2022 United States state legislative elections

2022 United States state legislative elections

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88 legislative chambers
46 states
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Republican Democratic Coalition
Chambers before 62 36 1[a]
Chambers after 57 40 2[b][c]
Overall change Decrease 5 Increase 4 Increase 1

2022 California Senate election2022 Nevada Senate election2022 Washington Senate election2022 Oregon Senate election2022 Alaska Senate election2022 Hawaii Senate election2022 Arizona Senate election2022 Utah Senate election2022 Idaho Senate election2022 Montana Senate election2022 Wyoming Senate election2022 Colorado Senate election2022 Texas Senate election2022 Oklahoma Senate election2022 Nebraska Senate election2022 North Dakota Senate election2022 South Dakota Senate election2022 Iowa Senate election2022 Missouri Senate election2022 Arkansas Senate election2022 Wisconsin Senate election2022 Illinois Senate election2022 Indiana Senate election2022 Kentucky Senate election2022 Tennessee Senate election2022 Florida Senate election2022 Georgia Senate election2022 North Carolina Senate election2022 West Virginia Senate election2022 Ohio Senate election2022 Pennsylvania Senate election2022 Delaware Senate election2022 New York Senate election2022 Connecticut Senate election2022 Rhode Island Senate election2022 Massachusetts Senate election2022 Vermont Senate election2022 New Hampshire Senate election2022 Maine Senate election2022 Michigan Senate election2022 Alabama Senate election2022 Maryland Senate election2022 Minnesota Senate election
Map of upper house elections:
     Democrats gained control      Democrats retained control
     Republicans retained control
     Coalition gained control
     Non-partisan legislature
     No regularly-scheduled elections

2022 California House of Representatives election2022 Nevada House of Representatives election2022 Washington House of Representatives election2022 Oregon House of Representatives election2022 Alaska House of Representatives election2022 Hawaii House of Representatives election2022 Arizona House of Representatives election2022 Utah House of Representatives election2022 Idaho House of Representatives election2022 Montana House of Representatives election2022 Wyoming House of Representatives election2022 Colorado House of Representatives election2022 New Mexico House of Representatives election2022 Texas House of Representatives election2022 Oklahoma House of Representatives election2022 Kansas House of Representatives election2022 Nebraska Legislature election2022 North Dakota House of Representatives election2022 South Dakota House of Representatives election2022 Minnesota House of Representatives election2022 Iowa House of Representatives election2022 Missouri House of Representatives election2022 Arkansas House of Representatives election2022 Wisconsin House of Representatives election2022 Illinois House of Representatives election2022 Michigan House of Representatives election2022 Indiana House of Representatives election2022 Kentucky House of Representatives election2022 Tennessee House of Representatives election2022 Florida House of Representatives election2022 Georgia House of Representatives election2022 South Carolina House of Representatives election2022 North Carolina House of Representatives election2022 West Virginia House of Representatives election2022 Ohio House of Representatives election2022 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election2022 Delaware House of Representatives election2022 New York House of Representatives election2022 Connecticut House of Representatives election2022 Rhode Island House of Representatives election2022 Massachusetts House of Representatives election2022 Vermont House of Representatives election2022 New Hampshire House of Representatives election2022 Maine House of Representatives election2022 Maryland House of Representatives election2022 Alabama House of Representatives election
Map of lower house elections:
     Democrats gained control      Democrats retained control
     Republicans retained control
     Coalition retained control
     Non-partisan legislature
     No regularly-scheduled elections

The 2022 United States state legislative elections were held on November 8, 2022, for 88 state legislative chambers in 46 states.[1] Across the fifty states, approximately 56 percent of all upper house seats and 92 percent of all lower house seats were up for election. Additionally, six territorial chambers were up in four territories and the District of Columbia. These midterm elections coincided with other state and local elections, including gubernatorial elections in multiple states.

Prior to the elections, Democrats held 14 trifectas (control of the governor's office and legislative chambers), Republicans held 23 trifectas, and 13 states held a divided government. These were the first elections affected by the 2020 redistricting cycle, which reapportioned state legislatures based on data from the 2020 United States census. This is the first midterm election since 1934 in which the party of the incumbent president did not lose any state legislative chambers to the opposition.[2] Democrats won a trifecta in Michigan for the first time since 1984.

The Democrats flipped the Minnesota Senate, the Michigan Senate for the first time since 1984, and the Michigan House of Representatives from Republican control, and they also established a coalition government in the Alaska Senate. Meanwhile, the Alaska House of Representatives switched from a Democratic-led coalition to a Republican-led coalition. Further special elections on February 7, 2023, gave Democrats control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.[3] Democrats had won control of the chamber in 2022, but vacancies prevented them from seating it until after the special elections.[4]


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  1. ^ "State legislative elections, 2022". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  2. ^ McCammond, Alexi (November 11, 2022). "Democrats make quiet history with state-level gains". Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  3. ^ "Pennsylvania Democrats take back state House control with three special election wins". NBC News. February 8, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  4. ^ Astor, Maggie (February 7, 2023). "3 Special Elections Will Determine Control of the Pennsylvania House". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 8, 2023.