MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Gov. Bob Riley has scheduled a special election to fill the state House District 40 seat vacated by the death of Democratic Rep. Lea Fite of Jacksonville.
House District 40 includes much of the northern part of Calhoun County.
Riley said Tuesday that qualifying for candidates with the two major parties will end Friday, Nov. 13. Party primaries will be Tuesday, Jan. 5, with primary runoffs, if necessary, scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 16 and the general election set for Tuesday, March 30.
The winner will serve until Fite's term would have expired in November, 2010. The general election is scheduled three days before qualifying ends on April 3 for the 2010 legislative elections.
Fite died Oct. 26 after suffering an apparent seizure.
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