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1997 United States elections

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Federal elections
United States House of Representatives special elections
State and local elections
Gubernatorial elections Mayoral elections
References

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The 1997 United States elections were off-year elections were held on Tuesday, November 4, 1997, comprising 2 gubernatorial races, 3 congressional special elections, and a plethora of other local elections across the United States. No Senate special elections were held.

Federal elections

United States House of Representatives special elections

In 1997, three special elections were held to fill vacancies to the 105th United States Congress. They were for {{ushr|TX|28}}, {{ushr|NM|3}}, and {{ushr|NY|13}}.

District	Date	Predecessor	Winner	Cause of vacancy
TX\|28\|X}}	April 12, 1997	Frank Tejeda (D)	Ciro Rodriguez (D)	Died.
NM\|3\|X}}^[1]	May 13, 1997	Bill Richardson (D)	Bill Redmond (R)	Resigned upon appointment as United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
NY\|13\|X}}	November 4, 1997	Susan Molinari (R)	Vito Fossella (R)	Resigned to become anchor of CBS This Morning.

State and local elections

Several statewide elections were held this year, most notably the gubernatorial elections in two U.S. States and one U.S. territory.

Gubernatorial elections

Two gubernatorial elections were held in 1997 in New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Virginia in which both seats were held by the Republican Party. Another gubernatorial race was held in the Northern Mariana Islands as well which resulted as a Republican gain.

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates
New Jersey	Christine Todd Whitman	Republican	Re-elected, 47.1%	Jim McGreevey (Democratic) 46.0% Murray Sabrin (Libertarian) 4.7% Richard Pezzullo (Conservative) 1.5% Madelyn Hoffman (Green) 0.4% Michael Perrone (Independent) 0.3% Robert Miller (Socialist Workers) 0.1%
Northern Mariana Islands^[2]	Froilan Tenorio	Democratic	Defeated, 27.27%	Pedro Tenorio (Republican) 46.47% Jesse Borja (Independent) 26.26%
Virginia	George Allen	Republican	Term-limited, Republican victory	Jim Gilmore (Republican) 55.8% Don Beyer (Democratic) 42.6% Sue DeBauche (Reform) 1.5%

Note: Candidates' vote percentages are rounded to the nearest tenth of one percent. Candidates earning 0.05% or more of the vote are included.

Mayoral elections

{{Missing information|section|other Mayoral elections in 1997|date=December 2018}}

The New York City mayoral election saw the re-election of Republican Rudy Giuliani against Democratic Party nominee Ruth Messinger, the Manhattan Borough President.^[3]
In Boston, Democrat Thomas Menino ran unopposed in the election and therefore served his second term as Mayor.^[4]
Houston's officially nonpartisan election resulted in Lee P. Brown, a Democrat, ascend to the Mayor's office two years after leaving U.S. President Bill Clinton's cabinet as Director of National Drug Control Policy.
The mayoral election in Los Angeles was the most recent election to date in which a Republican, incumbent Richard Riordan, was elected mayoral of the city. He defeated Democratic challenger Tom Hayden on election day.^[5]^[6]

Elections were also held in Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Peoria, among several other cities in the country.

References

1. ^ {{dead link|date=December 2018}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=70186|title=Our Campaigns - Northern Mariana Islands Governor Race - Nov 01, 1997|website=Ourcampaigns.com}}
3. ^"Giuliani Wins With Ease", CNN.com, November 4, 1997.
4. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/05/us/1997-elections-mayoral-races-for-incumbents-cities-celebrations-came-easily.html |title=THE 1997 ELECTIONS: MAYORAL RACES; For Incumbents in Cities, Celebrations Came Easily |first=Richard L. |last=Berke |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 5, 1997 |accessdate=February 14, 2018}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=City of Los Angeles Primary Nomination Final - Official Election Results|url=http://ens.lacity.org/clk/elections/ND4433.htm|publisher=Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Los Angeles Mayor|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=36009|publisher=Our Campaigns}}

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