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There were twospecial elections to theUnited States House of Representatives in 2003 during the108th United States Congress.
Elections are listed by date and district.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Hawaii 2 | Ed Case | Democratic | 2002(Special) | Member-electPatsy Mink (D) died September 28, 2002, but was posthumously elected to the 108th Congress. Ed Case hadwon a special election for the seat in the107th Congress November 30, 2002, but not for the 108th Congress. Incumbentre-elected January 4, 2003. |
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| Texas 19 | Larry Combest | Republican | 1984 | Incumbent resigned May 31, 2003 for personal reasons. New memberelected June 3, 2003, in a run-off vote. Republican hold. |
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Incumbent DemocratPatsy Mink died on September 28, 2002 due to viralpneumonia as a result of complications fromchickenpox. By the time of her death, it had been too late to remove her from the general election ballot. Thus, on November 5, Mink was post-humously re-elected.
A special election was held on November 30, 2002 to fill out the remainder of her term, with DemocratEd Case winning the election.
Another election, this time to for the 108th Congress was held on January 4, 2003 with incumbent Ed Case running for re-election, along with 3 dozen other candidates including Democratic state SenatorsMatt Matsunaga andColleen Hanabusa, Republican state RepresentativesBarbara Marumoto andBob McDermott,John Carroll, and former Mayor of HonoluluFrank Fasi.
Incumbent Ed Case won re-election with 44% of the vote.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ed Case (incumbent) | 33,002 | 43.67 | |
| Democratic | Matt Matsunaga | 23,050 | 30.50 | |
| Democratic | Colleen Hanabusa | 6,046 | 8.00 | |
| Republican | Barbara Marumoto | 4,497 | 5.95 | |
| Republican | Bob C. McDermott | 4,298 | 5.69 | |
| Republican | Chris Halford | 728 | 0.96 | |
| Republican | Kimo Kaloi | 642 | 0.85 | |
| Republican | John S. Carroll | 521 | 0.69 | |
| Republican | Frank Fasi | 483 | 0.64 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mark McNett | 449 | 0.59 | |
| Republican | Jim Rath | 414 | 0.55 | |
| Republican | Richard Haake | 212 | 0.28 | |
| Republican | Nelson Secretario | 208 | 0.28 | |
| Republican | Whitney Anderson | 201 | 0.27 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ron Jacobs | 91 | 0.12 | |
| Green | Nick Nikhilananda | 75 | 0.10 | |
| Democratic | Brian G. Cole | 69 | 0.09 | |
| Democratic | Kekoa David Kaapu | 68 | 0.09 | |
| Libertarian | Jeff Mallan | 58 | 0.08 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sophie Mataafa | 52 | 0.07 | |
| Republican | Doug Fairhurst | 38 | 0.05 | |
| Democratic | Michael Gagne | 35 | 0.05 | |
| Republican | Carolyn Martinez Golojuch | 29 | 0.04 | |
| Green | Gregory Goodwin | 27 | 0.04 | |
| Republican | Rich Payne | 25 | 0.03 | |
| Republican | Clarence Weatherwax | 25 | 0.03 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kabba Anand | 24 | 0.03 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dan Vierra | 22 | 0.03 | |
| Republican | John Sabey | 20 | 0.03 | |
| Democratic | Pat Rocco | 19 | 0.03 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bill Russell | 18 | 0.02 | |
| Nonpartisan | Steve Sparks | 17 | 0.02 | |
| Nonpartisan | Solomon Wong | 16 | 0.02 | |
| Democratic | Art Reyes | 15 | 0.02 | |
| Democratic | Paul Britos | 13 | 0.02 | |
| Nonpartisan | S.J. Harlan | 11 | 0.01 | |
| Democratic | Charles Collins | 10 | 0.01 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jack Randall | 9 | 0.01 | |
| Democratic | Steve Tataii | 9 | 0.01 | |
| Nonpartisan | Marshall Turner | 8 | 0.01 | |
| Republican | Mike Rethman | 8 | 0.01 | |
| Democratic | Herbert Jensen | 6 | 0.01 | |
| Nonpartisan | Alan Gano | 3 | 0.01 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bartle Rowland | 3 | 0.01 | |
| Total votes | 76,328 | 100.00 | ||
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Incumbent RepublicanLarry Combest announced his resignation on November 12, 2002 following the deaths of his father and one of his daughters, and officially resigned on May 31, 2003.
A nonpartisan special primary was held on May 3, 2003.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Randy Neugebauer | 13,091 | 22.42 | |
| Republican | Mike Conaway | 12,270 | 21.02 | |
| Republican | Carl Isett | 11,015 | 18.87 | |
| Republican | David Langston | 8,053 | 13.79 | |
| Republican | Stace Williams | 2,609 | 4.46 | |
| Republican | Vickie Sutton | 1,987 | 3.40 | |
| Republican | Jamie Berryhill Jr. | 1,907 | 3.26 | |
| Republican | John D. Bell | 1,883 | 3.22 | |
| Democratic | Kaye Gaddy | 1,396 | 2.39 | |
| Republican | Richard Bartlett | 1,046 | 1.79 | |
| Republican | Bill Christian | 1,029 | 1.76 | |
| Democratic | Jerri Simmons-Asmussen | 898 | 1.53 | |
| Republican | Donald May | 629 | 1.07 | |
| Green | Julia Penelope | 223 | 0.38 | |
| Libertarian | Chip Peterson | 159 | 0.27 | |
| Constitution | Thomas Flournoy | 93 | 0.15 | |
| Independent | Ed Hicks | 81 | 0.13 | |
| Total votes | 58,369 | 100 | ||
As no candidates received over 50% of the vote, the two candidates with the most votes,Randy Neugebauer andMike Conaway moved to a run-off held on June 3.Neugebauer narrowly won the election, with 50.52% of the vote.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Randy Neugebauer | 28,546 | 50.52 | |
| Republican | Mike Conaway | 27,959 | 49.48 | |
| Total votes | 56,505 | 100.00 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
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