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Projected outcomes of state house elections, 2010
State house elections
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AL • AK • AR • AR • CA • CO • CT • DE • FL • GA • HI • ID • IL • IN • IA • KS • KY • ME • MD • MA • MI • MN • MO • MT • NV • NH • NM • NY • NC • ND • OH • OK • OR • PA • RI • SC • SD • TN • TX • UT • VT • WA • WV • WI • WY |
Parties with candidates |
Impact of term limits |
Successful challengers |
Defeated incumbents |
State house elections |
State senate elections |
State legislative elections |
Democrats Before election: 32 Projected after election: 23 |
Toss-up 5 |
Republicans Before election: 16 Projected after election: 21 |
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13 Safe or Not Up | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 Safe or Not Up |
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Since there are 49 state houses (Nebraska only has a senate), a political party is defined as having the majority of state houses if it has at least 25. The Democratic Party needs to win all the safe, likely and leans Democratic, and 2 of the toss-up states, to get to 25. The Republican Party needs to win all the safe, likely and leans Republican, and 4 of the toss-up states, to get to 25. |
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Safe D | Likely Dem. | Leans Dem. | Toss Up | Leans GOP | Likely GOP | Safe R |
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Arkansas (D) California (D) Connecticut (D) Hawaii (D) Maryland (D) Massachusetts (D) New York (D) Rhode Island (D) Vermont (D) West Virginia (D) Not up: Louisiana (D) Mississippi (D) New Jersey (D) |
Kentucky (D) Illinois (D) Maine (D) Nevada (D) New Mexico (D) Oregon (D) |
Delaware (D) Michigan (D) Minnesota (D) Washington (D) |
Alabama (D) Colorado (D) Iowa (D) New Hampshire (D) North Carolina (D) |
Possible R Pick-ups: Indiana (D) Montana (Split)[1] Ohio (D) Pennsylvania (D) Wisconsin (D) |
Alaska: (R) Tennessee: (R) Texas (R) |
Arizona (R) Florida (R) Georgia (R) Idaho (R) Kansas (R) Missouri (R) North Dakota (R) Oklahoma (R) South Carolina: (R) South Dakota: (R) Utah (R) Wyoming (R) Not up: Virginia (R) |
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Footnotes
- ↑ The Montana House of Representatives is split evenly at 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans