2017 United States House of Representatives elections
There were six special elections to the United States House of Representatives in 2017 during the 115th United States Congress.
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6 of the 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results: Democratic hold Republican hold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All of the elections were won by the party previously holding the seat. Therefore, there were no net changes in party.
Although Democrats did not gain any seats, their margins were narrower than the districts' Cook Partisan Voting Index.
Elections are sorted by date and district.
Summary
| District | Incumbent | This race | ||||
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| Location | 2017 PVI[1] |
Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates |
| Kansas 4 | R+15 | Mike Pompeo | Republican | 2010 | Incumbent resigned January 23, 2017 to become Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.[2] A special election was held April 11, 2017.[3] Republican hold. |
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| Montana at-large | R+11 | Ryan Zinke | Republican | 2014 | Incumbent resigned March 1, 2017 to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior.[4] A special election was held May 25, 2017.[5] Republican hold. |
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| California 34 | D+35 | Xavier Becerra | Democratic | 1992 | Incumbent resigned January 24, 2017 to become Attorney General of California.[6] A special election was held June 6, 2017.[7] Democratic hold. |
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| Georgia 6 | R+8 | Tom Price | Republican | 2004 | Incumbent resigned February 10, 2017 to become U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.[8] A special election was held June 20, 2017.[9] Republican hold. |
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| South Carolina 5 | R+9 | Mick Mulvaney | Republican | 2010 | Incumbent resigned February 16, 2017 to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget.[4] A special election was held June 20, 2017.[10] Republican hold. |
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| Utah 3 | R+25 | Jason Chaffetz | Republican | 2008 | Incumbent resigned June 30, 2017 for health reasons.[11] A special election was held November 7, 2017.[12] Republican hold. |
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Kansas's 4th district
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Republican | Ron Estes | 64,044 | 52.2% | -8.5% | |
| Democratic | James Thompson | 56,435 | 46.0% | +16.4% | |
| Libertarian | Chris Rockhold | 2,115 | 1.7% | -1.1% | |
| Total votes | 122,594 | 100.0% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
California's 34th district
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Democratic | Jimmy Gomez | 25,569 | 59.22% | ||
| Democratic | Robert Lee Ahn | 17,610 | 40.78% | ||
| Total votes | 43,179 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
Montana's at-large district
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Republican | Greg Gianforte | 190,520 | 49.95% | -6.24% | |
| Democratic | Rob Quist | 169,214 | 44.37% | +3.82% | |
| Libertarian | Mark Wicks | 21,682 | 5.68% | +2.42% | |
| Total votes | 381,416 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
| Republican hold | |||||
Georgia's 6th district
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Republican | Karen Handel | 134,799 | 51.78% | −9.90% | |
| Democratic | Jon Ossoff | 125,517 | 48.22% | +9.90% | |
| Total votes | 260,316 | 100.0% | |||
| Majority | 9,282 | 3.57% | −19.8% | ||
| Turnout | 260,455 | 58.16% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
South Carolina's 5th district
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Republican | Ralph Norman | 45,076 | 51.04% | -8.03% | |
| Democratic | Archie Parnell | 42,341 | 47.94% | +9.17% | |
| American | Josh Thornton | 319 | 0.36% | -1.74% | |
| Libertarian | Victor Kocher | 273 | 0.31% | N/A | |
| Green | David Kulma | 242 | 0.27% | N/A | |
| Write-in | Write-in | 65 | 0.07% | +0.31% | |
| Total votes | 88,316 | 100.0% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
Utah's 3rd district
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | John Curtis | 85,739 | 58.03% | |
| Democratic | Kathie Allen | 37,778 | 25.57% | |
| United Utah | Jim Bennett | 13,745 | 9.30% | |
| Independent | Sean Whalen | 4,550 | 3.08% | |
| Libertarian | Joe Buchman | 3,643 | 2.47% | |
| Independent American | Jason Christensen | 2,286 | 1.55% | |
| Write-in | Brendan Phillips | — | — | |
| Write-in | Russell Paul Roesler | — | — | |
| Total votes | 147,741 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
References
- "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 115th Congress by The Cook Political Report (Arranged by State/District)" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017.
- "Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS04) resignation letter read in House after Senate CIA Director confirmation". Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- "Sam Brownback on Twitter". Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- "Current Vacanies, 115th Congress".
- Lutey, Tom. "Zinke sworn in as Interior secretary; Montana prepares for special election". Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- McDonnell, Patrick J. (January 24, 2017). "Xavier Becerra takes oath of office, is first Latino to become California attorney general". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
- "Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez Wins Special Election To Represent California's 34th District In Congress". Archived from the original on November 23, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- "Farewell by Rep. Tom Price".
- "Karen Handel Wins Georgia Special Election, Fending Off Upstart Democrat".
- "Mulvaney's confirmation makes replacement election official". February 16, 2017. Archived from the original on February 17, 2017.
- Chaffetz, Jason (May 18, 2017). "Chaffetz Letter to Utah's 3rd Congressional District". U.S. Congressman Jason Chaffetz. Archived from the original on May 18, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- Bloch, Matthew; Lee, Jasmine (November 8, 2017). "Election Results: Curtis Wins U.S. House Seat in Utah". The New York Times.
- http://www.kssos.org/elections/17elec/2017_Special_Election_Official_Results.pdf
- "Final Official Election Results - Congressional District 34 General Special General Election, June 6, 2017". California Secretary of State. June 4, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
- "Montana Secretary of State". mtelectionresults.gov. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
- "Election Night Reporting". results.enr.clarityelections.com.
- "Special Election – U.S. House District 5, State House Districts 48 and 70 – June 20, 2017". South Carolina State Election Commission. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- "Utah Election Preliminary Results". State of Utah. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
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