2009 United States state legislative elections

none related races 2009 United States elections February 2026 January 2025 2009 United States state legislative elections United States legislative no 2008 United States state legislative elections 2008 2010 United States state legislative elections 2010 2007 United States state legislative elections 2007 2011 United States state legislative elections 2011 2 legislative chambers2 states November 2, 2009 Democratic Party (United States) 61 61 Republican Party (United States) 37 37 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 d9b2d9 Coalition 1 "AKSenate" The Alaska Senate was controlled by a coalition of Democrats and Republicans. The minority caucus consists of Republicans who were not part of the majority coalition. 1 "AKSenate" The Alaska Senate was controlled by a coalition of Democrats and Republicans. The minority caucus consists of Republicans who were not part of the majority coalition. The 2009 United States state legislative elections were held on November 3, 2009. 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, 2009 Ballotpedia January 30, 2022 https://ballotpedia.org/State_legislative_elections,_2009 Both chambers of the Northern Mariana Islands legislature were up, which remains the last time they were up in this class of elections. Democrats maintained control of the lower house of the New Jersey legislature, and Republicans did so in the lower chamber in Virginia. As of , this is the last time where the Democrats held a majority of state legislative bodies and overall state legislative districts. Summary table Regularly scheduled elections were held in 2 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States. Nationwide, regularly scheduled elections were held for 180 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 40 0 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 4Virginia 0 40 0 4 100 100 100 2 State summaries New Jersey 2009 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 retained majority control, albeit a slightly reduced one.https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-information-2009.shtml 2009 NJ General Assembly Elections state.nj.us enhttps://ballotpedia.org/New_Jersey_General_Assembly_elections,_2009 General Assembly Party Before After Change Democratic 48 47 1 Republican 31 32 1 Total 80 80 Virginia 2009 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. Republicans expanded their majority.https://ballotpedia.org/Virginia_House_of_Delegates_elections,_2009 House of Delegates Party Before After Change Republican 53 59 6 Democratic 45 39 6 Independents 2 2 Total 100 100 Territorial summaries Northern Mariana Islands 2009 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 12 9 3 Democratic 1 0 1 Independents 3 4 1Covenant Party 4 7 3 Total 20 20 Senate Party Before After Change Republican 3 5 2 Coalition 6 0 6 Independents 0 4 4 Total 9 9 Special elections New Jersey DistrictIncumbentThis raceChamberNo.RepresentativePartyFirst electedResultsCandidatesSenate6James BeachDemocratic2009 (appointed)Incumbent appointed January 3, 2009, upon resignation of predecessor.Incumbent elected to finish term November 3, 2009.Democratic hold.*Democratic Party (US) James Beach (Democratic) 58.1% Republican Party (US)Joseph Adolf (Republican) 41.9%https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2009/2009-official-gen-elect-state-senate-tallies-112309.pdf Candidate Returns for Special Senate Election nj.gov November 23, 2009 October 11, 2025Senate23Marcia A. KarrowRepublican2009 (appointed)Incumbent appointed February 8, 2009.Incumbent retired.Republican hold.*Republican Party (US) Michael J. Doherty (Republican) 72.0% Democratic Party (US) Harvey Baron (Democratic) 28.0% See also 2009 United States gubernatorial elections Notes References State legislative elections Category:State legislature elections in the United States by year