2015 United States state legislative elections

2015 United States state legislative elections
7 legislative chambers; 4 states
	Map of upper house elections:; Republicans retained control; No regularly-scheduled elections
	Map of lower house elections:; Democrats retained control; Republicans retained control; No regularly-scheduled elections

The 2015 United States state legislative elections were held on November 3, 2015. Seven legislative chambers in four states held regularly scheduled elections. These off-year elections coincided with other state and local elections, including gubernatorial elections in three states.^[1]

Republicans maintained control of both chambers of the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Virginia legislatures, while Democrats maintained control of the New Jersey General Assembly. This is the last time no state legislative chambers changed partisan control.

Summary table edit

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.

State	Upper House				Lower House
State	Seats up	Total	% up	Term	Seats up	Total	% up	Term
Louisiana	39	39	100	4	105	105	100	4
Mississippi	52	52	100	4	122	122	100	4
New Jersey	0	40	0	2/4^[b]	80	80	100	2
Virginia	40	40	100	4	100	100	100	2

State summaries edit

Louisiana edit

All seats of the Louisiana State Senate and the Louisiana House of Representatives were up for election to four-year terms in single-member districts. Republicans retained majority control in both chambers.

Louisiana State Senate
Party		Leader	Before	After	Change
	Republican	John Alario	26	25	1
	Democratic	Eric LaFleur	14	12	1
Total			39	39

Louisiana House of Representatives
Party		Leader	Before	After	Change
	Republican	Chuck Kleckley	58	61	3
	Democratic	Gene Reynolds	43	42	1
	Independent		2	2
Total			105	105

Mississippi edit

All seats of the Mississippi State Senate and the Mississippi House of Representatives were up for election to four-year terms in single-member districts. Republicans retained majority control in both chambers.

Mississippi State Senate
Party		Leader	Before	After
	Republican	Giles Ward	32	32
	Democratic	Steve Hale	20	20
Total			52	52

Mississippi House of Representatives
Party		Leader	Before	After	Change
	Republican	Philip Gunn	67	73	6
	Democratic	Robert Moak	54	49	5
Total			122	122

New Jersey edit

All seats of the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election to two-year terms in coterminous two-member districts. The New Jersey Senate did not hold regularly-scheduled elections. Democrats maintained majority control in the lower house.

New Jersey General Assembly
Party		Leader	Before	After	Change
	Democratic	Vincent Prieto	48	52	4
	Republican	Jon Bramnick	32	28	4
Total			80	80

Virginia edit

All seats of the Senate of Virginia and the Virginia House of Delegates were up for election in single-member districts. Senators were elected to four-year terms, while delegates serve terms of two years. Republicans maintained control of both legislative chambers.

Senate of Virginia
Party		Leader	Before	After
	Democratic	Dick Saslaw	19	19
	Republican	Tommy Norment	21	21
Total			40	40

Virginia House of Delegates
Party		Leader	Before	After	Change
	Democratic	David Toscano	33	34	1
	Republican	William J. Howell	67	66	1
Total			100	100

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b In the Washington State Senate, one Democrat caucused with Republicans to form the Majority Coalition Caucus
^ The upper houses of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas use a 2-4-4 term length system.

References edit

^ "State legislative elections, 2015". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 25, 2022.

[WAsenate-1] In the Washington State Senate, one Democrat caucused with Republicans to form the Majority Coalition Caucus

[variabletermlength-3] The upper houses of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas use a 2-4-4 term length system.

[2] "State legislative elections, 2015". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 25, 2022.

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