The 2026 United States state legislative elections will be held on November 3, 2026, for 88 state legislative chambers in 46 states. Across the fifty states, approximately 60 percent of upper house seats and 92 percent of lower house seats will be up for election. Additionally, six territorial chambers will be up in four territories and the District of Columbia. These elections will take place concurrently with other state and local elections, including gubernatorial elections in multiple states.
The 2026 state legislative elections will be held as part of the midterm elections during the second presidency of Donald Trump. Republicans had seen very modest coattails in the 2024 legislative elections, flipping a net of just over 50 seats from the Democrats and breaking Democratic trifectas in two states, but establishing no new trifectas of their own. Democrats performed very well in the 2025 elections, making substantial gains in Virginia and New Jersey and performing very well in special elections. Entering 2026, Republicans fully control 23 state governments, Democrats control 16, with 11 states under split control.
Four incumbent state legislators have switched political parties during 2026.
Regularly scheduled elections will be held in 88 of the 99 state legislative chambers in the United States. Nationwide, regularly scheduled elections will be held for 6,064 of the 7,383 legislative seats. Most legislative chambers will hold elections for all seats, but some legislative chambers that use staggered elections hold elections for only a portion of the total seats in the chamber. The chambers that are not up for election either hold regularly scheduled elections in odd-numbered years, or have four-year terms and hold all regularly scheduled elections in presidential election years.
Note that this table only covers regularly scheduled elections; additional special elections will likely take place concurrently with these regularly scheduled elections.
Regularly scheduled elections will be held in 7 of the 9 territorial legislative chambers in the United States, for 102 of the 192 territorial legislative seats; the territory of Puerto Rico does not hold legislative elections in mid-term years.
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 Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assign ratings to each chambers, with the rating indicating the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that election.
Early predictions see a slightly more competitive state legislative landscape than at this point in previous election cycles, with most of the competitive being Republican-held. Democrats hope to capitalize on a potential wave election to win control of these chambers and break Republican supermajorities in others.
Ratings are designated as follows:
All of the seats of the Alabama Legislature are up for election. Both chambers have been controlled by the Republican Party since 2011. The Senate election will take place under slightly different maps from the 2022 election after a federal judge overturned two Montgomery-area districts over vote dilution concerns. The new map includes an additional majority-Black district there.
Half of the seats of the Alaska Senate and all of the seats of the Alaska House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Both houses are controlled by coalitions of Democrats, Republicans, and independents.
All of the seats of the Arizona Legislature are up for election.
All of the seats of the Arkansas House of Representatives are up for election. 17 of the 35 seats in the Arkansas Senate are up for election.
All of the seats of the California State Assembly are up for election. 20 of the 40 seats in the California Senate are up for election.
Half of the seats of the Colorado Senate and all of the seats of the Colorado House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Democrats currently control both chambers.
All of the seats of the Connecticut State Senate and the Connecticut House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Democrats currently control both chambers.
Half of the seats of the Delaware State Senate and all of the Delaware House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Democrats currently control both chambers.
All of the seats of the Florida House of Representatives are up for election. 20 of the 40 seats in the Florida Senate are up for election.
All of the seats of the Georgia State Senate and the Georgia House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control both chambers.
Half of the seats of the Hawaii Senate and all of the seats of the Hawaii House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Democrats currently control both chambers.
All of the seats of the Idaho Senate and the Idaho House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control both chambers.
Two thirds of the seats of the Illinois Senate and all of the seats of the Illinois House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Democrats currently control both chambers.
Half of the seats of the Indiana Senate and all of the seats of the Indiana House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control both chambers. Republican President Donald Trump, governor Mike Braun, and other conservative groups, have threatened primary challenges against several members of the Indiana Senate for voting against a proposed congressional redistricting.
Half of the seats of the Iowa Senate and all of the seats of the Iowa House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control both chambers.
All of the seats of the Kansas House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control this chamber.
Half of the seats of the Kentucky Senate and all of the seats of the Kentucky House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control both chambers.
All of the seats of the Maine Senate and the Maine House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Democrats currently control both chambers.
All of the seats of the Maryland General Assembly are up for election.
All of the seats of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Democrats currently control both chambers.
All of the seats of the Michigan Senate and the Michigan House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Democrats currently control the senate, while Republicans control the house.
All of the seats of the Minnesota Senate and the Minnesota House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. DemocraticâÂÂFarmerâÂÂLaborites currently control the Senate, while the House is tied and controlled under a power-sharing agreement by both parties. Both of these compositions remained unchanged through a string of special elections held throughout 2025, including one caused by the assassination of former House Speaker Melissa Hortman.
Half of the seats of the Missouri Senate and all of the seats of the Missouri House of Representatives were up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control both chambers.
Half of the seats of the Montana Senate and all of the seats of the Montana House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. In response to a loose coalition of moderate Republicans and Democrats in the Senate, the Montana Republican Party censured nine of its members, withholding electoral support from them. Five of those Republicans are up for election in 2026.
Nebraska is the only U.S. state with a unicameral legislature; half of the seats of the Nebraska Legislature are up for election in 2026. Nebraska is also unique in that its legislature is officially non-partisan and holds non-partisan elections, although the Democratic and Republican parties each endorse legislative candidates.
Half of the seats of the Nevada Senate and all of the seats of the Nevada Assembly are up for election in 2026. Democrats currently control both chambers.
All of the seats of the New Hampshire Senate and the New Hampshire House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control both chambers.
All of the seats of the New Mexico House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Democrats currently control this chamber.
All of the seats of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly are up for election in 2026. Democrats currently control both chambers.
All of the seats of the North Carolina Senate and the North Carolina House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control both chambers.
Half of the seats of the North Dakota Senate and the North Dakota House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control both chambers.
All of the seats of the Ohio House of Representatives are up for election. 16 of the 33 seats in the Ohio Senate are up for election
Half of the seats of the Oklahoma Senate and all of the seats of the Oklahoma House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control both chambers.
Half of the seats of the Oregon State Senate and all of the seats of the Oregon House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Democrats currently control both chambers.
Half of the seats of the Pennsylvania State Senate and all of the seats of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control the upper chamber while Democrats control the lower chamber.
All of the seats of the Rhode Island Senate and the Rhode Island House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Democrats currently control both chambers.
All of the seats of the South Carolina House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control this chamber.
All of the seats of the South Dakota Senate and the South Dakota House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control both chambers.
Half of the seats of the Tennessee Senate and all of the seats of the Tennessee House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control both chambers.
Half of the seats of the Texas Senate and all of the seats of the Texas House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control both chambers.
Half of the seats of the Utah State Senate and all of the seats of the Utah House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control both chambers.
All of the seats of the Vermont Senate and the Vermont House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Democrats currently control both chambers.
Half of the seats of the Washington State Senate and all of the seats of the Washington House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Democrats currently control both chambers.
Half of the seats of the West Virginia Senate and all of the seats of the West Virginia House of Delegates are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control both chambers.
Half of the seats of the Wisconsin Senate and all of the seats of the Wisconsin State Assembly are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control both chambers, but Democrats seek to capitalize by the gains they made in 2024 after court-ordered redistricting gave them more favorable maps to run on to try to win control of the legislature for the first time since 2008.
Half of the seats of the Wyoming Senate and all of the seats of the Wyoming House of Representatives are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control both chambers.
All of the seats of the American Samoa House of Representatives were up for election. Members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms. Gubernatorial and legislative elections are conducted on a nonpartisan basis in American Samoa.
The Council of the District of Columbia serves as the legislative branch of the federal district of Washington, D.C. Half of the council seats were up for election in 2026. Council members serve four-year terms.
All of the seats of the unicameral Legislature of Guam are up for election in 2026. Republicans currently control this chamber.
A portion of the seats of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, and all of the seats of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives, are up for election in 2026. A coalition of Republicans and Independents control the senate, while a coalition of Democrats and Independents control the house.
All of the seats of the unicameral Legislature of the Virgin Islands were up for election in 2026. All members of the legislature serve a two-year term.
There are currently 74 state legislative special elections scheduled for 2026. More than half of all states have procedures for special state legislative elections.