2017 United States House of Representatives elections

There were six special elections to the United States House of Representatives in 2017 during the 115th United States Congress.

2017 United States House of Representatives elections

April 11, 2017 – November 7, 2017
6 of the 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority
Leader Paul Ryan Nancy Pelosi Party Republican Democratic Leader since October 29, 2015 January 3, 2003 Leader's seat Wisconsin 1st California 12th Last election 241 seats 194 seats Seats won 5 1 Seat change Popular vote 520,178 474,464 Percentage 49.8% 45.4%
Results:      Democratic hold      Republican hold
Speaker before election Paul Ryan Republican Speaker after election Paul Ryan Republican

All of the elections were won by the party previously holding the seat. Therefore, there were no net changes in party.

Although Democrats did not gain any seats, their margins were narrower than the districts' Cook Partisan Voting Index.

Elections are sorted by date and district.

Summary

District		Incumbent			This race
Location	2017 PVI[1]	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Kansas 4	R+15	Mike Pompeo	Republican	2010	Incumbent resigned January 23, 2017 to become Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.[2] A special election was held April 11, 2017.[3] Republican hold.	Ron Estes (Republican) 52.2% James Thompson (Democratic) 46.0% Chris Rockhold (Libertarian) 1.7%
Montana at-large	R+11	Ryan Zinke	Republican	2014	Incumbent resigned March 1, 2017 to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior.[4] A special election was held May 25, 2017.[5] Republican hold.	Greg Gianforte (Republican) 49.95% Rob Quist (Democratic) 44.37% Mark Wicks {Libertarian) 5.68%
California 34	D+35	Xavier Becerra	Democratic	1992	Incumbent resigned January 24, 2017 to become Attorney General of California.[6] A special election was held June 6, 2017.[7] Democratic hold.	Jimmy Gomez (Democratic) 59.22% Robert Lee Ahn (Democratic) 40.78%
Georgia 6	R+8	Tom Price	Republican	2004	Incumbent resigned February 10, 2017 to become U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.[8] A special election was held June 20, 2017.[9] Republican hold.	Karen Handel (Republican) 51.78% Jon Ossoff (Democratic) 48.22%
South Carolina 5	R+9	Mick Mulvaney	Republican	2010	Incumbent resigned February 16, 2017 to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget.[4] A special election was held June 20, 2017.[10] Republican hold.	Ralph Norman (Republican) 51.04% Archie Parnell (Democratic) 47.94%
Utah 3	R+25	Jason Chaffetz	Republican	2008	Incumbent resigned June 30, 2017 for health reasons.[11] A special election was held November 7, 2017.[12] Republican hold.	John Curtis (Republican) 58.03% Kathie Allen (Democratic) 25.57% Jim Bennett (United Utah) 9.30% Sean Whalen (Independent) 3.08% Joe Buchman (Libertarian) 2.47% Jason Christensen (Independent American) 1.55%

Kansas's 4th district

2017 Kansas's 4th congressional district special election[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ron Estes	64,044	52.2%	-8.5%
	Democratic	James Thompson	56,435	46.0%	+16.4%
	Libertarian	Chris Rockhold	2,115	1.7%	-1.1%
Total votes			122,594	100.0%
	Republican hold

California's 34th district

California's 34th congressional district special general election, 2017[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jimmy Gomez	25,569	59.22%
	Democratic	Robert Lee Ahn	17,610	40.78%
Total votes			43,179	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Montana's at-large district

Montana's at-large congressional district special election, 2017[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Greg Gianforte	190,520	49.95%	-6.24%
	Democratic	Rob Quist	169,214	44.37%	+3.82%
	Libertarian	Mark Wicks	21,682	5.68%	+2.42%
Total votes			381,416	100.0%	N/A
	Republican hold

Georgia's 6th district

Georgia's 6th congressional district special election (2017)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Karen Handel	134,799	51.78%	−9.90%
	Democratic	Jon Ossoff	125,517	48.22%	+9.90%
Total votes			260,316	100.0%
Majority			9,282	3.57%	−19.8%
Turnout			260,455	58.16%
	Republican hold

South Carolina's 5th district

South Carolina's 5th congressional district special election, 2017[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ralph Norman	45,076	51.04%	-8.03%
	Democratic	Archie Parnell	42,341	47.94%	+9.17%
	American	Josh Thornton	319	0.36%	-1.74%
	Libertarian	Victor Kocher	273	0.31%	N/A
	Green	David Kulma	242	0.27%	N/A
	Write-in	Write-in	65	0.07%	+0.31%
Total votes			88,316	100.0%
	Republican hold

Utah's 3rd district

Utah's 3rd congressional district special election, 2017[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Curtis	85,739	58.03%
	Democratic	Kathie Allen	37,778	25.57%
	United Utah	Jim Bennett	13,745	9.30%
	Independent	Sean Whalen	4,550	3.08%
	Libertarian	Joe Buchman	3,643	2.47%
	Independent American	Jason Christensen	2,286	1.55%
	Write-in	Brendan Phillips	—	—
	Write-in	Russell Paul Roesler	—	—
Total votes			147,741	100.00%
	Republican hold

References

1. "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 115th Congress by The Cook Political Report (Arranged by State/District)" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017.
2. "Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS04) resignation letter read in House after Senate CIA Director confirmation". Retrieved March 19, 2017.
3. "Sam Brownback on Twitter". Retrieved March 19, 2017.
4. "Current Vacanies, 115th Congress".
5. Lutey, Tom. "Zinke sworn in as Interior secretary; Montana prepares for special election". Retrieved March 19, 2017.
6. McDonnell, Patrick J. (January 24, 2017). "Xavier Becerra takes oath of office, is first Latino to become California attorney general". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
7. "Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez Wins Special Election To Represent California's 34th District In Congress". Archived from the original on November 23, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
8. "Farewell by Rep. Tom Price".
9. "Karen Handel Wins Georgia Special Election, Fending Off Upstart Democrat".
10. "Mulvaney's confirmation makes replacement election official". February 16, 2017. Archived from the original on February 17, 2017.
11. Chaffetz, Jason (May 18, 2017). "Chaffetz Letter to Utah's 3rd Congressional District". U.S. Congressman Jason Chaffetz. Archived from the original on May 18, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
12. Bloch, Matthew; Lee, Jasmine (November 8, 2017). "Election Results: Curtis Wins U.S. House Seat in Utah". The New York Times.
13. http://www.kssos.org/elections/17elec/2017_Special_Election_Official_Results.pdf
14. "Final Official Election Results - Congressional District 34 General Special General Election, June 6, 2017". California Secretary of State. June 4, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
15. "Montana Secretary of State". mtelectionresults.gov. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
16. "Election Night Reporting". results.enr.clarityelections.com.
17. "Special Election – U.S. House District 5, State House Districts 48 and 70 – June 20, 2017". South Carolina State Election Commission. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
18. "Utah Election Preliminary Results". State of Utah. Retrieved December 23, 2017.