February 1, 2021 •
Republican Adrian Dickey Wins Special Election for Iowa Senate District 41
Republican Adrian Dickey won the special election to fill the vacant Senate District 41 seat. Dickey will fill the seat for the two years remaining in the four-year term of former Sen. Marianette Miller-Meeks. Miller-Meeks resigned after winning a seat […]
Republican Adrian Dickey won the special election to fill the vacant Senate District 41 seat.
Dickey will fill the seat for the two years remaining in the four-year term of former Sen. Marianette Miller-Meeks.
Miller-Meeks resigned after winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The congresswoman was certified by Iowa as the winner by six votes out of nearly 400,000, and provisionally seated pending the outcome of a challenge by her Democratic opponent, Rita Hart.
Republicans have controlled the House, Senate, and governor’s office for five years.
January 12, 2021 •
Iowa Special Election Scheduled for January 26
A special election for Iowa Senate District 41 is scheduled for January 26. Gov. Kim Reynolds called the special election to fill the vacancy left by newly elected Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks, who stepped down last month. Following a recount, Miller-Meeks […]
A special election for Iowa Senate District 41 is scheduled for January 26.
Gov. Kim Reynolds called the special election to fill the vacancy left by newly elected Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks, who stepped down last month.
Following a recount, Miller-Meeks was certified by Iowa as the winner by six votes out of nearly 400,000.
The election result, however, is being contested by her Democratic opponent, Rita Hart.
A spokesman for Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democrats will provisionally seat Miller-Meeks pending the outcome of the challenge.
The House can later decide Hart won the race and should replace Miller-Meeks.
Hart’s contest argues at least 22 lawfully cast votes, including 18 for her, were wrongly excluded due to a variety of errors.
The Associated Press has not called a winner in this race.
March 11, 2019 •
PA Announces State Senate Special Elections
Lt. Gov. John Fetterman announced special elections for Senate Districts 33 and 41 on May 21, the same day as the state primary. The seats are vacant after Senators White and Alloway retired effective February 28. Each winner of the […]
Lt. Gov. John Fetterman announced special elections for Senate Districts 33 and 41 on May 21, the same day as the state primary.
The seats are vacant after Senators White and Alloway retired effective February 28.
Each winner of the special election will serve the remainder of the term through 2020.
March 22, 2012 •
South Carolina House Representative Resigns
Special election to be called
Thad Viers announced his resignation as State Representative for House District 68. The announcement came after Mr. Viers was charged with harassing his ex-girlfriend. She told investigators he continued to call, text and email for more than five months after they broke up, according to a Myrtle Beach police report.
Due to the vacancy, a special election will be held following the writ of election to be issued by the speaker of the house. There is currently an unrelated special election scheduled for Senate District 41 on July 17, 2012.
Photo of Thad Viers courtesy of the South Carolina House of Representatives website.
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