2005 United States state legislative elections

none related races 2005 United States elections February 2026 January 2025 2005 United States state legislative elections United States legislative no 2004 United States state legislative elections 2004 2006 United States state legislative elections 2006 2003 United States state legislative elections 2003 2007 United States state legislative elections 2007 2 legislative chambers2 states November 8, 2005 Republican Party (United States) 50"IASenate" The Iowa Senate was evenly split. Thus it is not included in either total. 50 Democratic Party (United States) 48"IASenate" 48 Chambers before Chambers after Overall change US2009statelowerhouses.svg 320px Map of lower house elections:#93C5DD Democrats retained control#FF9998 Republicans retained control#D3D3D3 No regularly-scheduled elections 320px The 2005 United States state legislative elections were held on November 8, 2005. Two 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.State legislative elections, 2005 Ballotpedia February 7, 2023 https://ballotpedia.org/State_legislative_elections,_2005 Both chambers of the Northern Mariana Islands legislature was up. Democrats maintained control of the New Jersey General Assembly and Republicans maintained control of the Virginia House of Delegates.https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-information-2005.shtmlhttps://www.elections.virginia.gov/resultsreports/election-results/ Election Results - Virginia Department of Elections Summary table Regularly scheduled elections were held in 8 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States. Nationwide, regularly scheduled elections were held for 578 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 TermNew Jersey 0 0 100 2/4"variabletermlength" The upper houses of Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Texas use a 2-4-4 term length system. 80 80 100 2Virginia 0 0 100 4 100 100 100 2 State summaries New Jersey 2005 New Jersey General Assembly election All seats of the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. Assembly members were elected to two-year terms in two-member districts.https://www.state.nj.us/state/ New Jersey Secretary of State state.nj.us en Democrats slightly increased their majority control.https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-information-2005.shtml 2005 NJ General Assembly Elections state.nj.us enhttps://ballotpedia.org/New_Jersey_General_Assembly_elections,_2005 General Assembly Party Before After Change Democratic 47 49 2 Republican 33 31 2 Total 80 80 Virginia 2005 Virginia House of Delegates election All seats of the Virginia House of Delegates are up for election. Delegates are elected to two-year terms in single-member districts. Democrats made slight gains, but Republicans maintained the majority.https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_House_of_Delegates_elections,_2005 House of Delegates Party Before After Change Republican 60 57 3 Democratic 38 40 2 Independents 2 3 1 Total 100 100 Territorial and federal district summaries Northern Mariana Islands 2005 Northern Mariana Islands general election All seats of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives and half of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate are up for election. Senators are elected to four-year terms and Representatives are elected to two-year terms. House of Representatives Party Before After Change Republican 7 7 Democratic 1 2 1 Independents 1 2 1Covenant Party 9 7 2 Total 18 18 Senate Party Before After Change Republican 2 3 1 Democratic 2 2 Covenant Party 3 3 Independents 2 1 1 Total 9 9 See also 2005 United States gubernatorial elections Notes References State legislative elections Category:State legislature elections in the United States by year