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The 2011 United States elections were held (for the most part) on Tuesday, November 8. This was an off-year election , in which the only seats up for election in the United States Congress were special elections .
The following elections occurred in the year 2011. Local electoral calendar 2011; National electoral calendar 2011; 2011 United Nations Security Council election;
The special primary election occurred on May 17, 2011. Democrat Janice Hahn received the highest number of votes, with Republican Craig Huey taking second place. Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote in the primary, a special general election was held on July 12, 2011, between the top two vote recipients.
The 2011 United States state legislative elections were held on November 8, 2011. Eight legislative chambers in four states held regularly scheduled elections. These off-year elections coincided with other state and local elections, including gubernatorial elections in four states.
The election was then held on October 22 with all the candidates competing in a nonpartisan blanket primary. [17] Jindal was elected to a second term, receiving an outright majority of the vote (thus a runoff election that would have occurred on November 19 became unnecessary).
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 ...
A special election was held May 24, 2011. [34] Kathy Hochul (D) June 1, 2011 California 36th: Jane Harman (D) Resigned February 28, 2011, to become the head of the Woodrow Wilson Center. [35] A special election was held July 12, 2011. [36] Janice Hahn (D) July 19, 2011 Nevada 2nd: Dean Heller (R) Resigned May 9, 2011, when appointed to the ...
This national electoral calendar for 2011 lists the national/federal elections held in 2011 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.