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1999 United States state legislative elections

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1999 United States state legislative elections

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November 2, 1999
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8 legislative chambers in 4 states
 Majority partyMinority party
 
PartyDemocraticRepublican
Chambers before50[a][b]47[a][b]
Chambers after49[a][c]48[a][c]
Overall changeDecrease 1Increase 1

Map of upper house elections:
     Democrats retained control
     Republicans retained control
     Split body formed
     No regularly-scheduled elections

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

The1999 United States state legislative elections were held on November 2, 1999, alongside otherelections. Elections were held for 7 legislative chambers in four states. Both chambers of theNorthern Mariana Islands legislature were up.[1]

Democrats maintained control of the Mississippi and Louisiana legislatures, while Republicans maintained control of the lower house in New Jersey and the upper house in Virginia. Republicans had won a 1997 special election to claim a 21-19 majority in the Virginia Senate after DemocratCharles L. Waddell resigned his seat.[2][3] Republicans maintained this majority in 1999, which gave them their first-ever elected majority in history. Republicans flipped the Virginia House of Delegates, which was previously tied, resulting in the first-ever Republican majority.

Additionally, in the summer of 1999, a Democratic senator died in theNew Hampshire Senate and was succeeded by a Republican in a special election, switching that chamber from Democratic control to tied.[4]

Summary table

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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.

StateUpper HouseLower House
Seats upTotal% upTermSeats upTotal% upTerm
Louisiana393910041051051004
Mississippi525210041221221004
New Jersey04002/4[d]80801002
Virginia404010041001001002

State summaries

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Louisiana

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Main articles:1999 Louisiana Senate election and1999 Louisiana House of Representatives election

All seats of theLouisiana State Senate and theLouisiana House of Representatives were up for election to four-year terms in single-member districts. Democrats maintained control of both chambers.

Louisiana State Senate
PartyBeforeAfterChange
Democratic2626Steady
Republican1313Steady
Total3939
Louisiana House of Representatives
PartyBeforeAfterChange
Democratic7874Decrease 4
Republican2731Increase 4
Total105105

Mississippi

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Main articles:1999 Mississippi Senate election and1999 Mississippi House of Representatives election

All seats of theMississippi State Senate and theMississippi House of Representatives were up for election to four-year terms in single-member districts. Democrats maintained control of both houses.

Mississippi State Senate
PartyBeforeAfterChange
Democratic3434Steady
Republican1818Steady
Total5252
Mississippi House of Representatives
PartyBeforeAfterChange
Democratic8686Steady
Republican3333Steady
Independent33Steady
Total122122

New Jersey

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Main article:1999 New Jersey General Assembly election

All seats of theNew Jersey General Assembly were up for election. Assembly members were elected to two-year terms in two-member districts.[5] Republicans retained control.

General Assembly
PartyBeforeAfterChange
Democratic3235Increase 3
Republican4845Decrease 3
Total8080

Virginia

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Main articles:1999 Virginia Senate election and1999 Virginia House of Delegates election

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 served terms of two years. Republicans maintained control of the Senate and flipped the House of Delegates, which was previously tied.

Senate of Virginia
PartyBeforeAfterChange
Democratic1919Steady
Republican2121Steady
Total4040
Virginia House of Delegates
PartyBeforeAfterChange
Republican4952Increase 3
Independent1[e]1Steady
Democratic5047Decrease 3
Total100100

Territorial and federal district summaries

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Northern Mariana Islands

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Main article:1999 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. Republicans maintained control of both houses.

Senate
PartyBeforeAfterChange
Republican86Decrease 2
Democratic12Increase 1
Independent01Increase 1
Total99
House of Representatives
PartyBeforeAfterChange
Republican1311Decrease 2
Democratic56Increase 1
Independent01Increase 1
Total1818

Notes

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  1. ^abcdTheWashington House of Representatives was controlled by a power-sharing agreement between Democrats and Republicans. Thus, it is not counted in this total.
  2. ^abTheVirginia House of Delegates was split. Thus, it is not included in the prior total.
  3. ^abTheNew Hampshire Senate became evenly-split due to a special election. Thus, it is not included in the prior total.
  4. ^The upper houses of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas use a 2-4-4 term length system.
  5. ^Independent Lacey Putney sided with the Republicans, deadlocking the chamber.

References

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  1. ^https://ballotpedia.org/State_legislative_elections,_1999
  2. ^"Virginia State Legislature".The Washington Post. RetrievedJune 29, 2021.
  3. ^Southern Politics in the 1990s. LSU Press.ISBN 978-0-8071-4181-6.
  4. ^Jimenez, Ralph (December 9, 1999),With Election Defeat, N.H. Democrats Lose Majority in Senate, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Globe, p. B.19
  5. ^"New Jersey Secretary of State".state.nj.us.
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