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2005 United States state legislative elections

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The 2005 United States state legislative elections were held on November 8, 2005. Two 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] Both chambers of the Northern Mariana Islands legislature was up.

2005 United States state legislative elections
← 2004 November 8, 2005 2006 →
2 legislative chambers
2 states
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Chambers before 50[a] 48[a]
Chambers after 50 48
Overall change Steady Steady
Map of lower house elections:
     Democrats retained control
     Republicans retained control
     No regularly-scheduled elections

Democrats maintained control of the New Jersey General Assembly and Republicans maintained control of the Virginia House of Delegates.[2][3]

Summary table

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Regularly-scheduled elections were held in 8 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States. Nationwide, regularly-scheduled elections were held for 578 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
New Jersey 0 0 100 2/4[b] 80 80 100 2
Virginia 0 0 100 4 100 100 100 2

State summaries

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New Jersey

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Main article: 2005 New Jersey General Assembly election

All seats of the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. Assembly members were elected to two-year terms in two-member districts.[4] Democrats slightly increased their majority control.[5][6]

General Assembly
Party Before After Change
Democratic 47 49   2
Republican 33 31   2
Total 80 80

Virginia

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Main article: 2005 Virginia House of Delegates election

All seats of the Virginia House of Delegates are up for election. Delegates are elected to two-year terms in single-member districts. Democrats made slight gains, but Republicans maintained the majority.[7]

House of Delegates
Party Before After Change
Republican 60 57   3
Democratic 38 40   2
Independents 2 3   1
Total 100 100

Territorial and federal district summaries

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Northern Mariana Islands

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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.

House of Representatives
Party Before After Change
Republican 7 7  
Democratic 1 2   1
Independents 1 2   1
Covenant Party 9 7   2
Total 18 18
Senate
Party Before After Change
Republican 2 3   1
Democratic 2 2  
Covenant Party 3 3  
Independents 2 1   1
Total 10 10

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b The Iowa Senate was evenly split. Thus it is not included in either total.
  2. ^ The upper houses of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas use a 2-4-4 term length system.

References

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  1. ^ "State legislative elections, 2005". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  2. ^ https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-information-2005.shtml
  3. ^ "Election Results - Virginia Department of Elections".
  4. ^ "New Jersey Secretary of State". state.nj.us.
  5. ^ "2005 NJ General Assembly Elections". state.nj.us.
  6. ^ https://ballotpedia.org/New_Jersey_General_Assembly_elections,_2005
  7. ^ https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_House_of_Delegates_elections,_2005
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