2007 United States state legislative elections

2007 United States state legislative elections

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8 legislative chambers 4 states
Majority party Minority party Third party   Party Democratic Republican Coalition Chambers before 56 42[a] 1[c] Chambers after 58 39[b] 1[c] Overall change 2 3
Map of upper house elections:      Democrats gained control      Democrats retained control      No regularly-scheduled elections
Map of lower house elections:      Democrats retained control      Republicans retained control      No regularly-scheduled elections

Elections to state legislatures were held on November 6, 2007. Seven legislative chambers in four states held regularly-scheduled elections. These off-year elections coincided with other state and local elections, including gubernatorial elections in three states.^[1] Both chambers of the Northern Mariana Islands were up as well.

Democrats held control of both chambers of the New Jersey and Louisiana legislatures, and held control of the Mississippi House of Representatives. Meanwhile, Republicans held control of the Virginia House of Delegates. Meanwhile, Democrats gained control of the Virginia and Mississippi Senates, however, Democrats had only lost control of the latter chamber at the beginning of the year when Senators James Walley and Tommy Gollott switched parties from Democratic to Republican.^[2]

Additionally, Republicans lost control of the Tennessee Senate when Republican Senator Michael R. Williams became an Independent and the chamber became evenly divided with no one party in control.^[3]

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