United States elections, 2017
| Off-year elections | |
| Election day | November 7 |
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| Congressional special elections | |
| Seats contested | TBD |
| Gubernatorial elections | |
| Seats contested | 2 |
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| Map of the 2017 gubernatorial races Light blue: Term-limited Democrat Light red: Term-limited Republican Gray: No election |
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The 2017 United States general elections will be held (for the most part) on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. This off-year election will feature gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey, as well as state legislative elections in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and in the lower house of the Virginia legislature. Numerous citizen initiatives, mayoral races, and a variety of other local elections will also occur. Special elections to the United States Congress may take place if vacancies arise.
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State elections
Gubernatorial
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Two states will hold gubernatorial elections in 2017:
- New Jersey: Two-term Republican Chris Christie is term-limited in 2017. Christie campaigned for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, but withdrew from the race February 10, 2016.[1]
- Virginia: One-term Democrat Terry McAuliffe is term-limited in 2017.
Legislative
Legislative elections will be held for the New Jersey General Assembly, the New Jersey Senate, and the Virginia House of Delegates.
Local elections
Various elections will be held for officeholders in numerous cities, counties, school boards, special districts and others around the country.
Mayoral elections
Some of the large cities holding mayoral elections include:
- Atlanta, Georgia: incumbent Democrat Kasim Reed is term-limited and cannot run for re-election to a third term in office.
- Boston, Massachusetts: incumbent Democrat Marty Walsh can run for re-election to a second term in office.
- Buffalo, New York: incumbent Democrat Byron Brown can run for re-election to a fourth term in office.
- New York City: incumbent Democrat Bill de Blasio is running for re-election to a second term in office.
- San Bernardino, California: incumbent Republican R. Carey Davis is running for re-election to a second term in office.
- Seattle, Washington: incumbent Democrat Ed Murray is running for re-election to a second term in office.[2]
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