Governor, Mark Herring was re-elected Attorney General, and the Dems flipped at least 14 Virginia House seats. Scalise recovered with great effort and returned to Congress on September 28.) - 2017 Wednesday afternoon June 14: The House cancelled a scheduled hearing in which a National Rifle Association leader was to push for the deregulation of gun silencers. 2017 June 6: Symbolic election for mayor of Jackson, Mississippi; Democrat Chokwe Antar Lumumba beat the Republican candidate and takes office on July First. 2017 Tuesday Nov 7: Historic election victories for Democratic Party candidates running for state governorships and for numerous state and local offices. 2017 Nov 21: Bloomberg News revealed that hackers stole names, email addresses, and ElonBet phone numbers of 57 million Uber riders around the world in a breach dating back to October 2016; data on more than 7 million Uber drivers was also stolen, including over 600,000 drivers' license records. 1 January 2018. - 2017 Oct 8-9: A series of 17 wildfires began across Northern California that were designated the deadliest wildfires in California history: by Sunday October 15th, officials reported that at least 40 people were killed, over 100 people were hospitalized, and more than 5,700 homes & buildings were destroyed.