The Green Papers: General Election 2005
 
Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm 109th Congress
(2005-2006)
House Seats by State

This is a list of the current House seats and the incumbents occupying them. All 435 of these seats are up for election on 7 November 2006.

There have been 1 death, 3 resignations, and 0 changes of party affiliation in the 109th House.

  • 1 January 2005 - Congressman Robert T. "Bob" Matsui - Democrat - California CD 5 passed away at the age of 63.
  • 8 March 2005 - Special Election - California CD 5. Doris Matsui (Democrat), the wife of the late Congressman Robert T. "Bob" Matsui, is elected to fill the vacant seat.
  • 29 April 2005 - Congressman Rob Portman - Republican - Ohio CD 2. The U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Congressman Portman as U.S. Trade Representative. Congressman Portman issued a letter of resignation from his House Seat effective 29 April 2005.
  • 2 August 2005 - Special Electon - Ohio CD 2., Jean Schmidt (Republican) is elected to fill the vacant seat.
  • 2 August 2005 - Congressman Christopher Cox - Republican - California CD 48 resigned. President George W. Bush nominated Congressman Christopher Cox to the position of Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission on 2 June 2005.
  • 28 November 2005 - Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham - Republican - California CD 50 resigned, effective at close of business 1 December, from the U.S. House after pleading guilty to Federal charges involving bribes, mail fraud, wire fraud, and tax evasion.

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California  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 33 Democratic, 19 Republican, 1 Vacancy
  Candidate American Independent 25,979 25.34% Jim Gilchrist
Received 14.8% of the vote in the 4 October 2005 Special election. Proceeds to 6 December runoff.
Total 102,502 100.00%  

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

  American Independent
  Democratic
  Green
  Independent
  Libertarian
  Peace And Freedom
  Republican
  Write-in
 

 


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