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Map of upper house elections: Democrats gained control Democrats retained control Republicans retained control No regularly-scheduled elections | ||||||||||||||||
Map of lower house elections: Democrats retained control Republicans retained control No regularly-scheduled elections |
The 2003 United States state legislative elections were held on November 7, 2003, alongside other elections. Elections were held for 8 legislative chambers. [1] Both chambers of the Northern Mariana Islands legislature was up.
Partisan change only occurred in one chamber, as Democrats won control of the New Jersey Senate, which was previously tied. [2] However, Democrats did maintain control of the Mississippi Legislature, the Louisiana Legislature, and the New Jersey General Assembly. Republicans maintained control of the Virginia legislature, bringing a post- Civil War low for the Democratic Party. [3]
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 | ||||||
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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 [b] | 80 | 80 | 100 | 2 |
Virginia | 40 | 40 | 100 | 4 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 2 |
State | Previous UH | Result | Party control |
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Louisiana | D 26-13 | D 24-15 | Democratic hold |
Mississippi | D 34-18 | D 34-18 | Democratic hold |
New Jersey | 20-20 | D 22-18 | Democratic Takeover |
Virginia | R 21-19 | R 24-16 | Republican hold |
State | Previous LH | Result | Party control |
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Louisiana | D 74-31 | D 66-37-2 | Democratic hold |
Mississippi | D 81-38-3 | D 76-46 | Democratic hold |
New Jersey | D 44-36 | D 47-33 | Democratic Hold |
Virginia | R 64-34-2 | R 61-37-2 | Republican Hold |
State | Previous UH | Result | Party control |
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Northern Mariana Islands | R 4-3-1-1 | C 3-2-2-2 | Covenant Takeover |
State | Previous LH | Result | Party control |
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Northern Mariana Islands | R 16-1-1 | C 9-7-1-1 | Covenant Takeover |