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2009 United States state legislative elections

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. 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
0	40	0	2/4	80	80	100	4
0	40	0	4	100	100	100	2

All seats of the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. Assembly members were elected to two-year terms in two-member districts. Democrats retained majority control, albeit a slightly reduced one.

Party	Before	After	Change
Democratic	48	47	1
Republican	31	32	1
Total	80	80

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.

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.

Party	Before	After	Change
Republican	12	9	3
Democratic	1	0	1
Independents	3	4	1
Covenant Party	4	7	3
Total	20	20

Party	Before	After	Change
Republican	3	5	2
Coalition	6	0	6
Independents	0	4	4
Total	9	9

District	Incumbent	This race
James Beach	Democratic	2009 (appointed)	Incumbent appointed January 3, 2009, upon resignation of predecessor.Incumbent elected to finish term November 3, 2009.Democratic hold.	.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}
▌Y James Beach (Democratic) 58.1%
▌Joseph Adolf (Republican) 41.9%
Marcia A. Karrow	Republican	2009 (appointed)	Incumbent appointed February 8, 2009.Incumbent retired.Republican hold.	▌Y Michael J. Doherty (Republican) 72.0%
▌ Harvey Baron (Democratic) 28.0%

2009 United States gubernatorial elections

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