Democrats gained majorities of both houses of theVirginia General Assembly, giving them complete control of the legislature for the first time since 1996, and the first trifecta since 1994.[2]
Regularly scheduled elections were held in 7 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States. Nationwide, regularly scheduled elections were held for 538 of the 7,383 legislative seats. This table only covers regularly scheduled elections; additional special elections took place concurrently with these regularly scheduled elections.
Several sites and individuals publish predictions of competitive chambers. These predictions look at factors such as the strength of the party, the strength of the candidates, and the partisan leanings of the state (reflected in part by the state'sCook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assign ratings to each chambers, with the rating indicating the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that election.
Most election predictors use:
"Tossup": No advantage
"Tilt": Advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean"
"Lean": Slight advantage
"Likely": Significant, but surmountable, advantage
All seats of theNew Jersey General Assembly were up for election to two-year terms in coterminous two-member districts. TheNew Jersey Senate did not hold regularly scheduled elections. Democrats maintained majority control in the lower house.
All seats of theSenate of Virginia and theVirginia House of Delegates were up for election in single-member districts. Senators were elected to four-year terms, while delegates serve terms of two years. Democrats gained control of both legislative chambers, establishing the first Democratic trifecta in Virginia since 1994.
House District 42: Republican Ivan Smith was elected on November 5, 2019, to succeed RepublicanJimmy Martin, who died on May 31, 2019, of cancer.
House District 74: RepublicanCharlotte Meadows was elected on November 12, 2019, to succeed RepublicanDimitri Polizos, who died on March 27, 2019, of a heart attack.[6]
Seven special elections were held for theConnecticut General Assembly in 2019. Republicans flipped two seats previously held by Democrats.
Senate District 3: DemocratSaud Anwar was elected on February 26, 2019, to succeed DemocratTim Larson, who resigned in January 2019 after he was appointed Executive Director of the Connecticut Office of Higher Education byGovernorNed Lamont.
Senate District 5: DemocratDerek Slap was elected on February 26, 2019, to succeed DemocratBeth Bye, who resigned on January 9, 2019, after she was appointed Commissioner of the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood byGovernorNed Lamont.
Senate District 6: RepublicanGennaro Bizzarro was elected on February 26, 2019, to succeed DemocratTerry Gerratana, who resigned in January 2019 after she was appointed to the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy byGovernorNed Lamont.
House District 19: DemocratTammy Exum was elected on April 16, 2019, to succeed DemocratDerek Slap, who resigned on February 28, 2019, after he was elected to theConnecticut State Senate.[9]
House District 99: Republican Joseph Zullo was elected on February 26, 2019, to succeed Democrat James Albis, who resigned in January 2019.[10]
House District 130: DemocratAntonio Felipe was elected on May 7, 2019, to succeed DemocratEzequiel Santiago, who died on March 15, 2019, of a heart attack.[11]
House District 5: RepublicanMatt Barton was elected in a runoff on February 5, 2019, to succeed RepublicanJohn Meadows III, who died on November 13, 2018, of cancer.
House District 28: RepublicanChris Erwin was elected on April 9, 2019, to succeed a vacant term after the results of the December 2018 special election were deemed inconclusive.[13]
House District 71: RepublicanPhilip Singleton was elected in a runoff on October 1, 2019, to succeed Republican David Stover, who resigned on June 25, 2019, citing personal reasons.[14]
House District 152: RepublicanBill Yearta was elected in a runoff on December 3, 2019, to succeed RepublicanEd Rynders, who resigned on September 5, 2019, citing health reasons.
Three special elections were held for theKentucky General Assembly in 2019. Republicans flipped one seat previously held by a Democrat.
Senate District 31: Republican Phillip Wheeler was elected on March 5, 2019, to succeed DemocratRay Jones II, who resigned on January 7, 2019, after he was electedJudge/Executive ofPike County.[17]
House District 18: RepublicanSamara Heavrin was elected on November 5, 2019, to succeed RepublicanTim Moore, who resigned on September 10, 2019, citing a belief in term limits.
House District 63: Republican Kimberly Banta was elected on November 5, 2019, to succeed RepublicanDiane St. Onge, who resigned on August 12, 2019, citing personal reasons.[18]
House District 17: Democrat Pat Moore was elected in a runoff on March 30, 2019, to succeed DemocratMarcus Hunter, who resigned after he was elected to judge of theFourth Judicial District Court.[20]
House District 18: Democrat Jeremy LaCombe was elected in a runoff on March 30, 2019, to succeed DemocratMajor Thibaut, who resigned on December 31, 2018, to serve as president ofPointe Coupee Parish.[21]
House District 26: DemocratEd Larvadain was elected on February 23, 2019, to succeed DemocratJeff Hall, who resigned on December 4, 2018, after he was elected mayor ofAlexandria.
House District 27: Republican Mike T. Johnson was elected on February 23, 2019, to succeed Republican Lowell Hazel, who resigned after he was elected to judge of theNinth Judicial District Court.
House District 47: RepublicanRyan Bourriaque was elected on February 23, 2019, to succeed Republican Bob Hensgens, who resigned on December 10, 2018, after he was elected to theLouisiana State Senate.
House District 62: IndependentRoy Adams was elected in a runoff on March 30, 2019, to succeed RepublicanKenny Havard, who resigned on December 10, 2018, to serve as president ofWest Feliciana Parish.[21]
House District 45: DemocratStephen Moriarty was elected on June 11, 2019, to succeed DemocratDale Denno, who resigned on March 27, 2019, following a diagnosis oflung cancer.[22]
House District 52: DemocratSean Paulhus was elected on April 2, 2019, to succeed Democrat Jennifer DeChant, who resigned on February 1, 2019, to take a job in the private sector.[23]
House District 124: DemocratJoe Perry was elected on March 12, 2019, to succeed DemocratAaron Frey, who resigned on December 5, 2018, after he was appointedMaine Attorney General by the Maine Legislature.
House District 11B: RepublicanNathan Nelson was elected on March 19, 2019, to succeed RepublicanJason Rarick, who resigned on February 12, 2019, after he was elected to theMinnesota Senate.
House District 101: RepublicanKent McCarty was elected in a runoff on April 2, 2019, to succeed Republican Brad Touchstone, who resigned after he was electedLamar County circuit judge.[24]
House District 36: DemocratMark Sharp was elected on November 5, 2019, to succeed DemocratDaRon McGee, who resigned on April 29, 2019, following allegations of sexual harassment.[25]
House District 74: Democrat Mike Person was elected on November 5, 2019, to succeed Democrat Cora Walker, who resigned on July 29, 2019, to work as a policy director forSt. Louis County ExecutiveSam Page.[26]
House District 78: DemocratRasheen Aldridge Jr. was elected on November 5, 2019, to succeed DemocratBruce Franks Jr., who resigned on July 31, 2019, citing mental health reasons.[26]
House District 99: DemocratTrish Gunby was elected on November 5, 2019, to succeed RepublicanJean Evans, who resigned on February 5, 2019, to become the executive director of theMissouri Republican Party.
House District Rockingham 9: Republican Michael Vose was elected on October 8, 2019, to succeed Republican Sean Morrison, who resigned in May 2019, citing lack of cooperation.
House District 11: RepublicanMarci Mustello was elected on May 21, 2019, to succeed RepublicanBrian Ellis, who resigned on March 18, 2019, following allegations of sexual assault.
House District 68: Democrat June Speakman was elected on March 5, 2019, to succeed Democratic representative-elect Laufton Ascencao, who did not take office after admitting to faking his campaign invoice.[32]
House District 14: RepublicanStewart Jones was elected on April 23, 2019, to succeed RepublicanMichael Pitts, who resigned on January 3, 2019, citing health reasons.[34]
House District 19: RepublicanPatrick Haddon was elected on August 20, 2019, to succeed RepublicanDwight Loftis, who resigned on March 27, 2019, after he was elected to theSouth Carolina Senate.
House District 77: RepublicanRusty Grills was elected on December 19, 2019, to succeed RepublicanBill Sanderson, who resigned on July 24, 2019, citing personal reasons.
House District 79: DemocratArt Fierro was elected on January 29, 2019, to succeed DemocratJoe Pickett, who resigned on January 4, 2019, citing health reasons.[35]
House District 125: DemocratRay Lopez was elected in a runoff on March 12, 2019, to succeed DemocratJustin Rodriguez, who resigned on January 4, 2019, after he was appointed to theBexar County Commissioners Court.
House District 145: DemocratChristina Morales was elected in a runoff on March 5, 2019, to succeed DemocratCarol Alvarado, who resigned on December 21, 2018, after she was elected to theTexas Senate.[36]
Senate District 40: DemocratLiz Lovelett was elected on November 5, 2019, to succeed DemocratKevin Ranker, who resigned on January 9, 2019, following allegations of sexual harassment.[37]
House District 13-2: RepublicanAlex Ybarra was elected on November 5, 2019, to succeed RepublicanMatt Manweller, who resigned on January 14, 2019, following allegations of sexual harassment.
^abTheAlaska House of Representatives is controlled by a coalition of Democrats, Republicans, and independents. The minority caucus consists of Republicans who are 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.
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