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The 2013 United States elections were held on Tuesday, 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.
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 ...
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 ...
The 1914 midterm elections became the first year that all regular Senate elections were held in even-numbered years, coinciding with the House elections. The ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913 established the direct election of senators, instead of having them elected directly by state ...
The 2013 United States state legislative elections were held on November 5, 2013. Three legislative chambers in two states held regularly-scheduled elections. These off-year elections coincided with other state and local elections, including gubernatorial elections in two states.
The following elections were occurred in the year 2013. Asia. 2013 Armenian local elections 26 May, 17 November, and 8 December 2013; ... United States ...