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Kentucky

See also: Kentucky state legislative special elections, 2019

Kentucky State Senate District 31

See also: Kentucky state legislative special elections, 2019

A special election for District 31 of the Kentucky State Senate was called for March 5, 2019. The candidate filing deadline was January 15, 2019.^[1]

The seat became vacant when Ray Jones (D) resigned in January 2019 after becoming the Pike County Judge-Executive.^[2]

General election

Special general election for Kentucky State Senate District 31

Phillip Wheeler defeated Darrell Pugh in the special general election for Kentucky State Senate District 31 on March 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Phillip Wheeler (R)	52.3	6,188
	Submit photo	Darrell Pugh (D)	47.7	5,649

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,837
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Minnesota

See also: Minnesota state legislative special elections, 2019

Minnesota House of Representatives District 11B

See also: Minnesota state legislative special elections, 2019

A special election for District 11B of the Minnesota House of Representatives was called for March 19, 2019. A primary was held on March 5, 2019. The candidate filing deadline was February 19, 2019.^[3]

The seat became vacant after Jason Rarick (R) won a special election for District 11 of the Minnesota State Senate on February 5, 2019.

General election

Special general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 11B

Nathan Nelson defeated Tim Burkhardt in the special general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 11B on March 19, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nathan Nelson (R)	68.4	3,572
	Submit photo	Tim Burkhardt (D)	31.6	1,647
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	1

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,220 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 11B

Tim Burkhardt advanced from the special Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 11B on March 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Tim Burkhardt	100.0	399

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 399
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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 11B

Nathan Nelson defeated Ayrlahn Johnson in the special Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 11B on March 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nathan Nelson	88.4	2,371
	Submit photo	Ayrlahn Johnson	11.6	311

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,682
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Withdrawn candidates

The following candidates withdrew after Republican candidate Nathan Nelson was endorsed by the Republican Party:^[4]

Rhode Island

See also: Rhode Island state legislative special elections, 2019

Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68

See also: Rhode Island state legislative special elections, 2019

A special election for District 68 of the Rhode Island House of Representatives was held on March 5, 2019. A primary took place on February 5, 2019. The filing deadline for candidates was December 28, 2018.^[5]

The special election was called after Representative-elect Laufton Ascencao (D) announced that he would not take the oath of office because he had lied to local Democratic town committee members about producing a six-page mailer.^[6] He also produced a fake expenses invoice for the mailer and sent it to the committee members. When he announced his decision not to take office, Ascencao said the brochure was completed but not in time for it to be published and mailed prior to the election, so there were no actual expenses incurred for it.^[7]

Entering the special election, Kenneth Marshall held the District 68 seat as a Democratic member. He was first elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2014 and 2016; he did not run for re-election in 2018 after acknowledging in July 2018 that he had not reported more than $10,000 in campaign contributions. However, Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea (D) decided in December 2018 that Marshall's term would be extended until the special election had passed.^[8]

General election

Special general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68

June Speakman defeated William Hunt Jr., incumbent Kenneth Marshall, and James McCanna III in the special general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68 on March 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		June Speakman (D)	39.8	864
		William Hunt Jr. (L)	28.4	615
		Kenneth Marshall (Independent)	23.6	512
	Submit photo	James McCanna III (Independent)	8.1	176
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	2

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 2,169
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68

June Speakman defeated Richard Ruggerio in the special Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68 on February 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		June Speakman	72.2	1,220
	Submit photo	Richard Ruggerio	27.8	469

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,689
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

John Hanley (D)

Independent primary election

No Independent candidates ran in the primary.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Nicky Ann Tyska (Independent)

Texas

See also: Texas state legislative special elections, 2019

Texas House of Representatives District 145

See also: Texas state legislative special elections, 2019

A special election for District 145 of the Texas House of Representatives was called for January 29, 2019. Candidates wishing to run in this election were required to file by January 3, 2019.^[9] Democrats Christina Morales and Melissa Noriega advanced from the special general election. They faced off in a runoff election on March 5, 2019.^[10]^[11]^[12]

The seat became vacant after Carol Alvarado (D) won election to District 6 of the Texas State Senate in a special election on December 11, 2018.

General runoff election

Special general runoff election for Texas House of Representatives District 145

Christina Morales defeated Melissa Noriega in the special general runoff election for Texas House of Representatives District 145 on March 5, 2019.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Christina Morales (D)	60.8	1,826
	Melissa Noriega (D)	39.2	1,179

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,005
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General election

Special general election for Texas House of Representatives District 145

The following candidates ran in the special general election for Texas House of Representatives District 145 on January 29, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Christina Morales (D)	35.8	1,246
✔		Melissa Noriega (D)	31.2	1,085
		Martha Fierro (R)	25.1	873
	Submit photo	Elias De La Garza (D)	2.8	99
	Submit photo	Oscar Del Toro (D)	2.8	96
		Clayton Hunt (L)	0.9	33
	Submit photo	Alfred Moreno (D)	0.9	32
		Ruben Gonsalez (D)	0.4	13

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,477
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Municipal

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School board

Los Angeles Unified School District

See also: Los Angeles Unified School District, California, elections (2019)

The District 5 seat on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education in California was up for special election on March 5, 2019, to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Ref Rodriguez. The term filled by this election expired in December 2020.

General runoff election

Special general runoff election for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 5

Jackie Goldberg defeated Heather Repenning in the special general runoff election for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 5 on May 14, 2019.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jackie Goldberg (Nonpartisan)	71.3	20,552
	Heather Repenning (Nonpartisan)	28.7	8,253

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,805
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General election

Special general election for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 5

The following candidates ran in the special general election for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 5 on March 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jackie Goldberg (Nonpartisan)	48.2	15,935
✔		Heather Repenning (Nonpartisan)	13.1	4,341
		Graciela Ortiz (Nonpartisan)	13.0	4,310
	Submit photo	Cynthia Gonzalez (Nonpartisan)	9.8	3,230
		Allison Greenwood Bajracharya (Nonpartisan)	6.0	1,986
	Submit photo	Ana Cubas (Nonpartisan)	3.5	1,145
		David Valdez (Nonpartisan)	2.0	678
	Submit photo	Rocío Rivas (Nonpartisan)	1.6	545
		Salvador Sanchez (Nonpartisan)	1.6	522
		Nestor Enrique Valencia (Nonpartisan)	1.2	382

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,074
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Bennett Kayser (Nonpartisan)
Fidencio Gallardo (Nonpartisan)
Eduardo Cisneros (Nonpartisan)
Erika Alvarez (Nonpartisan)
Scott Cody (Nonpartisan)
Justine Gonzalez (Nonpartisan)
James O'Gabhann III (Nonpartisan)
Laura Garza (Nonpartisan)

Local ballot measures

El Dorado

See also: El Dorado County, California ballot measures

• Measure A: Mosquito Fire Protection District Parcel Tax Measure d

Fresno

See also: Fresno County, California ballot measures

• Measure R: Coalinga Regional Medical Center District Real Property Transfer a

Los Angeles

See also: Los Angeles County, California ballot measures

• Measure A: Manhattan Beach Hotel Tax Increase a
• Measure B: West Hollywood Arts Club Project Referendum a
• Measure C: Huntington Park Costco Store Location Advisory Vote a
• Measure E: Glendora General Sales Tax a
• Measure M: Signal Hill Election Consolidation with Statewide Primary d
• Measure N: Signal Hill Election Consolidation with Statewide General Election a
• Measure Y: West Hollywood Marijuana Tax a

Sonoma

See also: Sonoma County, California ballot measures

• Measure A: Palm Drive Health Care District Hospital Lease a

Footnotes

[1] The State, "Special election for Kentucky Senate seat set for March 5th," January 8, 2018

[2] WTVQ, "Special election date set to fill vacant state senate seat," January 8, 2019

[3] Minnesota Secretary of State, "House District 11B Special Election," accessed February 20, 2019

[4] WDIO, "4 Withdraw from 11B House Race Following GOP Endorsement," February 21, 2019

[5] Providence Journal, "Bristol Democrat Ascencao formally gives up House seat," December 10, 2018

[6] WPRI, "Rep.-elect apologizes for faking campaign invoice," December 4, 2018

[7] Providence Journal, "East Bay state Rep.-elect Ascencao won’t take seat," December 5, 2018

[8] Providence Journal, "Incumbent, who did not seek reelection, will remain in East Bay House seat until special election," December 13, 2018

[9] Office of the Texas Governor, "Governor Abbott Sets Special Election For Texas House District 145," December 21, 2018

[10] Texas Secretary of State, "2019 Special Election House District 145 Election Night Returns," accessed January 29, 2019

[11] Houston Chronicle, "Morales, Noriega head to runoff in House District 145 special election," January 29, 2019

[12] The Texas Tribune, "Special election runoff to replace Carol Alvarado in Texas House to be held March 5," February 12, 2019

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March 5, 2019, election results

State legislative

Kentucky

General election

Special general election for Kentucky State Senate District 31

Minnesota

General election

Special general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 11B

Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 11B

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 11B

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Withdrawn candidates

Rhode Island

General election

Special general election for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68

Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for Rhode Island House of Representatives District 68

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Independent primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Texas

General runoff election

Special general runoff election for Texas House of Representatives District 145

General election

Special general election for Texas House of Representatives District 145

Municipal

School board

Los Angeles Unified School District

General runoff election

Special general runoff election for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 5

General election

Special general election for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 5

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Local ballot measures

El Dorado

Fresno

Los Angeles

Sonoma

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