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2023 United States state legislative elections

2023 United States state legislative elections

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The 2023 United States state legislative elections were held on November 7, 2023, for eight state legislative chambers in four states.[1] These off-year elections coincided with other state and local elections, including gubernatorial elections in three states. Special elections were held throughout the year in several states.

For related races, see 2023 United States elections.

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The Democratic Party flipped control of Virginia's lower house, the House of Delegates, which it had lost two years earlier, and retained its majority in Virginia's upper house, the Senate. Democrats also expanded their majority in the New Jersey Legislature. The Republican Party strengthened its majorities in the Mississippi and Louisiana legislatures.

Summary table

Regularly-scheduled elections were held in 8 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States. Nationwide, regularly-scheduled elections were or are to be held for 578 of the 7,383 legislative seats. This table only covers regularly-scheduled elections; additional special elections may take place concurrently with these regularly-scheduled elections.

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Election predictions

Several sites and individuals publish predictions of competitive chambers. These predictions look at factors such as the strength of the party, the strength of the candidates, and the partisan leanings of the state (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assign ratings to each chambers, with the rating indicating the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that election.

Most election predictors use:

  • "Tossup": No advantage
  • "Tilt": Advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean"
  • "Lean": Slight advantage
  • "Likely": Significant, but surmountable, advantage
  • "Safe" or "Solid": Near-certain chance of victory
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State summaries

Louisiana

Main articles: 2023 Louisiana State Senate election and 2023 Louisiana House of Representatives election

All seats of the Louisiana State Senate and the Louisiana House of Representatives were up for election to four-year terms in 2023. Republicans retained control of both chambers.

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Mississippi

Main articles: 2023 Mississippi State Senate election and 2023 Mississippi House of Representatives election

All seats of the Mississippi State Senate and the Mississippi House of Representatives were up for election to four-year terms in 2023. Republicans retained control of both chambers.

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New Jersey

Main articles: 2023 New Jersey Senate election and 2023 New Jersey General Assembly election

All seats of the New Jersey Senate and the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. In 2023, senators were be elected to four-year terms in single-member districts, while Assembly members were be elected to two-year terms in two-member districts.[5] Democrats retained control in both chambers, expanding their majority in the General Assembly.

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Virginia

Main articles: 2023 Virginia Senate election and 2023 Virginia House of Delegates election

All seats of the Virginia Senate and the Virginia House of Delegates were up for election in 2023. Senators were elected to four-year terms, while delegates serve terms of two years. At the time of the elections, the Democrats controlled the Senate while the Republicans controlled the House of Delegates. Following the elections, the Democrats flipped control of the House of Delegates and held on to the Senate with a reduced majority.

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Special elections

There were fifty-one state legislative special elections scheduled for 2023.[6]

Connecticut

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Delaware

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Florida

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Georgia

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maine

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Massachusetts

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Minnesota

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Mississippi

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New Hampshire

Main article: 2023–2024 New Hampshire state legislative special elections
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New York

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Oklahoma

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Pennsylvania

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Rhode Island

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South Carolina

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Tennessee

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Virginia

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Wisconsin

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Recall elections

Oregon

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Notes

  1. The Alaska House of Representatives is controlled by a coalition of 19 Republicans, 2 Democrats, and 2 Independents. The Alaska Senate is controlled by a grand coalition of 9 Democrats and 8 Republicans.
  2. The upper houses of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas use a 2-4-4 term length system.
  3. Special elections in Mississippi are officially nonpartisan. However, the candidate qualifying list for the 2023 Mississippi elections indicates that Perry Van Bailey and Andrew Stepp are Republicans, while Andy Clark is an independent.[54]
  4. Cote was never officially sworn in for the 2023 session and did not cast a single vote.
  5. Democratic Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Joanna McClinton scheduled the special election for February 7. However, Republican Minority Leader Bryan Cutler unsuccessfully sought to wait until May 13 as an attempt to delay the Democrats from leading the chamber.[74]
  6. Justin J. Pearson was appointed as interim representative by the Shelby County Board of Commissioners on January 25.[90]
  7. Timothy Hill was appointed as interim representative by the Johnson County Commission on May 11.[93]
  8. Justin Jones was appointed as interim representative by the Nashville Metro Council on April 10.[96]
  9. Justin J. Pearson was appointed as interim representative by the Shelby County Board of Commissioners on April 12.[98]
  10. Anthony Davis was appointed as interim representative by the Nashville Metro Council on June 20.[101]

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