The 1999 United States state legislative elections were held on November 2, 1999, alongside other elections. Elections were held for 7 legislative chambers in four states. Both chambers of the Northern Mariana Islands legislature were up.https://ballotpedia.org/State_legislative_elections,_1999
Democrats maintained control of the Mississippi and Louisiana legislatures, while Republicans maintained control of the lower house in New Jersey and the upper house in Virginia. Republicans had won a 1997 special election to claim a 21-19 majority in the Virginia Senate after Democrat Charles L. Waddell resigned his seat. Republicans maintained this majority in 1999, which gave them their first-ever elected majority in history. Republicans flipped the Virginia House of Delegates, which was previously tied, resulting in the first-ever Republican majority.
Additionally, in the summer of 1999, a Democratic senator died in the New Hampshire Senate and was succeeded by a Republican in a special election, switching that chamber from Democratic control to tied.
Summary table Regularly scheduled elections were held in 7 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States. Nationwide, regularly scheduled elections were held for 538 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 TermLouisiana 39 39 100 4 105 105 100 4Mississippi 52 52 100 4 122 122 100 4New Jersey 0 40 0 2/4 80 80 100 2Virginia 40 40 100 4 100 100 100 2
State summaries Louisiana
All seats of the Louisiana State Senate and the Louisiana House of Representatives were up for election to four-year terms in single-member districts. Democrats maintained control of both chambers.
+Louisiana State SenatePartyBeforeAfterChangeDemocratic2626 Republican1313Total3939 +Louisiana House of RepresentativesPartyBeforeAfterChangeDemocratic7874 4Republican 27 31 4Total105105
Mississippi
All seats of the Mississippi State Senate and the Mississippi House of Representatives were up for election to four-year terms in single-member districts. Democrats maintained control of both houses.
+Mississippi State SenatePartyBeforeAfterChangeDemocratic3434Republican 18 18Total5252 +Mississippi House of RepresentativesPartyBeforeAfterChangeDemocratic8686 Republican 33 33Independent 3 3Total122122
New Jersey
All seats of the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. Assembly members were elected to two-year terms in two-member districts. Republicans retained control.
+General AssemblyPartyBeforeAfterChangeDemocratic 32 35 3Republican4845 3Total8080
Virginia
All seats of the Senate of Virginia and the Virginia House of Delegates were up for election in single-member districts. Senators were elected to four-year terms, while delegates served terms of two years. Republicans maintained control of the Senate and flipped the House of Delegates, which was previously tied.
+Senate of VirginiaPartyBeforeAfterChangeDemocratic 19 19 Republican2121 Total4040 +Virginia House of DelegatesPartyBeforeAfterChangeRepublican 4952 3Independent11Democratic 50 47 3Total100100
Territorial and federal district summaries Northern Mariana Islands
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. Republicans maintained control of both houses.
Senate Party Before After Change Republican 8 6 2 Democratic 1 2 1Independent 0 1 1 Total 9 9 House of Representatives Party Before After Change Republican 13 11 2 Democratic 5 6 1Independent 0 1 1 Total 18 18
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