United States elections, 2017

2017 United States elections
Congressional special elections
Off-year elections
Election day	November 7
Seats contested	TBD
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested	2

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

Main article: United States gubernatorial elections, 2017

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.

United States elections

1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

See also Presidential elections Senate elections House elections Gubernatorial elections

(2016 ←) 2017 United States elections (→ 2018)

U.S. House	California's 34th Georgia's 6th Kansas's 4th

Governors	New Jersey Virginia

Mayors	Albany, NY Albuquerque, NM Allentown, PA Anchorage, AK Atlanta, GA Atlantic City, NJ Austin, TX Boston, MA Burlington, VT Buffalo, NY Charlotte, NC Cincinnati, OH Cleveland, OH Detroit, MI El Paso, TX Flint, MI Harrisburg, PA Houston, TX Jackson, MS Jersey City, NJ Lancaster, PA Lansing, MI Los Angeles, CA Manchester, NH Meridian, MS Miami, FL Minneapolis, MN Montgomery, AL Nashua, NH New York, NY Omaha, NE Pittsburgh, PA Raleigh, NC Rochester, NY St. Paul, MN San Antonio, TX San Bernardino, CA Seattle, WA St. Louis, MO St. Petersburg, FL Syracuse, NY Tulsa, OK

City	Houston, TX Minneapolis, MN

State	California Iowa Maine New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Texas Virginia

Territories	Northern Mariana Islands

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/2/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.