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2010 Election Note

Four states--Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia--and three Senates--Kansas, New Mexico and South Carolina--do not have legislative elections in 2010. The Nebraska legislature is unicameral and nonpartisan. Live 2010 post-election results are based on unofficial results pending certification by their respective election officials.

2010 Post-Election Party Control of State Legislatures

This map shows control of state legislatures after the Nov. 2, 2010, election. There were 6,115 seats in 46 states up for election of a total 7,382 state legislative seats.


Republican	Democratic	Divided	Nonpartisan	Undecided

New Jersey

Legislative Partisan Composition - 2010 Election Results (unofficial results)

	Total Seats	Democrat	Republican	Indep/Other	Vacant	Undecided
House	80	47	33	0	0	0
Senate	40	24	16	0	0	0

Governor - 2010 Election (unofficial results)

Party	Firstname	Lastname	Candidate	Incumbent	Winner
R	Chris	Christie

Legislative Partisan Composition - Pre-Election

	Total Seats	Democrat	Republican	Indep/Other	Vacant	Undecided
House	80	47	33	0	0	0
Senate	40	23	17	0	0	0

Governor - Pre-Election Incumbent and Candidates

Party	Firstname	Lastname	Candidate	Incumbent	Winner
R	Chris	Christie

Initiatives and Referenda (General Election) (Click on title to expand/collapse for summary)

Public Question 2		Constitutional Amendment to Dedicate Assessments on Wages by the State to the Payment of Employee Benefits
Type:	Legislative Referendum	Status:	Pass (80.3%)
Summary:	This proposed constitutional amendment prohibits the collection by the State of assessments based on employee wages and salaries for any purpose except paying employee benefits (or making other employee-authorized or federally required payments, in the case of the State’s own employees), dedicates all contributions made to the unemployment compensation fund, the State disability benefits fund, or any other employee benefit fund, and all returns on investments of those contributions, to the purpose of that fund, and prohibits the use of those contributions or returns for any other purpose. The requirements of this proposed amendment do not apply to the gross income tax, which is exclusively dedicated by the Constitution to the purpose of reducing or offsetting local property taxes.

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