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After the November 2025 elections, there were 23Republican trifectas, 16Democratic trifectas, and 11 divided governments.Democrats gained one trifecta,Republicans neither gained nor lost any trifectas, and there was one less divided government. Before the 2025 elections, there were 23Republican trifectas, 15Democratic trifectas, and 12 divided governments where neither party held trifecta control.

State government trifecta is a term to describe single-party government, when one political party holds thegovernorship and majorities in both chambers of thestate legislature.

The only change in trifecta status was in Virginia, which changed from a divided government to aDemocratic trifecta afterAbigail Spanberger (D) won the governorship andDemocrats retained theVirginia House of Delegates.

New Jersey remained aDemocratic trifecta, withMikie Sherrill (D) winning the gubernatorial election andDemocrats retaining theNew Jersey General Assembly.

Click here to see the partisan balance of all trifectas before and after the 2025 elections.

Election results and analysis for state government trifectas will be available here once they become available on election night.

On this page you will find:

• Trifectas on the ballot in 2025
• Partisan balance of all trifectas
• Historical changes in trifecta status
• Analysis of state elections, 2025
• Log of trifecta election results

Trifectas on the ballot in 2025

In 2025, there was one trifecta—aDemocratic trifecta inNew Jersey—with two trifecta offices (governorship and state house) on the ballot in 2025. Virginia, which has a divided government where neither party holds trifecta control, held elections for governor and the state house in 2025. The table below highlights the partisan balance of those trifectas before the election, and will be updated following the elections to reflect any changes in trifecta status.

Trifectas partisan breakdown

Party	As of the 2025 elections	After the 2025 elections
Democratic	1	2
Republican	0	0
Divided governments	1	0

The table below lists each trifecta office on the ballot in 2025.

Trifecta offices, pre-election 2025

State	Governor	Election in 2025	Upper chamber	Election in 2025	Lower chamber	Election in 2025
New Jersey	Phil Murphy	Yes		No		Yes
Virginia	Glenn Youngkin	Yes		No		Yes

The map below highlights states that held gubernatorial and state legislative elections by partisan control.

Partisan balance of all trifectas

Heading into the 2025 election, there were 23 Republican trifectas, 15 Democratic trifectas, and 12 divided governments where neither party held trifecta control. The table below highlights the trifecta status of all 50 states before the 2025 elections and will be updated following the November elections based on states' trifecta statuses following the elections.

Trifectas partisan breakdown

Party	As of the 2025 elections	After the 2025 elections
Democratic	15	16
Republican	23	23
Divided governments	12	11

The map below highlights each state by trifecta status before and after the 2025 elections. Click the blue links above the color key to switch the view between pre-election and post-election partisan control.

Historical changes in trifecta status

The following chart displays how many trifectas each party held between 1992 and 2026. Because newly-elected officeholders are not sworn in until December of the election year or January of the following year, changes in trifecta status as a result of general elections are reflected in the following year's numbers.

The table below shows the changes in trifectas each year since 1992.

The chart below shows the change in number of trifectas of each party from the previous year.
Click [show] on the table below to see each change in state trifectas from 2010 to 2026.

Trifecta changes, 2010-2026
State	Change	Trifecta Change	Date
Virginia	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2025
Michigan	State House party change	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2024
Minnesota	State House party change	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2024
Louisiana	Gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Republican trifecta gained	November 2023
Arizona	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Republican trifecta lost	November 2022
Maryland	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2022
Massachusetts	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2022
Michigan	State Senate and state House party change	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2022
Minnesota	State Senate party change	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2022
Nevada	Gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2022
Virginia	Gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate, state House party change	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2021
Montana	Gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Republican trifecta gained	November 2020
New Hampshire	State Senate and state House party change	Republican trifecta gained	November 2020
Kentucky	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Republican trifecta lost	November 2019
Virginia	State Senate and state House party change	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2019
Colorado	State Senate party change	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2018
Illinois	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2018
Maine	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate and state Senate party change	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2018
New Mexico	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2018
New York	State Senate party change	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2018
Nevada	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2018
Kansas	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Republican trifecta lost	November 2018
Michigan	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Republican trifecta lost	November 2018
Wisconsin	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Republican trifecta lost	November 2018
New Hampshire	State Senate and state House party changes	Republican trifecta lost	November 2018
New Jersey	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2017
Washington	State Senate party change	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2017
West Virginia	Governor changed party affiliation	Republican trifecta gained	August 2017
North Carolina	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Republican trifecta lost	November 2016
Missouri	Gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Republican trifecta gained	November 2016
Vermont	Gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2016
New Hampshire	Gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Republican trifecta gained	November 2016
Iowa	State Senate party change	Republican trifecta gained	November 2016
Kentucky	State House party change	Republican trifecta gained	November 2016
Nevada	State Senate and House party change	Republican trifecta lost	November 2016
Louisiana	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Republican trifecta lost	November 2015
Alaska	Gubernatorial race won by independent candidate	Republican trifecta lost	November 2014
Arkansas	Gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Republican trifecta gained	November 2014
Colorado	State Senate party change	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2014
Illinois	Gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2014
Maryland	Gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2014
Massachusetts	Gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2014
Minnesota	State House party change	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2014
Nevada	State Senate and House party change	Republican trifecta gained	November 2014
Pennsylvania	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Republican trifecta lost	November 2014
West Virginia	State Senate and House party change	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2014
Virginia	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Republican trifecta lost	November 2013
Rhode Island	Governor changed party affiliation	Democratic trifecta gained	May 2013
Colorado	State House party change	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2012
Minnesota	State Senate and House party change	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2012
Oregon	State House party change	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2012
Arkansas	State Senate and House party change	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2012
Alaska	State Senate party change	Republican trifecta gained	November 2012
North Carolina	Gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Republican trifecta gained	November 2012
Maine	State Senate and House party change	Republican trifecta lost	November 2012
Washington	State Senate party change	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2012
Mississippi	State House party change	Republican trifecta gained	November 2011
Virginia	Control of state Senate split; tie-breaking vote held by Republican lieutenant governor	Republican trifecta gained	November 2011
Louisiana	State Senate party change	Republican trifecta gained	February 2011
Alabama	State Senate and House party change	Republican trifecta gained	November 2010
California	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2010
Colorado	State House party change	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2010
Connecticut	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2010
Florida	Gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Republican trifecta gained	November 2010
Hawaii	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2010
Indiana	State House party change	Republican trifecta gained	November 2010
Iowa	State House party change and gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2010
Kansas	Gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Republican trifecta gained	November 2010
Maine	State Senate, state House, and governorship party change	Republican trifecta gained	November 2010
Michigan	State House party change and gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Republican trifecta gained	November 2010
New Hampshire	State Senate and House party change	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2010
New Mexico	Gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2010
New York	State Senate party change	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2010
North Carolina	State Senate and House party change	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2010
Ohio	State House party change and gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Republican trifecta gained	November 2010
Oklahoma	Gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Republican trifecta gained	November 2010
Oregon	State House changed to a split balance	Democratic trifecta lost	November 2010
Pennsylvania	State House party change	Republican trifecta gained	November 2010
Tennessee	Gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Republican trifecta gained	November 2010
Vermont	Gubernatorial race won by Democratic candidate	Democratic trifecta gained	November 2010
Wisconsin	State Senate, state House, and governorship party change	Republican trifecta gained	November 2010
Wyoming	Gubernatorial race won by Republican candidate	Republican trifecta gained	November 2010
Florida	Governor changed party affiliation	Republican trifecta lost	April 2010

Analysis of state elections, 2025

See also:Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2025

State legislative elections

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As ofFebruary 14th, 2026, Republicans controlled55.12% of all state legislative seats nationally, while Democrats held43.89%. Republicans held a majority in57 chambers, and Democrats held the majority in39 chambers.Two chambers (Alaska House andAlaska Senate) were organized undermultipartisan, power-sharing coalitions.One chamber (Minnesota House of Representatives) was split evenly between both parties.

Partisan balance of all 7,386 state legislative seats
Legislative chamber			Other	Vacant
State senates	837	1,120	6	10
State houses	2,405	2,951	20	37
Total:	3,242	4,071	26	47

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State executive elections

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State judicial elections

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Log of trifecta election results

See also

• Election results, 2025
• Election results, 2025: Governors
• Election results, 2025: State executive officials
• State legislative elections, 2025
• State government triplexes

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