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1998 Pre-Election Turnover
October 22, 1998
Legislatures typically average around 20% turnover every election and that figure may be up slightly in 1998. By adding together incumbents seeking not to run and incumbents defeated in primaries, there is already 16% turnover in legislatures before election day 1998. In 1996, pre-election turnover was only 12%. Pre-election turnover in state Senates is 13% and in state Houses, it is 17%. The highest turnover is in states where term limits are taking effect for the first time. The Michigan House leads the way with 58% pre-election turnover. It is 54% in the Arkansas House, 43% in the Oregon House, 37% in the Colorado House, and 28% in the California Senate.
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STATE |
Number of Senate Seats |
Senate Pre-election Turnover |
Senate Percent Turnover Pre-election1998 |
Number of House Seats |
House Pre-election Turnover |
House Percent Turnover Pre-election1998 |
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Alabama |
35 |
6 |
17% |
105 |
14 |
13% |
|
Alaska |
20 |
3 |
15% |
40 |
8 |
20% |
|
Arizona |
30 |
6 |
20% |
60 |
13 |
22% |
|
Arkansas |
35 |
3 |
9% |
100 |
54 |
54% |
|
California |
40 |
11 |
28% |
80 |
25 |
31% |
|
Colorado |
35 |
11 |
31% |
65 |
24 |
37% |
|
Connecticut |
36 |
3 |
8% |
151 |
16 |
11% |
|
Delaware |
21 |
2 |
10% |
41 |
4 |
10% |
|
Florida |
40 |
5 |
13% |
120 |
23 |
19% |
|
Georgia |
56 |
14 |
25% |
180 |
26 |
14% |
|
Hawaii |
25 |
6 |
24% |
51 |
4 |
8% |
|
Idaho |
35 |
2 |
6% |
70 |
8 |
11% |
|
Illinois |
59 |
5 |
8% |
118 |
13 |
11% |
|
Indiana |
50 |
2 |
4% |
100 |
10 |
10% |
|
Iowa |
50 |
5 |
10% |
100 |
12 |
12% |
|
Kansas |
40 |
2 |
5% |
125 |
15 |
12% |
|
Kentucky |
38 |
7 |
18% |
100 |
14 |
14% |
|
Louisiana |
39 |
N/A |
|
105 |
N/A |
|
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Maine |
35 |
4 |
11% |
151 |
35 |
23% |
|
Maryland |
47 |
4 |
9% |
141 |
20 |
14% |
|
Massachusetts |
40 |
5 |
13% |
160 |
18 |
11% |
|
Michigan |
38 |
7 |
18% |
110 |
64 |
58% |
|
Minnesota |
67 |
N/A |
|
134 |
8 |
6% |
|
Mississippi |
52 |
N/A |
|
122 |
N/A |
|
|
Missouri |
34 |
1 |
3% |
163 |
18 |
11% |
|
Montana |
50 |
10 |
20% |
100 |
28 |
28% |
|
Nebraska |
49 |
6 |
12% |
N/A |
|
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Nevada |
21 |
2 |
10% |
42 |
9 |
21% |
|
New Hampshire |
24 |
6 |
25% |
400 |
93 |
23% |
|
New Jersey |
40 |
N/A |
|
80 |
N/A |
|
|
New Mexico |
42 |
N/A |
|
70 |
16 |
23% |
|
New York |
61 |
9 |
15% |
150 |
18 |
12% |
|
North Carolina |
50 |
3 |
6% |
120 |
10 |
8% |
|
North Dakota |
49 |
7 |
14% |
98 |
16 |
16% |
|
Ohio |
33 |
5 |
15% |
99 |
14 |
14% |
|
Oklahoma |
48 |
4 |
8% |
101 |
10 |
10% |
|
Oregon |
30 |
6 |
20% |
60 |
26 |
43% |
|
Pennsylvania |
50 |
4 |
8% |
203 |
14 |
7% |
|
Rhode Island |
50 |
4 |
8% |
100 |
13 |
13% |
|
South Carolina |
46 |
N/A |
|
124 |
7 |
6% |
|
South Dakota |
35 |
4 |
11% |
70 |
17 |
24% |
|
Tennessee |
33 |
2 |
6% |
99 |
9 |
9% |
|
Texas |
31 |
1 |
3% |
150 |
23 |
15% |
|
Utah |
29 |
7 |
24% |
75 |
12 |
16% |
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Vermont |
30 |
3 |
10% |
150 |
16 |
11% |
|
Virginia |
40 |
N/A |
|
100 |
N/A |
|
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Washington |
49 |
2 |
4% |
98 |
12 |
12% |
|
West Virginia |
34 |
3 |
9% |
100 |
4 |
4% |
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Wisconsin |
33 |
3 |
9% |
99 |
18 |
18% |
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Wyoming |
30 |
6 |
20% |
60 |
13 |
22% |
For more information on Turnover - contact Tim Storey elections-info@ncsl.org.
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