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 before50 [lower-alpha 1] 46 [lower-alpha 1] 1 [lower-alpha 2]
Chambers after48 [lower-alpha 3] 481 [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

New Jersey

All seats of the New Jersey Senate and the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. In 2001, senators were elected to two-year terms in single-member districts, while Assembly members were elected to two-year terms in two-member districts. [6] Democrats won control of the General Assembly and created a split body in the Senate.

New Jersey Senate
PartyBeforeAfterChange
Democratic 1620Increase2.svg 4
Republican 2420Decrease2.svg 4
Total4040
New Jersey General Assembly
PartyBeforeAfterChange
Democratic 3544Increase2.svg 9
Republican 4536Decrease2.svg 9
Total8080

Virginia

All seats of the Virginia Senate and the Virginia House of Delegates were up for election in 2001. Senators were elected to four-year terms, while delegates serve terms of two years. Republicans held both the House of Delegates and the Senate.

Virginia Senate
PartyBeforeAfterChange
Democratic 1919Steady2.svg
Republican 2121Steady2.svg
Total4040
Virginia House of Delegates
PartyBeforeAfterChange
Democratic 4734Decrease2.svg 13
Republican 5264Increase2.svg 12
Independent12Increase2.svg 1
Total100100

Territorial and federal district summaries

Northern Mariana Islands

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.

Senate
PartyBeforeAfterChange
Republican 64Decrease2.svg 2
Democratic 23Increase2.svg 1
Total1010
House of Representatives
PartyBeforeAfterChange
Republican 1116Increase2.svg 5
Democratic 61Decrease2.svg 5
Total1818

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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