Political party strength in New Jersey

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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of New Jersey:

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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

1776–2009

YearExecutive office State Legislature United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor State Senate General Assembly U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class II) U.S. House
1776 William Livingston (F)began in 1789
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1788
1789F majorityF majority Jonathan Elmer (PA) William Paterson (PA)4PA George Washington (I)Green check.svg
1790 Elisha Lawrence (F) [lower-alpha 1] F majorityF majority
William Paterson (F)
1791F majorityF majority John Rutherfurd (PA) Philemon Dickinson (PA)3PA, 1I
1792F majorityDR majority
1793 Thomas Henderson (F) [lower-alpha 1] F majorityDR majority Frederick Frelinghuysen (PA)5PA
Richard Howell (F)
1794F majorityDR majority4PA, 1I [lower-alpha 2]
1795F majorityDR majority John Rutherfurd (F) Frederick Frelinghuysen (F)4F, 1I
1796F majorityDR majority John Adams/
Thomas Pinckney (F)Green check.svg
1797DR majorityF majority Franklin Davenport (F) Richard Stockton (F)5F
1798DR majorityDR majority
1799F majorityF majority James Schureman (F) Jonathan Dayton (F)3DR, 2F
1800F majorityF majority John Adams/
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (F)Red x.svg
1801 Joseph Bloomfield (DR)9F, 4DR28F, 11DR Aaron Ogden (F)5DR
1802 John Lambert (DR) [lower-alpha 1] 7F, 6DR24DR, 16F
1803 Joseph Bloomfield (DR)8DR, 5F20F, 19DR, 1? [lower-alpha 3] John Condit (DR)6DR
18048DR, 5F25DR, 14F, 1? Thomas Jefferson/
George Clinton (DR)Green check.svg
18059DR, 4F28DR, 12F Aaron Kitchell (DR)
18068DR, 5F25DR, 14F, 1OR
18077F, 6DR21DR, 19F
18089DR, 4F25DR, 15F James Madison/
George Clinton (DR)Green check.svg
18097DR, 6F23DR, 17F John Lambert (DR) John Condit (DR)
18108DR, 5F24DR, 16F
181126DR, 14F
1812 Aaron Ogden (F)9DR, 4F30DR, 10F DeWitt Clinton/
Jared Ingersoll (F)Red x.svg
1813 William Sanford Pennington (DR)7F, 6DR23F, 17DR4F, 2DR
18147DR, 6F23DR, 17F3DR, 3F [lower-alpha 4]
1815 Mahlon Dickerson (DR)22DR, 18F James J. Wilson (DR)6DR
181627DR, 15F James Monroe/
Daniel D. Tompkins (DR)Green check.svg
1817 Isaac Halstead Williamson (D)8DR, 5F23DR, 18F Mahlon Dickerson (DR)
181826DR, 16F
181927DR, 16F Samuel L. Southard (DR)
18209DR, 4F31DR, 12F
182136DR, 7F
182230DR, 13F
182331DR, 12F Joseph McIlvaine (DR)
18248DR, 5F29DR, 14F Andrew Jackson/
John C. Calhoun (DR)Red x.svg
1825J majorityJ majority Joseph McIlvaine (NR) Mahlon Dickerson (J)3J, 2NR, 1I
1826J majorityJ majority
1827NR majorityNR majority Ephraim Bateman (NR)3NR, 2I, 1J
1828NR majorityNR majority John Quincy Adams/
Richard Rush (NR)Red x.svg
1829 Peter Dumont Vroom (D)9NR, 5J25NR, 18J Mahlon Dickerson (J) Theodore Frelinghuysen (NR)6NR
18308J, 6NR28J, 15NR
183110J, 4NR37J, 13NR
1832 Samuel L. Southard (W)7NR, 7J [lower-alpha 5] 26J, 24NR Andrew Jackson/
Martin Van Buren (D)Green check.svg
1833 Elias P. Seeley (W)8NR, 6J33NR, 17J Samuel L. Southard (NR)6J
Peter Dumont Vroom (D)
183413D, 1NR41D, 9NR
18358D, 6W28D, 21W, 1? Garret D. Wall (J)5J, 1W
1836 Philemon Dickerson (D)9D, 5W34D, 16W William Henry Harrison/
Francis Granger (W)Red x.svg
1837 William Pennington (W)7D, 7W [lower-alpha 6] 31D, 19W Samuel L. Southard (W) Garret D. Wall (D)6W
183810W, 6D35W, 18D
183910W, 7D33W, 20D5D, 1W
1840 William Henry Harrison/
John Tyler (W)Green check.svg
184113W, 5D41W, 12D William L. Dayton (W) Jacob W. Miller (W)6W
18429D, 9W [lower-alpha 7] 34W, 24D
1843 Daniel Haines (D)10W, 8D32W, 26D4D, 1W
184412D, 6W35D, 23W Henry Clay/
Theodore Frelinghuysen (W)Red x.svg
1845 Charles C. Stratton (W)13W, 6D40W, 18D4W, 1D
184612W, 7D30W, 27D, 1A3W, 2D
184740W, 18D4W, 1D
1848 Daniel Haines (D)38W, 20D Zachary Taylor/
Millard Fillmore (W)Green check.svg
184939W, 19D
185010W, 9D33W, 25D
1851 George F. Fort (D)10D, 10W [lower-alpha 8] 30D, 28W Robert F. Stockton (D)4D, 1W
185213D, 7W45D, 15W Franklin Pierce/
William R. King (D)Green check.svg
185339D, 21W John Renshaw Thomson (D) William Wright (D)
1854 Rodman M. Price (D)40D, 20W
185510D, 9W, 1KN [lower-alpha 9] 29D, 25W, 6KN [lower-alpha 10] 4O, 1D
185611D, 5W, 4KN31D, 15KN, 14W James Buchanan/
John C. Breckinridge (D)Green check.svg
1857 William A. Newell (R)11D, 6O, 3KN38D, 22R3D, 2R
185815D, 6O35D, 25R
185913D, 8O36O, 24D John C. Ten Eyck (R)3R, 2D
1860 Charles Smith Olden (R)12D, 8R, 1KN30D, 28R, 2KN [lower-alpha 11] 4 – Abraham Lincoln/
Hannibal Hamlin (R)Green check.svg
3 – Stephen A. Douglas/
Herschel V. Johnson (D)Red x.svg
186111R, 10D32D, 28R Richard Stockton Field (R)3D, 2R
186210D, 10R, 1I [lower-alpha 12] 36D, 24R James Walter Wall (D)
1863 Joel Parker (D)13D, 8R45D, 15R William Wright (D)4D, 1R
186414D, 7R40D, 20R George B. McClellan/
George H. Pendleton (D)Red x.svg
186513D, 8R30D, 30R [lower-alpha 13] John P. Stockton (D)3D, 2R
1866 Marcus Lawrence Ward (R)11R, 10D36R, 24D
186713R, 8D33R, 27D Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R) Alexander G. Cattell (R)3R, 2D
186811D, 10R46D, 14R Horatio Seymour/
Francis Preston Blair Jr. (D)Red x.svg
1869 Theodore F. Randolph (D)12D, 9R32D, 28R John P. Stockton (D)3D, 2R
187013D, 8R34D, 26R
187112R, 9D34R, 26D Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R)3R, 2D
1872 Joel Parker (D)36R, 24D Ulysses S. Grant/
Henry Wilson (R)Green check.svg
187314R, 7D44R, 16D6R, 1D
187432R, 28D
1875 Joseph D. Bedle (D)13R, 8D41D, 19R Theodore F. Randolph (D)5D, 2R
187612R, 9D37R, 23D Samuel J. Tilden/
Thomas A. Hendricks (D)Red x.svg
187711D, 10R30D, 30R [lower-alpha 14] John R. McPherson (D)4D, 3R
1878 George B. McClellan (D)12D, 9R33D, 27R
187911R, 9D, 1I33R, 27D4R, 3D
188012R, 9D35R, 25D Winfield Scott Hancock/
William Hayden English (D)Red x.svg
1881 George C. Ludlow (D)15R, 5D, 1I34R, 26D William J. Sewell (R)4R, 3D
188212R, 9D35D, 25R
1883
1884 Leon Abbett (D)34D, 26R Grover Cleveland/
Thomas A. Hendricks (D)Green check.svg
188511R, 10D34R, 26D
188613R, 8D31R, 29D
1887 Robert Stockton Green (D)12R, 9D32R, 28D Rufus Blodgett (D)5R, 2D
188837R, 23D Grover Cleveland/
Allen G. Thurman (D)Red x.svg
188911D, 10R32D, 28R4R, 3D
1890 Leon Abbett (D)11R, 10D37D, 23R
189114D, 7R40D, 20R5D, 2R
189216D, 5R42D, 18R Grover Cleveland/
Adlai Stevenson I (D)Green check.svg
1893 George Theodore Werts (D)39D, 21R James Smith Jr. (D)6D, 2R
189411R, 10D39R, 21D
189516R, 5D54R, 6D William J. Sewell (R)8R
1896 John W. Griggs (R) [lower-alpha 15] 18R, 3D53R, 7D William McKinley/
Garret Hobart (R)Green check.svg
189756R, 4D
1898 Foster McGowan Voorhees (R) [lower-alpha 1] 14R, 7D37R, 23D
David Ogden Watkins (R) [lower-alpha 1]
1899 Foster McGowan Voorhees (R) John Kean (R)6R, 2D
190043R, 17D William McKinley/
Theodore Roosevelt (R)Green check.svg
190117R, 4D38R, 22D John F. Dryden (R)
1902 Franklin Murphy (R)46R, 14D
190314R, 7D38R, 22D7R, 3D
1904 Theodore Roosevelt/
Charles W. Fairbanks (R)Green check.svg
1905 Edward C. Stokes (R)46R, 14D9R, 1D
190617R, 4D57R, 3D
190715R, 6D31D, 29R Frank O. Briggs (R)6R, 4D
1908 John Franklin Fort (R)14R, 7D40R, 20D William Howard Taft/
James S. Sherman (R)Green check.svg
190913R, 8D45R, 15D7R, 3D
191015R, 6D41R, 19D
1911 Woodrow Wilson (D) [lower-alpha 16] 12R, 9D42D, 18R James E. Martine (D)7D, 3R
191211R, 10D37R, 23D Woodrow Wilson/
Thomas R. Marshall (D)Green check.svg
1913 James Fairman Fielder (D) [lower-alpha 1] 12D, 9R52D, 8R William Hughes (D)11D, 1R
Leon Rutherford Taylor (D) [lower-alpha 1]
1914 James Fairman Fielder (D)11D, 10R37D, 23R
191511R, 10D38R, 22D8R, 4D
191613R, 8D40R, 20D Charles Evans Hughes/
Charles W. Fairbanks (R)Red x.svg
1917 Walter E. Edge [lower-alpha 17] 15R, 6D44R, 16D Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Sr. (R) David Baird Sr. (R)9R, 3D
191846R, 17D
1919 William Nelson Runyon (R) [lower-alpha 1] 30R, 30D [lower-alpha 18] Walter E. Edge (R)8R, 4D
1920 Clarence E. Case (R) [lower-alpha 1] 33R, 27D Warren G. Harding/
Calvin Coolidge (R)Green check.svg
Edward I. Edwards (D)
192159R, 1D11R, 1D
192216R, 5D45R, 15D
1923 George Sebastian Silzer (D)17R, 4D44R, 16D Edward I. Edwards (D)6R, 6D
192442R, 18D Calvin Coolidge/
Charles G. Dawes (R)Green check.svg
192518R, 3D47R, 13D10R, 2D
1926 A. Harry Moore (D)46R, 14D
192717R, 4D47R, 13D9R, 3D
192818R, 3D46R, 14D Herbert Hoover/
Charles Curtis (R)Green check.svg
1929 Morgan Foster Larson (R)48R, 12D Hamilton F. Kean (R) David Baird Jr. (R)10R, 2D
193017R, 4D46R, 14D
1931 Dwight Morrow (R)8R, 4D
1932 A. Harry Moore (D) [lower-alpha 17] 15R, 6D34D, 26R Franklin D. Roosevelt/
John Nance Garner (D)Green check.svg
193338R, 22D W. Warren Barbour (R)10R, 4D
193433R, 27D
1935 Clifford Ross Powell (R) [lower-alpha 1] 34R, 26D A. Harry Moore (D)
Horace Griggs Prall (R) [lower-alpha 1]
Harold G. Hoffman (R)
193613R, 8D42R, 18D
193711R, 10D39D, 21R John Milton (D) William H. Smathers (D)7R, 7D
1938 A. Harry Moore (D)13R, 8D41R, 19D
193915R, 6D45R, 15D W. Warren Barbour (R)11R, 3D
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt/
Henry A. Wallace (D)Green check.svg
1941 Charles Edison (D)17R, 4D44R, 16D10R, 4D
1942
194318R, 3D Arthur Walsh (D) Albert W. Hawkes (R)11R, 3D
1944 Walter E. Edge (R) Franklin D. Roosevelt/
Harry S. Truman (D)Green check.svg
194517R, 4D42R, 18D H. Alexander Smith (R)12R, 2D
194641R, 19D
1947 Alfred E. Driscoll (R)15R, 6D48R, 12D
194817R, 4D45R, 15D Thomas E. Dewey/
Earl Warren (R)Red x.svg
194915R, 6D44R, 16D Robert C. Hendrickson (R)9R, 5D
195014R, 7D38R, 22D
1951
195216R, 5D43R, 17D Dwight D. Eisenhower/
Richard Nixon (R)Green check.svg
19538R, 6D
1954 Robert B. Meyner (D)17R, 4D40R, 20D
1955 Clifford P. Case (R)
195614R, 7D
195710R, 4D
195813R, 8D42D, 18R
1959 Harrison A. Williams (D)9R, 5D
196011R, 10D34D, 26R John F. Kennedy/
Lyndon B. Johnson (D)Green check.svg
19618R, 6D
1962 Richard J. Hughes (D)38D, 22R
19638R, 7D
196415R, 6D33R, 27D Lyndon B. Johnson/
Hubert Humphrey (D)Green check.svg
196511D, 4R
196619D, 10R41D, 19R
19679D, 6R
196831R, 9D58R, 22D Richard Nixon/
Spiro Agnew (R)Green check.svg
1969
1970 William T. Cahill (R)59R, 21D
1971
197224R, 16D40D, 39R, 1I [lower-alpha 19]
19738D, 7R
1974 Brendan Byrne (D)29D, 10R, 1I66D, 14R
197512D, 3R
197649D, 31R Gerald Ford/
Bob Dole (R)Red x.svg
197711D, 4R
197827D, 13R54D, 26R
1979 Bill Bradley (D)10D, 5R
198026D, 14R44D, 36R Ronald Reagan/
George H. W. Bush (R)Green check.svg
19818D, 7R
1982 Thomas Kean (R)22D, 13R43D, 37R
Nicholas F. Brady (R)
1983 Frank Lautenberg (D)9D, 5R
198423D, 17R44D, 36R
19858D, 6R
198650R, 30D
1987
198824D, 16R42R, 38D George H. W. Bush/
Dan Quayle (R)Green check.svg
1989
1990 James Florio (D)23D, 17R42D, 38R
1991
199227R, 13D58R, 22D Bill Clinton/
Al Gore (D)Green check.svg
19937D, 6R
1994 Christine Todd Whitman (R) [lower-alpha 20] 24R, 16D53R, 27D
19958R, 5D
199650R, 30D
1997 Robert Torricelli (D)7R, 6D
199848R, 32D
19997D, 6R
200045R, 35D Al Gore/
Joe Lieberman (D)Red x.svg
2001 Jon Corzine (D) [lower-alpha 21]
Donald DiFrancesco (R) [lower-alpha 22] [lower-alpha 23]
2002Various [lower-alpha 24] 20D, 20R [lower-alpha 25] 44D, 36R
Jim McGreevey (D) [lower-alpha 26]
2003 Frank Lautenberg (D)
200422D, 18R47D, 33R John Kerry/
John Edwards (D)Red x.svg
Richard Codey (D) [lower-alpha 27] [lower-alpha 23]
2005
2006 Jon Corzine (D)49D, 31R Bob Menendez (D) [lower-alpha 28] 6D, 6R
7D, 6R
2007
200823D, 17R48D, 32R Barack Obama/
Joe Biden (D)Green check.svg
20098D, 5R
Year Governor State Senate General Assembly U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class II) U.S. House Electoral votes
Executive office State Legislature United States Congress

2010–present

YearExecutive offices State Legislature United States Congress Electoral votes
Governor Lt. Governor State Senate General Assembly U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class II) U.S. House
2010 Chris Christie (R) Kim Guadagno (R) [lower-alpha 29] [lower-alpha 30] 23D, 17R47D, 33R Bob Menendez (D) Frank Lautenberg (D)8D, 5R Barack Obama/
Joe Biden (D)Green check.svg
201124D, 16R [lower-alpha 31] 7D, 6R
201248D, 32R
20136D, 6R
Jeffrey Chiesa (R) [lower-alpha 28]
Cory Booker (D)
20146R, 5D [lower-alpha 32]
20156D, 6R
201652D, 28R Hillary Clinton/
Tim Kaine (D)Red x.svg
20177D, 5R
2018 Phil Murphy (D) Sheila Oliver (D) [lower-alpha 29] [lower-alpha 33] [lower-alpha 34] 25D, 15R54D, 26R
201911D, 1R
26D, 14R [lower-alpha 35]
202025D, 15R52D, 28R10D, 2R [lower-alpha 36] Joe Biden/
Kamala Harris (D)Green check.svg
2021
202224D, 16R46D, 34R
202325D, 15R [lower-alpha 37] 9D, 3R
Tahesha Way (D) [lower-alpha 28] [lower-alpha 29] [lower-alpha 38]
202452D, 28R[ to be determined ]
Year Governor Lt. Governor State Senate General Assembly U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class II) U.S. House Electoral votes
Executive offices State Legislature United States Congress
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
American (Know Nothing) (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Democratic–Nonpartisan
League (D-NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Unconditional Unionist (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Acting.
  2. ↑ Abraham Clark, a member of the Pro-Administration Party, died September 15, 1794, and Aaron Kitchell was elected to fill his vacancy.
  3. ↑ A Federalist, William Coxe Jr., was elected Speaker, and the Federalists organized the chamber.
  4. ↑ Jacob Hufty, a Federalist, died on May 20, 1814, and was replaced by Thomas Bines, a Democratic-Republican, on November 2, 1814.
  5. ↑ A Whig, Elias P. Seeley, was elected as Vice President of the Legislative Council.
  6. ↑ A Democrat, Jeptha B. Munn, was elected as Vice President of the Legislative Council with the absence of a Whig member of the Council. [1]
  7. ↑ A Democrat, John Cassedy, was elected as Vice President of the Legislative Council.
  8. ↑ A Democrat, Silas D. Canfield, was elected as President of the Senate.
  9. ↑ A Democrat, William Cowper Alexander, was elected to be Senate President.
  10. ↑ A coalition of Whigs and Know-Nothings elected a Whig, William Parry, as Speaker, and organized the chamber.
  11. ↑ A Democrat, Austin H. Patterson, was elected Speaker.
  12. ↑ A War Democrat, Joseph T. Crowell, was elected President of the Senate with Republican support. [2]
  13. ↑ After some days of discussion, a Democrat, Joseph T. Crowell, was elected Speaker. [3]
  14. ↑ After several days of ballots, a Democrat, Rudolph Rabe, was elected Speaker of the Assembly. [4]
  15. ↑ Resigned in order to become United States Attorney General.
  16. ↑ Resigned in order to become President of the United States.
  17. 1 2 Resigned in order to become a United States senator.
  18. ↑ With the split chamber between the parties, a Republican, Arthur N. Pierson, was selected as Speaker after his name was drawn from a hat. [5]
  19. ↑ Although the Democrats were the largest party, four Democrats led by David Friedland cut a deal to elect Republican Thomas Kean Speaker in exchange for leading various House committees and becoming a part of their caucus. [6]
  20. ↑ Resigned to become Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  21. ↑ Resigned after election as governor.
  22. ↑ State Senate president who held the title of acting governor.
  23. 1 2 Per legislation signed by Codey on January 10, 2006, any acting Governor who serves for at least 6 months would officially have the title "governor." This law applied retroactively to DiFrancesco as well.
  24. ↑ From January 8 to January 15, 2002, four men served as Acting Governor. Upon the resignation of Acting Gov. Donald DiFrancesco (R) and before the swearing in of the General Assembly, Attorney General John Farmer Jr. (R) served as Acting Governor for approximately 90 minutes. Upon the swearing of the General Assembly, Robert E. Littell (R), the longest-serving member of the State Senate, assumed the title of President of the Senate (and therefore Acting Governor) for just a few minutes before swearing in the Co-Presidents of the New Jersey Senate, John O. Bennett (R) and Richard Codey (D), who agreed to split the remaining time in Todd Whitman's term evenly, each serving as Acting Governor for three and a half days.
  25. ↑ A power-sharing agreement was negotiated, with John O. Bennett and Richard Codey running the chamber as co-Presidents. Each committee also had split party control.
  26. ↑ Resigned in August 2004, effective November 15, 2004.
  27. ↑ Became acting governor on November 15, 2004, following resignation of McGreevey.
  28. 1 2 3 Appointed to fill a vacancy.
  29. 1 2 3 The New Jersey Constitution requires that the Lieutenant Governor also serve as the head of a Cabinet-level department or administrative agency (excepting Attorney General)
  30. ↑ Lt. Gov. Guadagno served as the Secretary of State.
  31. ↑ Appointed State Senator Tom Goodwin (R) was defeated by Assemblywoman Linda R. Greenstein (D) in a special election.
  32. ↑ Representative Rob Andrews, Democrat of New Jersey's 1st congressional district, resigned.
  33. ↑ Lt. Gov. Oliver served as the Commissioner of Community Affairs.
  34. ↑ Died in office
  35. ↑ Republican Senator Dawn Addiego switched to the Democratic Party.
  36. ↑ Democratic Representative Jeff Van Drew switched to the Republican Party.
  37. ↑ Republican Senator Samuel D. Thompson switched to the Democratic Party.
  38. ↑ Lt. Gov. Way serves as Secretary of State

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Illinois is a Democratic stronghold in presidential elections and one of the "Big Three" Democratic strongholds alongside California and New York. It is one of the most Democratic states in the nation with all state executive offices and both state legislative branches held by Democrats. For most of its history, Illinois was widely considered to be a swing state, voting for the winner of all but two presidential elections in the 20th century. Political party strength in Illinois is highly dependent upon Cook County, and the state's reputation as a blue state rests upon the fact that over 40% of its population and political power is concentrated in Chicago, Cook County, and the Chicago metropolitan area. Outside of Chicago, the suburban collar counties continue trending Democratic while downstate Illinois can be considered more conservative with several Democratic leaning regions including Champaign-Urbana, Bloomington-Normal, Rockford, Peoria, the Quad Cities, and suburban St. Louis

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Indiana:

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Louisiana:

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Maine:

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of New Hampshire:

Tennessee's politics are currently dominated by the Republican Party. Republicans currently hold both of the state's U.S. Senate seats, a majority of Congressional seats, and the state legislature. Democratic strength is largely concentrated in Nashville, Memphis, and parts of Knoxville, Chattanooga, Clarksville, Murfreesboro, and Jackson. Several suburban areas of Nashville and Memphis also contain significant Democratic minorities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1852–53 United States Senate elections</span>

The 1852–53 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states, coinciding with the 1852 presidential election. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1852 and 1853, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections, terms were up for the senators in Class 2.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2007 New Jersey Senate election</span> US State election

The 2007 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 4.

References

  1. ↑ Niles, Hezekiah, ed. (1837). Niles' Weekly Register. p. 129.
  2. ↑ Gillette, William (1995). Jersey blue : Civil War politics in New Jersey, 1854-1865. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. p. 180. ISBN   9780813526942.
  3. ↑ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey. J.A. Fitzgerald. 1910. p. 412.
  4. ↑ Mowbray, Jay Henry (1898). Representative Men of New York: A Record of Their Achievements. New York Press. p. 146.
  5. ↑ "ARTHUR PIERSON, EX-LEGISLATOR, 89; Former Jersey State Senator and Assemblyman Dies-- an Expert on Finance". The New York Times. 1957-03-09.
  6. ↑ "The amazing story of David Friedland". Observer. 2009-02-26.
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