Meanings of special elections in English

Far longer than in any of last year's municipal and special elections.

Some of the special elections success reflects startup progressive groups rallying voters.

The race was the latest of several closely watched special elections ahead of November's contests.

Republican lawmakers praised the high court's action to throw out the order requiring special elections.

Despite the string of losses in special elections, some Democrats said there were reasons to be encouraged.

We have seen early signs of that in several recent special elections -the equivalent of Australia's by-elections

Democrats lost two other contested special elections earlier this year for Republican-held seats in conservative Kansas and Montana.

Lewis is scheduled to hear court arguments on Aug. 20 about whether to order special elections in the affected districts.

There's an election every two years and sometimes we get special elections! he told reporters while introducing the water plan.

The high court, with no recorded dissents, sent the case back to the lower court to reconsider whether special elections are necessary.

Under Reynold's ruling, Walker must call the two special elections by next week with votes likely to take place in early June.

Trump's campaign says only two of 118 candidates the president has endorsed this year have lost in congressional primaries and special elections.

In most of the states, representatives are chosen at the general state election; in the others, there are special elections for choosing representatives.

The Supreme Court in January put the matter of special elections on hold while it decided whether to hear the state's appeal of the ruling.

If they quit, they would have to be replaced through special elections in every electoral district they represent, which includes most of the country's biggest.

He established a Special Elections Commission to run the election and stacked it with loyal partisans.