Election results, 2025: State legislative races decided by fewer than 100 votes
This page will display 2025 state legislative elections that were decided by margins of 100 votes or fewer when certified election results become available.
Two of the country's 99 state legislative chambers are holding regularly-scheduled elections in 2025. Heading into the 2025 elections, Republicans hold a majority in 56 chambers, while Democrats hold a majority in 40 chambers. Two chambers (Alaska House and Alaska Senate) are organized under multipartisan, power-sharing coalitions. One chamber (Minnesota House) is split evenly between Democrats and Republicans.
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Analysis for 2023
One (0.17%) of the 578 state legislative seats up for election in 2023 was decided by fewer than 100 votes: the race for Virginia House of Delegates District 82. Incumbent Kim Taylor (R) defeated Kimberly Adams (D) by 78 votes. There were 48 write-in votes.
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.
In 2021, one (0.5%) of the 220 state legislative races was decided by fewer than 100 votes.
| State legislative races decided by fewer than 100 votes, 2023 | ||||||||
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| Winner | Party | Office | Votes for winning candidate | Votes for second-place candidate | Difference? | Did the district flip? | Partisan control after election | |
| Kim Taylor | Republican | Virginia House of Delegates District 82 | 14,286 | 14,208 | 78 | No |  51-49
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District populations
Virginia House District 82 had a population of 85,733, according to the 2020 census[1]. There were an average of 86,545 in each of Virginia’s 100 House districts, making it the state with the 12th-highest average population per state representative. Virginia's average of 216,364 people per state senator was the 11th-highest.
Louisiana’s average of 44,395 people per state representative was the 24th-highest in the nation based on the 2020 census. The state’s average of 119,525 people per state senator was the 25th-highest.
Mississippi's average of 24,294 people per state representative was the 36th-highest in the nation based on the 2020 census. The state’s average of 56,998 people per state senator was the 37th-highest.
New Jersey's average of 116,181 people per state representative was the 7th-highest in the nation based on the 2020 census. The state's average of 232,362 people per state senator was 9th-highest.
Analysis for 2021
One (0.5%) of the 220 state legislative races in 2021 was decided by fewer than 100 votes. New Jersey held elections for the General Assembly and Senate, and Virginia held elections for the House of Delegates. The race decided by fewer than 100 votes was for Virginia House of Delegates District 91.
That district changed partisan control. Aijalon Cordoza (R) defeated incumbent Martha Mugler (D) by 94 votes. Charles West (L) received 417 votes, and there were 31 write-in votes.
In 2020, 30 (0.5%) of 5,875 state legislative races were decided by fewer than 100 votes.
| State legislative races decided by fewer than 100 votes, 2021 | ||||||||
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| Winner | Party | Office | Votes for winning candidate | Votes for second-place candidate | Difference? | Did the district flip? | Partisan control after election | |
| Aijalon Cordoza | Republican | Virginia House of Delegates District 91 | 13,741 | 13,647 | 94 | Yes |  52-48
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District populations
Virginia House District 91 had a population of 80,968, according to the 2020 census. There were an average of 86,545 residents in each of Virginia's 100 House districts, making it the state with the 12th-highest average population per state representative.
New Jersey's average of 116,181 people per state representative was the 7th-highest in the nation based on the 2020 census. The state's average of 232,362 people per state senator was 9th-highest.
See also
- State legislative elections, 2025
- State Legislative Districts
- Population represented by state legislators
- Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2025
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