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2023 United States House of Representatives elections

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2023 United States House of Representatives elections

← 2022 February 21 – November 21, 2023 2024 →

3 of the 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
218 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Kevin McCarthy Hakeem Jeffries
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 3, 2019 January 3, 2023
Leader's seat California 20th New York 8th
Last election 222 seats, 50.6% 213 seats, 47.8%
Seats before 222 212
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Seats up 1 2
Races won 0 1

Color coded map of 2023 House of Representatives special election results
     Democratic hold      Result TBD
     No election

As of August 2023, one special election to the United States House of Representatives in 2023 was held during the 118th United States Congress, with another two scheduled to take place in November of the same year.

Summary

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Virginia 4 Donald McEachin Democratic 2016 Incumbent died November 28, 2022.[1]
New member elected February 21, 2023.
Democratic hold.
Rhode Island 1 David Cicilline Democratic 2010 Incumbent resigned May 31, 2023.
New member to be elected November 7, 2023.[3]
Utah 2 Chris Stewart Republican 2012 Incumbent resigned September 15, 2023.[5]
New member to be elected November 21, 2023.

Virginia's 4th congressional district

Virginia's 4th congressional district

Incumbent Democrat Donald McEachin died on November 28, 2022, of colorectal cancer, before he was seated to his fourth term in the 118th Congress.[1] Governor Glenn Youngkin called a special election for February 21, 2023, with the general election filing deadline set for December 23, 2022.[9][10] The Democratic Party chose to hold its "firehouse primary" on December 20, just 8 days after the special election date was set.[11]

State senator Jennifer McClellan won the primary in a landslide, and subsequently defeated pastor Leon Benjamin in the general election, becoming the first black woman to represent Virginia in Congress.[12]

2023 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jennifer McClellan 82,040 74.41
Republican Leon Benjamin 28,083 25.47
Write-in 129 0.12
Total votes 110,252 100.00
Democratic hold

Rhode Island's 1st congressional district

Rhode Island's 1st congressional district

Incumbent Democrat David Cicilline resigned on May 31, 2023, to take a job at the Rhode Island Foundation.[13] The election is set to be held November 7, with primaries scheduled for September 5.[3]

Utah's 2nd congressional district

Utah's 2nd congressional district

Incumbent Republican Chris Stewart resigned on September 15, 2023, due to his wife's ongoing health issues.[14] The election is to be held on November 21, 2023, with primaries scheduled for September 5, as determined by Governor Spencer Cox.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b Rose, Rashard (November 28, 2022). "Virginia Rep. Donald McEachin dies at age 61". CNN. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Virginia Fourth Congressional District Special Election Results". Virginia Department of Elections. February 21, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Nesi, Ted; Sherman, Eli; Machado, Steph (March 29, 2023). "Dates set for special election to replace Cicilline in Congress". WPRI-TV.
  4. ^ a b "Candidates for REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS DISTRICT 1 - UNEXPIRED TERM". Secretary of State of Rhode Island. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  5. ^ Schott, Bryan (May 30, 2023). "Breaking: Rep. Chris Stewart plans to resign from Congress". The Salt Lake Tribune.
  6. ^ a b Schott, Bryan (June 8, 2023). "Here's who could replace Rep. Stewart in Congress". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d Beal-Cvetko, Bridger (June 13, 2023). "Who's who in 2nd District race? More candidates join campaign to replace Rep. Chris Stewart". KSL-TV. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  8. ^ "Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 5/31". Daily Kos. May 31, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  9. ^ "Gov. Youngkin announces special election for seat held by late Congressman Donald McEachin". WAVY-TV. December 12, 2022.
  10. ^ Democratic Party of Virginia (December 12, 2022). "FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE'S STATEMENT ON FEBRUARY 2023 SPECIAL ELECTION". VA Democrats. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  11. ^ The Washington Post (December 12, 2022). "Youngkin announces special election to fill late Rep. McEachin's seat". MSN. Archived from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  12. ^ Paviour, Ben (February 21, 2023). "For the first time, a Black woman will represent Virginia in Congress". NPR.
  13. ^ Shapero, Julia (February 21, 2023). "Democratic Rep. Cicilline to leave Congress in June". The Hill. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  14. ^ Schott, Bryan (May 30, 2023). "Breaking: Rep. Chris Stewart plans to resign from Congress". The Salt Lake Tribune.
  15. ^ Mentz, Sam (June 7, 2023). "Utah to hold election for retiring congressman's seat in November". ABC News. Retrieved June 7, 2023.