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]
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 summaries
Upper houses
State
Previous UH
Result
Party control
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
Lower houses
State
Previous LH
Result
Party control
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
Territorial and federal district summaries
Upper houses
State
Previous UH
Result
Party control
Northern Mariana Islands
R 4-3-1-1
C 3-2-2-2
Covenant Takeover
Lower houses
State
Previous LH
Result
Party control
Northern Mariana Islands
R 16-1-1
C 9-7-1-1
Covenant Takeover
Notes
^ a b The Oregon Senate , North Carolina House of Representatives , and New Jersey Senate were tied prior to the election. Thus, they are not included in this total.
^ The upper houses of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas use a 2-4-4 term length system.
References
U.S. House Governors States and territories Mayors
Anchorage, AK
Arlington, TX
Austin, TX
Baltimore, MD
Charlotte, NC
Chicago, IL
Colorado Springs, CO
Dallas, TX
Denver, CO
Des Moines, IA
Durham, NC
El Paso, TX
Evansville, IN
Fayetteville, NC
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Fort Wayne, IN
Fort Worth, TX
Green Bay, WI
Hartford, CT
Houston, TX
Indianapolis, IN
Jacksonville, FL
Kansas City, MO
Knoxville, TN
Las Vegas, NV
Madison, WI
Manchester, NH
Memphis, TN
Montgomery, AL
Nashville, TN
Orlando, FL (special)
Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix, AZ
Raleigh, NC
Salt Lake City, UT
San Francisco, CA
South Bend, IN
Springfield, MA
Tallahassee, FL (special)
Tampa, FL
Tucson, AZ
Wichita, KS
Worcester, MA
United States Congress 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 )
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