2011 California's 36th congressional district special election

2011 California's 36th congressional district special election

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Nominee Janice Hahn Craig Huey
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 47,000 38,624
Percentage 54.9 45.1

Representative before election

Jane Harman
Democratic

Elected Representative

Janice Hahn
Democratic

A 2011 special election filled the vacancy in California's 36th congressional district after the resignation of incumbent Jane Harman on February 28, 2011; Harman vacated her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives to become head of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.[1]

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 runoff election was won by Janice Hahn.[2]

  1. ^ Cillizza, Chris (7 February 2011). "Jane Harman to resign from Congress". WashingtonPost.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Election 2011 by county". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012.