State legislative elections without a Democratic or Republican candidate, 2019

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Ballotpedia tracked state legislative races without a Democratic or Republican candidate in the 2019 elections. Of the 538 legislative races this year, 158 races (29.4 percent) did not have a Democratic candidate, and 141 races (26.2 percent) did not have a Republican candidate.

This article is part of Ballotpedia's annual state legislative competitiveness study. To read more about that study and view detailed data from previous years, click here.

Elections by state

Elections were held for seven legislative chambers in the following four states:

Click here for information about state legislative special elections in 2019.

Elections summary

State legislative chambers up in 2019
Chambers Seats up Pre-election
partisan control 		Post-election
partisan control 		Term length Term limits?
Louisiana Senate All 39 Republican Party 25-14 Republican Party 27-12 4 years Yes (3 terms)
Louisiana House All 105 Republican Party 60-39 Republican Party 68-35 4 years Yes (3 terms)
Mississippi Senate All 52 Republican Party 31-18 Republican Party 36-16 4 years No
Mississippi House All 122 Republican Party 74-44 Republican Party 75-46 4 years No
New Jersey General Assembly All 80 Democratic Party 54-26 Democratic Party 52-28 2 years No
Virginia Senate All 40 Republican Party 20-19 Democratic Party 21-19 4 years No
Virginia House All 100 Republican Party 51-49 Democratic Party 55-45 2 years No
Total 538 - - -

Historical context

Races with and without major party opposition: 2011 - 2019 (odd years)

The table below shows state legislative races with and without major party opposition for odd-year races between 2011 and 2019. Note that in 2013 and 2017 only certain chambers—the Virginia House and both chambers in New Jersey—held elections. Even-year elections have significantly more state legislative seats up for election than odd-year elections do, making direct comparisons between years like 2019 and 2018 uninformative when it comes to races with and without major party opposition. In 2018, for example, there were 6,073 state legislative seats up for election. That year, there was only one major party candidate in 2,017 (33.2 percent) of those elections. For more information on competitiveness in the 2018 state legislative elections, see here.

Races with and without major party opposition: 2011 - 2019 (odd years)
Year Total races Races without major party opposition Races with major party opposition
2019 538 299 (55.6 percent) 239 (44.4 percent)
2017 220 42 (19 percent) 178 (80.9 percent)
2015 538 330 (61.3 percent) 208 (38.7 percent)
2013 220 58 (26.4 percent) 162 (73.6 percent)
2011 578 246 (42.6 percent) 332 (57.4 percent)

Democratic and Republican candidates without major party opposition

More Republican candidates ran without major party opposition in 2019 than Democratic candidates. In Louisiana, there were 67 Republicans without Democratic opposition and 40 Democratic candidates without Republican opposition. In Mississippi, there were 78 Republicans without Democratic opposition and 55 Democratic candidates without Republican opposition. In New Jersey, there were three races with no Democratic candidates. In Virginia, there were 13 Republicans without Democratic opposition and 43 Democratic candidates without Republican opposition.

Races without Democratic candidates

Races without Republican candidates

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Since New Jersey General Assembly districts are represented by two members, the Democratic and Republican parties have to field at least two candidates in each district to win both seats. After the April filing deadline, only one Republican candidate filed to run in District 7, District 15, and District 22. Those three districts were added to this analysis since the Republican Party did not field the necessary candidates to control both seats in the given districts.
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