| Election Name: | 2013 United States state legislative elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2012 United States state legislative elections |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Next Election: | 2014 United States state legislative elections |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Seats For Election: | 3 legislative chambers 2 states |
| Election Date: | November 5, 2013 |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| 1Data1: | 58 |
| 2Data1: | 58 |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| 1Data2: | 39 |
| 2Data2: | 39 |
| 1Blank: | Chambers before |
| 2Blank: | Chambers after |
| 3Blank: | Overall change |
| Map Size: | 320px |
| Map2 Image: | US2013statelowerhouses.svg |
| Map2 Size: | 320px |
| Map2 Caption: | Map of lower house elections: |
| Colour3: | d9b2d9 |
| Party3: | Coalition |
| 1Data3: | 2 |
| 2Data3: | 2 |
The 2013 United States state legislative elections were held on November 5, 2013. Three 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]
Legislative elections were held for the New Jersey Senate, New Jersey General Assembly, and the Virginia House of Delegates. In New Jersey, Democrats retained control of their majorities in the Senate and General Assembly.[2] Republicans held a majority in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Regularly-scheduled elections were held in 3 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States. Nationwide, regularly-scheduled elections were held for 220 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: 2013 New Jersey General Assembly election and 2013 New Jersey Senate election.
All seats of the New Jersey Senate and the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. Senators were elected to four-year terms in single-member districts, while Assembly members were elected to two-year terms in two-member districts.[3] Democrats retained majority control in both chambers.
| +colspan=6 | Senate | ||||||
| Party | Leader | Before | After | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Stephen Sweeney | 24 | 24 | ||||
| Republican | Thomas Kean Jr. | 16 | 16 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 40 | |||||
| +colspan=6 | General Assembly | ||||||
| Party | Leader | Before | After | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Sheila Oliver | 48 | 48 | ||||
| Republican | Jon Bramnick | 32 | 32 | ||||
| Total | 80 | 80 | |||||
See main article: 2013 Virginia House of Delegates election. All seats of the Virginia House of Delegates are up for election; the Virginia Senate will not hold regularly scheduled elections in 2013. Delegates are elected to two-year terms in single-member districts. Republicans maintained a majority.
| +colspan=6 | House of Delegates | ||||||
| Party | Leader | Before | After | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | William J. Howell | 67 | 67 | ||||
| Independent | Lacey Putney | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Democratic | David Toscano | 32 | 33 | 1 | |||
| Total | 100 | 100 | |||||