2011 United States elections

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2011 United States elections
Congressional special elections
Seats contested4
Net seat change0
2011 U.S. House special election results map: Red: Republican holds, Blue: Democratic holds, Gray: No election
2011 Congressional special election results map
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested4
Net seat change0
2011 West Virginia gubernatorial election2011 Kentucky gubernatorial election2011 Louisiana gubernatorial election2011 Mississippi gubernatorial election
2011 Gubernatorial election results map
     Democratic hold      Republican hold

The 2011 United States elections were held (for the most part) on Tuesday, November 8. This was an

judicial elections in three states; as well as numerous citizen initiatives, mayoral
races, and a variety of other local offices on the ballot.

Federal elections

Congressional elections

No regularly scheduled elections for the United States Congress occurred in 2011, and instead only four special elections were held. Eventually, there was no net seat changes by the political parties.

In addition, a primary election was held in

special election for this seat then occurred on January 31, 2012. Democrat Suzanne Bonamici
was elected on that date to replace Wu.

State elections

Gubernatorial elections

There were three regularly scheduled elections and one special election for governorships in 2011. None of these four changed party hands.

Other statewide elections

In the first three of the aforementioned states, elections for state executive branch offices of

state Attorney General, and Commissioners of Insurance and Agriculture were held. In addition, there were elections for Kentucky and Mississippi's
state appellate courts, respectively.

State and territorial legislative elections

Four states –

Virginia – and one U.S. territory, the Northern Mariana Islands
, elected their state or territorial legislators in 2011.

These were the first elections to be affected by redistricting after the 2010 census.[1] Additionally, the first wave of recall elections occurred in Wisconsin, while Republicans lost seats, they maintained a narrow majority. A second wave would occur in 2012.

Republicans flipped control of the Virginia Senate, thereby establishing a trifecta. In Mississippi, Republicans won the state House for the first time since 1876, and solidified control of the state Senate after several Democrats switched parties earlier in the year, giving Republicans control of the chamber. Republicans obtained a trifecta in the state for the first time since 1876 as a result. In Louisiana, Republicans solidified control of both houses of the legislature after several Democrats switched parties at the beginning of the year, which gave Republicans control of both chambers and a trifecta for the first time since 1873.

Initiatives and referendums

Nine states,

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Judicial elections

Four states,

Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, had judicial elections in 2011. Additional states such as Arizona, Nevada and Ohio
had municipal judicial elections in 2011.

Municipal elections

Nationwide, various cities, counties, school boards, special districts and others elected officers in 2011. Some were held on November 8 while others were held at other times throughout the year.

Some of the high-profile mayoral elections included the following:

Tables of partisan control results

These tables show the partisan results of the Congressional special elections and gubernatorial races in 2011. Bold indicates a change in control.

House Congressional seats
Seat Before 2011 elections After 2011 elections
California 36th Democratic Democratic
Nevada 2nd Republican Republican
New York 9th Democratic Republican
New York 26th Republican Democratic
Governorships
State Before 2011 elections After 2011 elections
Kentucky Democratic Democratic
Louisiana Republican Republican
Mississippi Republican Republican
West Virginia Democratic Democratic

References

  1. ^ "State legislative elections, 2011". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 26, 2022.

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