Tyler King/2012 state legislative elections review

Tyler King

Tyler King

Tyler King, Project Director State Legislative News Desk Ballotpedia

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Election results

Partisan balance

Partisan Balance of Chambers with 2012 Elections
	Pre-election				Post-election
Legislative chamber
State senates	17	24	1	1	18	24	0	1
State houses	15	27	1	0	19	24	0	0
Totals:	32	51	2	1	37	48	0	1

Partisan Balance of All 99 Chambers Before and After 2012 Elections
	Pre-election				Post-election
Legislative chamber
State senates	19	28	2	1	20	28	1	1
State houses	17	31	1	0	21	28	0	0
Totals:	36	59	3	1	41	56	1	1

Chamber flips

• 12 chambers changed partisan control

8 Democratic

4 Republican

Democratic gains

• Colorado House
• Maine House and Senate
• Minnesota House and Senate
  • Considered a toss-up prior to the election
  • Push from Obama results
• New Hampshire House
  • Prior to 2010: Democrats held 216 seats
  • After 2010: Republicans held 298 seats (+124)
• New York Senate
• Oregon House
  • Split heading into the election

Super-Majorities

• California Assembly and Senate
• Illinois House and Senate

Republican gains

• Alaska Senate
  • Split heading into the election
• Arkansas House and Senate
  • Bump from Romney campaign
• Wisconsin Senate

Trifecta

Trifectas Before and After the 2012 Election
This is the status of Trifectas Before the 2010 Election. This is the status of Trifectas Before the 2012 Election. This is the status of Trifectas After the 2012 Election.

New trifectas

Alaska

Colorado

Minnesota

New York

North Carolina

Oregon

Wisconsin

Tifectas that were lost

Arkansas

Maine

Summary

• Bumps from both presidential campaigns
• Democrats end up winning the night
• Shift towards trifectas
• Defeated incumbents