2014 United States state legislative elections

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87 legislative chambers 46 states
Majority party Minority party Third party   Party Republican Democratic Coalition Chambers before 57 40[a] 2[b][c] Chambers after 68 30 1[d] Overall change 11 10 1
Map of upper house elections:      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 retained control      Republicans gained control     Republicans retained control      Non-partisan legislature      No regularly-scheduled elections

Elections tostate legislatures were held in 46U.S. states in 2014 with a total of 6,049 seats up for election (82 percent of the total number of state legislative seats in the United States). Six territorial chambers were up in four territories and theDistrict of Columbia.

Prior to the general election, Republicans regained control of theVirginia Senate after winning a decisive August special election.^[1] They had lost control at the start of the year due to theelection of Democraticlieutenant governorRalph Northam.

In the general election,Republicans initially gained control of nine legislative chambers: both chambers of theNevada Legislature (which gave them a trifecta for the first time since 1931), theMinnesota House of Representatives, theNew Hampshire House of Representatives, theNew Mexico House of Representatives for the first time since 1955, theWest Virginia House of Delegates, theColorado Senate, theMaine Senate, and theNew York Senate, which was previously under a Republican-led coalition. This increased the total number of Republican-controlled state houses from 58 to 67. The day after the election, Republicans, who achieved a 17–17 tie in theWest Virginia Senate, gained control of that chamber as well thanks to the defection of State SenatorDaniel Hall, thus increasing their total gains to ten, for a final total of 68 state houses won.^[2] This allowed Republicans win control of either chamber of the West Virginia legislature for the first time since 1933.

The election left the Republicans in control of the highest amount of state legislatures in the party's history since 1928, and it also left theDemocratic Party in control of the smallest number of state legislatures since 1860.^[3][4][5]

Regularly scheduled elections were held in 87 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States; nationwide, regularly scheduled elections were held for 6,064 of the 7,383 legislative seats. Most legislative chambers held elections for all seats, but some legislative chambers that use staggered elections held elections for only a portion of the total seats in the chamber.^[6] The chambers that were not up for election either hold regularly scheduled elections in odd-numbered years, or have four-year terms and hold all regularly scheduled elections in presidential election years.

Note that this table only covers regularly scheduled elections; additional special elections took place concurrently with these regularly scheduled elections.

Predictors considered Democrats to be vulnerable to significant losses in legislative control, owing to thesix-year itch of the presidency of DemocratBarack Obama. Most of the legislative chambers considered competitive were held by Democrats.^[7][8]

Ratings are designated as follows:

• "Tossup": Competitive, no advantage
• "Lean": Competitive, slight advantage
• "Likely": Not competitive, but opposition could make significant gains
• "Safe": Not competitive at all

• 
  Upper house seats by party holding majority in each state
  

  Republican   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%

  Democratic   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100%

• 
  Lower house seats by party holding majority in each state
  

  Republican   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%

  Democratic   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%

• 
  Net changes to upper house seats after the 2014 elections
       +1 Rep seat     +2 Rep seats     +3–5 Rep seats     +9 Rep seats
       +1 Dem seat     +2 Dem seats
• 
  Net changes to lower house seats after the 2014 elections
       +1 Rep seat     +2 Rep seats     +3–5 Rep seats     +6–60 Rep seats
       +1 Dem seat     +2 Dem seats     +3 Dem seats
       +1 Con seat

All of the seats of theAlabama Legislature were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Alabama Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	23	26	3
	Independent	1	1
	Democratic	11	8	3
Total		35	35

Alabama House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	67	72	5
	Independent	1	0	1
	Democratic	37	33	4
Total		105	105

All of the seats of theAlaska House of Representatives and half of theAlaska Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Alaska Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	13	14	1
	Democratic	2	1	1
		5	5
Total		20	20

Alaska House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	26	23	3
	Democratic	4	4	2
		10	12
	Independent	0	1	1
Total		40	40

All of the seats of theArizona Legislature were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Arizona Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	17	17
	Democratic	13	13
Total		30	30

Arizona House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	36	38	2
	Democratic	24	22	2
Total		60	60

All of the seats of theArkansas House of Representatives and half of theArkansas Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Arkansas Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	22	24	2
	Democratic	13	11	2
Total		35	35

Arkansas House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	51	64	13
	Democratic	48	36	12
	Green	1	0	1
Total		100	100

All of the seats of theCalifornia House of Representatives and half of theCalifornia Senate were up for election. Democrats maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

California State Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	28	26	2
	Republican	12	14	2
Total		40	40

California State Assembly

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	55	52	3
	Republican	25	28	3
Total		80	80

All of the seats of theColorado House of Representatives and half of theColorado Senate were up for election. Republicans won control of the Senate and Democrats maintained control of the House of Representatives.

Colorado Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	17	18	1
	Democratic	18	17	1
Total		35	35

Colorado House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	37	34	3
	Republican	28	31	3
Total		65	65

All of the seats of theConnecticut Legislature were up for election. Democrats maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Connecticut State Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	22	21	1
	Republican	14	15	1
Total		36	36

Connecticut House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	97	87	10
	Republican	54	64	10
Total		151	151

All of the seats of theDelaware House of Representatives and half of theDelaware Senate were up for election. Democrats maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Delaware Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	13	12	1
	Republican	8	9	1
Total		21	21

Delaware House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	27	25	2
	Republican	14	16	2
Total		41	41

All of the seats of theFlorida House of Representatives and half of theFlorida Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Florida Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	26	26
	Democratic	14	14
Total		40	40

Florida House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	75	81	6
	Democratic	45	39	6
Total		120	120

All of the seats of theGeorgia Legislature were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Georgia State Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	38	38
	Democratic	18	18
Total		56	56

Georgia House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	119	119
	Democratic	60	60
	Independent	1	1
Total		180	180

All of the seats of theHawaii House of Representatives and half of theHawaii Senate were up for election. Democrats maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Hawaii Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	24	24
	Republican	1	1
Total		25	25

Hawaii House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	44	43	1
	Republican	7	8	1
Total		51	51

All of the seats of theIdaho Legislature were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Idaho Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	28	28
	Democratic	7	7
Total		35	35

Idaho House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	57	56	1
	Democratic	13	14	1
Total		70	70

All of the seats of theIllinois House of Representatives and one third of theIllinois Senate were up for election. Democrats maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Illinois Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	40	39	1
	Republican	19	20	1
Total		59	59

Illinois House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	71	71
	Republican	47	47
Total		118	118

All of the seats of theIndiana House of Representatives and half of theIndiana Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Indiana Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	37	40	3
	Democratic	13	10	3
Total		50	50

Indiana House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	69	71	2
	Democratic	31	29	2
Total		100	100

All of the seats of theIowa House of Representatives and half of theIowa Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of the House of Representatives and Democrats maintained control of the Senate.

Iowa Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	26	26
	Republican	24	24
Total		50	50

Iowa House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	53	57	4
	Democratic	47	43	4
Total		100	100

All of the seats of theKansas House of Representatives. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Kansas House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	93	97	4
	Democratic	32	28	4
Total		125	125

All of the seats of theKentucky House of Representatives and half of theKentucky Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of the Senate and Democrats maintained control of the House of Representatives.

Kentucky Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	23	26	3
	Democratic	14	12	2
	Independent	1	0	1
Total		38	38

Kentucky House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	54	54
	Republican	36	36
Total		100	100

All of the seats of theMaine Legislature were up for election. Republicans won control of the Senate and Democrats maintained control of the House of Representatives.

Maine Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	15	20	5
	Democratic	19	15	4
	Independent	1	0	1
Total		35	35

Maine House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	89	78	11
	Republican	58	68	10
	Independent	4	5	1
Total		151	151

All of the seats of theMaryland Legislature were up for election. Democrats maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Maryland Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	35	33	2
	Republican	12	14	2
Total		37	37

Maryland House of Delegates

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	98	91	7
	Republican	43	50	7
Total		141	141

All of the seats of theMassachusetts Legislature were up for election. Democrats maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Massachusetts Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	36	34	2
	Republican	4	6	2
Total		40	40

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	131	125	6
	Republican	29	35	6
Total		160	160

All of the seats of theMichigan Legislature were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Michigan Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	26	27	1
	Democratic	12	11	1
Total		34	34

Michigan House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	59	63	4
	Democratic	51	47	4
Total		110	110

All of the seats of theMinnesota House of Representatives were up for election. Republicans won control of the House of Representatives.

Minnesota House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	61	72	11
	Democratic (DFL)	73	62	11
Total		134	134

All of the seats of theMissouri House of Representatives and half of theMissouri Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Missouri Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	25	25
	Democratic	9	9
Total		34	34

Missouri House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	110	117	7
	Democratic	53	45	8
	Independent	0	1	1
Total		163	163

All of the seats of theMontana House of Representatives and half of theMontana Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Montana Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	29	29
	Democratic	21	21
Total		50	50

Montana House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	61	59	2
	Democratic	39	41	2
Total		100	100

Nebraska is the only U.S. state with aunicameral legislature; half of the seats of theNebraska Legislature were up for election in 2014. Nebraska is also unique in that its legislature is officially non-partisan and holds non-partisan elections, although the Democratic and Republican parties each endorse legislative candidates. Republicans maintained control.

Nebraska Legislature

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	30	35	5
	Democratic	18	13	5
	Independent	1	1
Total		49	49

All of the seats of theNevada House of Representatives and half of theNevada Senate were up for election. Republicans won control of both state legislative chambers.

Nevada Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	10	11	1
	Democratic	11	10	1
Total		21	21

Nevada Assembly

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	15	27	12
	Democratic	27	15	12
Total		42	42

All of the seats of theNew Hampshire House of Representatives and half of theNew Hampshire Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of the Senate and won control of the House of Representatives.

New Hampshire Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	13	14	1
	Democratic	11	10	1
Total		24	24

New Hampshire House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	179	239	60
	Democratic	221	160	61
	Independent	0	1	1
Total		400	400

All of the seats of theNew Mexico House of Representatives. Republicans won control of the chamber.

New Mexico House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	33	37	4
	Democratic	37	33	4
Total		70	70

All of the seats of theNew York Legislature were up for election. Republicans replaced a Republican-led coalition in the Senate, and Democrats maintained control of the Assembly.

New York State Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	30	32	2
	Democratic	6[h]	6[h]
		27	25	2
Total		63	63

New York State Assembly

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	105	105
	Republican	44	43	1
	Independence	1	1
	Conservative	0	1	1
Total		150	150

All of the seats of theNorth Carolina House of Representatives and half of theNorth Carolina Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

North Carolina Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	33	34	1
	Democratic	17	16	1
Total		50	50

North Carolina House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	77	74	3
	Democratic	43	46	3
Total		120	120

All of the seats of theNorth Dakota House of Representatives and half of theNorth Dakota Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

North Dakota Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	33	32	1
	Democratic-NPL	14	15	1
Total		47	47

North Dakota House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	71	71
	Democratic-NPL	23	23
Total		94	94

All of the seats of theOhio House of Representatives and half of theOhio Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Ohio Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	23	23
	Democratic	10	10
Total		33	33

Ohio House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	60	65	5
	Democratic	39	34	5
Total		99	99

All of the seats of theOklahoma House of Representatives and half of theOklahoma Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Oklahoma Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	36	40	4
	Democratic	12	8	4
Total		48	48

Oklahoma House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	72	72
	Democratic	29	29
Total		101	101

All of the seats of theOregon House of Representatives and half of theOregon Senate were up for election. Democrats maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Oregon State Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	16	18	2
	Republican	14	12	2
Total		30	30

Oregon House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	34	34
	Republican	26	26
Total		50	50

All of the seats of thePennsylvania House of Representatives and half of thePennsylvania Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Pennsylvania State Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	27	30	3
	Democratic	23	20	3
Total		50	50

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	112	119	7
	Democratic	91	84	7
Total		203	203

All of the seats of theRhode Island Legislature were up for election. Democrats maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Rhode Island Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	32	32
	Republican	5	5
	Independent	1	1
Total		38	38

Rhode Island House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	69	63	6
	Republican	6	11	5
	Independent	0	1	1
Total		75	75

All of the seats of theSouth Carolina House of Representatives were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

South Carolina House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	78	78
	Democratic	46	46
Total		124	124

All of the seats of theSouth Dakota Legislature were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

South Dakota Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	28	27	1
	Democratic	7	8	1
Total		35	35

South Dakota House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	53	58	5
	Democratic	17	12	5
Total		70	70

All of the seats of theTennessee House of Representatives and half of theTennessee Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Tennessee Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	26	28	2
	Democratic	7	5	2
Total		33	33

Tennessee House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	71	73	2
	Democratic	27	26	1
	Independent Republican	1	0	1
Total		99	99

All of the seats of theTexas House of Representatives and half of theTexas Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Texas Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	19	20	1
	Democratic	12	11	1
Total		31	31

Texas House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	95	98	3
	Democratic	55	52	3
Total		150	150

All of the seats of theUtah House of Representatives and half of theUtah Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Utah State Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	24	24
	Democratic	5	5
Total		29	29

Utah House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	61	63	2
	Democratic	14	12	2
Total		75	75

All of the seats of theVermont Legislature were up for election. Democrats maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Vermont Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	21	19	2
	Republican	7	9	2
	Progressive	2	2
Total		30	30

Vermont House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	96	85	11
	Republican	45	53	8
	Progressive	5	6	1
	Independent	4	6	2
Total		150	150

All of the seats of theWashington House of Representatives and half of theWashington Senate were up for election. Republicans maintainedcoalition control of the Senate and Democrats maintained control of the House of Representatives.

Washington State Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	24	25	1
	Democratic	2[i]	1[j]	1
		23	23
Total		49	49

Washington House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	55	50	5
	Republican	43	48	5
Total		98	98

All of the seats of theWest Virginia House of Delegates and half of theWest Virginia Senate were up for election. Republicans initially won control of the House of Delegates and tied the Senate, but the defection of Democratic senator Daniel Hall the day after the election gave Republicans control of the chamber.^[2][9]

West Virginia Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	9	18	9
	Democratic	25	16	9
Total		34	34

West Virginia House of Delegates

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	47	64	17
	Democratic	53	36	17
Total		100	100

All of the seats of theWisconsin Assembly and half of theWisconsin Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Wisconsin Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	18	19	1
	Democratic	15	14	1
Total		33	33

Wisconsin State Assembly

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	60	63	3
	Democratic	39	36	3
Total		99	99

All of the seats of theWyoming House of Representatives and half of theWyoming Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Wyoming Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	26	26
	Democratic	4	4
Total		30	30

Wyoming House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	52	51	1
	Democratic	8	9	1
Total		60	60

All of the seats of theAmerican Samoa Senate and theAmerican Samoa House of Representatives were up for election. Members of the Senate serve four-year terms, while members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms. Gubernatorial and legislative elections are conducted on a nonpartisan basis in American Samoa.

Guam Legislature

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	9	9
	Republican	6	6
Total		15	15

Northern Mariana Islands Senate

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	5	7	2
	Independent	4	2	2
	Democratic	0	0
Total		9	9

Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives

Party		Before	After	Change
	Republican	4	7	3
	Democratic	4	0	4
	Independent	12	13	1
Total		20	20

Virgin Islands Legislature

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	10	10
	Independent	5	5
Total		15	15

District of Columbia Council

Party		Before	After	Change
	Democratic	11	11
	Independent	2	2
Total		13	13

Although Democrats briefly gained control of the Virginia Senate due to theelection of Democraticlieutenant governorRalph Northam, Republicans gained control back in an August special election.^[1]

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