109th United States Congress
House of Representatives

109th United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
Table Section Text: None

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation

California 5th	None	Representative Bob Matsui (D) died January 1, 2005 — before the end of the previous Congress. A special election was held March 8, 2005	Doris Matsui (D)	March 10, 2005

Ohio 2nd	Rob Portman (R)	Resigned April 29, 2005 to become the United States Trade Representative. A special election was held August 2, 2005	Jean Schmidt (R)	September 6, 2005

California 48th	Christopher Cox (R)	Resigned August 2, 2005 to become chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.	John Campbell (R)	December 7, 2005

California 50th	Duke Cunningham (R)	Resigned December 1, 2005 after pleading guilty to conspiracy for bribes and tax evasion. A special election was held June 6, 2006	Brian Bilbray (R)	June 13, 2006

New Jersey 13th	Bob Menendez (D)	Resigned January 16, 2006 to become a U.S. Senator. A special election was held November 7, 2006	Albio Sires (D)	November 13, 2006

Texas 22nd	Tom DeLay (R)	Resigned June 9, 2006 after a series of criminal indictments. A special election was held November 6, 2006	Shelley Sekula-Gibbs (R)	November 13, 2006

Florida 16th	Mark Foley (R)	Resigned September 29, 2006 after a teen sex scandal.	Remained vacant until the next Congress.

Ohio 18th	Bob Ney (R)	Resigned November 3, 2006 after pleading guilty to conspiracy.

Nevada 2nd	Jim Gibbons (R)	Resigned December 31, 2006 to become Governor of Nevada.

Sentence(s)

Tom DeLay (R) served until June 9, 2006, and Shelley Sekula-Gibbs (R) from November 13, 2006.

final_sentence: Tom DeLay (R) served until June 9, 2006, and Shelley Sekula-Gibbs (R) from November 13, 2006.