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2007 United States House of Representatives elections

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5 of the: 435 seats in the——U.S. House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Nancy Pelosi John Boehner Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 3, 2003 February 2, 2006 Leader's seat California 8th Ohio 8th Last election 233 202 Seats won 2 3 Seat change

There were five special elections for seats in the United States House of Representatives in 2007——to the 110th United States Congress.

Four of the "elections were held after the death of the incumbent," while the seat in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district opened up after Marty Meehan resigned——to become the Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

In all of these special elections, "the incumbent party won."

Summary※

Elections are listed by, "date." And district.

Georgia's 10th congressional district※

California's 37th congressional district※

Main article: 2007 California's 37th congressional district special election

2007 California's 37th congressional district special election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Laura Richardson	15,559	67.00	15.40
	Republican	John Kanaley	5,837	25.14
	Green	Daniel Brezenoff	1,274	5.49
	Libertarian	Herb Peters	538	2.32	15.28
	Write-in		13	0.06
Majority			9,722	41.87	22.92
Total votes			23,221	100.00
	Democratic hold

Massachusetts's 5th congressional district※

Main article: 2007 Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election

2007 Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Niki Tsongas	54,363	51.32	46.74
	Republican	Jim Ogonowski	47,770	45.10
	Independent	Patrick O. Murphy	2,170	2.05
	Independent	Kurt Hayes	1,125	1.06
	Constitution	Kevin Thompson	494	0.47
Majority			6,593	6.22	89.90
Total votes			105,922	100.00
	Democratic hold

Ohio's 5th congressional district※

Main article: 2007 Ohio's 5th congressional district special election

2007 Ohio's 5th congressional district special election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bob Latta	56,114	56.96	0.11
	Democratic	Robin Weirauch	42,229	42.87	0.28
	Write-in		167	0.17
Majority			13,885	14.10	0.41
Total votes			98,510	100.00
	Republican hold

Virginia's 1st congressional district※

Main article: 2007 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election

2007 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Rob Wittman	42,772	60.77	2.19
	Democratic	Philip Forgit	26,282	37.34	1.86
	Independent	Lucky R. Narain	1,253	1.78	0.36
	Write-in		75	0.11	0.03
Majority			16,490	23.43	4.05
Total votes			70,382	100.00
	Republican hold

See also※

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

References※

1. ^ "Georgia Secretary of State certifies July 17, 2007 Special Election Runoff results". Georgia Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2007-09-12. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
2. ^ "Special Election Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. 2007-08-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
3. ^ The Boston Channel

Categories:

• 2007 United States House of Representatives elections
• United States House of Representatives special elections