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Election results, 2022: State legislative races decided by fewer than 100 votes
One hundred and three (1.64%) of the 6,278 state legislative races in 2022 were decided by fewer than 100 votes. Ninety-eight of the races were in state house chambers, and five were in a state senate chamber. Click here to see a list of all the races.
Of the 88 state legislative chambers that held elections in 2022, 31 (35.2%) had at least one race that was decided by fewer than 100 votes.
The New Hampshire House of Representatives had 36 races decided by fewer than 100 votes—more than any other chamber. As of 2020, there were, on average, 3,444 people in each New Hampshire House district, making them the smallest state legislative districts in the country. The Maine House of Representatives and Vermont House of Representatives each had five races decided by fewer than 100 votes—the second-highest number after the New Hampshire House.
Most of the races took place in districts with small population sizes compared to the rest of the country. Sixty-eight races (66%) were in districts with a population of less than 25,000. Districts that size made up 26.3% of all state legislative districts as of 2020.
In 2020, there were 30 (0.5%) of the 5,875 state legislative races decided by fewer than 100 votes. In 2018, there were 105 (1.72%) of the 6,073 state legislative races decided by fewer than 100 votes.
On this page, you will find:
- The states where the 103 races decided by fewer than 100 votes took place
- The distribution of the 103 races across state houses and senates
- An analysis of the size of the districts where the 103 races took place
- A list of all 103 races
Analysis
State by state
The chart and map below show the states where state legislative races decided by fewer than 100 votes took place.
Chamber type
The chart and graph below show the type of chamber where state legislative races decided by fewer than 100 votes typically took place.
| Chambers of state legislative races decided by fewer than 100 votes, 2022 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partisan change | Seats | Percentage | ||||
| State House seats | 98 | 95.15% | ||||
| State Senate seats | 5 | 4.85% | ||||
| Total | 103 | 100% | ||||
Population buckets
The chart and graph below show the population size of the districts where state legislative races decided by fewer than 100 votes took place.
| Population size of state legislative races decided by fewer than 100 votes, 2022
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population bucket | Seats decided by fewer than 100 votes | Percentage of seats decided by fewer than 100 votes | Percentage of all state legislative seats | |||
| 0-25,000 | 68 | 66.02% | 26.3% | |||
| 25,000-50,000 | 26 | 25.24% | 24.0% | |||
| 50,000-75,000 | 4 | 3.88% | 15.0% | |||
| 75,000-100,000 | 0 | 0.00% | 8.3% | |||
| 100,000+ | 4 | 3.88% | 26.5% | |||
List of races
The chart below shows the 103 state legislative races decided by fewer than 100 votes in 2022.
See also
- State legislative elections, 2022
- State Legislative Districts
- Population represented by state legislators
- Election results, 2022: Third-party candidates who won more than the margin of victory
Footnotes
