| Election Name: | 2009 United States state legislative elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2008 United States state legislative elections |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2010 United States state legislative elections |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
| Seats For Election: | 2 legislative chambers 2 states |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2009 |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| 1Data1: | 61 |
| 2Data1: | 61 |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| 1Data2: | 37 |
| 2Data2: | 37 |
| 1Blank: | Chambers before |
| 2Blank: | Chambers after |
| 3Blank: | Overall change |
| Map Size: | 320px |
| Colour3: | d9b2d9 |
| Party3: | Coalition |
| 1Data3: | 1 |
| 2Data3: | 1 |
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.[1] 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. This remains the last time Democrats won more state legislative chambers and seats than Republicans.
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 | Term | ||
| New Jersey | 0 | 40 | 0 | 2/4 | 80 | 80 | 100 | 4 | |
| Virginia | 0 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 2 | |
See main article: 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.[2] Democrats retained majority control, albeit a slightly reduced one.[3] [4]
| +colspan=6 | General Assembly | |||||
| Party | Before | After | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 48 | 47 | 1 | |||
| Republican | 31 | 32 | 1 | |||
| Total | 80 | 80 | ||||
See main article: 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.[5]
| +colspan=6 | House of Delegates | |||||
| Party | Before | After | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 53 | 59 | 6 | |||
| Democratic | 45 | 39 | 6 | |||
| Independents | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 100 | 100 | ||||
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.
| +colspan=6 | House of Representatives | |||||
| Party | Before | After | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 12 | 9 | 3 | |||
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Independents | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Covenant Party | 4 | 7 | 3 | |||
| Total | 20 | 20 | ||||
| +colspan=6 | Senate | ||||
| Party | Before | After | Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Coalition | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Independents | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Total | 10 | 10 | |||