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  NC District 05 - Special Election
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Parents > United States > North Carolina > NC - District 05
OfficeHouse of Representatives
TypeSpecial Election
Filing Deadline 00, 1885 - 12:00pm
Polls Open January 15, 1885 - 06:00am
Polls Close January 15, 1885 - 08:00pm
Term Start January 28, 1885 - 12:00pm
Term End March 04, 1885 - 12:00pm
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifiedChronicler December 17, 2023 06:40am
Data SourcesGreensboro Patriot 1/27/1885; Dubin p. 263.
DescriptionSpecial Election Overview
Special election to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Alfred M. Scales on 12/30/1884. This election used the new CD05 boundaries rather than the old boundaries as it should have, since it was held to fill the vacancy from the district as it appeared in 1882.

Democratic nomination
The Democratic district executive committee met on 12/31/1884 and unanimously nominated Reid (Oxford Torchlight, 1/6/1885).
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/04/1884
NameJames W. Reid Votes15,047 (54.58%)
Term03/04/1885 - 12/31/1886 Margin2,525 (+9.16%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail

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Name James W. Reid Joseph S. Worth (W) Unidentified Scattering (W) Leonidas C. Edwards
PartyDemocratic Republican Independent Republican
Votes4,707 (90.50%) 356 (6.85%) 74 (1.42%) 64 (1.23%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -4,351 (-83.66%) -4,633 (-89.08%) -4,643 (-89.27%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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