Special House Elections in 2005-06.Several tables are presented that show the results of special U.S. House elections in 2005-2006.EBSCO_AspRhodes Cook Letter
House of Representatives are filled using special elections. These elections occur off the usual American electoral cycle, and their results are routinely portrayed by the American mass media as indications of what to expect in the next general election. We examined the predictive power of special ...
Our colleague Steve Shepard did the mathand notes that this should be an easier lift for the former congressman. In House special elections that result from a scandal, there is usually a big penalty — an average of 9 points versus the preceding general election — for the party in power....
Scholars and political commentators have argued that special elections to the U.S. House of Representatives are national contests, serving as a referendum on the president's party and a predictor of future election outcomes (Sigelman 1981; Smith and Burnnell 2010). But the empirical record is ...
House Republicans, who have yet to win the majority with a number of races still to be decided, are holding their leadership elections on Wednesday. CBS News has characterized control of the lower chamber as lean Republican. House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, bo...
But Turner had been the leading fundraiser in the Democratic field, bringing in at least $4.5 million according to the last Federal Elections Commission report. However, she said that other outside groups such as the Democratic Majority for Israel PAC and "dark money" had been outspending her...
a legitimate shot at capturing at least four of the Republican seats, complicating Republican efforts to win back the chamber's majority . Democrats control the House 235-197, with one independent and two vacancies in North Carolina that are scheduled to be filled in special elections next ...
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By capturing three April 26 special elections--including one by only 98 votes out of nearly 23,000 cast--Democrats thwarted a Republican attempt to seize control of the Michigan House for the first time in 25 years. The return to a 55-55 party split means continuation of the shared power...
The Commonwealth Courtruled, 3-2, Wednesday that 69 misdated and undated ballots from a special state election for House seats in September should be counted. Lawyers for the GOP said in their motion Thursday that the ruling could prompt elections boards across the state to fo...