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2001 United States state legislative elections

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November 6, 2001

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3 legislative chambers in 2 states

	Majority party	Minority party	Third party

Party	Republican	Democratic	Coalition
Chambers before	50^[a]	46^[a]	1^[c]
Chambers after	48^[b]	48	1^[c]
Overall change	2	2

Map of upper house elections:
Split body formed
No regularly-scheduled elections

Map of lower house elections:
     Democrats gained control
     Republicans retained control
     No regularly-scheduled elections

The2001 United States state legislative elections were held on November 6, 2001, duringPresident George W. Bush's first term in office. Elections were held for three legislative chambers in two states, simultaneous to those states' gubernatorial elections.^[1] Both chambers of theNorthern Mariana Islands legislature were up as well.

These were the first elections affected by the2000 redistricting cycle, which reapportioned state legislatures based on data from the2000 United States census.

Republicans maintained control of the lower house of theVirginia General Assembly, while Democrats won control of theNew Jersey General Assembly, and evenly split theState Senate.^[2] Democrats additionally won control of theWashington House of Representatives through special elections.^[3]^[4]^[5]

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
State	Seats up	Total	% up	Term	Seats up	Total	% up	Term
New Jersey	40	40	100	2/4^[d]	80	80	100	2
Virginia	0	0	0	4	100	100	100	2

State summaries

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New Jersey

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Main articles:2001 New Jersey Senate election and2001 New Jersey General Assembly election

All seats of theNew Jersey Senate and theNew Jersey General Assembly were up for election. In 2001, senators were elected to two-year terms in single-member districts, while Assembly members were elected to two-year terms in two-member districts.^[6] Democrats won control of the General Assembly and created a split body in the Senate.

New Jersey Senate
Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	16	20	4
	Republican	24	20	4
Total			40	40

New Jersey General Assembly
Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	35	44	9
	Republican	45	36	9
Total			80	80

Virginia

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Main article:2001 Virginia House of Delegates election

All seats of theVirginia House of Delegates were up for election in 2001. The delegates serve terms of two years. Republicans held the House of Delegates.

Virginia House of Delegates
Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	47	34	13
	Republican	52	64	12
	Independent	1	2	1
Total			100	100

Territorial and federal district summaries

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Northern Mariana Islands

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Main article:2001 Northern Mariana Islands general election

All seats of theNorthern Mariana Islands House of Representatives and half of theNorthern Mariana Islands Senate are up for election. Senators are elected to four-year terms and Representatives are elected to two-year terms.

Senate
Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	6	4	2
	Democratic	2	3	1
Total		9	9

House of Representatives
Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	11	16	5
	Democratic	6	1	5
Total		18	18

Notes

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^^a ^bTheWashington House of Representatives andMaine Senate were tied, and they were controlled by a power-sharing agreement between Democrats and Republicans. They are not counted towards either total here.
^TheNew Jersey Senate became tied. TheMaine Senate remained tied, and they were controlled by a power-sharing agreement between Democrats and Republicans. They are not counted towards either total here.
^^a ^bTheArizona Senate was controlled by a coalition of Democrats and Republicans. The minority caucus consists of Republicans who were not part of the majority coalition.
^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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^"State legislative elections, 2002".Ballotpedia.
^"Democrats Grab Control of Two Chambers--Earn Tie in a Third. (On First Reading)".State Legislatures.27 (10): 7. December 2001 – via Gale General OneFile.
^admin (October 22, 2001)."House race could end Washington's legislative gridlock • Daily Journal of Commerce".Daily Journal of Commerce. RetrievedMarch 3, 2023.
^Neurath, Peter (September 21, 2001)."Control of House still teeters in the balance".Puget Sound Business Journal.22 (20): 7 – via Gale Business: Insights.
^"Democrats Cut Into Republican Control Of State Legislatures".Congress Daily AM. The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC. November 9, 2001 – via Gale General OneFile.
^"New Jersey Secretary of State".state.nj.us.

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