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2010 United States state legislative elections

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The 2010 United States state legislative elections were held on November 2, 2010, halfway through President Barack Obama's first term in office. Elections were held for 88 legislative chambers, with all states but Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia holding elections in at least one house. Kansas and New Mexico held elections for their lower, but not upper houses. Four territorial chambers in three territories and the District of Columbia were up as well. The winners of this election cycle served in their respective legislatures for either two or four-year terms, depending on state election rules.

Owing to the slow recovery from the Great Recession, the unpopularity of Democratic president Barack Obama, and the highly publicized and chaotic passage of the Affordable Care Act, Republicans scored record gains. They net a total of 680 seats and took control of 20 legislative chambers, while the Democrats lost 21 chambers.

The Republican victories gave the party unprecedented power over the redrawing of congressional and state legislative districts following the 2010 census. They also used their newfound majorities to pass conservative legislation in a number of states, weakening labor unions, cracking down on illegal immigration, restricting abortion access, cutting taxes, and reducing government regulation.

Background

Nonpartisan legislature}}

The 2008 elections saw a nationwide Democratic wave election, including the election of Barack Obama to the presidency, as well as the expansion of Democratic majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives. At the state legislative level, Democrats won control of 27 state legislatures, while Republicans only held 14, with 8 divided between parties. Democrats showed great strength across the country in that election, primarily losing ground only in the South, where they lost control of the Oklahoma Senate and the Tennessee House of Representatives.

Issues

The 2010 elections were held during the middle of President Barack Obama's first presidential term. Obama had taken office during the Great Recession, and signed several laws meant to counteract it, including the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. He also passed significant healthcare reform through the Affordable Care Act, a highly-controversial effort that a majority of Americans disapproved of at time. Other significant issues included illegal immigration and terrorism. By the time of the election, large pluralities of American voters sided with Republicans more than Democrats on these issues, with Democrats only above water on healthcare and environmental policy.

The conservative Tea Party movement grew significantly in 2009 and 2010, staging large protests in response to legislation passed by the Obama administration.

Behind the scenes, Republicans aggressively targeted state legislative races in states where they could gain complete control of the redistricting process following the 2010 census through the project REDMAP.

Summary table

Regularly scheduled elections were held in 88 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
35	35	100	4	105	105	100	4
10	20	50	4	40	40	100	2
30	30	100	2	60	60	100	2
18	35	51	2/4	100	100	100	2
20	40	50	4	80	80	100	2
17	35	49	4	65	65	100	2
36	36	100	2	151	151	100	2
10	21	48	2/4	41	41	100	2
20	40	50	2/4	120	120	100	2
56	56	100	2	180	180	100	2
12	25	48	2/4	51	51	100	2
35	35	100	2	70	70	100	2
39	59	66	2/4	118	118	100	2
25	50	50	4	100	100	100	2
25	50	50	4	100	100	100	2
0	40	0	4	125	125	100	2
19	38	50	4	100	100	100	2
0	39	0	4	0	105	0	4
35	35	100	2	151	151	100	2
47	47	100	4	141	141	100	4
40	40	100	2	160	160	100	2
38	38	100	4	110	110	100	2
67	67	100	2/4	134	134	100	2
0	52	0	4	0	122	0	4
17	34	50	4	163	163	100	2
25	50	50	4	100	100	100	2
24	49	49	4	N/A (unicameral)
11	21	52	4	42	42	100	2
24	24	100	2	400	400	100	2
0	40	0	2/4	0	80	0	2
0	42	100	4	70	70	100	2
62	62	100	2	150	150	100	2
50	50	100	2	120	120	100	2
24	47	51	4	47	94	50	4
16	33	52	4	99	99	100	2
24	48	50	4	101	101	100	2
15	30	50	4	60	60	100	2
25	50	50	4	203	203	100	2
38	38	100	2	75	75	100	2
0	46	0	4	124	124	100	2
35	35	100	2	70	70	100	2
17	33	52	4	99	99	100	2
15	31	48	2/4	150	150	100	2
14	29	48	4	75	75	100	2
30	30	100	2	150	150	100	2
0	40	0	4	0	100	0	2
25	49	49	4	98	98	100	2
17	34	50	4	100	100	100	2
17	33	52	4	99	99	100	2
15	30	50	4	60	60	100	2
1105	1971	56	N/A	4958	5411	92	N/A

Electoral predictions

Analysts predicted a very strong showing for the Republicans, anticipating a nationwide wave election in their favor. This was attributed to the nation's slow recovery from the Great Recession, the chaotic passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act, immigration, and the large number of legislative chambers and governorships that Democrats controlled after the 2006 and 2008 elections. As the campaign progressed, Democratic prospects only became worse, leading to the largest gap in legislative chambers held by each party considered vulnerable in over a decade. By election day, Republicans were expected to be able to flip between eleven and twenty seven legislative chambers from Democrats, with only one Republican-held chamber considered vulnerable.

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 See Template: USRaceRating for how to apply a rating. --

Chamber	Last	Ballotpedia
Senate	D 23–12	R 22–12–1
House of Representatives	D 62–43	R 62–43
Senate	Coal. 16–4	Coal. 15–5
House of Representatives	R 22–18	R 24–16
Senate	R 18–12	R 21–9
House of Representatives	R 35–25	R 40–20
Senate	D 27–8	D 20–15
House of Representatives	D 71–28–1	D 55–45
State Senate	D 25–15	D 25–15
State Assembly	D 51–29	D 52–28
Senate	D 21–14	D 20–15
House of Representatives	D 38–27	R 33–32
State Senate	D 24–12	D 23–13
House of Representatives	D 114–37	D 100–51
Senate	D 16–5	D 14–7
House of Representatives	D 24–17	D 26–15
Senate	R 26–14	R 28–12
House of Representatives	R 76–44	R 81–39
State Senate	R 34–22	R 35–21
House of Representatives	R 105–74–1	R 108–71–1
Senate	D 23–2	D 24–1
House of Representatives	D 45–6	D 43–8
Senate	R 28–7	R 28–7
House of Representatives	R 52–18	R 57–13
Senate	D 37–22	D 35–24
House of Representatives	D 70–48	D 64–54
Senate	R 33–17	R 37–13
House of Representatives	D 52–48	R 60–40
Senate	D 32–18	D 26–24
House of Representatives	D 57–43	R 60–40
House of Representatives	R 77–48	R 92–33
Senate	R 21–16–1	R 22–15–1
House of Representatives	D 65–35	D 58–42
Senate	D 20–15	R 20–14–1
House of Representatives	D 95–55–1	R 77–73–1
Senate	D 33–14	D 35–12
House of Delegates	D 104–37	D 98–43
Senate	D 35–5	D 36–4
House of Representatives	D 144–15–1	D 130–30
Senate	R 21–17	R 26–12
House of Representatives	D 67–43	R 63–47
Senate	D 44–23	R 37–30
House of Representatives	D 87–47	R 72–62
Senate	R 23–11	R 26–8
House of Representatives	R 89–74	R 106–57
Senate	R 27–23	R 28–22
House of Representatives	D 50–50	R 68–32
Senate	D 12–9	D 11–10
Assembly	D 28–14	D 26–16
Senate	D 14–10	R 19–5
House of Representatives	D 225–175	R 298–102
House of Representatives	D 45–25	D 36–34
State Senate	D 32–30	R 32–30
State Assembly	D 107–41–1–1	D 99–50–1
Senate	D 30–20	R 31–19
House of Representatives	D 68–52	R 67–52–1
Senate	R 26–21	R 35–12
House of Representatives	R 58–36	R 69–25
Senate	R 21–12	R 23–10
House of Representatives	D 53–46	R 59–40
Senate	R 26–22	R 32–16
House of Representatives	R 61–40	R 70–31
State Senate	D 18–12	D 16–14
House of Representatives	D 36–24	30–30
State Senate	R 30–20	R 30–20
House of Representatives	D 104–99	R 112–91
Senate	D 33–4–1	D 29–8–1
House of Representatives	D 69–6	D 65–10
House of Representatives	R 73–51	R 76–48
Senate	R 21–14	R 29–6
House of Representatives	R 46–24	R 50–19–1
Senate	R 19–14	R 20–13
House of Representatives	R 50–49	R 64–34–1
Senate	R 19–12	R 19–12
House of Representatives	R 76–74	R 99–51
State Senate	R 21–8	R 22–7
House of Representatives	R 53–22	R 58–17
Senate	D 23–7	D 21–8–1
House of Representatives	D 94–48–5–3	D 94–48–5–3
State Senate	D 31–18	D 27–22
House of Representatives	D 62–36	D 56–42
Senate	D 26–8	D 28–6
House of Delegates	D 71–29	D 65–35
Senate	D 18–15	R 19–14
State Assembly	D 52–46–1	R 60–38–1
Senate	R 23–7	R 26–4
House of Representatives	R 41–19	R 50–10

National results

Party	Seats
before	Chambers
before	Seats
after	+/-	Chambers
after	+/-
Republican Party (US)}};"		Republican	2360	16	2907	547	29
Democratic Party (US)}};"		Democratic	3030	33	2485	545	19
Independent}};"		Independent	14	0	13	1	0
Vermont Progressive Party}};"		Progressive	5	0	5		0
Independence Party (US)}};"		Independence	1	0	1		0
Working Families Party}};"		Working Families	1	0	0	1	0
Total	5411	49	5411	—	49	—

Party	Seats
before	Chambers
before	Seats
after	+/-	Chambers
after	+/-
Republican Party (US)}};"		Republican	925	21	1055	130	28
Democratic Party (US)}};"		Democratic	1043	28	911	132	21
Independent}};"		Independent	3	0	4	1	0
Vermont Progressive Party}};"		Progressive	0	0	1	1	0
Total	1971	50	1971	—	50	—

Republicans made substantial gains in state legislatures across the nation. Twenty chambers flipped from Democratic to Republican control, giving Republicans full control of eleven state legislatures and control of one chamber in Colorado, Iowa, and New York. Additionally, Republicans gained enough seats in the Oregon House of Representatives to produce a 30-30 party split, pushing Democrats into a power-sharing agreement that resulted in the election of two "co-speakers" (one from each party) to lead the chamber. Republicans gained a net of 680 seats in state legislative races, breaking the previous record of 628 flipped seats set by Democrats in the post-Watergate elections of 1974.

Six states saw both chambers switch from Democrat to Republican majorities: Alabama (where the Republicans won a majority and a trifecta for the first time since 1874), Maine (for the first time since 1975 and a trifecta for the first time since 1965), Minnesota (for the first time since 1915 in partisan elections and 1973 in non-partisan elections), New Hampshire, North Carolina (for the first time since 1896), and Wisconsin. In addition, by picking up the lower chambers in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Montana and Pennsylvania, Republicans gained control of both chambers in an additional five states. Further, Republicans picked up one chamber from Democrats in Colorado, Iowa, and New York to split control in those states. They expanded majorities in both chambers in Texas, Florida, and Georgia.

Post-election party switching

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Between the November general election and January 2011, 25 Democratic state legislators switched parties and became Republicans. These legislators were primarily conservative, White Democrats from the South who felt that the views of the Republican party more closely aligned with their own. This party switching gave Republicans control of the Louisiana House of Representatives, which did not hold regularly scheduled elections in 2010, for the first time since Reconstruction prior to the start of the 2011 session.

State	Chamber	District	Legislator	Old party	New party	Source
Alabama	House	17	Mike Millican		Democratic		Republican
35	Steve Hurst		Democratic		Republican
80	Lesley Vance		Democratic		Republican
89	Alan Boothe		Democratic		Republican
Georgia	Senate	8	Tim Golden		Democratic		Republican	last=Wheatley	first=Thomas	date=November 29, 2010	title=Sen. Tim Golden of Valdosta switches from Democrat to Republican	url=https://creativeloafing.com/content-213033-sen-tim-golden-of-valdosta-switches-from-democrat-to	access-date=2025-03-11	website=Creative Loafing	language=en}}
House	29	Alan Powell		Democratic		Republican
115	Doug McKillip		Democratic		Republican
134	Mike Cheokas		Democratic		Republican
144	Bubber Epps		Democratic		Republican
148	Bob Hanner		Democratic		Republican
149	Gerald Greene		Democratic		Republican
174	Ellis Black		Democratic		Republican
175	Amy Carter		Democratic		Republican
Kansas	Senate	6	Chris Steineger		Democratic		Republican
Louisiana	Senate	8	John Alario		Democratic		Republican
30	John Smith		Democratic		Republican
House	20	Noble Ellington		Democratic		Republican
46	Fred Mills		Democratic		Republican
95	Walker Hines		Democratic		Republican
Maine	House	5	Michael Willette		Democratic		Republican
Mississippi	Senate	39	Cindy Hyde-Smith		Democratic		Republican
House	89	Bobby Shows		Democratic		Republican
South Dakota	Senate	17	Eldon Nygarrd		Democratic		Republican
Texas	House	21	Allan Ritter		Democratic		Republican
40	Aaron Peña		Democratic		Republican

Impact

The massive Republican gains made in 2010 immensely strengthened their position on the national stage. This had both short-term effects, such as their ability to counter the policies of president Barack Obama, as well as long term consequences due to the impending redistricting cycle. In the short term, these elections heralded in a conservative shift in state legislatures across the country, especially in the states where Republicans gained complete control. This led to a tightening of policies surrounding abortion and illegal immigration, a loosening of tax policy, and the curtailing of the power of labor unions. Many of these states refused to accept the Medicaid expansion offered by the Affordable Care Act meant to close the Medicaid coverage gap.

Immigration

For the past several years, immigration policy had become an increasingly-important issue in state legislatures. In April 2010, the Arizona legislature passed Arizona SB 1070, which was considered at the time to be the strictest anti-illegal immigration bill in the country. Following the 2010 elections, a number of states, some of which had just become Republican-controlled, passed measures in the same vein as the Arizona law. The most controversial among these was Alabama HB 56, which gave police wide discretion to detain those they suspected of being undocumented immigrants, banned undocumented immigrants from receiving any public benefits, including attending public universities, and required public schools to enquire about the immigration statuses of their students. The immigration laws passed in both Alabama and Georgia received heavy criticism for their potentially devastating impacts on state agriculture, where many farmers relied on immigrant labor to harvest their crops. Many of the strictest portions of these laws were later blocked by federal courts.

The direct impact of the enforcement of these laws was often minimal, with many such as Arizona SB 1070 producing no arrests in its first few months on the books. The widest-reaching effects of these laws, however were social: changing attitudes of both immigrants and citizens. Some viewed the new laws as passed both in response to the backlash to the recent rise in illegal immigration as well as further fueling said backlash. Opponents of these laws criticized them as "Juan Crow" laws which created a climate of fear in immigrant populations. Alabama in particular saw a significant drop in public school attendance among Hispanic students despite HB 56 not barring the attendance of undocumented immigrants. Many undocumented immigrants decided to leave the states that passed these laws, citing both the laws themselves and their cultural impacts. One study from the University of Alabama estimated that the economic costs to the state in GDP of the loss of workers and taxpayers could reach as high as $11 billion annually.

Labor unions

Three states where Republicans gained complete control of state government in 2010, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, would establish right-to-work laws during the following decade. States passed a number of other wide-ranging bills to weaken public-sector unions, most notoriously in Wisconsin with the passage of Act 10, which led to massive protests and recall elections in 2011. Efforts to pass a similar bill in Ohio failed after a veto referendum overwhelmingly rejected it in 2011.

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Redistricting

Republicans' massive state legislative gains timed perfectly with the release of the results of the 2010 census, giving the party unprecedented control over congressional and legislative district maps until after the 2020 elections. Republicans, knowing this ahead of time, deliberately targeted vulnerable Democratic incumbents and Democratic-held legislative chambers in order to maximize their power in the upcoming redistricting cycle. As a result, Republicans fully controlled the redistricting of 210 congressional districts across 18 states, minimizing Democratic control to a mere 44 congressional districts across 6 states. The impact of this was most immediately felt during the 2012 elections, where Barack Obama won the presidential election and Democratic U.S. House candidates won a plurality of the nationwide popular vote, but Republicans maintained control of the chamber.

Legacy

The 2010 midterms ushered in an era of Republican dominance of statewide politics fueled by a Democratic collapse in white, rural, and southern regions of the country.

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Southern, rural Democratic fall

Democrats had been slowly losing ground in the rural South for the past several decades leading up to the 2010 elections. Democrats lost nearly every southern legislative chamber up for election in 2010, with White, rural incumbents primarily falling victim. Republicans successfully tied the conservative Democrats in these seats to the more liberal national party, eroding their local support and tying them to policies unpopular in their districts. A number of incumbents who survived would later switch to the Republican party, with many doing so before or immediately after the election. This left most Southern Democratic caucuses primarily made up of African American and Hispanic legislators, often based in urban areas, with a nearly extinct White, rural caucus, and a weakened but slowly growing suburban caucus. By 2014, Republicans controlled every governorship, U.S. Senate seat, and legislative chamber in the Deep South.

The 2010 elections sparked a sharp decline in Democratic support in rural areas across the country, even outside the South. Throughout the decade, this led to a strengthening correlation between population density and political party support. At the same time, increased political polarization made it more challenging for conservative Democrats to win in areas which voted for Republicans in presidential elections, culminating in Republicans flipping the Kentucky House of Representatives in 2016, the final Democratic-controlled legislative chamber in a deeply Republican state.

Midwest

Bolstered by heavily gerrymandered legislative maps, the 2010s saw a sharply-conservative turn in Midwestern state policy. By the end of the decade, five Midwestern states had adopted right-to-work laws, with a sixth, Missouri, rejecting one in a 2018 veto referendum. These policies remained in place even as Democrats made gains in statewide elections in these states, winning the governorships in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania in 2018. Democrats won the aggregate popular vote in the lower house elections in all three of these states, but they did not win control of any of them due to gerrymandering. Democrats would only begin to be able to reverse these policies after the implementation of new legislative maps in the 2020s. In other states, such as Ohio, Democrats have been unable to regain power in any meaningful form since their 2010 losses.

Donald Trump

The Tea Party movement's success in the 2010 election predicated the rise of Donald Trump as the dominant force in the Republican Party. Tea Party candidates ran on anti-establishment credentials, favoring low taxes, minimal government intervention, and fierce social conservatism. These became defining features of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, the rise of the Make American Great Again movement, and Trumpism. Many of the regions outside the South where Republicans made the largest gains in 2010 swung sharply towards Donald Trump in the 2016 election despite having voted for Barack Obama again in the 2012 election.

Maps

File:US state government trifectas after the 2010 elections.svg|Partisan control of state governments following the 2010 elections File:2010 US State Upper House Control.svg|alt=Upper house seats by party holding majority in each state Republican 50–60% |Upper house seats by party holding majority in each state RepublicanDemocraticTie File:2010 US State Lower House Control.svg|alt=Lower house seats by party holding majority in each state Republican 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100% Democratic 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100%|Lower house seats by party holding majority in each state RepublicanDemocraticTie File:2010 US State Upper House Gains.svg|Net changes to upper house seats after the 2010 elections

File:2010 US State Lower House Gains.svg|Net changes to lower house seats after the 2010 elections

State summaries

Alabama

Main article: 2010 Alabama Senate election, 2010 Alabama House of Representatives election

All of the seats of the Alabama Legislature were up for election. Republicans flipped control of both state legislative chambers, winning them for the first time since 1874. After the election, an additional four Democratic state representatives switched parties, giving Republicans a supermajority in the chamber.

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	14		22	8
Independent	1		1
Democratic		20	12	8
Total	35	35

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	45		62	17
Democratic		60	43	17
Total	105	105

Alaska

Main article: 2010 Alaska Senate election, 2010 Alaska House of Representatives election

All of the seats of the Alaska House of Representatives and half of the Alaska Senate were up for election. The Democratic-led coalition maintained control of the Senate while Republicans maintained control of the House.

Party	Before	After	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		10	10
Republican		6	5
4	5
Total	20	20

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		22		24	2
Democratic	18		4	2
12
Total	40	40

Arizona

Main article: 2010 Arizona Senate election, 2010 Arizona House of Representatives election

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		18		21	3
Democratic	12	9	3
Total	30	30

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		35		40	5
Democratic	25	20	5
Total	60	60

Arkansas

Main article: 2010 Arkansas State Senate election, 2010 Arkansas House of Representatives election

House of Representatives results

All of the seats of the Arkansas House of Representatives and half of the Arkansas Senate were up for election. Democrats maintained control of both state legislative chambers but with substantially reduced majorities.

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		27		20	7
Republican	8	15	7
Total	35	35

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		72		55	17
Republican	28	45	17
Total	100	100

California

Main article: 2010 California State Senate election, 2010 California State Assembly election

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.

Party	Before	After	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		25	25
Republican	15	15
Total	40	40

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		50		52	2
Republican	29	28	1
Independent	1	0	1
Total	80	80

Colorado

Main article: 2010 Colorado Senate election, 2010 Colorado House of Representatives election

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 House while Democrats maintained control of the Senate.

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		21		20	1
Republican	14	15	1
Total	35	35

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	27		33	6
Democratic		38	32	6
Total	65	65

Connecticut

Main article: 2010 Connecticut State Senate election, 2010 Connecticut House of Representatives election

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		24		23	1
Republican	12	13	1
Total	36	36

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		114		100	14
Republican	37	51	14
Total	151	151

Delaware

Main article: 2010 Delaware Senate election, 2010 Delaware House of Representatives election

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.

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		15		14	1
Republican	6	7	1
Total	21	21

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		24		26	2
Republican	17	15	2
Total	41	41

Florida

Main article: 2010 Florida Senate election, 2010 Florida House of Representatives election

House of Representatives results

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.

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		26		28	2
Democratic	14	12	2
Total	40	40

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		76		81	5
Democratic	44	39	5
Total	120	120

Georgia

Main article: 2010 Georgia State Senate election, 2010 Georgia House of Representatives election

All of the seats of the Georgia Legislature were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers, slightly expanding their majorities in each. Immediately following the election, one Democratic senator and eight Democratic representatives switched parties and became Republicans, further bolstering their majorities.

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		34		35	1
Democratic	22	21	1
Total	56	56

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		105		108	3
Democratic	74	71	3
Independent	1	1
Total	180	180

Hawaii

Main article: 2010 Hawaii Senate election, 2010 Hawaii House of Representatives election

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		23		24	1
Republican	2	1	1
Total	25	25

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		45		43	2
Republican	6	8	2
Total	51	51

Idaho

Main article: 2010 Idaho Senate election, 2010 Idaho House of Representatives election

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

Party	Before	After	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		28	28
Democratic	7	7
Total	35	35

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		52		57	5
Democratic	18	13	5
Total	70	70

Illinois

Main article: 2010 Illinois Senate election, 2010 Illinois House of Representatives election

All of the seats of the Illinois House of Representatives and 1/3rd of the Illinois Senate were up for election. Democrats maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		37		35	2
Republican	22	24	2
Total	59	59

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		70		64	6
Republican	48	54	6
Total	118	118

Indiana

Main article: 2010 Indiana State Senate election, 2010 Indiana House of Representatives election

All of the seats of the Indiana House of Representatives and half of the Indiana Senate were up for election. Republicans expanded their majority in the Senate and flipped control of the House of Representatives, winning their largest legislative gains in over 25 years.

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		33		37	4
Democratic	17	13	4
Total	50	50

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	48		60	12
Democratic		52	40	12
Total	100	100

Iowa

Main article: 2010 Iowa Senate election, 2010 Iowa House of Representatives election

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		32		26	6
Republican	18	24	6
Total	50	50

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	43		60	17
Democratic		57	40	17
Total	100	100

Kansas

Main article: 2010 Kansas House of Representatives election

All of the seats of the Kansas House of Representatives. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		77		92	15
Democratic	48	33	15
Total	125	125

Kentucky

Main article: 2010 Kentucky Senate election, 2010 Kentucky House of Representatives election

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		20		22	2
Independent		1		1
Democratic	17	15	2
Total	38	38

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		65		58	7
Republican	35	42	7
Total	100	100

Maine

Main article: 2010 Maine State Senate election, 2010 Maine House of Representatives election

Senate results

All of the seats of the Maine Legislature were up for election. Republicans won control of both legislative chambers.

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	15		20	5
Democratic		20	14	6
Independent	0	1	1
Total	35	35

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	55		77	22
Democratic		95	73	22
Independent	1	1
Total	151	151

Maryland

Main article: 2010 Maryland Senate election, 2010 Maryland House of Delegates election

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		33		35	2
Republican	14	12	2
Total	47	47

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		104		98	6
Republican	37	43	6
Total	141	141

Massachusetts

Main article: 2010 Massachusetts Senate election, 2010 Massachusetts House of Representatives election

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		35		36	1
Republican	5	4	1
Total	40	40

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		144		130	14
Republican	15	30	15
Independent	1	0	1
Total	160	160

Michigan

Main article: 2010 Michigan Senate election, 2010 Michigan House of Representatives election

All of the seats of the Michigan Legislature were up for election. Republicans made large gains in both chambers, flipping control of the House and expanding their majority in the Senate.

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		22		26	4
Democratic	16	12	4
Total	38	38

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	43		63	20
Democratic		67	47	20
Total	110	110

Minnesota

Main article: 2010 Minnesota Senate election, 2010 Minnesota House of Representatives election

All of the seats of the Minnesota Legislature were up. Republicans won control of both chambers.

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	21		37	16
Democratic (DFL)		46	30	16
Total	67	67

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	47		72	25
Democratic (DFL)		87	62	25
Total	134	134

Missouri

Main article: 2010 Missouri Senate election, 2010 Missouri House of Representatives election

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		23		26	3
Democratic	11	8	3
Total	34	34

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		89		106	17
Democratic	74	57	17
Total	163	163

Montana

Main article: 2010 Montana Senate election, 2010 Montana House of Representatives election

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		27		28	1
Democratic	23	22	1
Total	50	50

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	50		68	18
Democratic		50	32	18
Total	100	100

Nebraska

Main article: 2010 Nebraska State Legislature election

Legislative results

Nebraska is the only U.S. state with a unicameral legislature; half of the seats of the Nebraska Legislature were up for election. Nebraska is also unique in that its legislature is officially non-partisan and holds non-partisan elections, although the Democratic and Republican parties each endorse legislative candidates. Republicans maintained control, gaining one seat through election, as well as an additional seat with the appointment of Dave Bloomfield to replace Democrat Robert Giese, who resigned.

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		30		31	1
Democratic	19	18	1
Total	49	49

Nevada

Main article: 2010 Nevada State Senate election, 2010 Nevada Assembly election

Senate results

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		12		11	1
Republican	9	10	1
Total	21	21

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		28		26	2
Republican	14	16	2
Total	42	42

New Hampshire

Main article: 2010 New Hampshire Senate election, 2010 New Hampshire House of Representatives election

Senate results

All of the seats of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and the New Hampshire Senate were up for election. Republicans won control of both legislative chambers.

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	10		19	9
Democratic		14	5	9
Total	24	24

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	176		298	122
Democratic		224	102	122
Total	400	400

New Mexico

Main article: 2010 New Mexico House of Representatives election

House of Representatives results

All of the seats of the New Mexico House of Representatives. Democrats maintained control of the chamber.

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		45		37	8
Republican	25	33	8
Total	70	70

New York

Main article: 2010 New York State Senate election, 2010 New York State Assembly election

All of the seats of the New York Legislature were up for election. Republicans won control of the Senate, and Democrats maintained control of the Assembly.

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	30		32	2
Democratic		32	30	2
Total	62	62

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		107		99	8
Republican	41	50	9
Independence	1	1
Working Families	1	0	1
Total	150	150

North Carolina

Main article: 2010 North Carolina Senate election, 2010 North Carolina House of Representatives election

All of the seats of the North Carolina House of Representatives and half of the North Carolina Senate were up for election. Republicans made massive gains, flipping control of both state legislative chambers, winning them both simultaneously for the first time in over a century.

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	20		31	11
Democratic		30	19	11
Total	50	50

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	52		67	15
Independent	0		1	1
Democratic		68	52	16
Total	120	120

North Dakota

Main article: 2010 North Dakota Senate election, 2010 North Dakota House of Representatives election

Senate results

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		26		35	9
Democratic-NPL	21	12	9
Total	47	47

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		58		69	11
Democratic-NPL	36	25	11
Total	94	94

Ohio

Main article: 2010 Ohio Senate election, 2010 Ohio House of Representatives election

Senate results

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		21		23	2
Democratic	12	10	2
Total	33	33

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	46		59	13
Democratic		53	40	13
Total	99	99

Oklahoma

Main article: 2010 Oklahoma Senate election, 2010 Oklahoma House of Representatives election

Senate results

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		26		32	6
Democratic	22	16	6
Total	48	48

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		62		70	8
Democratic	39	31	8
Total	101	101

Oregon

Main article: 2010 Oregon legislative election

All of the seats of the Oregon House of Representatives and half of the Oregon Senate were up for election. Democrats maintained control of the Senate, and the House of Representatives became tied.

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		18		16	2
Republican	12	14	2
Total	30	30

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		36		30	6
Republican	24		30	6
Total	60	60

Pennsylvania

Main article: 2010 Pennsylvania Senate election, 2010 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election

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

Party	Before	After	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		30	30
Democratic	20	20
Total	50	50

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	99		112	13
Democratic		104	91	13
Total	203	203

Rhode Island

Main article: 2010 Rhode Island Senate election, 2010 Rhode Island House of Representatives election

Senate results

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		33		29	4
Republican	4	8	4
Independent	1	1
Total	38	38

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		69		65	4
Republican	6	10	4
Total	75	75

South Carolina

Main article: 2010 South Carolina House of Representatives election

House of Representatives results

All of the seats of the South Carolina House of Representatives were up for election. Republicans maintained control of both state legislative chambers.

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		73		76	3
Democratic	51	48	3
Total	124	124

South Dakota

Main article: 2010 South Dakota Senate election, 2010 South Dakota House of Representatives election

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		21		29	8
Democratic	14	6	8
Total	35	35

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		46		50	4
Democratic	24	19	5
Independent	0	1	1
Total	70	70

Tennessee

Main article: 2010 Tennessee Senate election, 2010 Tennessee House of Representatives election

All of the seats of the Tennessee House of Representatives and half of the Tennessee Senate were up for election. After having narrowly won control of both chambers in the 2008 election, Republicans greatly expanded their majority in the House and picked up one seat in the Senate.

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		19		20	1
Democratic	14	13	1
Total	33	33

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		50		64	14
Democratic	48	34	14
Independent Republican	1	1
Total	99	99

Texas

Main article: 2010 Texas Senate election, 2010 Texas House of Representatives election

All of the seats of the Texas House of Representatives and half of the Texas Senate were up for election. After having nearly lost control of the Texas House in 2008, Republicans routed the Democrats, flipping 22 seats. Republicans erased all of the gains Democrats had made in 2006 and 2008, and they defeated almost every Democrat representing a rural, Republican-leaning district.

Party	Before	After	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		19	19
Democratic	12	12
Total	31	31

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		77		99	22
Democratic	73	51	22
Total	150	150

Utah

Main article: 2010 Utah Senate election, 2010 Utah House of Representatives election

Senate results

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		21		22	1
Democratic	8	7	1
Total	29	29

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		53		58	5
Democratic	22	17	5
Total	75	75

Vermont

Main article: 2010 Vermont Senate election, 2010 Vermont House of Representatives election

Senate results

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		23		21	2
Republican	7	8	1
Progressive	0	1	1
Total	30	30

Party	Before	After	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		94	94
Republican	48	48
Progressive	5	5
Independent	3	3
Total	150	150

Washington

Main article: 2010 Washington State Senate election, 2010 Washington House of Representatives election

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		31		27	4
Republican	18	22	4
Total	49	49

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		61		56	5
Republican	37	42	5
Total	98	98

West Virginia

Main article: 2010 West Virginia Senate election, 2010 West Virginia House of Delegates election

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		26		28	2
Republican	8	6	2
Total	34	34

Party	Before	After	Change	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		71		65	6
Republican	29	35	6
Total	100	100

Wisconsin

Main article: 2010 Wisconsin Senate election, 2010 Wisconsin State Assembly election

All of the seats of the Wisconsin Assembly and half of the Wisconsin Senate were up for election. Republicans flipped control of both state legislative chambers, as well as the governorship, winning complete control of state government for the first time since 1998.

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	15		19	4
Democratic		18	14	4
Total	33	33

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican	46		60	14
Democratic		51	38	13
Independent	2	1	1
Total	99	99

Wyoming

Main article: 2010 Wyoming Senate election, 2010 Wyoming House of Representatives election

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

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		23		26	3
Democratic	7	4	3
Total	30	30

Party	Before	After	Change	Republican Party (US)}};"
Republican		41		50	9
Democratic	19	10	9
Total	60	60

Territorial and federal district summaries

American Samoa

Main article: 2010 American Samoan general election

All of the seats of the American Samoa Senate and the American Samoa House of Representatives were up for election. Members of the Senate serve four-year terms, while members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms. Gubernatorial and legislative elections are conducted on a nonpartisan basis in American Samoa.

Guam

Main article: 2010 Guamanian legislative election

Party	Before	After	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		9	9
Republican	6	6
Total	15	15

U.S. Virgin Islands

Main article: 2010 United States Virgin Islands general election

Party	Before	After	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		10	10
Independent	5	5
Total	15	15

Washington, D.C.

Main article: 2010 Council of the District of Columbia election

Party	Before	After	Democratic Party (US)}};"
Democratic		11	11
Independent	2	2
Total	13	13

Special elections

New Jersey

District	Incumbent	This race	Chamber	No.	Representative	Party
elected	Results	Candidates	Senate	14	Assembly	31
Tom Goodwin		Republican	2010 (appointed)		Incumbent lost election for remainder of the term
New member elected November 2, 2010.
Democratic Gain.	nowrap	{{plainlist
Jason O'Donnell		Democratic	2010 (appointed)		Incumbent appointed and elected to remainder of the term on November 2, 2010.
Democratic hold.	nowrap	{{plainlist

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