There were two special elections to the United States House of Representatives in 2003 during the 108th United States Congress.

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2003 United States House of Representatives elections

← 2002 January 4, 2003 and June 3, 2003 2004 →
2 of the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives 218 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Dennis Hastert Dick Gephardt Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 3, 1999 January 3, 1995 Leader's seat Illinois 14th Missouri 3rd Last election 229 seats 205 seats Seats won 1 1 Seat change   Third party   Party Independent Last election 1 seats Seats won 0 Seat change
Speaker before election Dennis Hastert Republican Elected Speaker Dennis Hastert Republican

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Elections are listed by date and district.

Incumbent Democrat Patsy Mink died on September 28, 2002 due to viral pneumonia as a result of complications from chickenpox. By the time of her death, it had been too late to remove her from the general election ballot. Thus, on November 5, Mink was post-humously re-elected.

A special election was held on November 30, 2002 to fill out the remainder of her term, with Democrat Ed Case winning the election.

Another election, this time to for the 108th Congress was held on January 4, 2003 with incumbent Ed Case running for re-election, along with 3 dozen other candidates including Democrat state Senators Matt Matsunaga and Colleen Hanabusa, Republican state Representatives Barbara Marumoto and Bob McDermott, John Carroll, and former Mayor of Honolulu Frank Fasi.

Incumbent Ed Case won re-election with 44% of the vote.

Incumbent Republican Larry Combest announced his resignation on November 12, 2002 following the deaths of his father and one of his daughters, and officially resigned on May 31, 2003.

A nonpartisan special primary was held on May 3, 2003.

As no candidates received over 50% of the vote, the two candidates with the most votes, Randy Neugebauer and Mike Conaway moved to a run-off held on June 3. Neugebauer narrowly won the election, with 50.52% of the vote.

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives