The Minnesota Supreme Court canceled a special election for House District 40B set for January 28. The court agreed with Republicans who claimed Gov. Walz scheduled the election too soon, ruling state law allows the governor to call a special election only after the legislative session begins and a vacancy is clear. Democrat Curtis Johnson won a Roseville-area seat in November but was disqualified by a judge over residency questions and declined to appeal.

The decision left Republicans with a one-seat advantage in the chamber over Democrats, who have been boycotting the session as a result. There is a separate legal dispute before the court over the legitimacy of the session convening without Democrats present. Walz has not yet set a new date for the election but stated it will now likely happen in March.

Rep. Matt Gergely has passed away after suffering a medical emergency. Gergely represented Pennsylvania’s 35th district after winning a special election in 2023. A special election will be held to fill the vacancy.

Rep. Will Wheeler announced his resignation three days into the new legislative session. Wheeler is a Democrat who represented District 50 and cited his reason for leaving was to take a new path in his life for the sake of his health and his family. His resignation was effective January 17 and a special election is expected to be announced in the coming days.

Lt. Gov. Austin signed a writ of election for the state Senate District 36 after Sen. Ryan Aument’s resignation. The special election will be held on Tuesday, March 25. Aument resigned to become Sen. Dave McCormick’s state director.

City Council passed a resolution calling for a special election to fill the vacancy in District 2 and the vacancy for mayor created by the most recent recall election.

Mayor Shen Thao previously represented the city as mayor but left following his recall in last year’s election.

Former city council member Nikki Fortunato Bas was elected to the county board of supervisors leaving District 2 vacant.

The special election to fill these vacancies will be held April 15.

Gov. Tim Walz issued the second writ of special election within a week to fill the vacancy in Senate District 60 created by the death of Senator Kari Dziedzic.

The special election will be held on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, along with the special election for House District 40B.

Due to the number of candidates running, a special primary election will be held on Tuesday, January 14, 2025.

After the party decided to back one candidate for the vacancy in House District 40B, all other candidates withdrew so there will be no special primary for House District 40B.

A special primary election will be held March 11 for the state Senate District 5 seat.

If necessary, a special primary runoff election will be held April 8 and the special general election is scheduled for June 24.

This election is the result of Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Reed vacating his seat following appointment to a senior advisor position with the Alabama Department of Workforce.

City Council passed a resolution calling for a special election to fill the vacancy in District 5.

Mayor Larry Agran previously represented District 5 but left following his election as mayor.

The special election will be held April 15.

The city council passed a resolution calling for a special election to fill the vacancy left by Councilmember Luis Chavez.

Chavez will be leaving the position following his election to the Fresno County Board of Supervisors.

A few candidates have already declared their intentions of running for the vacant council seat, including Chavez’s wife, Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas, who is a current Fresno Unified Trustee.

The special primary election will be held March 18, 2025.

Gov. Tim Walz issued a writ of special election to fill the vacant seat in House District 40B following the resignation of Representative-elect Curtis Johnson.

The special election will be held on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.

If necessary, a special primary election will be held on Tuesday, January 14, 2025.

Johnson won the seat by more than 30% at the Nov. 5 election, but a district judge ruled last Friday the DFL candidate did not meet the residency requirement to serve the district.

Gov. Kim Reynolds called a special election for January 28, 2025, to fill the Senate District 35 vacancy caused by the resignation of Sen. Chris Cournoyer.

Cournoyer resigned effective December 16 when Gov. Reynolds appointed her lieutenant governor.

Prince George’s County will hold another special election to fill an open County Council seat.

This election is to replace U.S. Senator-elect Alsobrooks and will be expedited due to the fact the county has gone almost a full year with a 5-5 split, which has caused significant delays in budgetary and legislative proceedings.

The special primary election will be held on March 4, 2025, and the special general election will be held on May 27, 2025.

Gov. Gavin Newsom released a proclamation declaring that a special election will be held next year for Senate District 36 and Assembly District 32.

The seat for Assembly District 32 was vacated by Republican Vince Fong after winning a seat for congress and replacing former speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy.

The seat for Senate District 36 had been vacated after Republican Janet Nguyen was elected to the Orange County Board of Supervisors.

The special primary election for these seats will be held on February 25, 2025.

The special general election will be held on April 29, 2025.

A special primary election will be held January 28 for Florida’s congressional House district 1 and House district 6.

This will be followed by a special general election on April 1.

These elections are the result of Rep. Matt Gaetz and Rep. Mike Waltz being tapped for positions in the new administration.

Both seats have candidates that have been endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump and those endorsed are favored to win.