2013 United States state legislative elections

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2013 United States state legislative elections
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  2012 November 5, 2013 2014  

3 legislative chambers
2 states
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
 
Party Republican Democratic Coalition
Chambers before58392 [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2]
Chambers after58392 [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2]
Overall changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg

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

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

The 2013 United States state legislative elections were held on November 5, 2013. Three 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]

Contents

Legislative elections were held for the New Jersey Senate, New Jersey General Assembly, and the Virginia House of Delegates. In New Jersey, Democrats retained control of their majorities in the Senate and General Assembly. [2] Republicans held a majority in the Virginia House of Delegates.

Summary table

Regularly-scheduled elections were held in 3 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States. Nationwide, regularly-scheduled elections were held for 220 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 04002/4 [lower-alpha 3] 80801004
Virginia 040041001001002

State summaries

New Jersey

All seats of the New Jersey Senate and the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. Senators were elected to four-year terms in single-member districts, while Assembly members were elected to two-year terms in two-member districts. [3] Democrats retained majority control in both chambers.

Senate
PartyLeaderBeforeAfterChange
Democratic Stephen Sweeney 2424Steady2.svg
Republican Thomas Kean Jr. 1616Steady2.svg
Total4040
General Assembly
PartyLeaderBeforeAfterChange
Democratic Sheila Oliver 4848Steady2.svg
Republican Jon Bramnick 3232Steady2.svg
Total8080

Virginia

All seats of the Virginia House of Delegates are up for election; the Virginia Senate will not hold regularly scheduled elections in 2013. Delegates are elected to two-year terms in single-member districts. Republicans maintained a majority.

House of Delegates
PartyLeaderBeforeAfterChange
Republican William J. Howell 6567Increase2.svg 2
Democratic David Toscano 3233Increase2.svg 1
Total100100

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 The New York Senate was controlled by a coalition of Republicans and members of the Independent Democratic Conference
  2. 1 2 In the Washington State Senate, two Democrats caucused with Republicans to form the Majority Coalition Caucus. Three additional Democrats also caucus with the majority.
  3. 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, 2013". Ballotpedia . Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  2. "Despite Christie's win, Democrats retain control of N.J. Legislature". NJ.com. November 6, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  3. "New Jersey Secretary of State". state.nj.us.