2003 United States state legislative elections

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2003 United States state legislative elections
← 2002 November 7, 2003 2004 →
8 legislative chambers in 4 states
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Chambers before 54 42
Chambers after 54 43
Overall change Steady Increase 1
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. 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. 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.

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
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 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 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ The upper houses of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas use a 2-4-4 term length system.

References

  1. ^ https://ballotpedia.org/State_legislative_elections,_2003
  2. ^ "Official List, Candidate Returns for State Senate for November 2003 General Election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  3. ^ University of Virginia, Center for Politics. Virginia Votes 2003: Not much to remember, not much to forget. Archived 2015-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
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