2007 United States House of Representatives elections

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.

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Georgia 10	Charlie Norwood	Republican	1994	Incumbent died February 13, 2007. New member elected July 17, 2007. Republican hold.	▌Y Paul Broun (Republican) 50.42% ▌ Jim Whitehead (Republican) 49.58%
California 37	Juanita Millender-McDonald	Democratic	1996 (special)	Incumbent died April 22, 2007. New member elected August 21, 2007. Democratic hold.	▌Y Laura Richardson (Democratic) 65.63% ▌John Kanaley (Republican) 24.62% ▌Daniel Brezenoff (Green) 5.37% ▌Herb Peters (Libertarian) 2.27%
Massachusetts 5	Marty Meehan	Democratic	1992	Incumbent resigned July 1, 2007 to become Chancellor of UMass Lowell. New member elected October 16, 2007. Democratic hold.	▌Y Niki Tsongas (Democratic) 51.32% ▌Jim Ogonowski (Republican) 45.10% ▌ Patrick O. Murphy (Independent) 2.05% ▌Kurt Hayes (Independent) 1.06% ▌Kevin Thompson (Constitution) 0.47%
Ohio 5	Paul Gillmor	Republican	1988	Incumbent died September 5, 2007. New member elected December 11, 2007. Republican hold.	▌Y Bob Latta (Republican) 56.96% ▌ Robin Weirauch (Democratic) 42.87%
Virginia 1	Jo Ann Davis	Republican	2000	Incumbent died October 6, 2007. New member elected December 11, 2007. Republican hold.	▌Y Rob Wittman (Republican) 60.77% ▌Philip Forgit (Democratic) 37.34% ▌Lucky Narain (Independent) 1.78%

Georgia's 10th congressional district

Georgia's 10th congressional district

Main article: 2007 Georgia's 10th congressional district special election

2007 Georgia's 10th congressional district special election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Broun	23,529	50.42
	Republican	Jim Whitehead	23,135	49.58
Majority			394	0.84
Total votes			46,664	100.00
	Republican hold

California's 37th 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 ^[2]

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

Massachusetts's 5th congressional district

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

2007 Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election ^[3]

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

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

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 September 12, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2007.
2. "Special Election Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. August 30, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 24, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2008.
3. The Boston Channel