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The 2017 United States state legislative elections were held on November 7, 2017. Three legislative chambers in two states held regularly scheduled elections. These off-year elections coincided with other state and local elections, including gubernatorial elections in two states.[1]
Democrats won control of the Washington Senate through a special election for a seat previously held by a Republican, ending Republican-led coalition control there. Meanwhile, in regularly scheduled elections, Democrats maintained control of the New Jersey legislature and narrowed Republican control of the Virginia House of Delegates.
Regularly scheduled elections were held in 3 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States. Nationwide, regularly scheduled elections were held for 220 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 | |
New Jersey | 40 | 40 | 100 | 2/4[f] | 80 | 80 | 100 | 4 |
Virginia | 0 | 0 | 100 | 4 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 2 |
Main articles: 2017 New Jersey General Assembly election and 2017 New Jersey State Senate election |
All seats of the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election to two-year terms in coterminous two-member districts. The New Jersey Senate held elections for four-year terms. Democrats maintained majority control of both houses with expanded majorities.
Party | Leader | Before | After | Change | |
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Democratic | Stephen Sweeney | 24 | 25 | 1 | |
Republican | Thomas Kean Jr. | 16 | 15 | 1 | |
Total | 40 | 40 |
Party | Leader | Before | After | Change | |
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Democratic | Vincent Prieto | 52 | 54 | 2 | |
Republican | Jon Bramnick | 28 | 26 | 2 | |
Total | 80 | 80 |
Main article: 2017 Virginia House of Delegates election |
All seats of the Virginia House of Delegates were up for election in single-member districts. Delegates serve terms of two years. Democrats gained 15 seats and fell one seat short of a majority.
Party | Leader | Before | After | Change | |
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Republican | William J. Howell | 66 | 51 | 15 | |
Democratic | David Toscano | 34 | 49 | 15 | |
Total | 100 | 100 |