2003 United States state legislative elections
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Map of upper house elections: Democrats gained control Democrats retained control Republicans retained control No regularly-scheduled elections | ||||||||||||||||
Map of lower house elections: Democrats retained control Republicans retained control No regularly-scheduled elections |
The 2003 United States state legislative elections were held on November 7, 2003, alongside other elections. Elections were held for 8 legislative chambers.[1] Both chambers of the Northern Mariana Islands legislature was up.
Partisan change only occurred in one chamber, as Democrats won control of the
Louisiana Legislature, and the New Jersey General Assembly. Republicans maintained control of the Virginia legislature, bringing a post-Civil War low for the Democratic Party.[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 | Upper House | Lower House | ||||||
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Seats up | Total | % up | Term | Seats up | Total | % up | Term | |
Louisiana | 39 | 39 | 100 | 4 | 105 | 105 | 100 | 4 |
Mississippi | 52 | 52 | 100 | 4 | 122 | 122 | 100 | 4 |
New Jersey | 40 | 40 | 100 | 2/4[b] | 80 | 80 | 100 | 2 |
Virginia | 40 | 40 | 100 | 4 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 2 |
State summaries
Upper houses
State | Previous UH | Result | Party control |
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Louisiana | D 26-13 | D 24-15 | Democratic hold |
Mississippi | D 34-18 | D 34-18 | Democratic hold |
New Jersey | 20-20 | D 22-18 | Democratic Takeover |
Virginia | R 21-19 | R 24-16 | Republican hold |
Lower houses
State | Previous LH | Result | Party control |
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Louisiana | D 74-31 | D 66-37-2 | Democratic hold |
Mississippi | D 81-38-3 | D 76-46 | Democratic hold |
New Jersey | D 44-36 | D 47-33 | Democratic Hold |
Virginia | R 64-34-2 | R 61-37-2 | Republican Hold |
Territorial and federal district summaries
Upper houses
State | Previous UH | Result | Party control |
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Northern Mariana Islands | R 4-3-1-1 | C 3-2-2-2 | Covenant Takeover |
Lower houses
State | Previous LH | Result | Party control |
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Northern Mariana Islands | R 16-1-1 | C 9-7-1-1 | Covenant Takeover |
Notes
- ^ Oregon Senate, North Carolina House of Representatives, and New Jersey Senatewere tied prior to the election. Thus, they are not included in this total.
- ^ The upper houses of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas use a 2-4-4 term length system.
References
- ^ https://ballotpedia.org/State_legislative_elections,_2003
- ^ "Official List, Candidate Returns for State Senate for November 2003 General Election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ^ University of Virginia, Center for Politics. Virginia Votes 2003: Not much to remember, not much to forget. [1] Archived 2015-07-20 at the Wayback Machine