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There were fivespecial elections for seats in theUnited States House of Representatives in 2007 to the110th United States Congress.
Four of the elections were held after the death of the incumbent, while the seat inMassachusetts's 5th congressional district opened up afterMarty Meehan resigned to become the Chancellor of theUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell.
In all of these special elections, the incumbent party won.
Elections are listed by date and district.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Georgia 10 | Charlie Norwood | Republican | 1994 | Incumbent died February 13, 2007. New memberelected July 17, 2007. Republican hold. |
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| California 37 | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Democratic | 1996(special) | Incumbent died April 22, 2007. New memberelected August 21, 2007. Democratic hold. |
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| Massachusetts 5 | Marty Meehan | Democratic | 1992 | Incumbent resigned July 1, 2007 to become Chancellor ofUMass Lowell. New memberelected October 16, 2007. Democratic hold. |
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| Ohio 5 | Paul Gillmor | Republican | 1988 | Incumbent died September 5, 2007. New memberelected December 11, 2007. Republican hold. |
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| Virginia 1 | Jo Ann Davis | Republican | 2000 | Incumbent died October 6, 2007. New memberelected December 11, 2007. Republican hold. |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Paul Broun | 23,529 | 50.42 | |
| Republican | Jim Whitehead | 23,135 | 49.58 | |
| Majority | 394 | 0.84 | ||
| Total votes | 46,664 | 100.00 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Laura Richardson | 15,559 | 67.00 |  15.40 | |
| Republican | John Kanaley | 5,837 | 25.14 | ||
| Green | Daniel Brezenoff | 1,274 | 5.49 | ||
| Libertarian | Herb Peters | 538 | 2.32 | 15.28 | |
| Write-in | 13 | 0.06 | |||
| Majority | 9,722 | 41.87 | 22.92 | ||
| Total votes | 23,221 | 100.00 | |||
| Democratichold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Niki Tsongas | 54,363 | 51.32 | 46.74 | |
| Republican | Jim Ogonowski | 47,770 | 45.10 | ||
| Independent | Patrick O. Murphy | 2,170 | 2.05 | ||
| Independent | Kurt Hayes | 1,125 | 1.06 | ||
| Constitution | Kevin Thompson | 494 | 0.47 | ||
| Majority | 6,593 | 6.22 | 89.90 | ||
| Total votes | 105,922 | 100.00 | |||
| Democratichold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Bob Latta | 56,114 | 56.96 |  0.11 | |
| Democratic | Robin Weirauch | 42,229 | 42.87 | 0.28 | |
| Write-in | 167 | 0.17 | |||
| Majority | 13,885 | 14.10 | 0.41 | ||
| Total votes | 98,510 | 100.00 | |||
| Republicanhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Rob Wittman | 42,772 | 60.77 | 2.19 | |
| Democratic | Philip Forgit | 26,282 | 37.34 | 1.86 | |
| Independent | Lucky R. Narain | 1,253 | 1.78 | 0.36 | |
| Write-in | 75 | 0.11 | 0.03 | ||
| Majority | 16,490 | 23.43 | 4.05 | ||
| Total votes | 70,382 | 100.00 | |||
| Republicanhold | |||||
