2005 United States state legislative elections

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2005 United States state legislative elections
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  2004 November 8, 2005 2006  

2 legislative chambers
2 states
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Chambers before51 [lower-alpha 1] 47 [lower-alpha 1]
Chambers after5147
Overall changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg

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Map of lower house elections:
     Democrats retained control
     Republicans retained control
     No regularly-scheduled elections

The 2005 United States state legislative elections were held on November 8, 2005. Two legislative chambers in two states held regularly-scheduled elections. These off-year elections coincided with other state and local elections, including gubernatorial elections in two states. [1] Both chambers of the Northern Mariana Islands legislature was up.

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Democrats maintained control of the New Jersey General Assembly and Republicans maintained control of the Virginia House of Delegates. [2] [3]

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.

StateUpper HouseLower House
Seats upTotal % upTermSeats upTotal % upTerm
New Jersey 001002/4 [lower-alpha 2] 80801002
Virginia 0010041001001002

State summaries

Lower houses

StatePrevious LHResultParty control
New JerseyD 47-33D 49-31Democratic hold
VirginiaR 61-37-2R 57-40-3Republican hold

Territorial and federal district summaries

Upper houses

StatePrevious UHResultParty control
Northern Mariana IslandsC 3-2-2-26-3Coalition Takeover

Lower houses

StatePrevious LHResultParty control
Northern Mariana IslandsC 9-7-1-111-7Coalition Takeover

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 The Iowa Senate was evenly split. Thus it is not included in either total.
  2. The upper houses of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas use a 2-4-4 term length system.

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References

  1. "State legislative elections, 2005". Ballotpedia . Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  2. https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-information-2005.shtml
  3. "Election Results - Virginia Department of Elections".