Statewide legislative elections in the United States, 2010

November 2, 2010

6,125 out of 7,382 total legislative seats

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Republican	Democratic
Seats before	3,282, 44.5%	4,022, 54%
Seats won	3,890	3,342
Seat change	+680 (2 uncalled)	-680 (2 uncalled)
Percentage	52.7%	45.3%
Swing	9%	9%

The 2010 statewide legislative elections were held on November 2, 2010, halfway through President Barack Obama's first term in office. Elections were held for 88 legislative chambers, with all states but Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia holding elections in at least one house. Kansas, New Mexico and South Carolina held elections for their lower, but not upper houses.

Republicans scored record gains, gaining at least 680 total seats and taking control of 19 legislative chambers, while the Democrats lost at least 21 chambers.^[1]^[2]

The winners of this election cycle will serve in their respective legislatures for either a 2 or 4 year term, depending on state election rules.

Results

State-by-state

State	Previous LH	Previous UH	Result	Result (House)	Result (Senate)
Alabama	D 60-45	D 20-15	Republican takeover	R 62-43	R 22-12, 1 Ind
Alaska	R 22-18	Coal. 16-4	Split	R 23-17	10-10
Arizona	R 36-24	R 18-12	Republican hold	R 40-20	R 21-9
Arkansas	D 72-28	D 27-8	Democratic hold	D 54-46	D 20-15
California	D 50-29, 1 Ind	D 26-14, 2 Vac.	Democratic hold	D 51-29	D 26-14, 2 Vac.
Colorado	D 37-27, 1 Ind	D 21-14	Split	R 33-32	D 19-16
Connecticut	D 114-37	D 24-12	Democratic hold	D 97-54	D 23-13
Delaware	D 24-17	D 15-6	Democratic hold	D 26-15	D 14-7
Florida	R 76-44	R 26-13, 1 Vac.	Republican hold	R 81-39	R 28-12
Georgia	R 103-73, 1 Ind.	R 34-22	Republican hold	R 111-68, 1 Ind.	R 35-21
Hawaii	D 45-6	D 23-2	Democratic hold	D 43-8	D 24-1
Idaho	R 52-18	R 28-7	Republican hold	R 57-13	R 28-7
Illinois	D 70-48	D 37-22	Democratic hold	D 64-54	D 34-25
Indiana	D 52-48	R 33-17	Republican takeover	R 60-40	R 36-14
Iowa	D 56-44	D 32-18	Split	R 58-42	D 27-23
Kansas	R 77-48	R 31-9	Republican hold	R 92-33	No election
Kentucky	D 65-35	R 20-17, 1 Vac.	Split	D 58-42	R 22-15, 1 Vac.
Maine	D 94-55, 1 Ind.	D 20-15	Republican takeover	R 77-72, 1 Ind.	R 20-14, 1 Ind.
Maryland	D 104-37	D 33-14	Democratic hold	D 98-43	D 35-12
Massachusetts	D 142-15, 2 Vac.	D 35-5	Democratic hold	D 130-30	D 36-4
Michigan	D 65-42, 2 Vac.	R 22-16	Republican takeover	R 63-47	R 26-12
Minnesota	D 87-47	D 46-21	Republican takeover	R 72-62	R 37-30
Missouri	R 88-74, 1 Vac.	R 23-11	Republican hold	R 105-58	R 22-12
Montana	50-50	R 27-22, 1 Vac.	Republican takeover	R 67-33	R 28-22
Nebraska	Unicameral and non–partisan Senate with 49 members
Nevada	D 28-14	D 12-7, 2 Vac.	Democratic hold	D 26-16	D 11-10
New Hampshire	D 216-174, 10 Vac.	D 14-10	Republican takeover	R 298-102	R 19-5
New Mexico	D 45-25	D 27-15	Democratic hold	D 36-34	No election
New York	D 105-42, 2 I, 1 Vac	D 32-29, 1 Vac.	Split	D 99-50, 1, I Vac.	R 32-30
North Carolina	D 68-52	D 30-20	Republican takeover	R 67-52, 1 Ind.	R 30-20
North Dakota	R 58-36	R 26-21	Republican hold	R 69-25	R 35-12
Ohio	D 53-46	R 21-12	Republican takeover	R 58-41	R 23-10
Oklahoma	R 62-39	R 26-22	Republican hold	R 69-32	R 32-16
Oregon	D 36-24	D 18-12	Split	30-30	D 16-14
Pennsylvania	D 104-92, 1 Vac.	R 30-20	Republican takeover	R 112-91	R 30-20
Rhode Island	D 69-6	D 33-4, 1 Ind.	Democratic hold	D 66-9	D 29-8, 1 Ind.
South Carolina	R 73-51	R 27-19	Republican hold	R 75-48, 1 Vac.	No election
South Dakota	R 46-24	R 21-14	Republican hold	R 50-19, 1 Ind.	R 30-5
Tennessee	R 51-48	R 19-14	Republican hold	R 68-31	R 20-13
Texas	R 76-73, 1 Vac.	R 19-12	Republican hold	R 98-51, 1 Vac.	R 19-12
Utah	R 53-22	R 21-8	Republican hold	R 59-16	R 22-7
Vermont	D 94-48, 5 P, 3 Ind.	D 22-7, 1 P	Democratic hold	D 93-48, 5 P, 3 Ind.	D 21-8, 1 P
Washington	D 61-37	D 31-18	Democratic hold	D 55-43	D 27-22
West Virginia	D 71-29	D 26-8	Democratic hold	D 65-35	D 27-7
Wisconsin	D 50-45, 2 Ind., 2 Vac.	D 18-15	Republican takeover	R 60-38, 1 Ind.	R 19-14
Wyoming	R 41-19	R 23-7	Republican hold	R 51-9	R 26-4
State	Previous LH	Previous UH	Result	Result (House)	Result (Senate)

Total

**Summary of the November 2010 state legislature election results**
	Previous total	New total	Net change	% of Seats
Republican	3,282	3,890	+680	52.7%
Democratic	4,022	3,342	-680	45.3%
Independent	56	60	+4	0.008%
VT Progressive	6	6	0	0.0008%
Independence	2	1	-1	0.0001%

Map key

Color	Name	Abbreviation	Notes
	Democratic Party	D	Major national party; has state-level parties in each state
	Republican Party	R	Major national party; has state-level parties in each state
	Vermont Progressive Party	P	State-level center-left third party operating only in Vermont
	Independence Party	I	A minor centrist political party, mostly active in New York
	Governing coalition	Coal.	A coalition of members of the Democratic and Republican parties in power in the Alaska Senate
[None]	Independent	Ind.	Do not identify with any political party
[None]	Vacant	Vac.	A seat not currently occupied by a legislator

References

↑ Memoli, Michael A. (November 3, 2010). "State legislative gains give Republicans unprecedented clout to remake districts - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
↑ Balz, Dan (November 14, 2010). "The Republican takeover in the states". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved June 4, 2013.

Legislatures of the United States

United States Congress	United States House of Representatives United States Senate

State legislatures	Alabama (H, S) Alaska (H, S) Arizona (H, S) Arkansas (H, S) California (A, S) Colorado (H, S) Connecticut (H, S) Delaware (H, S) Florida (H, S) Georgia (H, S) Hawaii (H, S) Idaho (H, S) Illinois (H, S) Indiana (H, S) Iowa (H, S) Kansas (H, S) Kentucky (H, S) Louisiana (H, S) Maine (H, S) Maryland (H, S) Massachusetts (H, S) Michigan (H, S) Minnesota (H, S) Mississippi (H, S) Missouri (H, S) Montana (H, S) Nebraska Nevada (A, S) New Hampshire (H, S) New Jersey (GA, S) New Mexico (H, S) New York (A, S) North Carolina (H, S) North Dakota (H, S) Ohio (H, S) Oklahoma (H, S) Oregon (H, S) Pennsylvania (H, S) Rhode Island (H, S) South Carolina (H, S) South Dakota (H, S) Tennessee (H, S) Texas (H, S) Utah (H, S) Vermont (H, S) Virginia (H, S) Washington (H, S) West Virginia (H, S) Wisconsin (A, S) Wyoming (H, S)

Other legislatures	District of Columbia American Samoa (H, S) Guam Northern Mariana Islands (H, S) Puerto Rico (H, S) U.S. Virgin Islands

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