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2008 United States state legislative elections

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November 4, 2008

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85 legislative chambers in 44 states

	Majority party	Minority party	Third party

Party	Democratic	Republican	Coalition
Chambers before	58	39^[a]	1^[b]
Chambers after	61	37	1^[b]
Overall change	3	2

Map of upper house elections:
     Democrats gained control     Democrats retained control
     Republicans gained control     Republicans retained control
     Coalition retained control
     Non-partisan legislature
     No regularly-scheduled elections

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

Elections tostate legislatures were held on November 4, 2008, alongside otherelections, in which Democrats scored significant gains in ablue wave election. Elections were held for 85 legislative chambers, with all states butLouisiana,Mississippi,New Jersey,Alabama,Maryland, andVirginia holding elections in at least one house.Michigan andMinnesota held elections for their lower, but not upper houses.^[1] Seven territorial chambers in four territories and theDistrict of Columbia were up.

TheNew Hampshire Senate saw the election of the first-ever female majority. This is the first time this has occurred in any chamber of anystate legislature in United States history.^[2] In New York, the Democrats obtained a trifecta for the first time since 1935, and in Delaware for the first time since 1977.^[3]

The Democrats took control of six legislative bodies to the Republicans' four. Democrats took control of theDelaware House of Representatives, for the first time since 1985, theMontana House of Representatives, theNevada Senate, and the New York State Senate, for the first time since 1966, theOhio House of Representatives, and theWisconsin State Assembly. Republicans took control of theMontana Senate; both houses of theTennessee General Assembly,^[4] for the first time since 1870; and theOklahoma Senate, for the first time in state history. With the Montana Senate and the Montana House of Representatives flipping, this election cycle marked the last time in U.S. history as of 2026 where the upper house and lower house, held by different political parties in a state legislature, both flipped in the same cycle.

State	Upper House^[5]				Lower House^[5]
State	Seats up	Total	% up	Term	Seats up	Total	% up	Term
Alaska	19	20	95	4	40	40	100	2
Arizona	30	30	100	2	60	60	100	2
Arkansas	35	35	100	2/4^[c]	100	100	100	2
California	20	40	50	4	80	80	100	2
Colorado	18	35	51	4	65	65	100	2
Connecticut	36	36	100	2	151	151	100	2
Delaware	21	21	100	2/4^[c]	41	41	100	2
Florida	40	40	100	2/4^[c]	120	120	100	2
Georgia	56	56	100	2	180	180	100	2
Hawaii	25	25	100	2/4^[c]	51	51	100	2
Idaho	35	35	100	2	70	70	100	2
Illinois	59	59	100	2/4^[c]	118	118	100	2
Indiana	25	50	50	4	100	100	100	2
Iowa	25	50	50	4	100	100	100	2
Kansas	40	40	100	4	125	125	100	2
Kentucky	19	38	50	4	100	100	100	2
Louisiana	0	39	0	4	0	105	0	4
Maine	35	35	100	2	151	151	100	2
Maryland	0	47	0	4	0	141	0	4
Massachusetts	40	40	100	2	160	160	100	2
Michigan	0	38	0	4	110	110	100	2
Minnesota	0	0	100	2/4^[c]	134	134	100	2
Mississippi	0	52	0	4	0	122	0	4
Missouri	17	34	50	4	163	163	100	2
Montana	25	50	50	4	100	100	100	2
Nebraska	25^[d]	49^[d]	51^[d]	4	N/A (unicameral)
Nevada	10	21	48	4	42	42	100	2
New Hampshire	24	24	100	2	400	400	100	2
New Jersey	0	40	0	2/4^[c]	0	80	0	2
New Mexico	42	42	100	4	70	70	100	2
New York	62	62	100	2	150	150	100	2
North Carolina	50	50	100	2	120	120	100	2
North Dakota	23	47	49	4	47	94	50	4
Ohio	16	33	48	4	99	99	100	2
Oklahoma	24	48	50	4	101	101	100	2
Oregon	15	30	50	4	60	60	100	2
Pennsylvania	25	50	50	4	203	203	100	2
Rhode Island	38	38	100	2	75	75	100	2
South Carolina	46	46	100	4	124	124	100	2
South Dakota	35	35	100	2	70	70	100	2
Tennessee	16	33	48	4	99	99	100	2
Texas	16	31	52	2/4^[c]	150	150	100	2
Utah	15	29	52	4	75	75	100	2
Vermont	30	30	100	2	150	150	100	2
Virginia	0	40	0	4	0	100	0	2
Washington	25	49	51	4	98	98	100	2
West Virginia	17	34	50	4	100	100	100	2
Wisconsin	16	33	48	4	99	99	100	2
Wyoming	15	30	50	4	60	60	100	2
Total	1280	1971	65	N/A	4595	5411	85	N/A

State	Chamber	Last election	Stateline Oct. 15, 2008^[6]	Result
Alaska	Senate	Coal. 15–5	Tossup	Coal. 16–4
Alaska	House of Representatives	R 23–17	Likely R	R 22–18
Arizona	Senate	R 17–13	Lean R	R 18–12
Arizona	House of Representatives	R 33–27	Tossup	R 35–25
Arkansas	Senate	D 27–8	Safe D	D 27–8
Arkansas	House of Representatives	D 72–28	Safe D	D 71–28–1
California	State Senate	D 25–15	Safe D	D 25–15
California	State Assembly	D 48–32	Safe D	D 51–29
Colorado	Senate	D 20–15	Lean D	D 21–14
Colorado	House of Representatives	D 39–26	Likely D	D 38–27
Connecticut	State Senate	D 24–12	Safe D	D 24–12
Connecticut	House of Representatives	D 107–44	Safe D	D 114–37
Delaware	Senate	D 13–8	Safe D	D 16–5
Delaware	House of Representatives	R 23–18	Lean D(flip)	D 24–17
Florida	Senate	R 26–14	Safe R	R 26–14
Florida	House of Representatives	R 78–42	Safe R	R 76–44
Georgia	State Senate	R 34–22	Safe R	R 34–22
Georgia	House of Representatives	R 106–74	Safe R	R 105–74–1
Hawaii	Senate	D 20–5	Safe D	D 23–2
Hawaii	House of Representatives	D 43–8	Safe D	D 45–6
Idaho	Senate	R 28–7	Safe R	R 28–7
Idaho	House of Representatives	R 51–19	Safe R	R 52–18
Illinois	Senate	D 37–22	Likely D	D 37–22
Illinois	House of Representatives	D 66–52	Likely D	D 70–48
Indiana	Senate	R 33–17	Safe R	R 33–17
Indiana	House of Representatives	D 51–49	Tossup	D 52–48
Iowa	Senate	D 30–20	Likely D	D 32–18
Iowa	House of Representatives	D 54–46	Likely D	D 57–43
Kansas	Senate	R 30–10	Safe R	R 31–9
Kansas	House of Representatives	R 78–47	Safe R	R 77–48
Kentucky	Senate	R 21–16–1	Likely R	R 22–15–1
Kentucky	House of Representatives	D 61–39	Safe D	D 65–35
Maine	Senate	D 18–17	Tossup	D 20–15
Maine	House of Representatives	D 90–59–2	Safe D	D 95–55–1
Massachusetts	Senate	D 35–5	Safe D	D 35–5
Massachusetts	House of Representatives	D 141–19	Safe D	D 144–15–1
Michigan	House of Representatives	D 58–52	Lean D	D 67–43
Minnesota	House of Representatives	D 85–49	Safe D	D 87–47
Missouri	Senate	R 21–13	Likely R	R 23–11
Missouri	House of Representatives	R 92–71	Likely R	R 89–74
Montana	Senate	D 26–24^[e]	Lean R(flip)	R 27–23
Montana	House of Representatives	R 50–49–1	Tossup	D 50–50
Nevada	Senate	R 11–10	Tossup	D 12–9
Nevada	Assembly	D 27–15	Safe D	D 28–14
New Hampshire	Senate	D 14–10	Tossup	D 14–10
New Hampshire	House of Representatives	D 239–160–1	Lean D	D 225–175
New Mexico	Senate	D 24–18	Safe D	D 27–15
New Mexico	House of Representatives	D 42–28	Safe D	D 45–25
New York	State Senate	R 33–29	Lean D(flip)	D 32–30
New York	State Assembly	D 106–42–1–1	Safe D	D 107–41–1–1
North Carolina	Senate	D 31–19	Lean D	D 30–20
North Carolina	House of Representatives	D 68–52	Likely D	D 68–52
North Dakota	Senate	R 26–21	Tossup	R 26–21
North Dakota	House of Representatives	R 61–33	Likely R	R 58–36
Ohio	Senate	R 21–12	Likely R	R 21–12
Ohio	House of Representatives	R 53–46	Tossup	D 53–46
Oklahoma	Senate	D 24–24	Lean R(flip)	R 26–22
Oklahoma	House of Representatives	R 57–44	Likely R	R 61–40
Oregon	State Senate	D 19–11	Safe D	D 18–12
Oregon	House of Representatives	D 31–29	Likely D	D 36–24
Pennsylvania	State Senate	R 29–21	Safe R	R 30–20
Pennsylvania	House of Representatives	D 102–101	Tossup	D 104–99
Rhode Island	Senate	D 33–5	Safe D	D 33–4–1
Rhode Island	House of Representatives	D 60–15	Safe D	D 69–6
South Carolina	Senate	R 26–20	Safe R	R 27–19
South Carolina	House of Representatives	R 73–51	Safe R	R 73–51
South Dakota	Senate	R 20–15	Lean R	R 21–14
South Dakota	House of Representatives	R 50–20	Safe R	R 46–24
Tennessee	Senate	16–16–1^[f]	Lean R(flip)	R 19–14
Tennessee	House of Representatives	D 53–46	Lean D	R 50–49
Texas	Senate	R 20–11	Safe R	R 19–12
Texas	House of Representatives	R 81–69	Lean R	R 76–74
Utah	State Senate	R 21–8	Safe R	R 21–8
Utah	House of Representatives	R 55–20	Safe R	R 53–22
Vermont	Senate	D 23–7	Safe D	D 23–7
Vermont	House of Representatives	D 93–49–6–2	Safe D	D 94–48–5–3
Washington	State Senate	D 32–17	Safe D	D 31–18
Washington	House of Representatives	D 62–36	Safe D	D 62–36
West Virginia	Senate	D 23–11	Safe D	D 26–8
West Virginia	House of Delegates	D 72–28	Safe D	D 71–29
Wisconsin	Senate	D 18–15	Lean D	D 18–15
Wisconsin	State Assembly	R 52–47	Tossup	D 52–46–1
Wyoming	Senate	R 23–7	Safe R	R 23–7
Wyoming	House of Representatives	R 43–17	Safe R	R 41–19

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	72	71	1
	Republican	28	28
	Green	0	1	1
Total		100	100

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	90	95	5
	Republican	59	55	4
	Independent	2	1	1
Total		151	151

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic (DFL)	85	87	2
	Republican	48	47	1
	Independent Republican	1	0	1
Total		134	134

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	49	50^[g]	1
	Republican	50	50
	Constitution	1	0	1
Total		100	100

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	106	107	1
	Republican	42	41	1
	Independence	1	1
	Working Families	1	1
Total		150	150

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	93	94	1
	Republican	49	48	1
	Progressive	6	5	1
	Independent	2	3	1
Total		150	150

Party		Before	After	Change
	Popular Democratic	11	9	2
	New Progressive	15	22	7
	Puerto Rican Independence	1	0	1
Total		27	31

v t e (2007 ←) 2008 United States elections (→ 2009)
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U.S. Senate	Alabama Alaska Arkansas Colorado Delaware District of Columbia (shadow) Georgia Idaho Illinois Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Mississippi (special) Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia Wyoming Wyoming (special)
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Governors	American Samoa Delaware Lt. Gov Indiana Missouri Lt. Gov Montana New Hampshire North Carolina Lt. Gov North Dakota Puerto Rico Utah Vermont Washington West Virginia
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Other statewide elections	Pennsylvania Auditor General Treasurer Washington Secretary of State Wisconsin Supreme Court
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Ballot measures	California Proposition 1A Proposition 2 Proposition 3 Proposition 4 Proposition 5 Proposition 6 Proposition 7 Proposition 8 Proposition 9 or Marcy's Law Proposition 10 Proposition 11 Colorado Amendment 46 Amendment 47 Amendment 48 Amendment 49 Amendment 50 Amendment 51 Amendment 52 Amendment 54 Massachusetts Question 1 Question 2 Michigan Proposal 1 Proposal 2

v t e Legislatures of the United States
United States Congress	United States House of Representatives United States Senate
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Other legislatures	District of Columbia American Samoa (H,S) Guam Northern Mariana Islands (H,S) Puerto Rico (H,S) U.S. Virgin Islands
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Electoral predictions

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Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Maine

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Territorial and federal district summaries

American Samoa

Guam

Puerto Rico

U.S. Virgin Islands

Washington, D.C.

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