There were two special elections to the United States House of Representatives in 2003 during the 108th United States Congress.
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List of elections
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-elect Patsy Mink (D) died September 28, 2002, but was posthumously elected to the 108th Congress. Ed Case had won a special election for the seat in the 107th Congress November 30, 2002, but not for the 108th Congress. Incumbent re-elected January 4, 2003. |
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| Texas 19 | Larry Combest | Republican | 1984 | Incumbent resigned May 31, 2003 for personal reasons. New member elected June 3, 2003, in a run-off vote. Republican hold. |
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Hawaii's 2nd congressional district
Incumbent Democrat Patsy Mink died on September 28, 2002 due to viral pneumonia as a result of complications from chickenpox. 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 Democrat Ed 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 Democrat state Senators Matt Matsunaga and Colleen Hanabusa, Republican state Representatives Barbara Marumoto and Bob McDermott, John Carroll, and former Mayor of Honolulu Frank 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 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
Texas's 19th congressional district
Incumbent Republican Larry 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 and Mike Conaway moved to a run-off held on June 3.Neugebauer narrowly won the election, with 50.52% of the vote.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Randy Neugebauer | 28,546 | 50.52 | |
| Republican | Mike Conaway | 27,959 | 49.48 | |
| Total votes | 56,505 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||