2001 United States state legislative elections

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2001 United States state legislative elections
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  2000 November 6, 2001 2002  

4 legislative chambers in 2 states
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
 
Party Republican Democratic Coalition
Chambers before51 [lower-alpha 1] 45 [lower-alpha 1] 1 [lower-alpha 2]
Chambers after49 [lower-alpha 3] 471 [lower-alpha 2]
Overall changeDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 2Steady2.svg

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Map of upper house elections:
     Republicans retained control
     Split body formed
     No regularly-scheduled elections

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

The 2001 United States state legislative elections were held on November 6, 2001, during President George W. Bush's first term in office. Elections were held for four legislative chambers in two states, simultaneous to those states' gubernatorial elections. [1] Both chambers of the Northern Mariana Islands legislature were up as well.

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These were the first elections affected by the 2000 redistricting cycle, which reapportioned state legislatures based on data from the 2000 United States census.

Republicans maintained control of both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, while Democrats won control of the New Jersey General Assembly, and evenly split the State Senate. [2] Democrats additionally won control of the Washington House of Representatives through special elections. [3] [4] [5]

Summary table

Regularly-scheduled elections were held in 4 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States. Nationwide, regularly-scheduled elections were held for 260 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 40401002/4 [lower-alpha 4] 80801002
Virginia 404010041001001002

State summaries

Upper houses

StatePrevious UHResultParty control
New JerseyR 24-1620-20Split body formed
VirginiaR 21-19R 21-19Republican Hold

Lower houses

StatePrevious LHResultParty control
New JerseyR 45-35D 44-36Democratic Takeover
VirginiaR 52-47-1R 64-34-2Republican hold

Territorial and federal district summaries

Upper houses

StatePrevious UHResultParty control
Northern Mariana IslandsR 6-2-1R 4-3-1-1Republican Hold

Lower houses

StatePrevious LHResultParty control
Northern Mariana IslandsR 11-6-1R 16-1-1Republican hold

Notes

  1. 1 2 The Washington House of Representatives and Maine Senate were tied, and they were controlled by a power-sharing agreement between Democrats and Republicans. They are not counted towards either total here.
  2. 1 2 The Arizona Senate was controlled by a coalition of Democrats and Republicans. The minority caucus consists of Republicans who were not part of the majority coalition.
  3. The New Jersey Senate became tied. The Maine Senate remained tied, and they were controlled by a power-sharing agreement between Democrats and Republicans. They are not counted towards either total here.
  4. 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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