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Nebraska is the only U.S. state with a unicameral legislature; half of the seats of the Nebraska Legislature were up for election in 2024. 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.
The 2023 United States state legislative elections were held on November 7, 2023, for eight state legislative chambers in four states. [1] These off-year elections coincided with other state and local elections, including gubernatorial elections in three states. Special elections were held throughout the year in several states.
This is a list of political parties in the United States, both past and present. The list does not include independents. Not all states allow the public to access voter registration data. Therefore, voter registration data should not be taken as the correct value and should be viewed as an underestimate.
Candidates elected as state senators serve 4-year terms and candidates elected as state representatives serve 2-year terms. Those elected Nov. 5 will be sworn in on Jan. 2025, when the Legislature ...
The 2022 United States state legislative elections were held on November 8, 2022, for 88 state legislative chambers in 46 states. [1] Across the fifty states , approximately 56 percent of all upper house seats and 92 percent of all lower house seats were up for election.
The 2025 United States state legislative elections will be held on November 4, 2025, for 2 state legislative chambers in 2 states. Across the fifty states , 3 percent of all lower house seats will be up for election, with no upper house having regularly scheduled elections.
Each state in the United States has a legislature as part of its form of civil government. Most of the fundamental details of the legislature are specified in the state constitution . With the exception of Nebraska, all state legislatures are bicameral bodies, composed of a lower house (Assembly, General Assembly, State Assembly, House of ...
This is a list of notable performances of third party and independent candidates in elections to the state legislatures.It is rare for candidates, other than those of the six parties which have succeeded as major parties (Federalist Party, Democratic-Republican Party, National Republican Party, Democratic Party, Whig Party, Republican Party), to take large shares of the vote in elections.