2000 United States state legislative elections

2000 United States state legislative elections
86 legislative chambers in 44 states
	Map of upper house elections:; Democrats gained control Democrats retained control; Republicans gained control Republicans retained control; Coalition gained control; Split body formed; Non-partisan legislature; No regularly-scheduled elections
	Map of lower house elections:; Democrats retained control; Republicans gained control Republicans retained control; Split body maintained; Non-partisan legislature; No regularly-scheduled elections

Elections to state legislatures were held on November 7, 2000, simultaneously with the 2000 United States presidential election. Elections were held for 86 legislative chambers in 44 states, simultaneous to those states' gubernatorial elections.^[1] Election occurred in both chambers of each state's legislature, except for Alabama, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia. Michigan held elections for the lower house. Six territorial chambers in four territories and the District of Columbia were up as well. These elections determined the redistricting process after the 2000 census.

Democrats won control of the Colorado Senate for the first time since 1963. Republicans won control of the Missouri Senate for the first time since 1949, the New Hampshire Senate (which was previously tied), the South Carolina Senate for the first time since 1879, and the Vermont House of Representatives. Additionally, a coalition government replaced the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate, and the Democratic-controlled Maine Senate became tied.^[2]

Republicans won a trifecta in South Carolina for the first time since 1876.

Summary table

Regularly-scheduled elections were held in 86 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States. Nationwide, regularly-scheduled elections were held for 6,015 of the 7,383 legislative seats. Many 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.^[3] The chambers 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 midterm 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^[3]				Lower House^[3]
State	Seats up	Total	% up	Term	Seats up	Total	% up	Term
Alaska	19	20	95	4	40	40	100	2
Arizona	30	30	100	2	60	60	100	2
Arkansas	35	35	100	2/4^[e]	100	100	100	2
California	20	40	50	4	80	80	100	2
Colorado	18	35	51	4	65	65	100	2
Connecticut	36	36	100	2	151	151	100	2
Delaware	21	21	100	2/4^[e]	41	41	100	2
Florida	40	40	100	2/4^[e]	120	120	100	2
Georgia	56	56	100	2	180	180	100	2
Hawaii	25	25	100	2/4^[e]	51	51	100	2
Idaho	35	35	100	2	70	70	100	2
Illinois	59	59	100	2/4^[e]	118	118	100	2
Indiana	25	50	50	4	100	100	100	2
Iowa	25	50	50	4	100	100	100	2
Kansas	40	40	100	4	125	125	100	2
Kentucky	19	38	50	4	100	100	100	2
Louisiana	0	39	0	4	0	105	0	4
Maine	35	35	100	2	151	151	100	2
Maryland	0	47	0	4	0	141	0	4
Massachusetts	40	40	100	2	160	160	100	2
Michigan	0	38	0	4	110	110	100	2
Minnesota	67	67	100	2/4^[e]	134	134	100	2
Mississippi	0	52	0	4	0	122	0	4
Missouri	17	34	50	4	163	163	100	2
Montana	25	50	50	4	100	100	100	2
Nebraska	25^[f]	49^[f]	51^[f]	4	N/A (unicameral)
Nevada	10	21	48	4	42	42	100	2
New Hampshire	24	24	100	2	400	400	100	2
New Jersey	0	40	0	2/4^[e]	0	80	0	2
New Mexico	42	42	100	4	70	70	100	2
New York	63	63	100	2	150	150	100	2
North Carolina	50	50	100	2	120	120	100	2
North Dakota	23	47	49	4	47	94	50	4
Ohio	16	33	48	4	99	99	100	2
Oklahoma	24	48	50	4	101	101	100	2
Oregon	15	30	50	4	60	60	100	2
Pennsylvania	25	50	50	4	203	203	100	2
Rhode Island	38	38	100	2	75	75	100	2
South Carolina	46	46	100	4	124	124	100	2
South Dakota	35	35	100	2	70	70	100	2
Tennessee	16	33	48	4	99	99	100	2
Texas	16	31	52	2/4^[e]	150	150	100	2
Utah	15	29	52	4	75	75	100	2
Vermont	30	30	100	2	150	150	100	2
Virginia	0	40	0	4	0	100	0	2
Washington	25	49	51	4	98	98	100	2
West Virginia	17	34	50	4	100	100	100	2
Wisconsin	16	33	48	4	99	99	100	2
Wyoming	15	30	50	4	60	60	100	2
Total	1281	1972	65	N/A	4595	5411	85	N/A

State summaries

Upper houses

State	Previous UH	Result	Party control
Alaska	R 15-5	R 14-6	Republican Hold
Arizona	R 16-14	Coal. 18-12	Coalition Takeover
Arkansas	D 30-5	D 27-8	Democratic hold
California	D 25-15	D 26-14	Democratic hold
Colorado	R 21-14	D 18-17	Democratic Takeover
Connecticut	D 19-17	D 21-15	Democratic hold
Delaware	D 13-8	D 13-8	Democratic hold
Florida	R 25-15	R 25-15	Republican hold
Georgia	D 34-22	R 32-24	Democratic Hold
Hawaii	D 23-2	D 22-3	Democratic hold
Idaho	R 31-4	R 32-3	Republican hold
Illinois	R 32-27	R 32-27	Republican hold
Indiana	R 31-19	R 32-18	Republican hold
Iowa	R 30-20	R 30-20	Republican hold
Kansas	R 27-13	R 30-10	Republican hold
Kentucky	R 20-18	R 20-18	Republican hold
Maine	D 20-14-1	17-17-1	Split Takeover
Massachusetts	D 33-7	D 34-6	Democratic hold
Minnesota	D 41-25-1	D 39-27-1	Democratic Hold
Missouri	D 18-16	R 18-16	Republican Takeover
Montana	R 32-18	R 31-19	Republican hold
Nebraska	Unicameral and non–partisan Senate with 49 members
Nevada	R 12-9	R 12-9	Republican hold
New Hampshire	12-12	R 13-11	Republican Takeover
New Mexico	D 25-17	D 24-18	Democratic hold
New York	R 35-26	R 36-25	Republican Hold
North Carolina	D 35-15	D 35-15	Democratic Hold
North Dakota	R 31-18	R 32-17	Republican hold
Ohio	R 21-12	R 21-12	Republican hold
Oklahoma	D 33-15	D 30-18	Democratic hold
Oregon	R 17-13	R 16-14	Republican Hold
Pennsylvania	R 30-20	R 30-20	Republican hold
Rhode Island	D 42-8	D 44-6	Democratic hold
South Carolina	D 25-21	R 25-21	Republican Takeover
South Dakota	R 22-13	R 24-11	Republican hold
Tennessee	D 18-15	D 18-15	Democratic hold
Texas	R 16-15	R 16-15	Republican hold
Utah	R 18-11	R 20-9	Republican hold
Vermont	D 17-13	D 16-14	Democratic hold
Washington	D 27-23	D 25-24	Democratic hold
West Virginia	D 29-5	D 28-6	Democratic hold
Wisconsin	D 17-16	D 18-15	Democratic Hold
Wyoming	R 21-9	R 20-10	Republican hold

Lower houses

State	Previous LH	Result	Party control
Alaska	R 26-14	R 27-13	Republican hold
Arizona	R 40-20	R 36-24	Republican hold
Arkansas	D 76-24	D 72-28	Democratic hold
California	D 47-32-1	D 50-30	Democratic hold
Colorado	R 39-26	R 38-27	Republican Hold
Connecticut	D 96-55	D 100-51	Democratic hold
Delaware	R 26-15	R 26-15	Republican hold
Florida	R 75-45	R 77-43	Republican hold
Georgia	D 102-78	D 105-74-1	Democratic hold
Hawaii	D 39-12	D 32-19	Democratic hold
Idaho	R 58-12	R 61-9	Republican hold
Illinois	D 62-56	D 62-56	Democratic hold
Indiana	D 53-47	D 53-47	Democratic Hold
Iowa	R 56-44	R 56-44	Republican Hold
Kansas	R 77-48	R 79-46	Republican hold
Kentucky	D 66-34	D 64-36	Democratic hold
Maine	D 79-71-1	D 88-62-1	Democratic Hold
Massachusetts	D 131-28-1	D 137-23	Democratic hold
Michigan	R 58-52	R 69-51	Republican Hold
Minnesota	R 70-63-1	R 69-65	Republican Hold
Missouri	D 85-78	D 87-76	Democratic Hold
Montana	R 59-41	R 58-42	Republican Hold
Nebraska	Unicameral and non–partisan Senate with 49 members
Nevada	D 28-14	D 27-15	Democratic hold
New Hampshire	R 245-155	R 256-144	Republican Hold
New Mexico	D 40-30	D 42-28	Democratic hold
New York	D 98-52	D 98-52	Democratic hold
North Carolina	D 66-54	D 62-58	Democratic hold
North Dakota	R 64-34	R 69-29	Republican hold
Ohio	R 59-40	R 60-39	Republican Hold
Oklahoma	D 61-40	D 53-48	Democratic hold
Oregon	R 34-25-1	R 32-27	Republican Hold
Pennsylvania	R 103-100	R 104-99	Republican Hold
Rhode Island	D 86-13-1	D 85-15	Democratic hold
South Carolina	R 67-57	R 71-53	Republican hold
South Dakota	R 52-18	R 50-20	Republican hold
Tennessee	D 59-40	D 58-41	Democratic hold
Texas	D 78-72	D 78-72	Democratic Hold
Utah	R 54-21	R 51-24	Republican hold
Vermont	D 77-66-4-2-1	R 83-62-4-1	Republican Takeover
Washington	49-49	49-49	Split body maintained^[4]
West Virginia	D 75-25	D 75-25	Democratic hold
Wisconsin	R 55-44	R 56-43	Republican Hold
Wyoming	R 43-17	R 46-14	Republican hold

Territorial and federal district summaries

Upper houses

Territory	Previous UH	Result	Party control
American Samoa	Non–partisan Senate with 18 members
Puerto Rico	PNP 19-8-1	PPD 19-8-1	Popular Democratic Takeover

Lower houses

Territory	Previous LH	Result	Party control
American Samoa	Non–partisan House of Representatives with 21 members
Puerto Rico	PNP 37-16-1	PPD 29-21-1	Popular Democratic Takeover

Unicameral

Territory	Previous	Result	Party control
Guam	R 10-5	R 8-7	Republican Hold
Washington D.C.	D 11-2	D 11-2	Democratic Hold

Notes

^ ^a ^b The Washington House of Representatives was controlled by a power-sharing agreement between Democrats and Republicans. Thus, it is not counted in this total.
^ The New Hampshire Senate became evenly-split due to a special election. Thus, it is not included in the prior total.
^ The Maine Senate became evenly split and controlled by a power-sharing agreement between Democrats and Republicans.
^ The Arizona Senate was controlled by a coalition of Democrats and Republicans. The minority caucus consists of Republicans who were not part of the majority coalition.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h The upper houses of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas use a 2-4-4 term length system.
^ ^a ^b ^c These figures represent the seats of Nebraska's unicameral legislature.