2014_United_States_state_legislative_elections

2014 United States state legislative elections
87 legislative chambers; 46 states
	Map of upper house elections:; Democrats retained control; Republicans gained control Republicans retained control; Coalition retained control; Non-partisan legislature; No regularly-scheduled elections
	Map of lower house elections:; Democrats retained control; Republicans gained control Republicans retained control; Non-partisan legislature; No regularly-scheduled elections

2014 United States state legislative elections

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Elections to state legislatures were held in 46 U.S. states in 2014 with a total of 6,049 seats up for election (82 percent of the total number of state legislative seats in the United States). Six territorial chambers were up in four territories and the District of Columbia.

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Republicans initially gained control of nine legislative chambers: both chambers of the Nevada Legislature (which they held simultaneously for the first time since 1931), the Minnesota House of Representatives, the New Hampshire House of Representatives, the New Mexico House of Representatives for the first time since 1955, the West Virginia House of Delegates, the Colorado Senate, the Maine Senate, and the New York Senate, which was previously under a Republican-led coalition. This increased the total number of Republican-controlled state houses from 58 to 67. The day after the election, Republicans, who achieved a 17–17 tie in the West Virginia Senate, gained control of that chamber as well thanks to the defection of State Senator Daniel Hall, thus increasing their total gains to ten, for a final total of 68 state houses won.^[1] This allowed Republicans win control of either chamber of the West Virginia legislature for the first time since 1933.

The election left the Republicans in control of the highest amount of state legislatures in the party's history since 1928, and it also left the Democratic Party in control of the smallest number of state legislatures since 1860.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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Regularly-scheduled elections were held in 87 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States; nationwide, regularly-scheduled elections were held for 6,064 of the 7,383 legislative seats. Most legislative chambers held elections for all seats, but some legislative chambers that use staggered elections held elections for only a portion of the total seats in the chamber.^[5] The chambers that were not up for election either hold regularly-scheduled elections in odd-numbered years, or have four-year terms and hold all regularly-scheduled elections in presidential election years.

Note that this table only covers regularly-scheduled elections; additional special elections took place concurrently with these regularly-scheduled elections.

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[NYSenate-1] The New York Senate was controlled by a coalition of Republicans and members of the Independent Democratic Conference

[WAsenate-2] In the Washington State Senate, two Democrats caucused with Republicans to form the Majority Coalition Caucus. Three additional Democrats also caucus with the majority.

[WAsenate2-3] In the Washington State Senate, one Democrat caucused with Republicans to form the Majority Coalition Caucus

[variabletermlength-9] The upper houses of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas use a 2-4-4 term length system.

[Nebraska_seats-10] These figures represent the seats of Nebraska's unicameral legislature.

[11] Consists of 30 Republicans, 5 members of the Independent Democratic Caucus

[12] Consists of 32 Republicans, 5 members of the Independent Democratic Caucus

[13] One Democrat caucused with the Republicans to give them a majority.

[14] One Democrat caucused with the Republicans to give them a majority.

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Wilson, Reid (November 5, 2014). "Party switch gives Republicans control of West Virginia Senate". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 11, 2014.

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"Nearly half of Americans will now live in states under total GOP control". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 20, 2014.

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"The Other GOP Wave: State Legislatures &#124". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved November 20, 2014.

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Pierog, Karen (November 5, 2014). "Republicans gain big in state legislative elections". Reuters. Retrieved November 6, 2014.

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"2018 Legislative Races by State and Legislative Chamber". National Conference of State Legislatures.

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State	Upper House^[5]				Lower House^[5]
State	Seats up	Total	% up	Term	Seats up	Total	% up	Term
Alabama	35	35	100	4	105	105	100	4
Alaska	10	20	50	4	40	40	100	2
Arizona	30	30	100	2	60	60	100	2
Arkansas	18	35	51	2/4^{[lower-alpha 4]}	100	100	100	2
California	20	40	50	4	80	80	100	2
Colorado	17	35	49	4	65	65	100	2
Connecticut	36	36	100	2	151	151	100	2
Delaware	10	21	48	2/4^{[lower-alpha 4]}	41	41	100	2
Florida	20	40	50	2/4^{[lower-alpha 4]}	120	120	100	2
Georgia	56	56	100	2	180	180	100	2
Hawaii	12	25	48	2/4^{[lower-alpha 4]}	51	51	100	2
Idaho	35	35	100	2	70	70	100	2
Illinois	39	59	66	2/4^{[lower-alpha 4]}	118	118	100	2
Indiana	25	50	50	4	100	100	100	2
Iowa	25	50	50	4	100	100	100	2
Kansas	0	40	0	4	125	125	100	2
Kentucky	19	38	50	4	100	100	100	2
Louisiana	0	39	0	4	0	105	0	4
Maine	35	35	100	2	151	151	100	2
Maryland	47	47	100	4	141	141	100	4
Massachusetts	40	40	100	2	160	160	100	2
Michigan	38	38	100	4	110	110	100	2
Minnesota	0	67	0	2/4^{[lower-alpha 4]}	134	134	100	2
Mississippi	0	52	0	4	0	122	0	4
Missouri	17	34	50	4	163	163	100	2
Montana	25	50	50	4	100	100	100	2
Nebraska	24^{[lower-alpha 5]}	49^{[lower-alpha 5]}	49^{[lower-alpha 5]}	4	N/A (unicameral)
Nevada	11	21	52	4	42	42	100	2
New Hampshire	24	24	100	2	400	400	100	2
New Jersey	0	40	0	2/4^{[lower-alpha 4]}	0	80	0	2
New Mexico	0	42	100	4	70	70	100	2
New York	63	63	100	2	150	150	100	2
North Carolina	50	50	100	2	120	120	100	2
North Dakota	24	47	51	4	47	94	50	4
Ohio	16	33	52	4	99	99	100	2
Oklahoma	24	48	50	4	101	101	100	2
Oregon	15	30	50	4	60	60	100	2
Pennsylvania	25	50	50	4	203	203	100	2
Rhode Island	38	38	100	2	75	75	100	2
South Carolina	0	46	0	4	124	124	100	2
South Dakota	35	35	100	2	70	70	100	2
Tennessee	17	33	52	4	99	99	100	2
Texas	15	31	48	2/4^{[lower-alpha 4]}	150	150	100	2
Utah	14	29	48	4	75	75	100	2
Vermont	30	30	100	2	150	150	100	2
Virginia	0	40	0	4	0	100	0	2
Washington	25	49	49	4	98	98	100	2
West Virginia	17	34	50	4	100	100	100	2
Wisconsin	17	33	52	4	99	99	100	2
Wyoming	15	30	50	4	60	60	100	2
Total	1106	1972	56	N/A	4958	5411	92	N/A

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	23	26	3
	Democratic	11	8	3
Total		34	34

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	66	72	6
	Democratic	37	33	4
Total		105	105

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	26	23	3
	Democratic	14	16	2
	Independent	0	1	1
Total		40	40

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	21	24	3
	Democratic	13	11	2
Total		35	35

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic (DFL)	73	62	11
	Republican	61	72	11
Total		134	134

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	28	26	2
	Republican	35 ^{[lower-alpha 6]}	37 ^{[lower-alpha 7]}	2
Total		63	63

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	96	85	11
	Republican	45	53	8
	Progressive	5	6	1
	Independent	4	3	1
Total		150	150

Party		Before	After
	Democratic	24	24
	Republican	25 ^{[lower-alpha 8]}	25 ^{[lower-alpha 9]}
Total		49	49

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State Summaries

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Territorial and federal district summaries

American Samoa

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

U.S. Virgin Islands

Washington, D.C.

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