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2021 United States state legislative elections

2021 United States state legislative elections

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The 2021 United States state legislative elections were held on November 2, 2021. Three legislative chambers in two states, New Jersey and Virginia, held regularly scheduled elections. These off-year elections coincided with other state and local elections, including gubernatorial elections in both states.

For related races, see 2021 United States elections.
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As a result of the elections, New Jersey retained its Democratic trifecta, while a divided government was established in Virginia, as Republicans won back the lower house of the Virginia legislature, which they lost two years earlier.

Summary table

Regularly scheduled elections were held in 3 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States. Nationwide, regularly scheduled elections were held for 220 of the 7,383 legislative seats. This table only covers regularly scheduled elections; additional special elections took place concurrently with these regularly scheduled elections.

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Electoral predictions

Most election predictors use:

  • "Tossup": No advantage
  • "Tilt": Advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean"
  • "Lean": Slight advantage
  • "Likely": Significant, but surmountable, advantage
  • "Safe" or "Solid": Near-certain chance of victory
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State summaries

New Jersey

Main articles: 2021 New Jersey State Senate election and 2021 New Jersey General Assembly election

All seats of the New Jersey Senate and the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. In 2021, senators were elected to two-year terms in single-member districts, while Assembly members were elected to two-year terms in two-member districts.[5] Democrats retained majority control in both chambers.

Senate results
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Virginia

Main article: 2021 Virginia House of Delegates election

All seats of the Virginia House of Delegates are up for election; the Virginia Senate will not hold regularly-scheduled elections in 2021. Delegates are elected to two-year terms in single-member districts. Democrats recently gained control of the House in 2019.[6] However, they lost their majority to the Republicans in this election.

House of Delegates results
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Special elections

Various states will hold special elections for legislative districts throughout the year.[7]

Alabama

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California

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Connecticut

Main article: 2021 Connecticut elections § Legislative
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Georgia

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Iowa

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maine

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Massachusetts

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Michigan

Main article: 2021 Michigan Senate special election
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Mississippi

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Missouri

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New Hampshire

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New York

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Oklahoma

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Pennsylvania

Main article: 2021 Pennsylvania elections § Special elections
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Rhode Island

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Tennessee

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Texas

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Virginia

Main article: 2021 Virginia House of Delegates election § Special elections
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Wisconsin

Main article: 2021 Wisconsin elections § Legislative
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Notes

  1. The Alaska House of Representatives is controlled by a coalition of Democrats, Republicans, and independents. The minority caucus consists of Republicans who are not part of the majority coalition.

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