2014 United States state legislative elections

Elections to state legislatures were held in 46 U.S. states in 2014 with a total of 6,049 seats up for election (82 percent of the total number of state legislative seats in the United States). Six territorial chambers were up in four territories and the District of Columbia.

Prior to the general election, Republicans regained control of the Virginia Senate after winning a decisive August special election. They had lost control at the start of the year due to the election of Democratic lieutenant governor Ralph Northam.

In the general election, Republicans initially gained control of nine legislative chambers: both chambers of the Nevada Legislature (which gave them a trifecta for the first time since 1931), the Minnesota House of Representatives, the New Hampshire House of Representatives, the New Mexico House of Representatives for the first time since 1955, the West Virginia House of Delegates, the Colorado Senate, the Maine Senate, and the New York Senate, which was previously under a Republican-led coalition. This increased the total number of Republican-controlled state houses from 58 to 67. The day after the election, Republicans, who achieved a 17–17 tie in the West Virginia Senate, gained control of that chamber as well thanks to the defection of State Senator Daniel Hall, thus increasing their total gains to ten, for a final total of 68 state houses won. This allowed Republicans win control of either chamber of the West Virginia legislature for the first time since 1933.

The election left the Republicans in control of the highest amount of state legislatures in the party's history since 1928, and it also left the Democratic Party in control of the smallest number of state legislatures since 1860. This election marks the last time Democrats won control of a state legislative chamber in a deeply Republican state.

Summary table

Regularly scheduled elections were held in 87 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States; nationwide, regularly scheduled elections were held for 6,064 of the 7,383 legislative seats. Most legislative chambers held elections for all seats, but some legislative chambers that use staggered elections held elections for only a portion of the total seats in the chamber. The chambers that were not up for election either hold regularly scheduled elections in odd-numbered years, or have four-year terms and hold all regularly scheduled elections in presidential election years.

Note that 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 TermAlabama353510041051051004Alaska102050440401002Arizona3030100260601002Arkansas1835512/41001001002California204050480801002 Colorado173549465651002 Connecticut363610021511511002 Delaware1021482/441411002 Florida2040502/41201201002 Georgia565610021801801002 Hawaii1225482/451511002 Idaho3535100270701002 Illinois3959662/41181181002 Indiana25505041001001002 Iowa25505041001001002 Kansas040041251251002 Kentucky19385041001001002 Louisiana03904010504 Maine353510021511511002 Maryland474710041411411004 Massachusetts404010021601601002 Michigan383810041101101002 Minnesota06702/41341341002 Mississippi05204012204 Missouri17345041631631002 Montana25505041001001002 Nebraska2449494 N/A (unicameral) Nevada112152442421002 New Hampshire242410024004001002 New Jersey04002/408002 New Mexico042100470701002 New York636310021501501002 North Carolina505010021201201002 North Dakota24475144794504 Ohio163352499991002 Oklahoma24485041011011002 Oregon153050460601002 Pennsylvania25505042032031002 Rhode Island3838100275751002 South Carolina046041241241002 South Dakota3535100270701002 Tennessee173352499991002 Texas1531482/41501501002 Utah142948475751002 Vermont303010021501501002 Virginia04004010002 Washington254949498981002 West Virginia17345041001001002 Wisconsin173352499991002 Wyoming153050460601002 Total1106197256N/A4958541192N/A

Electoral predictions Predictors considered Democrats to be vulnerable to significant losses in legislative control, owing to the six-year itch of the presidency of Democrat Barack Obama. Most of the legislative chambers considered competitive were held by Democrats.

Ratings are designated as follows:

"Tossup": Competitive, no advantage "Lean": Competitive, slight advantage "Likely": Not competitive, but opposition could make significant gains "Safe": Not competitive at all

StatePVIChamberLast electionGoverningResultAlabama rowspan=2 SenateR 22–12–1 | R 26–8–1House of RepresentativesR 62–43 | R 72–33Alaska rowspan=2 SenateR 13–7 | R 14–6House of RepresentativesR 26–14 | R 23–16–1Arizona rowspan=2 SenateR 17–13 | R 17–13House of RepresentativesR 36–24 | R 38–22Arkansas rowspan=2 SenateR 21–14 | R 24–11House of RepresentativesR 51–48–1 | R 64–36California rowspan=2 State SenateD 29–11 | D 26–14State AssemblyD 56–24 | D 52–28Colorado rowspan=2 SenateD 20–15 | R 18–17House of RepresentativesD 37–28 | D 34–31Connecticut rowspan=2 State SenateD 22–14 | D 21–15House of RepresentativesD 98–53 | D 87–64Delaware rowspan=2 SenateD 13–8 | D 12–9House of RepresentativesD 27–14 | D 25–16Florida rowspan=2 SenateR 26–14 | R 26–14House of RepresentativesR 76–44 | R 81–39Georgia rowspan=2 State SenateR 38–18 | R 38–18House of RepresentativesR 119–60–1 | R 119–60–1Hawaii rowspan=2 SenateD 24–1 | D 24–1House of RepresentativesD 44–7 | D 43–8Idaho rowspan=2 SenateR 29–6 | R 28–7House of RepresentativesR 57–13 | R 56–14Illinois rowspan=2 SenateD 40–19 | D 39–20House of RepresentativesD 71–47 | D 71–47Indiana rowspan=2 SenateR 37–13 | R 40–10House of RepresentativesR 69–31 | R 71–29Iowa rowspan=2 SenateD 26–24 | D 26–24House of RepresentativesR 53–47 | R 57–43 Kansas House of RepresentativesR 92–33 | R 97–28Kentucky rowspan=2 SenateR 23–14–1 | R 26–12House of RepresentativesD 55–45 | D 54–46Maine rowspan=2 SenateD 19–15–1 | R 20–15House of RepresentativesD 89–58–4 | D 78–68–5Maryland rowspan=2 SenateD 35–12 | D 33–14House of RepresentativesD 98–43 | D 91–50Massachusetts rowspan=2 SenateD 36–4 | D 34–6House of RepresentativesD 131–29 | D 125–35 Michigan rowspan=2 SenateR 26–12 | R 27–11House of RepresentativesR 59–51 | R 63–47 Minnesota House of RepresentativesD 73–61 | R 72–62Missouri rowspan=2 SenateR 24–10 | R 25–9House of RepresentativesR 110–53 | R 117–45–1Montana rowspan=2 SenateR 27–23 | R 29–21House of RepresentativesR 61–39 | R 59–41Nevada rowspan=2 SenateD 11–10 | R 11–10AssemblyD 27–15 | R 27–15New Hampshire rowspan=2 SenateR 13–11 | R 14–10House of RepresentativesD 221–179 | R 239–160–1 New Mexico House of RepresentativesD 38–32 | R 37–33New York rowspan=2 State SenateCoal. 36–27 | R 32–31State AssemblyD 105–44–1 | D 105–43–1–1North Carolina rowspan=2 SenateR 32–18 | R 34–16House of RepresentativesR 77–43 | R 74–46North Dakota rowspan=2 SenateR 33–14 | R 32–15House of RepresentativesR 71–23 | R 71–23Ohio rowspan=2 SenateR 23–10 | R 23–10House of RepresentativesR 60–39 | R 65–34Oklahoma rowspan=2 SenateR 36–12 | R 40–8House of RepresentativesR 72–29 | R 72–29Oregon rowspan=2 State SenateD 16–14 | D 18–12House of RepresentativesD 34–26 | D 34–26Pennsylvania rowspan=2 State SenateR 27–23 | R 30–20House of RepresentativesR 111–92 | R 119–84Rhode Island rowspan=2 SenateD 32–5–1 | D 32–5–1House of RepresentativesD 69–6 | D 63–12 South Carolina House of RepresentativesR 78–46 | R 78–46South Dakota rowspan=2 SenateR 28–7 | R 27–8House of RepresentativesR 53–17 | R 58–12Tennessee rowspan=2 SenateR 26–7 | R 28–5House of RepresentativesR 71–27–1 | R 73–26Texas rowspan=2 SenateR 19–12 | R 20–11House of RepresentativesR 95–55 | R 98–52Utah rowspan=2 State SenateR 24–5 | R 24–5House of RepresentativesR 61–14 | R 63–12Vermont rowspan=2 SenateD 21–7–2 | D 19–9–2House of RepresentativesD 96–45–5–4 | D 85–53–6–6Washington rowspan=2 State SenateCoal. 26–23 | Coal. 26–23House of RepresentativesD 55–43 | D 50–48West Virginia rowspan=2 SenateD 25–9 | R 18–16House of DelegatesD 54–46 | R 64–36Wisconsin rowspan=2 SenateR 18–15 | R 19–14State AssemblyR 60–39 | R 63–36Wyoming rowspan=2 SenateR 26–4 | R 26–4House of RepresentativesR 52–8 | R 51–9

Maps

State Summaries Alabama

All of the seats of the Alabama Legislature were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Alabama Senate Party Before After Change Republican 23 26 3Independent 1 1 Democratic 11 8 3 Total 35 35 Alabama House of Representatives Party Before After Change Republican 67 72 5Independent 1 0 1 Democratic 37 33 4 Total 105 105

Alaska

All of the seats of the Alaska House of Representatives and half of the Alaska Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Alaska Senate Party Before After Change Republican 13 14 1 Democratic 2 1 1 5 5 Total 20 20 Alaska House of Representatives Party Before After Change Republican 26 23 3 Democratic 4 4 2 10 12 Independent 0 1 1 Total 40 40

Arizona

All of the seats of the Arizona Legislature were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Arizona Senate Party Before After Change Republican 17 17 Democratic 13 13 Total 30 30 Arizona House of Representatives Party Before After Change Republican 36 38 2 Democratic 24 22 2 Total 60 60

Arkansas

All of the seats of the Arkansas House of Representatives and half of the Arkansas Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Arkansas Senate Party Before After Change Republican 22 24 2 Democratic 13 11 2 Total 35 35 Arkansas House of Representatives Party Before After Change Republican 51 64 13 Democratic 48 36 12 Green 1 0 1 Total 100 100

California

All of the seats of the California House of Representatives and half of the California Senate were up for election. Democrats maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

California State Senate Party Before After Change Democratic 28 26 2 Republican 12 14 2 Total 40 40 California State Assembly Party Before After Change Democratic 55 52 3 Republican 25 28 3 Total 80 80

Colorado

All of the seats of the Colorado House of Representatives and half of the Colorado Senate were up for election. Republicans won control of the Senate and Democrats maintained control of the House of Representatives.

Colorado Senate Party Before After Change Republican 17 18 1 Democratic 18 17 1 Total 35 35 Colorado House of Representatives Party Before After Change Democratic 37 34 3 Republican 28 31 3 Total 65 65

Connecticut

All of the seats of the Connecticut Legislature were up for election. Democrats maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Connecticut State Senate Party Before After Change Democratic 2221 1 Republican 14 15 1 Total 36 36 Connecticut House of Representatives Party Before After Change Democratic 97 87 10 Republican 54 64 10 Total 151 151

Delaware

All of the seats of the Delaware House of Representatives and half of the Delaware Senate were up for election. Democrats maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Delaware Senate Party Before After Change Democratic 13 12 1 Republican 8 9 1 Total 21 21 Delaware House of Representatives Party Before After Change Democratic 27 25 2 Republican 14 16 2 Total 41 41

Florida

All of the seats of the Florida House of Representatives and half of the Florida Senate were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Florida Senate Party Before After Change Republican 26 26 Democratic 14 14 Total 40 40 Florida House of Representatives Party Before After Change Republican 75 81 6 Democratic 45 39 6 Total 120 120

Georgia

All of the seats of the Georgia Legislature were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.