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The 1999 United States state legislative elections were held on November 2, 1999, alongside other elections. Elections were held for 7 legislative chambers in four states. Both chambers of the Northern Mariana Islands legislature were up. [1]
Democrats maintained control of the Mississippi and Louisiana legislatures, while Republicans maintained control of the lower house in New Jersey and the upper house in Virginia. Republicans had won a 1997 special election to claim a 21-19 majority in the Virginia Senate after Democrat Charles L. Waddell resigned his seat. [2] [3] Republicans maintained this majority in 1999, which gave them their first-ever elected majority in history. Republicans flipped the Virginia House of Delegates, which was previously tied, resulting in the first-ever Republican majority.
Additionally, in the summer of 1999, a Democratic senator died in the New Hampshire Senate and was succeeded by a Republican in a special election, switching that chamber from Democratic control to tied. [4]
Regularly scheduled elections were held in 7 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States. Nationwide, regularly scheduled elections were held for 538 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 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 2/4 [d] | 80 | 80 | 100 | 2 |
| Virginia | 40 | 40 | 100 | 4 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 2 |
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. Democrats maintained control of both chambers.
| Party | Before | After | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 26 | 26 | ||
| Republican | 13 | 13 | ||
| Total | 39 | 39 | ||
| Party | Before | After | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 78 | 74 | ||
| Republican | 27 | 31 | ||
| Total | 105 | 105 | ||
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. Democrats maintained control of both houses.
| Party | Before | After | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 34 | 34 | ||
| Republican | 18 | 18 | ||
| Total | 52 | 52 | ||
| Party | Before | After | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 86 | 86 | ||
| Republican | 33 | 33 | ||
| Independent | 3 | 3 | ||
| Total | 122 | 122 | ||
All seats of the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. Assembly members were elected to two-year terms in two-member districts. [5] Republicans retained control.
| Party | Before | After | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 32 | 35 | ||
| Republican | 48 | 45 | ||
| Total | 80 | 80 | ||
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 served terms of two years. Republicans maintained control of the Senate and flipped the House of Delegates, which was previously tied.
| Party | Before | After | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 19 | 19 | ||
| Republican | 21 | 21 | ||
| Total | 40 | 40 | ||
| Party | Before | After | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 49 | 52 | ||
| Independent | 1 [e] | 1 | ||
| Democratic | 50 | 47 | ||
| Total | 100 | 100 | ||
All seats of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives and half of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate are up for election. Senators are elected to four-year terms, and Representatives are elected to two-year terms. Republicans maintained control of both houses.
| Party | Before | After | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 8 | 6 | ||
| Democratic | 1 | 2 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 9 | 9 | ||
| Party | Before | After | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 13 | 11 | ||
| Democratic | 5 | 6 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 18 | 18 | ||