The 1998 United States state legislative elections were held on November 3, 1998, alongside other elections. Elections were held for 86 legislative chambers in 46 states.
Despite hopes of winning a majority of state legislatures for the first time since 1954 after a decade of steady gains, Republicans only flipped two chambers in the Midwest while losing control of six. Democrats flipped five of those, while the Washington House of Representatives becoming tied. Republicans had also forced a tie in the Virginia House of Delegates and gained control of the Virginia Senate early in the year in special elections.
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