2013 United States state legislative elections

For related races, see 2013 United States elections.

The 2013 United States state legislative elections were held on November 5, 2013. 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]

2013 United States state legislative elections

← 2012 November 5, 2013 2014 →
3 legislative chambers 2 states
Majority party Minority party Third party   Party Republican Democratic Coalition Chambers before 58 39 2[a][b] Chambers after 58 39 2[a][b] Overall change
Map of upper house elections:      Democrats retained control      No regularly-scheduled elections
Map of lower house elections:      Democrats retained control      Republicans retained control      No regularly-scheduled elections

Legislative elections were held for the New Jersey Senate, New Jersey General Assembly, and the Virginia House of Delegates. In New Jersey, Democrats retained control of their majorities in the Senate and General Assembly.^[2] Republicans held a majority in the Virginia House of Delegates.

Summary table

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
	Seats up	Total	% up	Term	Seats up	Total	% up	Term
New Jersey	40	40	100	2/4[c]	80	80	100	4
Virginia	0	40	0	4	100	100	100	2

State summaries

Main articles: 2013 New Jersey General Assembly election and 2013 New Jersey Senate election

New Jersey

All seats of the New Jersey Senate and the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. Senators were elected to four-year terms in single-member districts, while Assembly members were elected to two-year terms in two-member districts.^[3] Democrats retained majority control in both chambers.

Senate

Party		Leader	Before	After	Change
	Democratic	Stephen Sweeney	24	24
	Republican	Thomas Kean Jr.	16	16
Total			40	40

General Assembly

Party		Leader	Before	After	Change
	Democratic	Sheila Oliver	48	48
	Republican	Jon Bramnick	32	32
Total			80	80

Virginia

Main article: 2013 Virginia House of Delegates election

All seats of the Virginia House of Delegates are up for election; the Virginia Senate will not hold regularly scheduled elections in 2013. Delegates are elected to two-year terms in single-member districts. Republicans maintained a majority.

House of Delegates

Party		Leader	Before	After	Change
	Republican	William J. Howell	67	67
	Independent	Lacey Putney	1	0	1
	Democratic	David Toscano	32	33	1
Total			100	100

See also

• 2013 United States gubernatorial elections

Notes

1. The New York Senate was controlled by a coalition of Republicans and members of the Independent Democratic Conference
2. In the Washington State Senate, two Democrats caucused with Republicans to form the Majority Coalition Caucus. Three additional Democrats also caucus with the majority.
3. The upper houses of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas use a 2-4-4 term length system.

References

1. "State legislative elections, 2013". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
2. "Despite Christie's win, Democrats retain control of N.J. Legislature". NJ.com. November 6, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
3. "New Jersey Secretary of State". state.nj.us.