2000 United States state legislative elections

2000 United States state legislative elections

← 1999 November 7, 2000 2001 →
86 legislative chambers in 44 states
Majority party Minority party Third party   Party Republican Democratic Coalition Chambers before 48[a][b] 49 0 Chambers after 50 46[a][c] 1 [d] Overall change 2 3 1
Map of upper house elections:      Democrats gained control      Democrats retained control      Republicans gained control      Republicans retained control      Coalition gained control      Split body formed      Non-partisan legislature      No regularly-scheduled elections
Map of lower house elections:      Democrats retained control      Republicans gained control      Republicans retained control      Split body maintained      Non-partisan legislature      No regularly-scheduled elections

Elections to state legislatures were held on November 7, 2000, simultaneously with the 2000 United States presidential election. Elections were held for 86 legislative chambers in 44 states, simultaneous to those states' gubernatorial elections.^[1] Election occurred in both chambers of each state's legislature, except for Alabama, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia. Michigan held elections for the lower house. Six territorial chambers in four territories and the District of Columbia were up as well. These elections determined the redistricting process after the 2000 census.

Democrats won control of the Colorado Senate for the first time since 1963. Republicans won control of the Missouri Senate for the first time since 1949, the New Hampshire Senate (which was previously tied), the South Carolina Senate for the first time since 1879, and the Vermont House of Representatives. Additionally, a coalition government replaced the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate,^[2] and the Democratic-controlled Maine Senate became tied.^[3]

Republicans won a trifecta in South Carolina for the first time since 1876.

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