Special Elections Scheduled to Fill Seats of Dixon, Solis
Special primary elections will be held April 10 to fill the congressional vacancy created by the death of U.S. Rep. Julian Dixon and March 6 to fill the state Senate seat that opened when Hilda Solis was elected to Congress.
Gov. Gray Davis ordered the elections Thursday in the 32nd Congressional District and the 24th state Senate District.
All candidates will appear on all ballots in the primaries, regardless of party. If no candidates get more than 50% of the vote, runoffs will be held May 1 for the Solis seat and June 5 for Dixon’s seat among the top vote-getters in each party.
Democrat Solis, of El Monte, won her congressional seat with 80% of the vote in the November election.
Dixon, also a Democrat and a senior member of the Congressional Black Caucus who represented his West Los Angeles district for 22 years, died Dec. 8 at age 66.
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