Contested Elections

Cases Properly Filed Under the Federal Contested Election Act in the 117th Congress

 
The Constitution, in Article I, Section 5, clause 1, expressly provides that each House of Congress “shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns, and Qualifications of its own Members.”  Federal law – the Federal Contested Election Act – has long provided a specific framework for handling contested elections, and assigned responsibility to hear such contests to the Committee on House Administration.  By their very nature and under the design and requirements of federal law, an election contest can only be filed by a candidate who claims a right to an office after an election official has declared the result of the election in favor of the contestant’s opponent.

Iowa's Second Congressional District: Rita R. Hart v. Mariannette Miller-Meeks

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Illinois' Fourteenth Congressional District: James "Jim" Oberweis v. Lauren Underwood

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