Mock Election House Elections, Dec. 2017

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Primaries for the House occurred on Dec. 16, with the general election taking place on the 23rd. Several incumbents are not seeking re-election. They are Rep. Nicasio (L-D2), former Speaker Rep. Lampros (D-D5), and most notably Speaker Uberfeld (R-D3), who successfully ran for president. Upon his resignation, a new Speaker will be elected to serve until after the election. The term for Speaker will last for only about a week. Front runners include Rep. Irishpennsylvanian (R-D6), Rep. Lampros, and Rep. Taft (L-D7).
The Results showed that Democrats in the end picked up 3 Seats (One seat was previously picked up a day earlier in a special election, but people still viewed it as a +3 for the Democrats) It was a tsunami that gave Democrats a super majority in a chamber that they 28% previously. Many Republicans reeled in their losses, along with Libertarians who no longer controlled one seat in the entire Congress.
Democrats elected Claudio Aleman to the speakership, replacing the 2 term Speaker and now President Uberfeld. Democrats also chose former president Hawthorne to become the Majority Leader. Republicans, with only 2 seats left, made IrishPennsylvanian as the Minority Leader, and the Minority Whip was Ethan Kelly.
Democrats credited the win to much more active and bold candidates. Also, a focus on economic issues was a way that they say appealed to people across party lines. Exit polls showed that Democrats took a lot of the vote that President Ubersfeld received in his surprisingly close popular vote. 
== Primaries ==
With the retiring incumbents came several contested primaries in the Democratic primaries.
== Results ==
District	APVI (Nov. 2017)	Incumbent 	Party 	First Elected (Last Election Result)	Status 	Winner 	Results
1 	D+22 	Claudio Aleman 	Democratic 	Oct. 2017 (Special) (67% D) 	Incumbent won. 	Claudio Aleman 	Claudio Aleman (D)
2 	L+3 	Jason Nicasio 	Libertarian	Oct. 2017 (62.5% L) 	Incumbent retired. 	Tom Kirkman 	Tom Kirkman (D)
Jack M. Vlogs (R)
3 	R+26 	Jon S. Überfeld 	Republican 	Oct. 2017 (87.5% R) 	Incumbent retired to run for President (successful).	Rafael Munguia 	Adam Daniel (R)
Rafael Munguia (D)
Louis Mayes (I)
Louis Allen (L)
4 	R+4 	Ethan Kelly 	Republican 	Oct. 2017 (56.2% R) 	Incumbent won. 	Ethan Kelly 	Ethan Kelly (R)
Average Joe (D)
5 	D+28 	John Lampros 	Democratic 	Sept. 2017 (85.4% D) 	Incumbent retired. 	Luca 	Luca (D)
Joshua Huntington (R)
6 	R+12 	Irish Pennsylvanian	Republican 	Oct. 2017 (71% R) 	Incumbent won. 	Irish Pennsylvanian	Irish Pennsylvanian (R)
Braden Hart (D)
Logan Rabe (P)
7 	L+8 	Tim Taft 	Libertarian	Nov. 2017 (58.3% L) 	Incumbent lost. 	Kelvin Hawthorne 	Tim Taft (L)
Kelvin Hawthorne (D)
Ryan Servis (R)
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