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State legislative vacancies, 2025

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Procedures for filling state legislative vacancies

As of October 2025, there have been 141 state legislative vacancies in 45 states.

The process for filling vacancies varies among the state legislatures. Twenty-five states fill vacancies in the state legislature through special elections. Twenty-one states fill vacancies through appointments, and four states fill vacancies through a hybrid system that uses both appointments and special elections. The most common reasons for a state legislative vacancy include officeholders resigning, dying, leaving for a new job, being elected or appointed to a different office, or receiving a legal conviction.

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The table below details the partisan breakdown for state legislative vacancies in 2025. The number on the left reflects how many vacant seats were originally held by each party, while the number on the right shows how many vacant seats each party held after the special elections and appointments took place.

Partisan breakdown of the vacancies (2025)
Party As of vacancy After vacancy
     Democratic Party
61
46
     Republican Party
80
50
     Independent
0
0
Total 141 96


As of October 17th, 2025, Republicans controlled 55.42% of all state legislative seats nationally, while Democrats held 43.64%. Republicans held a majority in 57 chambers, and Democrats held the majority in 39 chambers. Two chambers (Alaska House and Alaska Senate) were organized under multipartisan, power-sharing coalitions. One chamber (Minnesota House of Representatives) was split evenly between both parties.

Partisan balance of all 7,386 state legislative seats
Legislative chamber Democratic Party Republican Party Grey.png Other Vacant
State senates 831 1,119 5 18
State houses 2,392 2,974 20 27
Total: 3,223

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Click here for the list of special elections triggered by a state legislative vacancy in 2025.

Current and past vacancies

The table below highlights each instance where a state legislative vacancy triggered a replacement via appointment or special election in 2025. Know of a vacancy that should be covered here? Click here to let us know.

Note: Updates to reflect newly elected or appointed individuals are made only after they have been officially sworn in.

2025 state legislative vacancies
Date of vacancy Office Legislator Party Reason Vacancy procedure Date filled Successor
October 17, 2025 Indiana House District 9 Patricia Boy Democratic Resignation Appointment TBD TBD
October 14, 2025 New Mexico Senate District 33 Nicholas Paul Republican Resignation Appointment TBD TBD
October 12, 2025 Georgia House District 23 Mandi Ballinger Republican Death Special election TBD TBD
October 9, 2025 Oregon House District 48 Hoa Nguyen Democratic Death Appointment TBD TBD
October 9, 2025 West Virginia Senate District 7 Mike Stuart Republican Appointed to another position Appointment TBD TBD
October 8, 2025 Kentucky House District 37 David Yates Democratic Appointed to another position Special election TBD TBD
October 6, 2025 Nevada Assembly District 19 Thaddeus Yurek Republican Resignation Appointment TBD TBD
October 6, 2025 Iowa Senate District 16 Claire Celsi Democratic Death Special election TBD TBD
October 5, 2025 Oregon Senate District 26 Daniel Bonham Republican Resignation Appointment TBD TBD
October 2, 2025 Illinois House District 42 Terra Costa Howard Democratic Appointed to another position Appointment October 12, 2025 Margaret DeLaRosa (D)
October 2, 2025 North Carolina House District 47 Jarrod Lowery Republican Resignation Appointment October 13, 2025 John Lowery (R)
October 2, 2025 Texas Senate District 4 Brandon Creighton Republican Resignation Special election TBD TBD
October 1, 2025 Massachusetts Senate 1st Middlesex District Edward Kennedy Democratic Death Special election TBD TBD
October 1, 2025 Oklahoma House District 35 Ty Burns Republican Resignation Special election TBD TBD
September 30, 2025 Arkansas House District 70 Carlton Wing Republican Resignation Special election TBD TBD
September 23, 2025 New Hampshire House District Belknap 2 Matthew Lunney Republican Resignation Special election TBD TBD
September 19, 2025 Iowa House District 7 Mike Sexton Republican Appointed to another position Special election TBD TBD
September 15, 2025 Idaho House District 35A Kevin Andrus Republican Appointed to another position Appointment September 24, 2025 Mike Veile (R)
September 15, 2025 Colorado House District 14 Rose Pugliese Republican Resignation Appointment October 11, 2025 Ava Flanell (R)
September 10, 2025 Georgia Senate District 35 Jason Esteves Democratic Resignation Special election TBD TBD
September 6, 2025 West Virginia House District 48 Tom Clark Republican Resignation Appointment October 15, 2025 Gregory Watt (R)
September 5, 2025 Georgia House District 106 Shelly Hutchinson Democratic Resignation Special election TBD TBD
September 2, 2025 Arkansas Senate District 26 Gary Stubblefield Republican Death Special election TBD TBD
September 1, 2025 Florida House District 40 LaVon Bracy Davis Democratic Resignation Special election September 2, 2025 RaShon Young (D)
August 29, 2025 Kansas House District 33 Mike Thompson Republican Resignation Appointment September 5, 2025 Carolyn Caiharr
August 29, 2025 New York House District 115 D. Billy Jones Democratic Resignation Special election TBD TBD
August 27, 2025 South Dakota House District 16 Richard Vasgaard Republican Death Appointment September 17, 2025 John Shubeck (R)
August 23, 2025 Missouri House District 114 Ken Waller Republican Death Special election TBD TBD
August 21, 2025 Colorado House District 64 Ryan Armagost Republican Resignation Appointment September 23, 2025 Scott Slaugh (R)
August 19, 2025 North Dakota House District 42 Emily O'Brien Republican Resignation Appointment TBD TBD
August 18, 2025 Florida House District 87 Mike Caruso Republican Elected to another position Special election TBD TBD
August 11, 2025 Wyoming Senate District 6 Darin Smith Republican Appointed to another position Appointment August 29, 2025 Taft Love (R)
August 11, 2025 South Carolina House District 21 Bobby Cox Republican Resignation Special election TBD TBD
August 11, 2025 South Carolina House District 88 RJ May Republican Resignation Special election TBD TBD
August 11, 2025 South Carolina Senate District 12 Roger Nutt Republican Resignation Special election TBD TBD
August 1, 2025 Ohio House District 22 Sedrick Denson Democratic Resignation Appointment October 1, 2025 Ashley Bryant Bailey (D)
July 31, 2025 Alabama House District 38 Debbie Hamby Wood Republican Resignation Special election TBD TBD
July 25, 2025 Minnesota Senate District 47 Nicole Mitchell Democratic Resignation Special election TBD TBD
July 21, 2025 Florida Senate District 11 Blaise Ingoglia Republican Appointed to another position Special election TBD TBD
July 21, 2025 New Hampshire House District Hillsborough 24 Donald Bouchard Democratic Resignation Special election TBD TBD
July 21, 2025 Minnesota Senate District 29 Bruce Anderson Republican Death Special election TBD TBD
July 18, 2025 Florida House District 90 Joseph Casello Democratic Death Special election TBD TBD
July 14, 2025 Virginia House District 33 C. Todd Gilbert Republican Appointed to another office Regular election TBD TBD
July 1, 2025 Mississippi Senate District 26 John Horhn Democratic Elected to another position Special election TBD TBD
June 30, 2025 Mississippi House District 26 Orlando Paden Democratic Elected to another position Special election TBD TBD
June 30, 2025 Mississippi Senate District 24 David Jordan Democratic Resignation Special election TBD TBD
June 29, 2025 Idaho House District 16B Todd Achilles Democratic Resignation Appointment July 22, 2025 Annie Haws (D)
June 26, 2025 Kansas House District 70 Scott Hill Republican Appointed to another position Appointment August 1, 2025 Greg Wilson (R)
June 25, 2025 Alabama House District 13 Matt Woods Republican Elected to another position Special election October 2, 2025 Greg Barnes (R)
June 25, 2025 Iowa Senate District 1 Rocky De Witt Republican Death Special election September 15, 2025 Catelin Drey (D)
June 24, 2025 Delaware House District 20 Stell Selby Democratic Resignation Special election TBD TBD
June 19, 2025 New Hampshire House Coos 5 Brian Valerino Republican Resignation Special election TBD TBD
June 18, 2025 West Virginia House District 8 David Kelly Republican Appointed to another position Appointment July 7, 2025 Bill Bell (R)
June 18, 2025 Texas Senate District 9 Kelly Hancock Republican Appointed to another position Special election TBD TBD
June 16, 2025 Montana House District 75 Marta Bertoglio Republican Resignation Appointment July 22, 2025 Mark Reinschmidt (R)
June 15, 2025 Alabama House District 63 Cynthia Almond Republican Appointed to another position Special election TBD TBD
June 14, 2025 Minnesota House District 34B Melissa Hortman Democratic Death Special election September 26, 2025 Xp Lee (D)
June 13, 2025 Kansas House District 85 Patrick Penn Republican Appointed to another position Appointment June 24, 2025 Steven Brunk (R)
June 9, 2025 Colorado Senate District 9 Paul Lundeen Republican Resignation Appointment July 8, 2025 Lynda Zamora Wilson (R)
June 9, 2025 Florida House District 32 Debbie Mayfield Republican Seeking election to another position Special election June 10, 2025 Brian Hodgers (R)
June 3, 2025 Washington House District 5-Position 1 Victoria Hunt Democratic Appointed to another position Appointment June 3, 2025 Zach Hall (D)
June 2, 2025 Kansas Senate District 24 J.R. Claeys Republican Resignation Appointment June 26, 2025 Scott Hill (R)
June 1, 2025 Ohio House District 95 Don Jones Republican Appointed to another position Appointment June 16, 2025 Ty Moore (R)
May 30, 2025 Utah House District 51 Jefferson Moss Republican Appointed to another position Appointment August 13, 2025 Leah Hansen (R)
May 20, 2025 North Dakota House District 25 Cynthia Schreiber-Beck Republican Death Appointment September 11, 2025 Kathy Skroch (R)
May 7, 2025 Oregon House District 26 Courtney Neron Democratic Appointed to another position Appointment June 9, 2025 Sue Rieke Smith (D)
May 5, 2025 North Dakota House District 26 Jeremy Olson Republican Resignation Appointment May 24, 2025 Kelby Timmons (R)
May 5, 2025 Georgia Senate District 21 Brandon Beach Republican Appointed to another position Special election October 14, 2025 Jason Dickerson (R)
May 4, 2025 Missouri House District 160 Ben Baker Republican Appointed to another position Special election TBD TBD
May 1, 2025 South Dakota House District 1 Christopher Reder Republican Resignation Appointment August 5, 2025 Nicholas Fosness (R)
April 21, 2025 South Dakota Senate District 22 David Wheeler Republican Appointed to another office Appointment July 14, 2025 Brandon Wipf (R)
April 21, 2025 Rhode Island Senate District 4 Dominick Ruggerio Democratic Death Special election August 11, 2025 Stefano Famiglietti (D)
April 19, 2025 Oregon Senate District 13 Aaron Woods Democratic Death Appointment May 7, 2025 Courtney Neron (D)
April 19, 2025 Washington Senate District 5 Bill Ramos Democratic Death Appointment June 3, 2025 Victoria Hunt (D)
April 15, 2025 Alabama House District 12 Corey Harbison Republican Resignation Special election TBD TBD
April 9, 2025 New York Senate District 22 Simcha Felder Democratic Elected to another position Special election May 27, 2025 Sam Sutton (D)
April 7, 2025 Oklahoma House District 97 Jason Lowe Democratic Elected to another office Special election June 18, 2025 Aletia Haynes Timmons (D)
April 1, 2025 California House District 63 Bill Essayli Republican Appointed to another office Special election TBD TBD
April 1, 2025 Iowa House District 78 Sami Scheetz Democratic Appointed to another office Special election May 13, 2025 Angel Ramirez (D)
March 31, 2025 Florida Senate District 19 Randy Fine Republican Seeking election to another position Special election June 10, 2025 Debbie Mayfield (R)
March 31, 2025 Hawaii House District 18 Gene Ward Republican Resignation Appointment May 28, 2025 Joe Gedeon (R)
March 26, 2025 North Carolina House District 34 Paul Newton Republican Resignation Appointment April 8, 2025 Chris Measmer (R)
March 21, 2025 Minnesota Senate District 6 Justin Eichorn Republican Resignation Special election May 6, 2025 Keri Heintzeman (R)
March 14, 2025 Arizona Senate District 9 Eva Burch Democratic Resignation Appointment March 31, 2025 Kiana Sears (D)
March 11, 2025 Louisiana House District 45 Brach Myers Republican Elected to another position Special election March 21, 2025 Annie Spell (R)
March 11, 2025 Louisiana House District 67 Larry Selders Democratic Elected to another position Special election May 19, 2025 Terry Landry Jr. (D)
March 10, 2025 New Hampshire House District Rockingham 25 Fred Doucette Republican Elected to another position Special election TBD TBD
March 3, 2025 Montana House District 87 Ron Marshall Republican Resignation Appointment March 11, 2025 Terry Nelson (R)
February 28, 2025 Connecticut House District 113 Jason Perillo Republican Elected to another position Special election April 25, 2025 Amy Romano (R)
February 18, 2025 North Dakota House District 27 Josh Christy Republican Death Appointment March 12, 2025 Timothy Brown (R)
February 18, 2025 Colorado Senate District 17 Sonya Jaquez Lewis Democratic Resignation Appointment March 18, 2025 Katie Wallace (D)
February 17, 2025 Alabama House District 11 Randall Shedd Republican Resignation Special election August 27, 2025 Heath Allbright (R)
February 15, 2025 Massachusetts House 3rd Bristol District Carol Doherty Democratic Death Special election July 16, 2025 Lisa Field (D)
February 13, 2025 Florida Senate District 15 Geraldine Thompson Democratic Death Special election September 2, 2025 LaVon Bracy Davis (D)
February 5, 2025 Maryland House District 8 Carl Jackson Democratic Appointed to another position Appointment March 3, 2025 Kim Ross (D)
February 2, 2025 Illinois Senate District 26 Dan McConchie Republican Resignation Appointment February 28, 2025 Darby Hills (R)
January 31, 2025 Iowa House District 100 Martin Graber Republican Death Special election March 24, 2025 Blaine Watkins (R)
January 29, 2025 South Dakota House District 13 Tony Venhuizen Republican Appointed to another position Appointment February 5, 2025 Jack Kolbeck (R)
January 29, 2025 Oklahoma House District 71 Amanda Swope Democratic Resignation Special election June 18, 2025 Amanda Clinton (D)
January 24, 2025 Maryland House District 41 Dalya Attar Democratic Appointed to another position Appointment March 3, 2025 Sean Stinnett (D)
January 21, 2025 Delaware Senate District 5 Kyle Evans Gay Democratic Elected to another position Special election February 16, 2025 Raymond Seigfried (D)
January 21, 2025 Washington House District 34-Position 1 Emily Alvarado Democratic Appointed to another position Appointment January 21, 2025 Brianna Thomas (D)
January 20, 2025 Pennsylvania House District 35 Matthew Gergely Democratic Death Special election April 7, 2025 Dan Goughnour (D)
January 19, 2025 North Carolina House District 40 Joe John Democratic Resignation Appointment January 29, 2025 Phil Rubin (D)
January 16, 2025 South Carolina House District 50 Will Wheeler Democratic Resignation Special election TBD TBD
January 16, 2025 New Jersey House District 35 Benjie Wimberly Democratic Appointed to another position Appointment January 23, 2025 Alaa Abdelaziz (D)
January 15, 2025 Missouri House District 95 Michael O'Donnell Republican Appointed to another position Special election TBD TBD
January 15, 2025 Washington House District 41-Position 1 Tana Senn Democratic Appointed to another position Appointment January 21, 2025 Janice Zahn (D)
January 15, 2025 Washington Senate District 34 Joe Nguyen Democratic Appointed to another position Appointment January 21, 2025 Emily Alvarado (D)
January 14, 2025 Minnesota House District 40B Jamie Becker-Finn Democratic Left at term end Special election March 17, 2025 David Gottfried (D)
January 13, 2025 West Virginia Senate District 17 Eric Nelson Republican Appointed to another position Appointment February 6, 2025 Anne Charnock (R)
January 13, 2025 Indiana House District 42 Alan Morrison Republican Appointed to another position Appointment January 16, 2025 Tim Yocum (R)
January 11, 2025 New Mexico House District 59 Jared Hembree Republican Resignation Appointment January 21, 2025 Mark Murphy (R)
January 13, 2025 West Virginia Senate District 8 Mark Hunt Republican Elected to another position Appointment February 6, 2025 T. Kevan Bartlett (R)
January 10, 2025 Utah House District 4 Kera Birkeland Republican Resignation Appointment January 21, 2025 Tiara Auxier (R)
January 10, 2025 Colorado House District 41 Iman Jodeh Democratic Appointed to another office Appointment January 27, 2025 Jamie Jackson (D)
January 9, 2025 Colorado Senate District 31 Chris Hansen Democratic Resignation Appointment January 10, 2025 Matt Ball (D)
January 9, 2025 Colorado Senate District 29 Janet Buckner Democratic Resignation Appointment January 10, 2025 Iman Jodeh (D)
January 8, 2025 West Virginia House District 91 Joseph de Soto Democratic Removed from office Appointment January 24, 2025 Ian Masters (R)
January 8, 2025 Vermont House Rutland-3 District Chris Brown Republican Never assumed office Appointment January 8, 2025 Zachary Harvey (R)
January 8, 2025 Maryland House District 30A Shaneka Henson Democratic Appointed to another position Appointment February 6, 2025 Dylan Behler (D)
January 7, 2025 Washington House District 48 Position 1 Vandana Slatter Democratic Appointed to another position Appointment January 7, 2025 Osman Salahuddin (D)
January 7, 2025 Washington Senate District 48 Patty Kuderer Democratic Elected to another position Appointment January 7, 2025 Vandana Slatter (D)
January 7, 2025 Maryland Senate District 8 Katherine Klausmeier Democratic Appointed to another position Appointment February 5, 2025 Carl Jackson (D)
January 7, 2025 Connecticut Senate District 21 Kevin Kelly Republican Appointed to another position Special election February 28, 2025 Jason Perillo (R)
January 7, 2025 Connecticut House District 40 Christine Conley Democratic Appointed to another position Special election February 28, 2025 Dan Gaiewski (D)
January 7, 2025 Virginia House District 26 Kannan Srinivasan Democratic Resignation Special election January 7, 2025 Jas Singh (D)
January 6, 2025 Mississippi Senate District 18 Jenifer B. Branning Republican Elected to another position Special election April 29, 2025 Lane Taylor (R)
January 3, 2025 West Virginia House District 89 Darren Thorne Republican Appointed to another position Appointment TBD TBD
January 3, 2025 Maryland Senate District 41 Jill Carter Democratic Appointed to another position Appointment January 24, 2025 Dalya Attar (D)
January 3, 2025 Michigan Senate District 35 Kristen McDonald Rivet Democratic Elected to another position Special election TBD TBD
January 3, 2025 New Jersey Senate District 35 Nellie Pou Democratic Elected to another position Appointment January 30, 2025 Benjie Wimberly (D)
January 2, 2025 Delaware Senate District 1 Sarah McBride Democratic Elected to another position Special election February 16, 2025 Dan Cruce (D)
January 2, 2025 Maryland Senate District 30 Sarah Elfreth Democratic Elected to another position Appointment January 8, 2025 Shaneka Henson (D)
January 1, 2025 Massachusetts House District 6th Essex District Jerry Parisella Democratic Appointed to another office Special election May 21, 2025 Hannah Bowen (D)
January 1, 2025 Alabama Senate District 5 Greg Reed Republican Appointed to another office Special election June 25, 2025 Matt Woods (R)
January 1, 2025 Florida House District 3 Joel Rudman Republican Resignation Special Election June 10, 2025 Nathan Boyles (R)
January 1, 2025 Maryland House District 31 Rachel Muñoz Republican Resignation Appointment January 10, 2025 LaToya Nkongolo (R)
January 1, 2025 Oklahoma House District 74 Mark Vancuren Republican Resigned Special election June 18, 2025 Kevin Norwood (R)
January 1, 2025 Utah Senate District 21 Mike Kennedy Republican Elected to another position Appointment January 1, 2025 Brady Brammer (R)
January 1, 2025 Utah House District 54 Brady Brammer Republican Appointed to another position Special election January 1, 2025 Kristen Chevrier (R)

Methodology

Ballotpedia counts a seat as vacant if the outgoing officeholder leaves office before their official term-end date or the incoming officeholder takes office after their official term-start date. If an officeholder takes or leaves office according to their official term-start or -end date, Ballotpedia does not count that as a vacant seat.

How are vacancies filled in state legislatures?

See also: How vacancies are filled in state legislatures

The map below displays the different ways that vacancies are filled in state legislatures according to state law.

State legislative vacancies can be filled through special elections, governor appointments, board of county commissioners appointments, political party appointments, legislative chamber appointments, or a type of hybrid system. All 50 states use one or more of these systems to fill legislative vacancies.

Click on a state below to see the process for filling legislative vacancies in that state. The map also displays who holds the real power in filling legislative vacancies. For example, in the state of Utah, the state's constitution says that the governor is responsible for filling a legislative vacancy. However, the political party actually holds the real power in filling vacancies in the Utah State Legislature since the party recommends a successor to the governor and the governor then appoints the new member.

See also

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