1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 State legislatures election results

Every State legislatures race in the 1988 general election, state by state: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races5,224
Changed party342
Unopposed35%1,809 races
Incumbents defeated241

Chambers

ChamberRacesSeats wonChanged party
Alaska House of Representatives27D 23 · R 17—
Alaska State Senate11D 4 · R 73
Arizona House of Representatives30D 26 · R 34—
Arizona State Senate30D 13 · R 172
Arkansas House of Representatives85D 88 · R 11 · Other 1—
Arkansas State Senate19D 17 · R 2—
California State Assembly80D 47 · R 333
California State Senate20D 10 · R 101
Colorado House of Representatives65D 26 · R 397
Colorado State Senate19D 5 · R 141
Connecticut House of Representatives151D 88 · R 6312
Connecticut State Senate36D 23 · R 132
Delaware House of Representatives41D 19 · R 222
Delaware State Senate10D 6 · R 42
Florida House of Representatives120D 73 · R 476
Florida State Senate22D 12 · R 102
Georgia House of Representatives154D 143 · R 365
Georgia State Senate56D 45 · R 111
Hawaii House of Representatives51D 45 · R 65
Hawaii State Senate15D 13 · R 24
Idaho House of Representatives33D 18 · R 54—
Idaho State Senate33D 16 · R 172
Illinois House of Representatives118D 67 · R 512
Illinois State Senate39D 21 · R 18—
Indiana House of Representatives77D 50 · R 504
Indiana State Senate25D 11 · R 144
Iowa House of Representatives100D 61 · R 395
Iowa State Senate25D 15 · R 104
Kansas House of Representatives125D 58 · R 6713
Kansas State Senate40D 18 · R 226
Kentucky House of Representatives100D 72 · R 283
Kentucky State Senate19D 15 · R 41
Maine House of Representatives151D 98 · R 5316
Maine State Senate35D 20 · R 154
Massachusetts House of Representatives160D 129 · R 314
Massachusetts State Senate38D 30 · R 82
Michigan House of Representatives110D 61 · R 495
Minnesota House of Representatives134D 81 · R 5310
Missouri House of Representatives163D 105 · R 5810
Missouri State Senate17D 12 · R 51
Montana House of Representatives100D 52 · R 4813
Montana State Senate25D 11 · R 144
Nebraska Legislature27Other 27—
Nevada State Assembly42D 30 · R 123
Nevada State Senate10D 3 · R 71
New Hampshire House of Representatives175D 118 · R 28211
New Hampshire State Senate24D 8 · R 162
New Mexico House of Representatives70D 45 · R 254
New Mexico State Senate42D 26 · R 169
New York State Assembly150D 92 · R 586
New York State Senate61D 27 · R 341
North Carolina House of Representatives70D 74 · R 463
North Carolina State Senate35D 37 · R 133
North Dakota House of Representatives51D 44 · R 62—
North Dakota State Senate25D 14 · R 116
Ohio House of Representatives99D 59 · R 403
Ohio State Senate16D 3 · R 131
Oklahoma House of Representatives101D 69 · R 329
Oklahoma State Senate24D 17 · R 72
Oregon House of Representatives60D 32 · R 2811
Oregon State Senate17D 11 · R 62
Pennsylvania House of Representatives203D 104 · R 997
Pennsylvania State Senate25D 11 · R 14—
Rhode Island House of Representatives100D 83 · R 173
Rhode Island State Senate50D 41 · R 93
South Carolina House of Representatives123D 86 · R 379
South Carolina State Senate46D 35 · R 113
South Dakota House of Representatives35D 24 · R 46—
South Dakota State Senate35D 15 · R 207
Tennessee House of Representatives99D 59 · R 406
Tennessee State Senate16D 11 · R 51
Texas House of Representatives150D 93 · R 577
Texas State Senate15D 10 · R 52
Utah House of Representatives75D 28 · R 479
Utah State Senate14D 4 · R 102
Vermont House of Representatives87D 66 · R 697
Vermont State Senate13D 16 · R 14—
Washington House of Representatives98D 63 · R 358
Washington State Senate25D 11 · R 145
West Virginia House of Delegates40D 80 · R 201
West Virginia State Senate16D 16 · R 15
Wisconsin State Assembly99D 56 · R 436
Wisconsin State Senate17D 12 · R 51
Wyoming House of Representatives23D 23 · R 411
Wyoming State Senate12D 5 · R 101

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner