Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District special election, 2016

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The 2nd Congressional District of Pennsylvania held a special election for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2016. The election coincided with the general election on November 8, 2016.[1]

Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District held a special election on November 8, 2016, to replace Chaka Fattah, who resigned following a racketeering conviction. A primary was not held in the election. Dwight Evans (D) and James Jones (R), the winners of the district's regular primary in April, were the nominees in the general election. Evans was the winner of the election and served out the final two months of Fattah's term.[1]

See also: Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016
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Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District is located in the southeast region of Pennsylvania and includes most of the city of Philadelphia.[2]

Election results

General election

U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 2 Special Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDwight Evans 90.3% 271,098
     Republican James Jones 9.7% 29,173
Total Votes 300,271
Source: The New York Times Vote totals above are unofficial and will be updated once official totals are made available.

Candidates

General election candidates:

Democratic Party Dwight EvansApproveda
Republican Party James Jones

Candidates:[3]

Democratic

Dwight Evans[4]

Republican

James Jones[4]


District history

2014

Chaka Fattah won re-election to the United States House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. He defeated Armond James in the general election.

U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 2 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngChaka Fattah Incumbent 87.7% 181,141
     Republican Armond James 12.3% 25,397
Total Votes 206,538
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State

2012

The 2nd Congressional District of Pennsylvania held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Chaka Fattah (D) won re-election in the district.[5]

U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 2 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngChaka Fattah Incumbent 89.3% 318,176
     Republican Robert Mansfield 9.4% 33,381
     Independent James Foster 1.4% 4,829
Total Votes 356,386
Source: Pennsylvania Department of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Philly.com, "Special election for Fattah's former U.S. House seat will be Nov. 8," July 1, 2016
  2. ↑ Pennsylvania Redistricting Map, "Map," accessed July 30, 2012
  3. ↑ Candidates are listed by party and alphabetically within each party.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Politics PA, "PA-2: Special Election Scheduled for November 8th," July 1, 2016
  5. ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Pennsylvania"


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