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March 8, 2005

Special Election

Special Election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman Robert Matsui (CD-05).

CD-05
Serge A. Chernay	Republican	4.5%	Loss
Pat Driscoll	Green	1.2%	Loss
John Thomas Flynn	Republican	8%	Loss
Doris Matsui	Democratic	68.2%	Win
Gale Morgan	Libertarian	0.5%	Loss
Michael O'Brien	Republican	3.1%	Loss
Julie Padilla	Democratic	8.7%	Loss
Leonard Padilla	Independent	1.1%	Loss
Charles "Chuck" Pineda Jr.	Democratic	0.8%	Loss
John C. Reiger	Peace and Freedom	0.3%	Loss
Shane Singh	Republican	2.1%	Loss
Bruce Robert Stevens	Republican	1.4%	Loss