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State legislature elections in the United States
2005 United States state legislative elections
Map of lower house elections: Democrats retained control Republicans retained control No regularly-scheduled elections
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.
Democrats maintained control of the
New Jersey General Assembly and Republicans maintained control of the
Virginia House of Delegates .
[2]
[3]
Summary table
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 summaries
Lower houses
State
Previous LH
Result
Party control
New Jersey
D 47-33
D 49-31
Democratic hold
Virginia
R 61-37-2
R 57-40-3
Republican hold
Territorial and federal district summaries
Upper houses
State
Previous UH
Result
Party control
Northern Mariana Islands
C 3-2-2-2
6-3
Coalition Takeover
Lower houses
State
Previous LH
Result
Party control
Northern Mariana Islands
C 9-7-1-1
11-7
Coalition Takeover
See also
Notes
^
a
b The
Iowa Senate was evenly split. Thus it is not included in either total.
^ The upper houses of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas use a 2-4-4 term length system.
References
U.S. House
Governors
State Attorneys General
State legislatures States and Territories
Mayors
Allentown,
PA
Arlington,
TX
Atlanta,
GA
Boston,
MA
Buffalo,
NY
Charlotte,
NC
Cincinnati,
OH
Cleveland, OH
Detroit,
MI
Durham, NC
El Paso,
TX
Fayetteville,
NC
Fort Worth,
TX
Houston,
TX
Jersey City,
NJ
Manchester,
NH
Minneapolis,
MN
Mobile,
AL
New York, NY
Omaha,
NE
Pittsburgh, PA
Raleigh, NC
Riverside,
CA
San Antonio,
TX
San Bernardino,
CA
San Diego,
CA (special)
Seattle,
WA
St. Louis,
MO
St. Paul, MN
St. Petersburg, FL
Springfield, MA
Winston-Salem, NC
Worcester, MA
United States Congress
State legislatures
Alabama (
H ,
S )
Alaska (
H ,
S )
Arizona (
H ,
S )
Arkansas (
H ,
S )
California (
A ,
S )
Colorado (
H ,
S )
Connecticut (
H ,
S )
Delaware (
H ,
S )
Florida (
H ,
S )
Georgia (
H ,
S )
Hawaii (
H ,
S )
Idaho (
H ,
S )
Illinois (
H ,
S )
Indiana (
H ,
S )
Iowa (
H ,
S )
Kansas (
H ,
S )
Kentucky (
H ,
S )
Louisiana (
H ,
S )
Maine (
H ,
S )
Maryland (
H ,
S )
Massachusetts (
H ,
S )
Michigan (
H ,
S )
Minnesota (
H ,
S )
Mississippi (
H ,
S )
Missouri (
H ,
S )
Montana (
H ,
S )
Nebraska
Nevada (
A ,
S )
New Hampshire (
H ,
S )
New Jersey (
GA ,
S )
New Mexico (
H ,
S )
New York (
A ,
S )
North Carolina (
H ,
S )
North Dakota (
H ,
S )
Ohio (
H ,
S )
Oklahoma (
H ,
S )
Oregon (
H ,
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Pennsylvania (
H ,
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Rhode Island (
H ,
S )
South Carolina (
H ,
S )
South Dakota (
H ,
S )
Tennessee (
H ,
S )
Texas (
H ,
S )
Utah (
H ,
S )
Vermont (
H ,
S )
Virginia (
H ,
S )
Washington (
H ,
S )
West Virginia (
H ,
S )
Wisconsin (
A ,
S )
Wyoming (
H ,
S )
Other legislatures
Legislative elections