Special elections to the 119th United States Congress (2025-2026)

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Special elections to the 119th Congress, 2025-2026
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Special elections to U.S. Congress are required in the event of vacancies. This page is a compilation of all special elections to the 119th Congress in 2025-2026.

As of March 2025, three special elections have been called to fill vacant seats in the 119th Congress. The following special elections are upcoming:

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.

Eighty special elections to Congress were called during the 113th through 118th Congresses. During that time, special elections were called for 29 seats vacated by Democrats and 51 vacated by Republicans.

Special elections

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed April 6, 2021
  2. ↑ Wall Street Journal, "Trump Expected to Nominate Rubio for Secretary of State, and Picks Waltz as National Security Adviser," November 12, 2024
  3. ↑ Both general election candidates were Republicans.
  4. ↑ This race was unopposed.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Both general election candidates were Democrats.
  6. ↑ Lamb won by a margin of 0.4 percentage points.
  7. ↑ Wild won by a margin of 0.2 percentage points.
  8. ↑ The state Board of Elections declined to certify the results of the 2018 election following allegations of absentee ballot fraud.
  9. ↑ Collins won by 0.3 percentage points.
  10. ↑ This special election was called to fill the vacancy left by 2020 Congressman-elect Luke Letlow (R), who died before being sworn in to Congress.
  11. ↑ Runoff MOV between two Republican candidates.
  12. ↑ Runoff MOV between two Democratic candidates.
  13. ↑ Runoff MOV between two Republican candidates.
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