Elections to replace 3 deceased Democratic Congress Reprs. - - Gerry Connolly, Raul Grijalva, Sylvester Turner (UPDATE Sept. 23, 2025)

Tuesday Sept. 23 -- a historic day

Democrat Adelita Grijalva wins 70% of vote in Arizona's 7th District

while Republican Daniel Butierez won 30% in the special election certified results

to fill a Congressional seat after a death from terminal cancer last March.

This changes the amount of leeway that Speaker Johnson has to force

through bills in the 2025-2026 Congress (435 members in House of Repre-

sentatives).  AP News.com/article "Democrat Adelita Grijalva wins 

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UPDATE to the Nov. 2025 voting for a replacement Congressman

for Sylvester Turner who died March 2025

NYTimes.com/2025/09/22/us/politics/texas-redistricting-houston.html

Texas law allows the Houston House of Repr. seat for a

replacement to take 8 months / Grijalva's seat will be filled

after Sept. 23, 2025 ; 

While the Virginia seat previously held by Gerry Connolly

who died in July 2025 will

be filled by James Walkinshaw (D)

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218 - 214 is the difference between a House

majority and the minority (Democrat caucus). . .

three House seats from Deceased Members of House remain unfilled

one in Houston, TX vicinity (Sylvester Turner who died in 

March 2025) one in Arizona (a long term Repr. Raul 

Grijalva this winter) and a recent one in Virginia July 2025 (Gerry Connolly).

Mike Johnson won the passage of Trump Omnibus Bill

by 4 votes despite 2 GOP members

Fitzpatrick and Massie opposing the tax / spend measure

for 2025 fiscal matters.

3 July 2025