2005 United States state legislative elections

2005 United States state legislative elections

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2 legislative chambers
2 states
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Chambers before 50[a] 48[a]
Chambers after 50 48
Overall change Steady Steady

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

The 2005 United States state legislative elections were held on November 8, 2005. Two legislative chambers in two states held regularly-scheduled elections. These off-year elections coincided with other state and local elections, including gubernatorial elections in two states.[1] Both chambers of the Northern Mariana Islands legislature was up.

Democrats maintained control of the New Jersey General Assembly and Republicans maintained control of the Virginia House of Delegates.[2][3]


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  1. ^ "State legislative elections, 2005". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  2. ^ https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-information-2005.shtml
  3. ^ "Election Results - Virginia Department of Elections".