2023 United States House of Representatives elections

As of May 2023, one special election to the United States House of Representatives in 2023 was held during the 118th United States Congress, with another one scheduled to take place in November of the same year.

For related races, see 2023 United States elections.

2023 United States House of Representatives elections
February 21 – November 7, 2023
2 of the 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives
218 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Kevin McCarthy Hakeem Jeffries
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 3, 2019 January 3, 2023
Leader's seat California 20th New York 8th
Last election 222 seats, 50.6% 213 seats, 47.8%
Seats before 222 212
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Seats up 0 2
Races won 0 1
Color coded map of 2023 House of Representatives special election results
     Democratic hold      Result TBD
     No election

Summary

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Virginia 4 Donald McEachin Democratic 2016 Incumbent died November 28, 2022.[1]
New member elected February 21, 2023.
Democratic hold.
Rhode Island 1 David Cicilline Democratic 2010 Incumbent resigning June 1, 2023.
New member to be elected November 7, 2023.[3]

Virginia's 4th congressional district
Virginia's 4th congressional district
Main article: 2023 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election
See also: List of United States representatives from Virginia

Incumbent Democrat Donald McEachin died on November 28, 2022, of colorectal cancer, before he was seated to his fourth term in the 118th Congress. [1] Governor Glenn Youngkin called a special election for February 21, 2023, with the general election filing deadline set for December 23, 2022.[11][12] The Democratic Party chose to hold its "firehouse primary" on December 20, just 8 days after the special election date was set.[13]

State senator Jennifer McClellan won the primary in a landslide, and subsequently defeated pastor Leon Benjamin in the general election, becoming the first black woman to represent Virginia in Congress.[14]

2023 Virginia's 4th congressional district special election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jennifer McClellan 82,040 74.41
Republican Leon Benjamin 28,083 25.47
Write-in 129 0.12
Total votes 110,252 100.00
Democratic hold

Rhode Island's 1st congressional district
Main article: 2023 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district special election
See also: List of United States representatives from Rhode Island

Incumbent Democrat David Cicilline is resigning on June 1, 2023, to take a job at the Rhode Island Foundation.[15] The election is set to be held November 7.[3]

References
  1. Rose, Rashard (November 28, 2022). "Virginia Rep. Donald McEachin dies at age 61". CNN. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  2. "Virginia Fourth Congressional District Special Election Results". Virginia Department of Elections. February 21, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  3. Nesi, Ted; Sherman, Eli; Machado, Steph (March 29, 2023). "Dates set for special election to replace Cicilline in Congress". WPRI-TV.
  4. Nesi, Ted (March 21, 2023). "Nick Autiello enters race to replace Cicilline". WPRI-TV.
  5. Nesi, Ted (March 20, 2023). "Foulkes is out, Cano is in, as RI's race for Congress starts to heat up". WPRI-TV.
  6. Nesi, Ted (March 23, 2023). "Rep. Nathan Biah joins race to replace Cicilline". WPRI-TV.
  7. Vega, Anthony (March 20, 2023). "Sen. Sandra Cano announces run for Rhode Island's 1st Congressional seat". WLNE-TV. Providence. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  8. Donnis, Ian (March 25, 2023). "Rep. Casey to join Democratic field in 1st Congressional District". The Public's Radio. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  9. Machado, Steph (March 13, 2023). "Sabina Matos announces run for Congress". WPRI-TV. Providence. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  10. McGowan, Dan (February 28, 2023). "Seth Magaziner's rise is coming faster than anyone thought". The Boston Globe.
  11. "Gov. Youngkin announces special election for seat held by late Congressman Donald McEachin". WAVY-TV. December 12, 2022.
  12. Democratic Party of Virginia. "FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE'S STATEMENT ON FEBRUARY 2023 SPECIAL ELECTION". VA Democrats. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  13. The Washington Post (December 12, 2022). "Youngkin announces special election to fill late Rep. McEachin's seat". MSN. Archived from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  14. Paviour, Ben (February 21, 2023). "For the first time, a Black woman will represent Virginia in Congress". NPR.
  15. Shapero, Julia (February 21, 2023). "Democratic Rep. Cicilline to leave Congress in June". The Hill. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
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