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Elected officials censured by state legislatures
This page collects examples of state legislators that have been censured by state legislatures in the United States. Please note that the information below is not comprehensive. If you know of any cases we are missing, please contact us.
A censure is the formal way in which a legislative chamber can express disapproval of the words or actions of a legislator. At the state level, it may be accompanied by other actions such as the legislator being removed from committee assignments, but on its own, a censure stands solely as a symbolic rebuke from the chamber. To learn about state legislators who have been expelled from office, click here.
As of April 2025, Ballotpedia has tracked 33 cases in which elected officials were censured by state legislative chambers between 1838 and 2025. These officials include 12 Democrats, 14 Republicans, and seven members of other parties.[1][2]
The map and list below only include cases in which a member of a state legislature was censured by a resolution passed through a vote in the relevant chamber. It does not included cases of unsuccessful censures.
Elected officials censured by state legislatures, by state
Number of elected officials censured by state legislatures, by decade and party
List of elected officials censured by state legislatures
The table below lists the state legislative censures identified by Ballotpedia. The table is fully searchable by state, chamber, year, name of the expelled member, and political party.
See also
- Elected officials expelled from state legislatures
- State legislature
- State senates
- State houses
- Number of state legislators
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