Tag: Special Elections
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Candidates set for Iowa House 29 special election
Candidates interested in running in the special election for Iowa House of Representatives District 29 had until Sept. 28 to file. The general election is scheduled for Oct. 12. The Democratic candidate is Steve Mullan, and the Republican candidate is Jon Dunwell. The special election was called after Wesley Breckenridge (D) resigned to take a…
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Filing deadline approaches for Jacksonville special election
Candidates interested in running for a vacant seat on the Jacksonville City Council in Florida have until Oct. 1 to qualify via qualifying fee. The filing deadline to qualify via signature petitions was Sept. 21. The special election will be held on Dec. 7. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, a runoff…
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Special election for vacant Iowa House seat called for October
A special election has been called to fill the vacant Iowa House of Representatives seat in District 29. The seat became vacant on Sept. 10 when former state Rep. Wesley Breckenridge (D) resigned to take a job with the Iowa Law Enforcement Agency. The special election is scheduled for Oct. 12. The candidate filing deadline…
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Special elections to be held in Texas House districts
Special elections are being held on Sept. 28 for District 10 and District 118 of the Texas House of Representatives. The winner of these special elections will serve until January 2023. In District 10, Republicans Brian Harrison and John Wray are running in a general election runoff. Harrison and Wray advanced from the general election…
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Special election for vacant Massachusetts Senate seat called for 2022
A special election has been called to fill the vacant Massachusetts State Senate seat in the First Suffolk & Middlesex District. The seat became vacant on Sept. 9 when former state Sen. Joseph Boncore (D) resigned to become CEO of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio). The special general election is set for Jan. 11, 2022,…
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Bousselot (R) defeats Phillips (D) in Iowa state House special election
A special general election was held for Iowa House of Representatives District 37 on Sept. 14. Mike Bousselot (R) defeated Andrea Phillips (D), earning 51.6% of the vote to Phillips’ 48.4%. There was no primary election, as the candidates were selected directly by their respective political parties. The special election became necessary after John Landon…
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Five candidates file for Georgia House special election
Five candidates have filed to run in the Nov. 2 special election for District 165 in the Georgia House of Representatives. Edna Jackson (D), Sabrina Kent (D), Antwan Lang (D), Clinton Young (D), and Clinton Cowart (L) filed before the Sept. 10 filing deadline. The winner of the special election will serve until January 2023.…
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Special election to be held in Iowa state House district on Sept. 14
A special election is being held on Sept. 14 to fill a vacant seat in District 37 in the Iowa House of Representatives. Andrea Phillips (D) and Mike Bousselot (R) are running in the special election. Both candidates were selected to run in the special election by their respective political parties in conventions. The winner…
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Special election to be held in Tennessee House district
A special election is being held on Sept. 14 for District 29 of the Tennessee House of Representatives. DeAngelo Jelks (D) and Greg Vital (R) are running in the general election. The winner of the special election will serve until November 2022. The seat became vacant after the death of Mike Carter (R) on May…
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Texas House of Representatives District 10 special election heads to runoff
A special general election was held for the Texas House of Representatives District 10 on Aug. 31. Brian E. Harrison (R) and John Wray (R) advanced to a general runoff election and defeated six other candidates. The candidate with the third-most votes was Pierina Otiniano (D). A runoff date had not been announced as of…