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Impact of term limits on state senate elections in 2021

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Three of the country's 99 state legislative chambers held regularly scheduled elections in 2021. None of those three chambers included state senate incumbents who were unable to run for re-election due to term limits.

Term limits affect the members of 29 legislative chambers in 15 states. There are 1,972 state senate seats and 5,411 state house seats in the U.S. Of the 1,972 senate seats, 562 seats (29%) are subject to term limits. Of the 5,411 house seats, 1,368 seats (25%) are subject to term limits.

State legislatures with term limits

The map below displays the 15 states that use term limits for state legislators. None of these states held state legislative elections in 2021.

Term-limited senators by year

The table below displays the number of term-limited senators by year from 2010 through 2021.

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