2018 Election Analysis
Results analysis
Article 1: State government trifectas Article 2: State legislative chamber control Article 3: State legislators by party Article 4: State legislative incumbents defeated Article 5: State legislative supermajorities Article 6: State legislative seats flipped Article 7: Governors Article 8: State government triplexes Article 9: U.S. House Article 10: U.S. Senate Article 11: Was 2018 a wave election? Article 12: Noteworthy third party candidates Article 13: Incumbent win rates by state
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Updated 9:30am EST, December 28, 2018

This content is part of Ballotpedia's analysis of the 2018 midterm elections. For comprehensive election results,click here.

There were 322 state legislative incumbents defeated in the elections on November 6, 2018.

49 Democrats
253 Republicans
20 Other^[1]

According to ahistorical analysis from 2010 to 2018, the 322 incumbents who lost in the general elections is more than in 2016 (233 losses), 2014 (266 losses), and 2012 (294 losses) but less than in 2010 (502 losses).

When the 147 primary losses in 2018 (70 Democratic and 77 Republican) are factored in, the 469 total losses in 2018 are more than in 2016 (356 losses) and 2014 (397 losses) but less than in 2012 (488 losses) and 2010 (614 losses).

The list below contains all defeated incumbents:

Historical comparison of incumbent losses

This chart compares state legislative incumbents losses in primary and general elections from 2010 to 2018.

Historical comparison of incumbent turnover

The charts below compare state legislative incumbent turnover from retirements, primary losses, and general election losses from 2010 to 2018.

See also

• 2018 election analysis: State government trifectas
• 2018 election analysis: Partisan balance of state legislative chambers
• 2018 election analysis: State legislative supermajorities
• 2018 election analysis: Partisan balance of governors
• 2018 election analysis: State government triplexes
• 2018 election analysis: Control of the U.S. House
• 2018 election analysis: Control of the U.S. Senate
• 2018 election analysis: Was 2018 a wave election?

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