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State legislative chambers where Democrats gained seats, 2018

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Democrats had a net gain of seats in 62 legislative chambers -- 35 state houses and 27 state senates -- in the 2018 state legislative elections.

See the chart below for a list of the chambers.

See these pages for further analysis:

State legislative chambers where Democrats gained seats, 2018
Chamber Pre-election control Post-election control Seats gained
Alaska State Senate R R +1
Arizona House of Representatives R R +4
California State Senate D D +3
California State Assembly D D +5
Colorado State Senate R D +3
Colorado House of Representatives D D +5
Connecticut State Senate D D +5
Connecticut House of Representatives D D +11
Delaware State Senate D D +1
Delaware House of Representatives D D +1
Florida State Senate R R +1
Florida House of Representatives R R +5
Georgia State Senate R R +2
Georgia House of Representatives R R +10
Idaho State Senate R R +1
Idaho House of Representatives R R +3
Illinois State Senate D D +3
Illinois House of Representatives D D +5
Indiana State Senate R R +1
Indiana House of Representatives R R +3
Iowa House of Representatives R R +5
Kentucky House of Representatives R R +2
Maine State Senate R D +4
Maine House of Representatives D D +15
Maryland House of Delegates D D +8
Massachusetts State Senate D D +1
Massachusetts House of Representatives D D +3
Michigan State Senate R R +5
Michigan House of Representatives R R +5
Minnesota House of Representatives R D +18
Montana State Senate R R +2
Montana House of Representatives R R +1
Nevada State Senate D D +2
Nevada State Assembly D D +2
New Hampshire State Senate R D +4
New Hampshire House of Representatives R D +59
New Mexico House of Representatives D D +8
New York State Senate D D +8
North Carolina State Senate R R +6
North Carolina House of Representatives R R +10
North Dakota State Senate R R +1
North Dakota House of Representatives R R +2
Ohio House of Representatives R R +5
Oklahoma State Senate R R +1
Oregon State Senate D D +1
Oregon House of Representatives D D +3
Pennsylvania State Senate R R +5
Pennsylvania House of Representatives R R +11
Rhode Island House of Representatives D D +2
South Dakota House of Representatives R R +1
Tennessee House of Representatives R R +1
Texas State Senate R R +2
Texas House of Representatives R R +12
Utah State Senate R R +1
Utah House of Representatives R R +4
Vermont State Senate D D +1
Vermont House of Representatives D D +12
Washington State Senate D D +3
Washington House of Representatives D D +7
West Virginia State Senate R R +2
West Virginia House of Delegates R R +6
Wisconsin State Assembly R R +1

Overview of state legislative chamber changes in 2018

State legislative chamber changes, 2018
Party Total chambers State senates State houses
Chambers where Democrats gained seats 62 27 35
Chambers where Republicans gained seats 11 7 4
Chambers where Democrats lost seats 10 6 4
Chambers where Republicans lost seats 63 27 36

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