2007 United States state legislative elections

2007 United States state legislative elections

← 2006 November 6, 2007 2008 →

8 legislative chambers
4 states
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Republican Democratic Coalition
Chambers before 42 56 1
Chambers after 39 58 1
Overall change Decrease 3 Increase 2 Steady

Elections to state legislatures were held on November 6, 2007. Seven legislative chambers in four states held regularly-scheduled elections. These off-year elections coincided with other state and local elections, including gubernatorial elections in three states.

Democrats held control of both chambers of the New Jersey and Louisiana legislatures, and held control of the Mississippi House of Representatives. Meanwhile, Republicans held control of the Virginia House of Delegates. Meanwhile, Democrats gained control of the Virginia and Mississippi Senates, however, Democrats had only lost control of the latter chamber at the beginning of the year when Senators James Walley and Tommy Gollott switched parties from Democratic to Republican.

Additionally, Republicans lost control of the Tennessee Senate when Republican Senator Michael R. Williams became an Independent and the chamber became evenly divided with no one party in control.

Summary table

Regularly-scheduled elections were held in 8 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States. Nationwide, regularly-scheduled elections were held for 578 of the 7,383 legislative seats. This table only covers regularly-scheduled elections; additional special elections took place concurrently with these regularly-scheduled elections.

State Upper House Lower House
Seats up Total % up Term Seats up Total % up Term
Louisiana 39 39 100 4 105 105 100 4
Mississippi 52 52 100 4 122 122 100 4
New Jersey 40 40 100 2/4 80 80 100 2
Virginia 40 40 100 4 100 100 100 2

Results

State-by-state

Upper houses

State Previous UH Result Party control
Louisiana D 24-15 D 23-16 Democratic Hold
Mississippi R 27-25 D 27-25 Democratic Takeover
New Jersey D 22-18 D 23-17 Democratic hold
Virginia R 24-16 D 21-19 Democratic Takeover

Lower houses

State Previous LH Result Party control
Louisiana D 63-37-2 D 53-50-2 Democratic Hold
Mississippi D 75-47 D 75-47 Democratic hold
New Jersey D 49-31 D 48-32 Democratic hold
Virginia R 57-40-3 R 54-44-2 Republican hold

See also


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