2011 United States state legislative elections
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Map of lower house elections: Democrats retained control Republicans gained control Republicans retained control No regularly-scheduled elections |
The 2011 United States state legislative elections were held on November 8, 2011. 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 four states.
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 | ||||||
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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 |
State summaries
Louisiana
All seats of the Louisiana State Senate and the Louisiana House of Representatives were up for election to four-year terms in single-member districts. Republicans flipped both chambers through party switching and special elections earlier in the year, and then retained majority control in both chambers in the general election.
Party | Before | After | Change | ||
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Republican | 22 | 24 | 2 | ||
Democratic | 17 | 15 | 2 | ||
Total | 39 | 39 |
Party | Before | After | Change | ||
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Republican | 57 | 58 | 1 | ||
Democratic | 46 | 45 | 1 | ||
Independent | 2 | 2 | |||
Total | 105 | 105 |
Mississippi
All seats of the Mississippi State Senate and the Mississippi House of Representatives were up for election to four-year terms in single-member districts. Republicans won a majority in the lower house. They had previously won a majority in the upper house through party switching and special elections earlier in the year, and then retained a majority in the general election.
Party | Before | After | Change | ||
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Republican | 27 | 31 | 4 | ||
Democratic | 24 | 21 | 3 | ||
Total | 52 | 52 |
Party | Before | After | Change | ||
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Republican | 54 | 64 | 10 | ||
Democratic | 68 | 58 | 10 | ||
Total | 122 | 122 |
New Jersey
All seats of the New Jersey Senate and the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. In 2011, senators were elected to two-year terms in single-member districts, while Assembly members were elected to two-year terms in two-member districts. Democrats retained majority control in both chambers.
Party | Before | After | Change | ||
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Democratic | 24 | 24 | |||
Republican | 16 | 16 | |||
Total | 40 | 40 |
Party | Before | After | Change | ||
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Democratic | 47 | 48 | 1 | ||
Republican | 33 | 32 | 1 | ||
Total | 80 | 80 |
Virginia
All seats of the Senate of Virginia and the Virginia House of Delegates were up for election in single-member districts. Senators were elected to four-year terms, while delegates serve terms of two years. Republicans maintained control of the lower chamber and won control of the upper chamber because the Republican lieutenant governor broke the ties in the now-evenly split body.
Party | Before | After | Change | ||
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Democratic | 22 | 20 | 2 | ||
Republican | 18 | 20 | |||
Total | 40 | 40 |
Party | Before | After | Change | ||
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Democratic | 39 | 32 | 7 | ||
Republican | 59 | 67 | 8 | ||
Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 100 | 100 |