2007 United States state legislative elections

2007 United States state legislative elections
8 legislative chambers; 4 states
	Map of upper house elections:; Democrats gained control Democrats retained control; No regularly-scheduled elections
	Map of lower house elections:; Democrats retained control; Republicans retained control; No regularly-scheduled elections

Elections to state legislatures were held on November 6, 2007. 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] Both chambers of the Northern Mariana Islands were up as well.

Democrats held control of both chambers of the New Jersey and Louisiana legislatures, and held control of the Mississippi House of Representatives. Meanwhile, Republicans held control of the Virginia House of Delegates. Meanwhile, Democrats gained control of the Virginia and Mississippi Senates, however, Democrats had only lost control of the latter chamber at the beginning of the year when Senators James Walley and Tommy Gollott switched parties from Democratic to Republican.^[2]

Additionally, Republicans lost control of the Tennessee Senate when Republican Senator Michael R. Williams became an Independent and the chamber became evenly divided with no one party in control.^[3]

Summary table

Regularly-scheduled elections were held in 8 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States. Nationwide, regularly-scheduled elections were held for 578 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	40	40	100	2/4^[d]	80	80	100	2
Virginia	40	40	100	4	100	100	100	2

State summaries

Upper houses

State	Previous UH	Result	Party control
Louisiana	D 24-15	D 23-16	Democratic Hold
Mississippi	R 27-25	D 27-25	Democratic Takeover
New Jersey	D 22-18	D 23-17	Democratic Hold
Virginia	R 24-16	D 21-19	Democratic Takeover

Lower houses

State	Previous LH	Result	Party control
Louisiana	D 63-37-2	D 53-50-2	Democratic Hold
Mississippi	D 75-47	D 75-47	Democratic Hold
New Jersey	D 49-31	D 48-32	Democratic Hold
Virginia	R 57-40-3	R 54-44-2	Republican Hold

Territorial and federal district summaries

Upper houses

State	Previous UH	Result	Party control
Northern Mariana Islands	6-3	6-3	Coalition Hold

Lower houses

State	Previous LH	Result	Party control
Northern Mariana Islands	11-7	R 12-4-3-1	Republican Takeover

Notes

^ Following the defection of two Senators to the Republican party, Republicans took control of the Mississippi Senate in early 2007.
^ Following the defection of Senator Micheal R. Williams from the Republican party, no party controlled the Tennessee Senate. Thus the chamber is not included in the total here.
^ ^a ^b The Alaska Senate was controlled by a coalition of Democrats and Republicans. The minority caucus consists of Republicans who were not part of the majority coalition.
^ The upper houses of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas use a 2-4-4 term length system.

References

^ "State legislative elections, 2007". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
^ Nash, Jere; Taggart, Andy (Apr 9, 2007). "Can Republicans retain Senate, gain House in 2007?". The Mississippi Business Journal. 29 (15): 6 – via ProQuest.
^ Whitehouse, Ken. "Tennessee Republicans win slim majority in State House". Nashville Post. Retrieved 2023-02-07.

[MSSenate-1] Following the defection of two Senators to the Republican party, Republicans took control of the Mississippi Senate in early 2007.

[TNSenate-2] Following the defection of Senator Micheal R. Williams from the Republican party, no party controlled the Tennessee Senate. Thus the chamber is not included in the total here.

[AKSenate-3] The Alaska Senate was controlled by a coalition of Democrats and Republicans. The minority caucus consists of Republicans who were not part of the majority coalition.

[variabletermlength-7] The upper houses of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas use a 2-4-4 term length system.

[4] "State legislative elections, 2007". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 7, 2023.

[5] Nash, Jere; Taggart, Andy (Apr 9, 2007). "Can Republicans retain Senate, gain House in 2007?". The Mississippi Business Journal. 29 (15): 6 – via ProQuest.

[6] Whitehouse, Ken. "Tennessee Republicans win slim majority in State House". Nashville Post. Retrieved 2023-02-07.

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Upper houses

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See also

Notes

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