Election results, 2023: State legislatures
Eight of the country's 99 state legislative chambers held regularly-scheduled elections in 2023. Elections in those eight chambers represented 578 of the country's 7,386 state legislative seats (7.8%). This was the most seats up for election in an odd-numbered year since 2011.
General elections in Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia took place on November 7, 2023. General elections in Louisiana took place on November 18, 2023.
- Democrats gained one state legislative chamber by winning partisan control of the Virginia House of Delegates. Democrats maintained control of the state Senate. Virginia's trifecta status remained divided.
- Republicans were guaranteed simple majorities in both Mississippi's House and Senate and Louisiana's House and Senate due to the number of districts where candidates from only one political party ran.
- Democrats maintained partisan control of both chambers of the New Jersey state legislature.
As a result, nationally, Republicans were the majority in 56 chambers, down from 57 before the election. Democrats were the majority in 41, up from 40. (The Alaska House and Senate were organized under multipartisan, power-sharing coalitions.)
Highlights:
In 2021, three state legislative chambers — the New Jersey Senate, the New Jersey General Assembly, and the Virginia House — held elections. The Virginia House changed from Democratic to Republican control, while Democrats maintained control in New Jersey. Seven state legislative chambers — the Louisiana House, the Louisiana Senate, the Mississippi House, the Mississippi Senate, the New Jersey General Assembly, the Virginia House, and the Virginia Senate — held elections in 2019. The Virginia House and Senate changed from Republican to Democratic control, while Democrats maintained control in New Jersey and Republicans in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Regarding state legislative seats, specifically, partisan composition of the 578 seats up for election changed by two percentage points.[1]
- Democrats had a net gain of six seats, representing 1.0% of the 578 seats.
- Republicans had a net loss of three seats, representing 0.5% of the 578 seats.
- Independents and minor party officeholders had a net loss of three seats, representing 0.5% of the 578 seats.
States also held special state legislative elections in 2023 to fill vacant seats.
On this page, you will find:
- Offices on the ballot
- Partisan balance figures
- Changes in trifecta status
- States holding elections
- Pre-election analysis
- Battleground chambers
- Log of results
- Political context
- Links to other analyses
Offices on the ballot in 2023
In 2023, there were eight state legislative chambers — five Republican and three Democratic — on the ballot. The table below highlights the partisan balance of those eight chambers before and after the election.
| State legislative elections, 2023 | |||
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| State | Seats up | Pre-election control | Post-election control |
| Louisiana | House: 105 Senate: 39 |
 Republican Republican |
Republican Republican
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| Mississippi | House: 122 Senate: 52 |
Republican Republican |
Republican Republican
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| New Jersey | House: 80 Senate: 40 |
 Democratic Democratic |
Democratic Democratic
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| Virginia | House: 100 Senate: 40 |
Republican Democratic |
Democratic Democratic
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Partisan balance of all state legislatures
Heading into the 2023 elections, Republicans held a majority in 57 chambers and Democrats held the majority in 40 chambers. Two chambers (Alaska House and Alaska Senate) were organized under multipartisan, power-sharing coalitions.
| State legislative chambers partisan breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of the 2023 elections | After the 2023 elections | |
| Democratic Party | 40 | 41 | |
| Republican Party | 57 | 56 | |
| Coalitions | 2 | 2 | |
| Uncalled chambers | |||
| Total | 99 | 99 | |
The map below shows the pre-election and post-election partisan control for each chamber. Click the blue links above the color key to switch the view between pre-election and post-election partisan control.
Changes in partisan control
The partisan composition of the 578 seats up for election changed by two percentage points in 2023.[2]
- Democrats had a net gain of six seats, representing 1.0% of the 578 seats.
- Republicans had a net loss of three seats, representing 0.5% of the 578 seats.
- Independents and minor party officeholders had a net loss of three seats, representing 0.5% of the 578 seats.
Of the four states that held elections on November 7, Democrats and Republicans both had net gains in two states.
The map below shows the four states that held elections on November 7 based on whether Democrats, Republicans, or independent or minor party candidates gained seats in the legislature. Hover over each state for more information, including the number of seats, the percentage of the legislature, and before and after looks at partisan control.
The table below shows before-and-after partisan changes for the four legislatures that held elections in 2023. Seats that were vacant on November 7 were counted as belonging to the party that most recently held those seats.
The "Numerical change" view shows the number of seats held and changes in that number before and after November 7. The "Percentage change" view shows the percentage of seats held and changes in that percentage before and after November 7.
Number of state legislators by party
The tables below show the total changes in state legislative seats, state Senate seats, and state House seats, respectively. Totals shown below include partisan data only from the eight chambers that held regularly-scheduled elections in 2023.[3]
| Change in state legislative partisan composition, 2023 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Net | ||||
| Democratic | 243 | 249 | +6 | |||
| Republican | 330 | 327 | -3 | |||
| Other | 5 | 2 | -3 | |||
| Total | 578 | 578 | - | |||
| State-specific data | |||||||||||||||||||
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| State | Total seats | Pre-election | Post-election | Net change | |||||||||||||||
| Dem. | Rep. | Oth. | Dem. | Rep. | Oth. | Dem. | Rep. | Oth. | |||||||||||
| Louisiana | 144 | 45 | 98 | 1 | 43 | 101 | 0 | -2 | +3 | -1 | |||||||||
| Mississippi | 174 | 57 | 113 | 4 | 57 | 115 | 2 | 0 | +2 | -2 | |||||||||
| New Jersey | 120 | 71 | 49 | 0 | 77 | 43 | 0 | +6 | -6 | 0 | |||||||||
| Virginia | 140 | 70 | 70 | 0 | 72 | 68 | 0 | +2 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total | 578 | 243 | 330 | 5 | 249 | 327 | 2 | +6 | -3 | -3 | |||||||||
| Change in state Senate partisan composition, 2023 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Net | ||||
| Democratic | 74 | 73 | -1 | |||
| Republican | 96 | 98 | +2 | |||
| Other | 1 | 0 | -1 | |||
| Total | 171 | 171 | - | |||
| State-specific data | |||||||||||||||||||
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| State | Total seats | Pre-election | Post-election | Net change | |||||||||||||||
| Dem. | Rep. | Oth. | Dem. | Rep. | Oth. | Dem. | Rep. | Oth. | |||||||||||
| Louisiana | 39 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 28 | 0 | -1 | +1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mississippi | 52 | 15 | 36 | 1 | 16 | 36 | 0 | +1 | 0 | -1 | |||||||||
| New Jersey | 40 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Virginia | 40 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 0 | -1 | +1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total | 171 | 74 | 96 | 1 | 73 | 98 | 0 | -1 | +2 | -1 | |||||||||
| Change in state House partisan composition, 2023 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Net | ||||
| Democratic | 169 | 176 | +7 | |||
| Republican | 234 | 229 | -5 | |||
| Other | 4 | 2 | -2 | |||
| Total | 407 | 407 | - | |||
| State-specific data | |||||||||||||||||||
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| State | Total seats | Pre-election | Post-election | Net change | |||||||||||||||
| Dem. | Rep. | Oth. | Dem. | Rep. | Oth. | Dem. | Rep. | Oth. | |||||||||||
| Louisiana | 105 | 33 | 71 | 1 | 32 | 73 | 0 | -1 | +2 | -1 | |||||||||
| Mississippi | 122 | 42 | 77 | 3 | 41 | 79 | 2 | -1 | +2 | -1 | |||||||||
| New Jersey | 80 | 46 | 34 | 0 | 52 | 28 | 0 | +6 | -6 | 0 | |||||||||
| Virginia | 100 | 48 | 52 | 0 | 51 | 49 | 0 | +3 | -3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total | 407 | 169 | 234 | 4 | 176 | 229 | 2 | +7 | -5 | -2 | |||||||||
States where one party gained seats in both chambers
There was one state where either Democrats, Republicans, or both had a net gain of state legislative seats in both state legislative chambers.[4]
Only states that held elections in 2023 were included. Democrats did not have net gains in both legislative chambers in any state. Republicans had a net gain in both legislative chambers of one state, Louisiana. This analysis treats vacant seats as of November 7 as belonging to the party that most recently held control.
The table below shows Louisiana and the net gains made by the Republican Party in both state legislative chambers.
| States where one party gained seats in both chambers, 2023 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | |||||
| State | Net House gains | Net Senate gains | State | Net House gains | Net Senate gains | |
| - | - | - | Louisiana | +2 | +1 | |
List of seats that changed party control
Each state legislative district that changed partisan control in regularly-scheduled elections in November 2023 is shown below. Multi-member districts in which multiple seats changed hands are listed once for each seat. If a candidate of the same name appears in both the "Pre-election incumbent" and "Winner, 2023" columns, he or she ran under a different party affiliation in 2023 compared to his or her previous election. Seats that were vacant on November 7 were counted as belonging to the party that most recently held those seats.
Disclaimer: The number of districts that changed partisan control was higher than usual in the Virginia House of Delegates because of redistricting.
State legislative seats that changed party control
Overview
- See also: State legislative elections, 2023
The table below shows the total number of state legislative seats that changed partisan control during the 2023 state legislative elections. Columns show the number of seats that changed to the given partisan affiliation listed in the top row. Rows show the number of seats that changed from the given partisan affiliation listed in the leftmost column. The bottom two rows show net changes: 2023, based on the data in the table, and 2021, as a comparison.
| Partisan change of state legislative seats, 2023 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Democrats | To Republicans | To Independent/ third parties |
Total | ||||
| From Democrats | - | 46 | 0 | 46 | |||
| From Republicans | 50 | - | 0 | 50 | |||
| From Independent/ third parties |
2 | 1 | - | 3 | |||
| Total | 52 | 47 | 0 | 99 | |||
| Net change, 2023 | +6 | -3 | -3 | - | |||
| Net change, 2021 | -14 | +14 | 0 | ||||
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Change to Democrats:
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Change to Republicans:
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Map of changed seats
The map below contains a state-by-state breakdown of state legislative seats that changed party control in the 2023 state legislative elections. States shown in gray did not hold regularly-scheduled state legislative elections. Hover over a state to view how many seats changed party control in each party.
Changes in trifecta status
State government trifecta is a term used to describe when one political party holds the governorship and majorities in both chambers of the state legislature.
After the November 2023 elections, there were 23 Republican trifectas, 17 Democratic trifectas, and 10 divided governments. Republicans gained one trifecta, Democrats neither gained nor lost any trifectas, and there was one less divided government. Before the 2023 elections, there were 22 Republican trifectas, 17 Democratic trifectas, and 11 divided governments where neither party held trifecta control.
Following the November 2023 elections, there were a total of 40 state government trifectas. This was the highest number of trifectas across the country since at least 1992.
The only change in trifecta status was in Louisiana, which changed from a divided government to a Republican trifecta after Jeff Landry (R) was elected governor on October 14.
Kentucky remained a divided government after Gov. Andy Beshear (D) was re-elected governor. The Kentucky State Legislature was not on the ballot in 2023, so it remained under Republican control. Virginia remained a divided government after Democrats maintained control of the Virginia State Senate and won the Virginia House of Delegates. Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) was not up for election in 2023.
Mississippi and New Jersey remained Republican and Democratic trifectas, respectively, after those parties maintained partisan control of the legislature in each state. Gov. Tate Reeves (R) was re-elected in Mississippi and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) was not up for election in 2023.
The map below shows post-election trifectas. Click the blue links above the color key to switch the view between pre-election and post-election trifecta status.
Elections by state
Louisiana
Louisiana's state legislators serve four-year terms. Both chambers have term limits which prevent a state legislator from serving for more than three terms, or twelve years, in a particular chamber. Louisiana legislators assume office at noon on the second Monday in January after their election.[5][6]
State Senate
- See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 2023
Louisiana State Senate Current Party Control
| As of January 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Members | |
| Democratic | 10 | |
| Republican | 28 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 1 | |
| Total | 39 | |
State House
Louisiana House of Representatives Current Party Control
| As of January 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Members | |
| Democratic | 29 | |
| Republican | 71 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 5 | |
| Total | 105 | |
Mississippi
Mississippi's state legislators serve four-year terms. Mississippi legislators assume office the Tuesday after the first Monday of January.[7]
State Senate
- See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2023
Mississippi State Senate Current Party Control
| As of January 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Members | |
| Democratic | 18 | |
| Republican | 34 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | |
State House
Mississippi House of Representatives Current Party Control
| As of January 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Members | |
| Democratic | 42 | |
| Republican | 78 | |
| Other | 2 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 122 | |
New Jersey
New Jersey's state senators serve four-year terms, except in the first term of a new decade, which only lasts for two years. Assembly members are elected to a two-year term. New Jersey legislators assume office at noon on the second Tuesday in January following the election.[8]
State Senate
- See also: New Jersey State Senate elections, 2023
New Jersey State Senate Current Party Control
| As of January 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Members | |
| Democratic | 25 | |
| Republican | 15 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | |
State House
New Jersey General Assembly Current Party Control
| as of January 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Members | |
| Democratic | 57 | |
| Republican | 23 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 80 | |
Virginia
Virginia's state senators are elected to a four-year term and state representatives are elected to a two-year term. Virginia legislators assume office the second Wednesday in January after the election.[9][10]
State Senate
- See also: Virginia State Senate elections, 2023
Virginia State Senate Current Party Control
| As of January 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Members | |
| Democratic | 21 | |
| Republican | 19 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | |
State House
Virginia House of Delegates Current Party Control
| As of January 2026 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Members | |
| Democratic | 64 | |
| Republican | 36 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Pre-election analysis
Battleground chambers
Of the eight chambers that held regularly-scheduled elections in 2023, Ballotpedia identified two battleground chambers in one state. We anticipated that these chambers would be more competitive overall and had the potential to see major shifts in party control.
The columns in the chart below list the following:
- Seats up in 2023: This was the number of seats that were up for election in 2023.
- Margin: This was the difference in seats between the majority and minority parties.
- Majority share of seats: This was the percentage of the chamber's seats controlled by the majority party.
- Last time party control changed: This was the election where the majority at the time of the 2023 elections took control of the chamber.
| State legislative battleground chambers, 2023 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber | Seats up in 2023 | Margin | Majority share of seats | Last time party control changed |
| Virginia State Senate | ||||
| Virginia House of Delegates | ||||
Log of state legislature election results
This section includes a timeline of state legislature election results.
Political context
The 2023 cycle was the first and only time legislators in Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Virginia Senate stood for re-election following President Joe Biden's (D) election in 2020. Legislators in New Jersey and the Virginia House stood for re-election in 2021, when Republicans won control of the Virginia House and narrowed Democratic majorities in both New Jersey chambers.
In 2022, Republicans had a net gain of 27 state legislative seats nationwide, representing 0.4% of the 7,386 seats up for election. Meanwhile, Democrats won majorities in four chambers: the Michigan House and Senate, the Minnesota Senate, and the Pennsylvania House. Additionally, the Alaska Senate changed from a Republican majority to a bipartisan majority made up of Democrats and Republicans, and the Alaska House changed from a multipartisan majority made up primarily of Democrats and independents to a multipartisan majority made up primarily of Republicans.
Changes in chamber partisan control, 2010 to 2022
From 2010 to 2022, 41 chambers switched control: 21 switched control once, 15 switched control twice, one switched control three times, three switched control four times, and one — the New Hampshire House of Representatives — switched control five times. During that same time, there were 58 chambers that did not switch control.
Before the 2010 elections, Democrats controlled 60 of the country's 99 state legislative chambers, Republicans controlled 37, and neither party controlled the remaining two chambers. After the 2022 elections, Democrats controlled 40 chambers and Republicans controlled 57. Multipartisan majorities controlled the Alaska Senate and House.
Most changes in partisan control came from major elections, but some also came through special elections (Louisiana House in 2010; Washington Senate in 2017) and party-switching (Louisiana House in 2010; Mississippi Senate in 2011). In some cases, the party that gained control did not have a numerical majority but instead controlled the chamber through a bipartisan coalition (Alaska House in 2016). This table does not account for changes in party control or ties in a chamber that lasted for less than one year and were not the result of a regularly scheduled election. An example of this is the brief period of Democratic control in the Virginia Senate in 2014.[14]
For this chart, a red box indicates that the chamber changed from Democratic to Republican control, and a blue box indicates that the chamber changed from Republican to Democratic control.[15]
| Chamber changes in partisan control: 2010-2022 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party changes in 2010 | Party changes in 2011 | Party changes in 2012 | Party changes in 2014 | Party changes in 2016 | Party changes in 2017 | Party changes in 2018 | Party changes in 2019 | Party changes in 2020 | Party changes in 2021 | Party changes in 2022 |
| Alabama Senate | Louisiana Senate[16][17] | Alaska Senate | Colorado Senate | Alaska House | Washington Senate | Alaska House[18] | Virginia Senate | New Hampshire Senate | Virginia House | Alaska Senate[19] |
| Alabama House | Mississippi Senate[20][21] | Arkansas Senate | Maine Senate | Iowa Senate | Colorado Senate | Virginia House | New Hampshire House | Michigan House | ||
| Colorado House | Mississippi House | Arkansas House | Minnesota House | Kentucky House | Maine Senate | Michigan Senate | ||||
| Indiana House | Virginia Senate[22] | Colorado House | Nevada Senate | Minnesota Senate | Minnesota House | Minnesota Senate | ||||
| Iowa House | Maine Senate | Nevada House | Nevada Senate | New Hampshire House | Pennsylvania House[23] | |||||
| Louisiana House[24][25] | Maine House | New Hampshire House | Nevada House | New Hampshire Senate | ||||||
| Maine Senate | Minnesota Senate | New Mexico House | New Mexico House | New York Senate | ||||||
| Maine House | Minnesota House | West Virginia Senate | ||||||||
| Michigan House | New Hampshire House | West Virginia House | ||||||||
| Minnesota Senate | Oregon House[26] | |||||||||
| Minnesota House | Washington Senate | |||||||||
| Montana House[27] | ||||||||||
| New Hampshire Senate | ||||||||||
| New Hampshire House | ||||||||||
| New York Senate | ||||||||||
| North Carolina Senate | ||||||||||
| North Carolina House | ||||||||||
| Ohio House | ||||||||||
| Oregon House[28] | ||||||||||
| Pennsylvania House | ||||||||||
| Wisconsin Senate | ||||||||||
| Wisconsin House | ||||||||||
| Total changes: 22 | Total changes: 4 | Total changes: 11 | Total changes: 9 | Total changes: 7 | Total changes: 1 | Total changes: 7 | Total changes: 2 | Total changes: 2 | Total changes: 1 | Total changes: 5 |
The chart below shows how many chambers each party controlled after the November elections in a given year.
| Partisan control of state legislative chambers: 2010-2022 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | Democratic chambers | Republican chambers | Other | ||
| Before 2010 | 60 | 37 | 2 | ||
| 2010 | 38 | 59 | 2 | ||
| 2011 | 35 | 60 | 4 | ||
| 2012 | 41 | 56 | 2 | ||
| 2013 | 41 | 56 | 2 | ||
| 2014 | 30 | 68 | 1 | ||
| 2015 | 30 | 68 | 1 | ||
| 2016 | 31 | 68 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | 32 | 67 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 37 | 61 | 1 | ||
| 2019 | 39 | 59 | 1 | ||
| 2020 | 37 | 61 | 1 | ||
| 2021 | 36 | 62 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | 40 | 57 | 2 | ||
Trifectas from 2010 to 2022
- See also: State government trifectas
A state government trifecta occurs when one political party controls the primary levers of power in a state: the governor's office, the state Senate, and the state House. From 2010 to 2018, the Republican Party increased its number of trifectas and the Democratic Party saw a decline in its trifectas. Democrats picked up six trifectas in the 2018 elections, and Republicans lost four trifectas. Following the 2021 elections, the Democratic trifecta in Virginia became a split government after Republicans gained control of the state House and governorship.
This chart shows the number of trifectas each party held heading into elections from 2010 to 2022, and the number of trifectas following the 2022 elections.
| Trifectas by year: 2010-2022 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | Democratic trifectas | Republican trifectas | States under divided government | ||
| Pre-2010 elections | 17 | 10 | 23 | ||
| Pre-2012 elections | 11 | 22 | 17 | ||
| Pre-2014 elections | 12 | 24 | 14 | ||
| Pre-2016 elections | 7 | 23 | 20 | ||
| Pre-2018 elections | 8 | 26 | 16 | ||
| Pre-2020 elections | 15 | 21 | 14 | ||
| Pre-2021 elections | 15 | 23 | 12 | ||
| Pre-2022 elections | 14 | 23 | 13 | ||
| Post-2022 elections | 17 | 22 | 11 | ||
Analysis of state elections, 2023
State legislative elections
- See also: State legislative elections, 2023
Eight of the country's 99 state legislative chambers held regularly-scheduled elections in 2023. Elections in those eight chambers represented 578 of the country's 7,386 state legislative seats (7.8%). This was the most seats up for election in an odd-numbered year since 2011.
General elections in Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia took place on November 7, 2023. General elections in Louisiana took place on November 18, 2023.
- Democrats gained one state legislative chamber by winning partisan control of the Virginia House of Delegates. Democrats maintained control of the state Senate. Virginia's trifecta status remained divided.
- Republicans were guaranteed simple majorities in both Mississippi's House and Senate and Louisiana's House and Senate due to the number of districts where candidates from only one political party ran.
- Democrats maintained partisan control of both chambers of the New Jersey state legislature.
Analysis
- State legislative special elections
- Impact of term limits
- Primary competitiveness
- Incumbents defeated
- Contested primaries
- Open seats
- Incumbents in contested primaries
- Major party competition
- Annual report
- Veto-proof state legislatures and opposing party governors
- Rematches in 2023 general elections
- Ballotpedia's Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2023
- Election results, 2023: State legislative veto-proof majorities
- Uncontested races by state
- Incumbent win rates by state
- Results of elected officials seeking other offices
- Minor-party candidates who won more than the margin of victory
- State legislative seats that changed party control
- State legislative races decided by fewer than 100 votes
- State legislative elections without a Democratic or Republican candidate, 2023
- Margin of victory analysis
- Candidates with the same last names
- Trends in the margins of victory for incumbents of three or more terms, 2018-2024
State executive elections
- See also: State executive official elections, 2023
Analysis
- State executive official elections overview
- Gubernatorial elections
- Secretary of State elections
- Attorney General elections
- Historical and potential changes in trifectas
- Trifecta vulnerability
- State government trifectas
- States with multiple statewide offices up for election
- State executive official elections without a Democratic or Republican candidate, 2023
- Impact of term limits
- Annual State Executive Competitiveness Report, 2023
- Ballotpedia's Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2023
- Uncontested races by state
- Incumbent win rates by state
- Trends in the margins of victory for incumbents of three or more terms, 2018-2024
State judicial elections
- See also: State judicial elections, 2023
A total of 15 state appellate court seats were up for election in 2023. This includes:
- 2 supreme court seats
- 13 intermediate appellate court seats.
The number of state supreme court and intermediate court elections is subject to change if judges retire or are appointed.
Ballotpedia provided coverage of supreme court and intermediate appellate court elections, as well as local trial court elections for judges within the 100 largest cities in the United States as measured by population.
Analysis
- State supreme court elections, 2023
- State judicial elections, 2023
- Ballotpedia's Top 15 Elections to Watch, 2023
- Uncontested races by state
- Incumbent win rates by state
- Trends in the margins of victory for incumbents of three or more terms, 2018-2024
See also
- State legislative elections, 2023
- State legislative special elections, 2023
- Impact of term limits on state legislative elections in 2023
- Primary election competitiveness in state government, 2023
- Incumbents defeated in state legislative elections, 2023
- Election results, 2023: State legislative veto-proof majorities
Footnotes
- ↑ These figures treat vacant seats as of November 7 as belonging to the party that most recently held control.
- ↑ These figures treat vacant seats as of November 7 as belonging to the party that most recently held control.
- ↑ These figures treat vacant seats as of November 7 as belonging to the party that most recently held control.
- ↑ For the purpose of this analysis, Ballotpedia compared the partisan control of state legislative seats at the time of the election with the partisan control following the election.
- ↑ Louisiana Constitution, "Article 3, Section 5," accessed February 10, 2021
- ↑ Louisiana Constitution, "Article 4, Section 3," accessed February 10, 2021
- ↑ Mississippi Constitution, "Article 4, Section 36," accessed November 1, 2021
- ↑ New Jersey Constitution, "Article IV, Section II (2.)," accessed February 10, 2021
- ↑ Virginia Legislative Information System, "Code of Virginia - § 24.2-214. Election and term of Senators." accessed January 6, 2022
- ↑ Virginia Legislative Information System, "Code of Virginia - § 24.2-215. Election and term of members of the House of Delegates." accessed January 6, 2022
- ↑ Twitter, "Henry Olsen," November 7, 2023
- ↑ Twitter, "Political Election Projections," November 7, 2023
- ↑ Twitter, "Dave Wasserman," November 7, 2023
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Virginia Republicans snatched control of the state Senate, ended budget-Medicaid impasse," June 9, 2014
- ↑ 2015 and 2013 are not included because no chambers changed those years.
- ↑ The chamber first changed from Democratic to Republican control in a February 2011 special election. Republicans increased their majority to 24-15 in the 2011 elections.
- ↑ Fox News, "GOP Candidate Wins Lousiana [sic] Senate Special Election, Shifting Majority," February 20, 2011
- ↑ Chamber went from being controlled by a Democratic-led bipartisan coalition to being led by a coalition with power split between the parties.
- ↑ Chamber went from a Republican majority to a bipartisan governing coalition.
- ↑ The chamber changed partisan control prior to the 2011 elections due to Democrats switching to the Republican Party and special election wins by Republicans. Republicans increased their majority in the 2011 elections to 31-21.
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Southern Democrats in dire straits; 2011 looms large," January 11, 2011
- ↑ In the 2011 elections, the chamber changed from a 22-18 Democratic advantage to a 20-20 tie. Republicans effectively controlled the chamber because Lieutenant Gov. Bill Bolling (R) could cast tie-breaking votes.
- ↑ Democrats won a majority of seats, but did not have a majority when the legislative session began due to vacancies created during the interim.
- ↑ This chamber did not hold elections in 2010. It switched partisan control in December 2010 when Democrat Noble Ellington changed his party affiliation to Republican. In the regularly-scheduled 2011 elections, Republicans increased their majority to 58-45.
- ↑ Nola.com, "Louisiana Republicans take first House majority since Reconstruction with latest party switch," December 17, 2010
- ↑ In this election, the Oregon House changed from a 30-30 tie to a 34-26 Democratic advantage.
- ↑ This chamber went from a 50-50 tie to a 68-32 Republican advantage in the 2010 elections.
- ↑ This chamber went from a 36-24 Democratic advantage to a 30-30 tie in the 2010 elections.
