Election results, 2021: State legislative seats that changed party control
In 2021, 220 seats were up for election across three of the nation's 99 state legislative chambers. As a result of the elections, control of 16 seats (7.3%) flipped from one political party to another.
Democrats lost control of the Virginia House of Delegates, while they maintained their majorities in the New Jersey State Senate and the New Jersey General Assembly. Control of seven seats flipped in Virginia, while the control of the other nine flipped in New Jersey.
Overview
- See also: State legislative elections, 2021
The table below shows the total number of state legislative seats that changed partisan control during the 2021 state legislative elections. Columns show the number of seats that changed to the given partisan affiliation listed in the top row. Rows show the number of seats that changed from the given partisan affiliation listed in the leftmost column. The bottom two rows show net changes: 2021, based on the data in the table, and 2019, as a comparison.
| Partisan flips of state legislative seats, 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Democrats | To Republicans | To Independent/ minor parties |
Total | ||||
| From Democrats | - | 15 | 0 | 15 | |||
| From Republicans | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | |||
| From Independent/ minor parties |
0 | 0 | - | 0 | |||
| Total | 1 | 15 | 0 | 16 | |||
| Net change, 2021 | -14 | +14 | 0 | - | |||
| Net change, 2019 | -2 | +6 | -4 | ||||
List of seats that changed party control
Each state legislative district that changed partisan control in regularly scheduled elections in November 2021 is listed below. Multi-member districts in which multiple seats changed hands are listed once for each seat. The 16 flipped seats include:
- Democrat to Republican: 15
- Republican to Democrat: 1
Election analysis
Hundreds of elections took place in 2021 across the United States, including primary and general elections at the state and local levels and special elections at the federal, state, and local levels. You will find Ballotpedia's research and curation on 2021 elections in the United States below.
- Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection report
- Incumbent win rates by state
- Incumbents defeated in state legislative elections
- Third-party candidates who won more than the margin of victory
- Number of state legislators by party
- Partisan balance of governors
- Results of elected officials seeking other offices
- State government trifectas
- State government triplexes
- State legislative races decided by fewer than 100 votes
- State legislative seats that changed party control
- State legislative veto-proof majorities
- Partisan balance of mayors of the 100 largest cities by population
See also
Footnotes
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