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2013 United States state legislative elections

For related races, see 2013 United States 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]

2013 United States state legislative elections
← 2012 November 5, 2013 2014 →
3 legislative chambers
2 states
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Republican Democratic Coalition
Chambers before 58 39 2[a][b]
Chambers after 58 39 2[a][b]
Overall change Steady Steady Steady
Map of upper house elections:
     Democrats retained control
     No regularly-scheduled elections
Map of lower house elections:
     Democrats retained control
     Republicans retained control
     No regularly-scheduled elections

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

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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.

State Upper House Lower House
Seats up Total % up Term Seats up Total % up Term
New Jersey 0 40 0 2/4[c] 80 80 100 4
Virginia 0 40 0 4 100 100 100 2

State summaries

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Main articles: 2013 New Jersey General Assembly election and 2013 New Jersey Senate election

New Jersey

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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
Party Leader Before After Change
Democratic Stephen Sweeney 24 24  
Republican Thomas Kean Jr. 16 16  
Total 40 40
General Assembly
Party Leader Before After Change
Democratic Sheila Oliver 48 48  
Republican Jon Bramnick 32 32  
Total 80 80

Virginia

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Main article: 2013 Virginia House of Delegates election

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
Party Leader Before After Change
Republican William J. Howell 67 67  
Independent Lacey Putney 1 0   1
Democratic David Toscano 32 33   1
Total 100 100

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b The New York Senate was controlled by a coalition of Republicans and members of the Independent Democratic Conference
  2. ^ a b 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.

References

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  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.
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