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Special elections are used to fill vacant seats in the U.S. House of Representatives following the death or departure of a sitting member.
October 21, 2025
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procedural
Describes the electoral mechanism for replacing a Representative who can no longer serve.
Electoral process
Elections
Politics
Speaker Johnson hit with Democrat-led lawsuit over
Democrat Adelita Grijalva to be sworn in 7 weeks a
Special elections tend to have lower voter turnout compared with regularly scheduled elections.
October 08, 2025
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general
General observation about electoral dynamics used to interpret outcomes of one-off contests.
elections
voting
Trump-backed Van Epps to face progressive Behn for
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