United States elections, 2017
| Off-year elections | |
| Election day | November 7 |
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| Congressional special elections | |
| Seats contested | TBD |
| Gubernatorial elections | |
| Seats contested | 2 |
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Map of the 2017 gubernatorial races Light blue: Term-limited Democrat Light red: Term-limited Republican Gray: No election | |
The 2017 United States elections will be held (for the most part) on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. This off-year election will feature gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey, as well as state legislative elections in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and in the lower house of the Virginia legislature. Numerous citizen initiatives, mayoral races, and a variety of other local elections will also occur. Special elections to the United States Congress may take place if vacancies arise.
Federal elections
The following special elections will be held to replace Senators or House Representatives who either died or resigned while in office:
- California's 34th congressional district: Xavier Becerra will resign to become the Attorney General of California.[1]
- Georgia's 6th congressional district: Tom Price will resign to become the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.[2]
- Kansas's 4th congressional district: Mike Pompeo will resign to become the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.[3]
State elections
Gubernatorial
Two states will hold gubernatorial elections in 2017:
- New Jersey: Two-term Republican Chris Christie is term-limited in 2017. Christie campaigned for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, but withdrew from the race February 10, 2016.[4]
- Virginia: One-term Democrat Terry McAuliffe is term-limited in 2017.
Legislative
Legislative elections will be held for the New Jersey General Assembly, the New Jersey Senate, and the Virginia House of Delegates. As part of a federal court ruling that invalidated its state legislative districts, the North Carolina General Assembly was ordered to hold special elections in the fall of 2017 with updated district lines.[5]
Local elections
Various elections will be held for officeholders in numerous cities, counties, school boards, special districts and others around the country.
Mayoral elections
Some of the large cities holding mayoral elections include:
- Atlanta, Georgia: incumbent Democrat Kasim Reed is term-limited and cannot run for re-election to a third term in office.
- Boston, Massachusetts: incumbent Democrat Marty Walsh can run for re-election to a second term in office.
- Buffalo, New York: incumbent Democrat Byron Brown can run for re-election to a fourth term in office.
- Charlotte, North Carolina: incumbent Democrat Jennifer Roberts can run for re-election to a second term in office.
- Cincinnati, Ohio: incumbent John Cranley can run for re-election to a second term and will face a challenge from fellow Democrat, City-Councilwoman Yvette Simpson (the city's election is officially nonpartisan, with the top two vote-getters in a May primary facing off in November).
- Los Angeles: incumbent Democrat Eric Garcetti can run for re-election to a second term in office.
- Minneapolis: incumbent Democrat Betsy Hodges can run for re-election to a second term in office.
- New York City: incumbent Democrat Bill de Blasio is running for re-election to a second term in office.
- San Bernardino, California: incumbent Republican R. Carey Davis is running for re-election to a second term in office.
- Seattle, Washington: incumbent Democrat Ed Murray is running for re-election to a second term in office.[6]
- St. Louis, Missouri: incumbent Democrat Francis Slay is not running for reelection[7]
References
- ↑ Wire, Sarah D.; Myers, John (December 1, 2016). "Los Angeles Rep. Xavier Becerra poised to become California's first Latino attorney general". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Here are the candidates eyeing Tom Price's House seat". Atlanta Journal Constitution. November 29, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
- ↑ Evans, Scott. "If Rep. Mike Pompeo takes over CIA, how is his House seat replaced?". Retrieved December 1, 2016.
- ↑ "Republican Chris Christie ends bid for the White House". BBC News. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ↑ WRAL (2016-11-29). "Federal court orders new NC legislative elections in 2017 :: WRAL.com". WRAL.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
- ↑ Connelly, Joel (February 13, 2016). "Mayor Ed Murray loves his stressful job: 'I am going to run for re-election'". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
- ↑ McDermott, Kevin. "St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay announces he will not run again next year". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
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