Mock Election House Elections, October 2017

Mock Election House Elections, October 2017
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{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:12.32px;width:417px;background:transparent;"	Sept. 2017	October 13, 2017	→Nov. 2017
== Background ==
House Elections were held on October 13-14, 2017, and occurred as a midterm under the presidency of Democrat Kelvin Hawthorne. The Democratic Party suffered serious losses, reeling from 5 seats to just 2, while the GOP went from having no seats to having half of the seats in the chamber, largely at the expense of the Democrats. This massive gain in GOP support has been attributed mainly to moderate and more independent Democrats crossing the party lines and voting for GOP candidates. Jason Nicasio defeated Joe Portillo by an incredibly slight margin to enter the House of Representatives. Rep. Jon S. Überfeld subsequently became Speaker. Outgoing Speaker Lampros became Minority Leader. Rep. Ethan Kelly was elected as Majority Leader. Rep. Jason Nicasio will be caucusing with the Republicans. Note: Jon S. Überfeld is listed as the Republican leader because, being the speaker of the house, he is the highest ranking elected republican.
== Candidates ==
=== District 1 ===
Joel Lopez (D) - Incumbent (Re-Elected)
=== District 2 ===
Jason Nicasio (L) - Former Mod Councillor under the name "Josepth Nic" (Elected)
Joe Portillo (D) - Independent candidate for District 4 in September 2017
=== District 3 ===
Adam Daniel (I) - News pundit, Perennial candidate (Withdrew)
Jayanth Karuturi (D) (Withdrew)
Jon S. Überfeld (R) (Elected)
Jack M. Vlogs (R) - News pundit (Eliminated in Primary)
=== District 4 ===
Ethan Kelly (R) - Owner of MEC, Former President (Elected)
Mr. Panda (D) (Defeated)
=== District 5 ===
Finn Harrington (I) (Defeated)
John Lampros (D) - Speaker of the House, Incumbent (Re-elected)
=== District 6 ===
Braden Hart (D) - Running mate of Luca in September 2017 (Withdrew)
Irish Pennsylvanian (R) - Nominee in September 2017 (elected)
Logan Rabe (D) - Candidate for Liberal Mod Councillor in September 2017 (Defeated)
James Mitchell (I)- Nothing Really (Withdrew)
== Polling ==
Poll source	Date administered 	Democrat 	% 	Republican 	% 	Libertarian or Independent	% 	Undecided/Other	% 	Lead margin	Sample size
JMV News 	October 10-11, 2017	Joel Lopez 	93%	No GOP 	0% 	No LIB/IND 	0% 	Undecided/Other	7% 	86* 	15
JMV News 	October 10-11, 2017	Joe Portillo 	53%	No GOP 	0% 	Jason Nicasio 	40%	Undecided/Other	7% 	13 	15
JMV News 	October 10-11, 2017	Jayanth Karuturi	27%	Jon S. Uberfeld 	60%	No LIB/IND 	0% 	Undecided/Other	13%	33 	15
JMV News 	October 10-11, 2017	Mr. Panda 	33%	Ethan Kelly 	67%	No LIB/IND 	0% 	Undecided/Other	0% 	34 	15
JMV News 	October 10-11, 2017	John Lampros 	73%	No GOP 	0% 	Finn Harrigon 	0% 	Undecided/Other	27%	46* 	15
JMV News 	October 10-11, 2017	Logan Rabe 	47%	Irish Pennsylvanian	53%	No LIB/IND 	0% 	Undecided/Other	27%	6 	15
*lead over Undecided/other.
== Results ==
District	APVI (Sept. 2017)	Incumbent 	Party 	First Elected (Last Election Result)	Status 	Winner 	Results
1 	D+20 	Joel Lopez 	Democratic 	Sept. 2017 (70% D) 	Incumbent re-elected 	Joel Lopez 	Joel Lopez (D) (89%)
Other (11%)
2 	D+14 	Adrien Columbine	Democratic 	Sept. 2017 (64% D) 	Incumbent retired, Libertarian Gain 	Jason Nicasio 	Jason Nicasio (L) (52%)
Joe Portillo (D) (48%)
3 	D+7 	Kameron Scott 	Democratic 	Sept. 2017 (47% D) 	Incumbent retired to run for Senate, Republican Gain 	Jon S.
Überfeld 	Jon S. ÜIberfeld (R) (90%)
Other (10%)
4 	EVEN 	Caleb Andrew 	Libertarian	Sept. 2017 (56% L) 	Incumbent retired to run for President, Republican Gain	Ethan Kelly 	Ethan Kelly (R) (79%)
Mr. Panda (D) (21%)
5 	D+21 	John Lampros 	Democratic 	Sept. 2017 (71% D) 	Incumbent re-elected 	John Lampros 	John Lampros (D) (71%)
Finn Harrington (I) (29%)
6 	D+3 	Alex Kawa 	Democratic 	Sept. 2017 (53% D) 	Incumbent retired, Republican Gain 	Irish Pennsylvanian	Irish Pennsylvanian (R) (60%)
Logan Rabe (D) (40%)
			
			
			
			
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