Английская Википедия:2015 United States state legislative elections

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The 2015 United States state legislative elections were held on November 3, 2015. 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.

Republicans maintained control of both chambers of the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Virginia legislatures, while Democrats maintained control of the New Jersey General Assembly. This is the last time no state legislative chambers changed partisan control.

Summary table

Regularly scheduled elections were held in 7 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States. Nationwide, regularly scheduled elections were held for 538 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	Term
Louisiana	39	39	100	4	105	105	100	4
Mississippi	52	52	100	4	122	122	100	4
New Jersey	0	40	0	2/4Шаблон:Efn	80	80	100	2
Virginia	40	40	100	4	100	100	100	2

State summaries

Louisiana

Шаблон:Main All seats of the Louisiana State Senate and the Louisiana House of Representatives were up for election to four-year terms in single-member districts. Republicans retained majority control in both chambers.

Louisiana State Senate

Party		Leader	Before	After	Change
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color;" |	Republican	John Alario	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 26	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 25	Шаблон:Loss 1
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color;" |	Democratic	Eric LaFleur	14	12	Шаблон:Gain 1
Total			39	39	Шаблон:Steady

Louisiana House of Representatives

Party		Leader	Before	After	Change
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color;" |	Republican	Chuck Kleckley	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 58	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 61	Шаблон:Gain 3
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color;" |	Democratic	Gene Reynolds	43	42	Шаблон:Loss 1
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color;" |	Independent		2	2	Шаблон:Steady
Total			105	105	Шаблон:Steady

Mississippi

Шаблон:Main All seats of the Mississippi State Senate and the Mississippi House of Representatives were up for election to four-year terms in single-member districts. Republicans retained majority control in both chambers.

Mississippi State Senate

Party		Leader	Before	After	Change
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color;" |	Republican	Giles Ward	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 32	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 32	Шаблон:Steady
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color;" |	Democratic	Steve Hale	20	20	Шаблон:Steady
Total			52	52	Шаблон:Steady

Mississippi House of Representatives

Party		Leader	Before	After	Change
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color;" |	Republican	Philip Gunn	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 67	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 73	Шаблон:Gain 6
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color;" |	Democratic	Robert Moak	54	49	Шаблон:Loss 5
Total			122	122	Шаблон:Steady

New Jersey

Шаблон:Main All seats of the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election to two-year terms in coterminous two-member districts. The New Jersey Senate did not hold regularly-scheduled elections. Democrats maintained majority control in the lower house.

New Jersey General Assembly

Party		Leader	Before	After	Change
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color;" |	Democratic	Vincent Prieto	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 48	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 52	Шаблон:Gain 4
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color;" |	Republican	Jon Bramnick	32	28	Шаблон:Loss 4
Total			80	80	Шаблон:Steady

Virginia

Шаблон:Main All seats of the Senate of Virginia and the Virginia House of Delegates were up for election in single-member districts. Senators were elected to four-year terms, while delegates serve terms of two years. Republicans maintained control of both legislative chambers.

Senate of Virginia

Party		Leader	Before	After	Change
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color;" |	Democratic	Dick Saslaw	19	19	Шаблон:Steady
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color;" |	Republican	Tommy Norment	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 21	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 21	Шаблон:Steady
Total			40	40	Шаблон:Steady

Virginia House of Delegates

Party		Leader	Before	After	Change
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color;" |	Democratic	David Toscano	33	34	Шаблон:Gain 1
style="background-color:Шаблон:Party color;" |	Republican	William J. Howell	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 67	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican | 66	Шаблон:Loss 1
Total			100	100	Шаблон:Steady

See also

• 2015 United States gubernatorial elections