City Council approved a special election to fill the empty District 6 seat on April 4, 2023, with a runoff taking place June 27 if necessary.

The election follows Nury Martinez’s resignation after a leaked conversation about redistricting was made public.

In the recording, Martinez with fellow council members Gil Cedillo and Kevin De Leon were heard using racist and demeaning language when discussing how to manipulate the city’s redistricting process.

After pressure for all three to resign, only Martinez has stepped down.

Virginia State Delegate Mark Keam resigned from his seat on Tuesday after representing House District 35 for over a decade.

Keam will now join the Department of Commerce and the Office of National Travel and Tourism in the International Trade Administration.

Speaker of the House Todd Gilbert announced a special election will be held on January 10, 2023, just one day before the General Assembly starts its 2023 session.

Gov. Eric Holcomb called a special election to be held for Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District on November 8 to fill the vacancy created by the death of U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski following a tragic car accident on August 3.

Due to the timing of the vacancy, the state committee of each political party will select a candidate to be placed on the ballot by August 26.

A special election has been scheduled for the vacant District 5 seat to be held on November 8.

The District 5 seat became vacant when Councilor Corey O’Connor was appointed the new Allegheny County Controller by the Pennsylvania Senate.

The winner of the special election will serve the remainder of the term set to expire at the end of 2023.

The St. Louis city election board announced that a special primary election for Aldermanic President is scheduled for September 13.

The notice was issued following a legal opinion from City Counselor Sheena Hamilton because of legal ambiguity in the city charter and ordinances on how to proceed, noting a special primary election is required to enable anyone who wants to run for the position to do so as a “nonpartisan” candidate.

On September 13, voters will be able to vote for as many candidates as they want for Aldermanic President, with the two candidates receiving the most votes advancing to the November 8 Special General Municipal Election.

Whoever wins in November would serve until what would have been the end of Lewis Reed’s term, next April.

A separate election will be held then for the office’s next four-year term, preceded by a March primary.

St. Louis will have three special election dates this summer to fill vacancies on the Board of Aldermen: July 19 for Ward 11, August 2 for Ward 21, and August 23 for Aldermanic President and Ward 22.

The 11th Ward seat was vacated by Sarah Wood Martin in April after voters adopted a conflict-of-interest policy.

Ward 21 Alderman John Collins-Muhammad resigned in May, one month before being indicted.

Ward 22 Alderman Jeffrey Boyd and Aldermanic President Lewis Reed resigned last week after being indicted.

The St. Louis City Charter requires vacancies to be filled by special election no sooner than 75 days and no later than 90 days after a vacancy occurs.

The Springfield, Massachusetts City Council authorized a special election for the vacant Ward 5 seat with a primary election to be held on August 16, followed by a general election on September 14.

The Ward 5 seat became vacant when Council President Marcus Williams resigned on May 31.

The winner of the special election will serve the remainder of the two-year term set to expire at the end of 2023.

New York Gov. Hochul announced a special election for U.S. Congressional Districts 19 and 23 to be held on August 23.

The District 19 seat became vacant when Rep. Antonio Delgado resigned to serve as lieutenant governor, and the District 23 seat became vacant when Rep. Tom Reed resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct.

The winners of the special elections will serve the remainder of the two-year terms set to expire at the end of this year.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has scheduled a special election for state House District 119 on July 19 due to a vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. Sonya Williams-Barnes.

The primary will occur on June 7. A primary runoff will take place on June 28, if necessary.

Williams-Barnes is stepping down to begin work as Mississippi policy director for the Southern Poverty Law Center.

New York Rep. Tom Reed announced his retirement from Congress seven months before his final term was set to conclude.

His resignation comes after the congressman faced allegations of sexual misconduct.

Rep. Antonio Delgado is also expected to resign to become Gov. Hochul’s new lieutenant governor.

Both resignations will trigger special elections for congressional districts that are currently being redrawn.

New York Gov. Hochul announced a special election for Assembly District 58 to be held on May 24.

The seat became vacant when Rep. Nick Perry was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the ambassador to Jamaica.

The winner of the special election will serve the remainder of the two-year term set to expire at the end of this year.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott set June 14 as the date for an emergency special election to fill the House seat vacated by Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela.

Vela resigned from Congress on March 31 just months before the end of his current term that would have ended in January. Vela is among 31 House Democrats who said they would not seek reelection this year.

The winner of the election will only have the seat for five months before the November midterms determine who will represent the 34th Congressional District for the following two years.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy called a special election to replace U.S. Rep. Don Young, who died on March 18.

The special all-party primary election will be held on June 11. The top four candidates will advance to the August 16 general election.

The election marks the first time Alaska’s new ranked-choice voting system will be used, meaning voters will be able to rank their preferred candidates.

Additionally, August 16 is the open-primary election for the next two-year term, in which the top four candidates from this election will be able to move onto the November 8 general election.

Candidates are eligible to run in both elections.

A special election for the vacant District 6 council seat is scheduled for May 17 in Philadelphia.

The seat is vacant after Bobby Henon resigned following his conviction on conspiracy and fraud charges.

The winner of the special election will serve the remainder of the term set to expire in January 2024.