2018_United_States_state_legislative_elections

2018 United States state legislative elections
87 legislative chambers; 46 states
	Map of upper house elections:; Democrats gained control; Democrats retained control; Republicans retained control; Non-partisan legislature; No regularly-scheduled elections
	Map of lower house elections:; Democrats gained control; Democrats retained control; Republicans retained control; Coalition retained control; Non-partisan legislature; No regularly-scheduled elections

2018 United States state legislative elections

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The 2018 United States state legislative elections were held on November 6, 2018, for 87 state legislative chambers in 46 states. Across the fifty states, approximately 56 percent of all upper house seats and 92 percent of all lower house seats were up for election. Additionally, six territorial chambers in four territories and the District of Columbia were up as well.

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Democrats flipped at least 350 state legislative seats,^[2] picking up most of those seats in states where President Trump's approval rating was relatively low.^[3] Six chambers—the Colorado Senate, New Hampshire House, New Hampshire Senate, Minnesota House, Maine Senate and New York State Senate—flipped from Republican to Democratic control.^[4] Additionally the Connecticut Senate went from being evenly divided to a Democratic majority.^[4] Democrats also broke Republican legislative supermajorities in North Carolina,^[5] Michigan and Pennsylvania^[3] and gained a legislative supermajority in both houses of the California, Illinois and Oregon legislatures.^[6]^[7]

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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.^[8] 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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State summaries

Territorial and federal district summaries

Special elections

Various states will hold special elections for legislative districts throughout the year.^[14]

New Jersey

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District		Incumbent			This race
Chamber	No.	Representative	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates^[15]^[16]
Senate	38	Robert M. Gordon	Democratic	2007	Incumbent resigned April 4, 2018, to join the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.^[17] New member elected November 6, 2018. Democratic hold.	▌ Y Joseph Lagana (Democratic) 60.1% ▌ Daisy Ortiz Berger (Republican) 39.9%
Assembly	5	Arthur Barclay	Democratic	2015	Incumbent resigned June 18, 2018, following arrest for assault.^[18] New member elected November 6, 2018. Democratic hold.	▌ Y William Spearman (Democratic) 66.3% ▌ Nicholas Kush (Republican) 33.7%
Assembly	15	Elizabeth Maher Muoio	Democratic	2015 (appointed)	Incumbent resigned January 15, 2018, to become State Treasurer of New Jersey.^[19] New member elected November 6, 2018. Democratic hold.	▌ Y Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (Democratic) 72.0% ▌ Tracy R. Sinatra (Republican) 26.4% ▌ Ed Forchion (Repeal Bail Reform) 1.6%
Assembly	15	Reed Gusciora	Democratic	1995	Incumbent resigned June 30, 2018, to become Mayor of Trenton.^[20] New member elected November 6, 2018. Democratic hold.	▌ Y Anthony Verrelli (Democratic) 71.5% ▌ Justin Tibbetts (Republican) 25.5% ▌ Alex Bethea (Integrity Transparency Accountability) 3.0%
Assembly	22	Jerry Green	Democratic	1991	Incumbent died April 18, 2018, from a long illness.^[21] New member elected November 6, 2018. Democratic hold.	▌ Y Linda S. Carter (Democratic) 69.4% ▌ John Quattrocchi (Republican) 30.6%
Assembly	32	Vincent Prieto	Democratic	2004 (appointed)	Incumbent resigned February 26, 2018, to become President and CEO of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority.^[22] New member elected November 6, 2018. Democratic hold.	▌ Y Pedro Mejia (Democratic) 100.0%
Assembly	34	Sheila Oliver	Democratic	2003	Incumbent resigned January 9, 2018, to become Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey.^[23] New member elected November 6, 2018. Democratic hold.	▌ Y Britnee Timberlake (Democratic) 81.9% ▌ Irene DeVita (Republican) 16.6% ▌ Clenard Howard Childress Jr. (Stop the Insanity) 1.5%
Assembly	36	Marlene Caride	Democratic	2011	Incumbent resigned January 16, 2018, to become Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance.^[24] New member elected November 6, 2018. Democratic hold.	▌ Y Clinton Calabrese (Democratic) 63.8% ▌ Marc Marsi (Republican) 36.2%
Assembly	38	Joseph Lagana	Democratic	2013	Incumbent resigned April 12, 2018, to join the State Senate.^[25] New member elected November 6, 2018. Democratic hold.	▌ Y Lisa Swain (Democratic) 59.7% ▌ Gail Horton (Republican) 40.3%
Assembly	38	Tim Eustace	Democratic	2011	Incumbent resigned April 13, 2018, to become Deputy Director of the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission.^[26] New member elected November 6, 2018. Democratic hold.	▌ Y Chris Tully (Democratic) 59.3% ▌ Jayme Ouellette (Republican) 40.7%

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[AKhouse-1] The Alaska House of Representatives is controlled by a coalition of Democrats, Republicans, and independents. The minority caucus consists of Republicans who are not part of the majority coalition.

[NYsenate-3] On April 16, 2018, the Independent Democratic Conference, which had been in coalition with Republicans since 2012, dissolved, returning the chamber to Republican control.^[1]

[CTSenate-4] The Connecticut Senate was tied in the 2017-2019 session, but Democrats gained control in the 2018 elections. This chamber was not included in the previous total.

[variabletermlength-12] The upper houses of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas use a 2-4-4 term length system.

[Nebraska_seats-13] These figures represent the seats of Nebraska's unicameral legislature.

[15] Coalition consisted of 17 Democrats, 3 Republicans, and 2 Independents.

[16] Coalition consisted of 15 Democrats, 8 Republicans, and 2 Independents.

[18] Includes Democrat Simcha Felder that cuascused with the Republicans until after the elections, and is therefore counted as a Republican loss.

[20] One Democrat caucused with the Republicans

[21] One Democrat caucused with the Republicans

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Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	78	73	5
	Democratic	42	47	5
Total		120	120

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	67	74	7
	Republican	51	44	7
Total		118	118

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	59	53	6
	Democratic	41	47	6
Total		100	100

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	84	86	1
	Democratic	41	39	2
Total		125	125

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	63	58	5
	Democratic	47	52	5
Total		110	110

State	Upper House^[8]				Lower House^[8]
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
	Democratic	17^{[lower-alpha 6]}	15^{[lower-alpha 7]}	2
	Independent	2	2
	Republican	3	8	2
	Republican	18	15	2
Total		40	40

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic (DFL)	57	75	18
	Republican	77	59	18
Total		134	134

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	31	40	9
	Republican	32 ^{[lower-alpha 8]}	23	9
Total		63	63

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	107	106	1
	Republican	42	43	1
	Independence	1	1
Total		150	150

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	83	95	12
	Republican	53	43	10
	Progressive	7	7
	Independent	7	5	2
Total		150	150

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	25 ^{[lower-alpha 9]}	28 ^{[lower-alpha 10]}	3
	Republican	24	21	3
Total		49	49

2018_United_States_state_legislative_elections

Summary table

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.

Special elections

Alabama

New Jersey

Notes

References

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