day to Democrat Nick Lampson.

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