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Elections were held in the United States on November 5, 2013. This off-year election cycle featured several special elections to the United States Congress; two gubernatorial races; state legislative elections in a few states; and numerous citizen initiatives, mayoral races, and a variety of other local offices on the ballot.
On June 26, 2013, the Virginia State Board of Elections confirmed to Sarvis's campaign that he would be listed on the ballot statewide during the elections this November. [16] On November 5, 2013, Terry McAuliffe narrowly beat Ken Cuccinelli by a margin of 48% to 45.5% with Robert Sarvis accounting for the other 6.6% of the vote. [17]
On June 25, 2013, 20-term incumbent Democrat Ed Markey defeated Republican Gabriel Gomez [22] in the special election to fill the remaining 18-months of the unexpired term of the Class II United States Senate seat caused by senator John Kerry's confirmation as Secretary of State. Markey resigned from the House of Representatives on July 15, 2013.
On June 20, 2013, the New Jersey Supreme Court declined to hear a follow-up challenge to the special election date. [ 10 ] New Jersey Democratic state senator Shirley Turner of Lawrenceville introduced legislation to move the general election on November 5 for all statewide offices, including governor, to the same date, October 16, as the U.S ...
The 2013 Democratic National Committee chairmanship election was held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. on January 22, 2013, at the party's winter meeting to determine the next chairperson of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
On January 30, 2013, Governor Deval Patrick chose his former chief of staff, Mo Cowan, to serve as interim U.S. Senator. Cowan declined to participate in the election. A party primary election was held on April 30, to determinate the nominees of each party for the general election.
2013 United States Senate elections ← 2012 June 25, 2013 – October 16, 2013 2014 → 2 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate 51 seats needed for a majority Majority party Minority party Leader Harry Reid Mitch McConnell Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat Nevada Kentucky Seats before 52 46 Seats after 53 45 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,383,730 1,118,764 Percentage 54.7% 44.2 ...
House of Representatives member pin for the 113th U.S. Congress . The 113th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, from January 3, 2013, to January 3, 2015, during the fifth and sixth years of Barack Obama's presidency.