Special elections to the 113th United States Congress (2013-2014)
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Special elections to United States Congress are required in the event of vacancies. This page is a compilation of all special elections to the 113th Congress in 2013-2014.
Special elections to Congress occur when a legislator resigns or is removed from office. Depending on the specific state laws governing vacancies, a state can either hold an election within the same calendar year, or wait until the next regularly scheduled election. For the purposes of our coverage of Congressional special elections, we combined all special elections pertaining to the 113th Congress to one page. Some of these special elections occurred in 2013; others occurred in 2014.
Sixteen congressional special elections were scheduled to occur at some point in 2013-2014.
Breakdown of 113th United States Congress special elections
Among the reasons for special elections included:
- 3 due to acceptance of private sector jobs
- 3 due to political appointment
- 2 due to a senator's death
- 2 due to criminal prosecution/health issues
- 1 due to a representative's death
- 1 due to acceptance of a university position
- 1 due to health issues/early retirement
- 1 due to win in special election
- 1 due to resignation after primary loss
The partisan breakdown for vacancies was as follows:
- 9 Republican seats
- 7 Democratic seats
Announced special elections
The table below detailed a running list of the special elections to the 113th United States Congress as they were announced.
See also
- United States Congress
- United States Senate
- United States House of Representatives
- Filling vacancies in the U.S. Senate
- United States Senate elections, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
- United States Senate elections, 2012
- Illinois' 2nd Congressional District special election, 2013
- Missouri's 8th Congressional District special election, 2013
- Virginia's 7th Congressional District special election, 2014
- Misconduct in the 113th Congress (2013-2014)
Footnotes
- ↑ Politico, "Jesse Jackson Jr. resigns from Congress" accessed November 21, 2012
- ↑ Washington Post, "Scott's departure for Senate will trigger third special House election in 2013," December 17, 2012
- ↑ South Carolina Republican Party, " 1st Congressional Special Election details set," January 2, 2013
- ↑ The Hill, "Emerson’s resignation sets off free-for-all in Missouri House race," January 22, 2013
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Missouri Rep. Jo Ann Emerson to resign from House," December 3, 2012
- ↑ Boston Globe, "Secretary of state to set Senate special election date of June 25," January 28, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "Chris Christie calls August, October special elections in New Jersey" accessed June 4, 2013
- ↑ The News Star, "Special election set Oct. 19; qualifying this month," accessed August 9, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "Special Massachusetts House election set" accessed July 16, 2013
- ↑ Boston.com, "Markey win sets up special election for House" accessed June 27, 2013
- ↑ USA Today, "Report: GOP's Jo Bonner to resign from Congress," May 23, 2013
- ↑ Tampa Bay Times, "State and Pinellas agree on dates for election for Young's seat," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Miami Herald, "Special election scheduled to fill Radel's seat," accessed January 31, 2014
- ↑ CNN "Inouye gave preference for successor before he died," December 11, 2012
- ↑ Washington Post, "Jim DeMint leaving the Senate," December 6, 2012
- ↑ Roll Call, "Special Election Dates Set to Replace Coburn," accessed January 18, 2014
- ↑ Washington Times, "As Eric Cantor steps down, Virginia election officials worry about voter confusion," accessed August 19, 2014
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