The 2022 United States state legislative elections were held on November 8, 2022 for 88 state legislative chambers in 46 states. Across the

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, approximately 56 percent of all

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seats and 92 percent of all

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seats were up for election. These

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coincided with other state and local elections, including gubernatorial elections in multiple states. Prior to the elections, Democrats hold 14 trifectas (control of the governor's office and legislative chambers), Republicans hold 23 trifectas, and 13 states have a divided government. These were the first elections affected by the 2020 redistricting cycle, which reapportioned state legislatures based on data from the

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. This is the first midterm election since

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in which the party of the incumbent president did not lose any state legislative chambers to the opposition. The Democrats flipped the

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, and

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from Republican control, and established a

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in the

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. Partisan control of the

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remains unknown as of , pending the organization of a majority caucus.

Election predictions

Several sites and individuals publish predictions of competitive chambers. These predictions look at factors such as the strength of the party, the strength of the candidates, and the partisan leanings of the state (reflected in part by the state's

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rating). The predictions assign ratings to each chambers, with the rating indicating the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that election. Most election predictors use: * "tossup": no advantage * "tilt" (used by some predictors): advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean" * "lean": slight advantage * "likely": significant, but surmountable, advantage * "safe" or "solid": near-certain chance of victory

State summaries

Alabama

All of the seats of the

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and the

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are up for election to four-year terms in 2022. Republicans currently control both chambers.

Alaska

Nineteen of the twenty seats of the

and all of the seats of the

are up for election in 2022. The upper house is controlled by Republicans, while the lower house is controlled by a coalition of Democrats, Republicans, and independents.

Arizona

All of the seats of the

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and the

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are up for election in 2022. Republicans currently control both chambers.

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Special elections

Various states held special elections for legislative districts throughout the year.