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Election results, 2020: State legislative chambers that changed party control

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Updated February 21, 2021

Eighty-six of 99 state legislative chambers across 44 states held general elections on November 3, 2020. Partisan control flipped in two chambers—Republicans gained majorities in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and the New Hampshire State Senate.

Heading into the 2020 elections, Republicans had majorities in 59 chambers and Democrats had majorities in 39 chambers. In the Alaska House, there was a power-sharing agreement between the parties as part of a coalition.

The National Conference of State Legislatures' Tim Storey and Wendy Underhill wrote, "With just two chamber flips so far, it looks like 2020 will see the least party control changes on Election Day since at least 1944 when only four chambers changed hands. In the 1926 and 1928 elections, only one chamber changed hands."[1]

As a result of the 2020 elections, Republicans gained trifectas—single-party control of the governorship and both state legislative chambers—in two states: New Hampshire and Montana. In New Hampshire, Gov. Chris Sununu (R) won re-election. In Montana, Republicans maintained majorities in both legislative chambers and Greg Gianforte (R) won the gubernatorial race.

In 2018, when 87 chambers held elections, six chambers changed partisan control. Democrats captured the Colorado State Senate, Maine State Senate, Minnesota House of Representatives, New Hampshire House of Representatives, New Hampshire State Senate, and New York State Senate.

State legislative chamber control before and after 2020 elections
Pre-election majority Post-election majority Change?
State State Senate State House State Senate State House Y/N
Alabama Republican Republican Republican Republican N/A[2]
Alaska Republican Split Republican Split No
Arizona Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Arkansas Republican Republican Republican Republican No
California Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic No
Colorado Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic No
Connecticut Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic No
Delaware Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic No
Florida Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Georgia Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Hawaii Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic No
Idaho Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Illinois Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic No
Indiana Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Iowa Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Kansas Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Kentucky Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Louisiana Republican Republican Republican Republican N/A[2]
Maine Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic No
Maryland Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic N/A[2]
Massachusetts Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic No
Michigan Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Minnesota Republican Democratic Republican Democratic No
Mississippi Republican Republican Republican Republican N/A[2]
Missouri Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Montana Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Nebraska Republican Republican No
Nevada Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic No
New Hampshire Democratic Democratic Republican Republican Yes
New Jersey Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic N/A[2]
New Mexico Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic No
New York Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic No
North Carolina Republican Republican Republican Republican No
North Dakota Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Ohio Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Oklahoma Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Oregon Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic No
Pennsylvania Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Rhode Island Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic No
South Carolina Republican Republican Republican Republican No
South Dakota Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Tennessee Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Texas Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Utah Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Vermont Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic No
Virginia Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic N/A[2]
Washington Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic No
West Virginia Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Wisconsin Republican Republican Republican Republican No
Wyoming Republican Republican Republican Republican No


See also

  1. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2020 Legislative Election Results: It’s Status Quo in the States," November 5, 2020
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 This state did not hold state legislative elections in 2020.
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