Alabama Senate Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Alabama Reps. Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
1998 12 23 0 3 5 8 22.86% 1998 36 69 0 20 30 50 47.62%
2002 10 25 0 7 8 15 42.86% 2002 41 64 0 21 31 52 49.52%
2 -2 0 -4 -3 -7 -20.00% -5 5 0 -1 -1 -2 -1.90%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Alska Senate98 6 4 0 4 0 4 40.00% Alska Reps. 98 25 15 0 7 8 15 37.50%
Alska Senate02 10 6 1 4 0 4 25.00% Alska Reps. 02 27 13 0 15 5 20 48.78%
-4 -2 -1 0 0 0 15.00% -2 2 0 -8 3 -5 -11.28%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Az. Senate 98 17 13 0 11 9 20 66.67% Az. Rep. 98 40 20 0 18 11 29 48.33%
Az. Senate 02 17 13 0 7 11 18 60.00% Az. Rep. 02 39 21 0 15 12 27 45.00%
0 0 0 4 -2 2 6.67% 1 -1 0 3 -1 2 3.33%
Arkansas Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Arkansas Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Senate 98 5 13 0 3 8 11 61.11% House 98 25 75 0 7 47 54 53.47%
Senate 02 8 27 0 4 19 23 65.71% House 02 32 68 0 16 52 68 68.00%
-3 -14 0 -1 -11 -12 -4.60% -7 7 0 -9 -5 -14 -14.53%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps Unopposed Dems Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps Unopposed Dems Total Unopposed
Calif. Senate98 5 15 0 1 1 2 10.00% Calif. House 98 32 48 0 3 3 6 7.50%
Calif. Senate02 6 14 0 2 4 6 30.00% Calif. House 02 32 48 0 0 8 8 10.00%
-1 1 0 -1 -3 -4 -20.00% 0 0 0 3 -5 -2 -2.50%
Colorado Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Colorado Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Senate 98 10 7 0 2 1 3 30.00% House 98 38 27 0 9 7 16 42.11%
Senate 02 10 7 0 3 2 5 29.41% House 02 37 28 0 13 7 20 31.25%
0 0 0 -1 -1 -2 0.59% 1 -1 0 -4 0 -4 10.86%
 
Connecticut Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Connecticut Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Senate 98 18 18 0 3 4 7 19.44% House 98 54 96 0 22 19 41 27.33%
Senate 02 15 21 0 4 4 8 22.22% House 02 57 94 0 26 25 51 33.77%
3 -3 0 -1 0 -1 -2.78% -3 2 0 -4 -6 -10 -6.44%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Del. Senate 98 6 4 0 2 2 4 40.00% Del. House 98 26 15 0 18 7 25 60.98%
Del. Senate 02 8 13 0 3 6 9 42.86% Del. House 02 29 12 0 13 8 21 51.22%
-2 -9 0 -1 -4 -5 -2.86% -3 3 0 5 -1 4 9.76%
Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
F. Senate 98 12 8 0 8 5 13 65.00% F. Rep. 98 70 47 0 44 28 72 58.12%
F. Senate 02 26 14 0 17 9 26 65.00% F. Rep. 02 81 39 0 50 27 77 64.17%
-14 -6 0 -9 -4 -13 0.00% -11 8 0 -6 1 -5 -6.05%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Ga. Senate 98 23 32 0 12 17 29 Ga. Reps. 98 78 102 0 53 53 106 58.89% q47/
Ga. Senate 02 26 30 0 14 15 29 Ga. Reps. 02 73 107 1 48 59 107 59.12%
-3 2 0 -2 2 0 5 -5 -1 5 -6 -1 -0.23%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Ha. Senate 90 3 22 0 2 18 20 80.00% Ha. Rep. 98 12 39 0 0 1 1 1.96%
Ha. Senate 02 5 20 0 0 10 10 40.00% Ha. Rep. 02 15 36 0 2 4 6 11.76%
-2 2 0 2 8 10 40.00% -3 3 0 -2 -3 -5 -9.80%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Idaho Sen. 98 31 4 0 20 2 22 62.86% Idaho Reps. 98 58 12 0 38 4 42 60.00%
Idaho Sen. 02 28 7 0 8 0 8 22.86% Idaho Reps. 02 54 16 0 18 4 22 31.43%
3 -3 0 12 2 14 40.00% 4 -4 0 20 0 20 28.57%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps Unopposed Dems Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps Unopposed Dems Total Unopposed
Ill. Senate 98 23 18 0 11 8 19 46.34% Ill. House 98 56 62 0 27 32 59 50.00%
Ill. Senate 02 26 32 0 10 18 28 48.28% Ill. House 02 51 66 0 21 24 45 38.46%
-3 -14 0 1 -10 -9 -1.93% 5 -4 0 6 8 14 11.54%
Indiana Senate Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Indiana House Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
1998 15 10 0 10 4 14 56.00% 1998 47 53 0 22 18 40 40.00%
2002 15 10 0 10 4 14 56.00% 2002 50 50 0 33 18 51 51.00%
0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% -3 3 0 -11 0 -11 -11.00%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Iowa Senate 98 14 11 0 7 2 9 36.00% Iowa Reps. 98 56 44 0 15 19 34 34.00%
Iowa Senate 02 19 15 0 5 5 10 29.41% Iowa Reps. 02 54 46 0 20 18 38 38.00%
-5 -4 0 2 -3 -1 6.59% 2 -2 0 -5 1 -4 -4.00%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
0 0 0 0 0 0 Kan. Reps. 98 77 48 0 38 24 62 49.60%
0 0 0 0 0 0 Kan. Reps. 02 80 45 0 44 26 70 56.00%
0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 3 0 -6 -2 -8 -6.40%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Ky. Senate 98 10 10 0 1 3 4 20.00% Ky. Rep. 98 34 66 0 14 36 50 50.00%
Ky. Senate 02 13 6 0 6 1 7 36.84% Ky. Rep. 02 35 65 0 20 47 67 67.00%
-3 4 0 -5 2 -3 -16.84% -1 1 0 -6 -11 -17 -17.00%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Maine Senate 98 14 20 1 1 5 6 17.65% Maine House 98 71 79 1 13 22 35 23.18%
Maine Senate 02 17 18 0 3 1 4 11.11% Maine House 02 66 81 4 8 14 22 14.97%
-3 2 1 -2 4 2 6.54% 5 -2 -3 5 8 13 8.21%
Md. Senate Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Md. Assembly Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
1998 15 32 0 4 13 17 36.17% 1998 35 106 0 10 42 52 36.88%
2002 14 33 0 3 13 16 34.04% 2002 44 97 0 7 40 47 33.33%
1 -1 0 1 0 1 2.13% -9 9 0 3 2 5 3.55%
Mass. Senate Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Mass. House Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
1998 7 33 0 5 21 26 65.00% 1998 28 131 0 16 97 113 71.25% [1 unenrolled/unopposed]
2002 6 34 0 3 24 27 67.50% 2002 22 137 1 12 95 108 67.50%  
1 -1 0 2 -3 -1 -2.50% 6 -6 -1 4 2 5 3.75%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps Unopposed Dems Total Unopposed Legislature Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps Unopposed Dems Total Unopposed
Mich. Senate 98 23 15 0 0 0 0 0.00% Mich. House98 58 52 0 0 1 1 0.91%
Mich. Seante 02 20 18 0 0 0 0 0.00% Mich. House02 62 48 0 1 0 1 0.91%
3 -3 0 0 0 0 0.00% -4 4 0 -1 1 0 0.00%
   
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Minn. Senate 98 21 46 0 0 3 3 Minn. Rep. 98 72 62 0 32 41 73 54.48%
Minn. Senate 02 31 35 1 1 1 2 Minn. Rep. 02 82 52 0 3 5 8 5.97%
-10 11 -1 -1 2 1 -10 10 0 29 36 65 48.51%
Missouri Senate Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Missouri House Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
1998 9 8 0 1 1 2 11.76% 1998 76 87 0 28 42 70 42.94%
2002 12 5 0 2 3 5 29.41% 2002 90 73 0 30 16 46 28.22%
-3 3 0 -1 -2 -3 -17.65% -14 14 0 -2 26 24 14.72%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Mont. Senate 98 16 10 0 9 5 14 53.85% Mont. House 98 59 41 0 26 17 43 43.00%
Mont. Senate 02 14 11 0 5 2 7 28.00% Mont. House 02 55 45 0 12 13 25 25.00%
2 -1 0 4 3 7 25.85% 4 -4 0 14 4 18 18.00%
 
Legislature Non-partisan Legislature Independent Unopposed Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Nebraska 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 28.00%
Nebraska 02 0 0 0 0 0 0 42.86%
0 0 0 0 0 0 -14.86%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Nev. Sen. 98 7 4 0 4 0 4 36.36% Nev. Ass 98 14 28 0 5 2 7 16.67%
Nev. Sen. 02 6 4 0 1 2 3 30.00% Nev. Ass 02 19 23 0 5 5 10 23.81%
1 0 0 3 -2 1 6.36% -5 5 0 0 -3 -3 -7.14%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
NH Senate 98 11 13 0 1 0 1 4.17% NH House 98 245 155 0 107 53 160 40.00%
NH Senate 02 18 6 0 1 0 1 4.17% NH House 02 282 118 0 69 22 91 22.75%
-7 7 0 0 0 0 0.00% -37 37 0 38 31 69 17.25%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
NMex. Senate 88 16 26 0 6 9 15 35.71% N.Mex. Reps 98 30 40 0 11 28 39 55.71%
NMex. Senate 84 21 21 0 2 8 10 23.81% N.Mex. Reps 02 28 42 0 11 26 37 52.86%
-5 5 0 4 1 5 11.90% 2 -2 0 0 2 2 2.86%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps Unopposed Dems Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps Unopposed Dems Total Unopposed
NY Senate 98 35 26 0 11 5 16 26.23% NY Assembly 98 52 98 0 16 18 34 22.67%
NY Senate 02 37 25 0 16 5 21 33.87% NY Assembly 02 48 102 0 13 32 45 30.00%
-2 1 0 -5 0 -5 -7.64% 4 -4 0 3 -14 -11 -7.33%
NC Senate Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed NC House Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
1998 14 36 0 9 9 18 36.00% 1998 54 66 0 25 31 56 46.67%
2002 22 28 0 5 6 11 22.00% 2002 62 58 0 31 26 57 47.50%
-8 8 0 4 3 7 14.00% -8 8 0 -6 5 -1 -0.83%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
ND Senate 98 18 8 0 3 1 4 15.38% ND Reps. 98 67 31 0 9 6 15 15.31%
ND Senate 02 16 8 0 1 2 3 12.50% ND Reps. 02 34 14 0 4 2 6 12.50%
2 0 0 2 -1 1 2.88% 33 17 0 5 4 9 2.81%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps Unopposed Dems Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps Unopposed Dems Total Unopposed
Ohio Senate 98 9 9 0 0 1 1 5.56% Ohio House 98 59 40 0 7 4 11 11.11%
Ohio Senate 02 9 8 0 1 1 2 11.76% Ohio House 02 62 37 0 12 4 16 16.16%
0 1 0 -1 0 -1 -6.21% -3 3 0 -5 0 -5 -5.05%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Ok. Senate 98 6 15 0 2 4 6 28.57% Ok. Rep. 98 40 61 0 19 28 47 46.53%
Ok. Senate 02 8 16 0 3 8 11 45.83% Ok. Rep. 02 48 53 0 28 24 52 51.49%
-2 -1 0 -1 -4 -5 -17.26% -8 8 0 -9 4 -5 -4.95%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Or. Senate 98 9 6 0 2 2 4 26.67% Or. Reps. 98 34 25 0 8 8 16 26.67%
Or. Senate 02 5 10 0 0 1 1 6.67% Or. Reps. 02 35 25 0 3 12 15 25.00%
4 -4 0 2 1 3 20.00% -1 0 0 5 -4 1 1.67%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps Unopposed Dems Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps Unopposed Dems Total Unopposed
Pa. Senate 98 15 10 0 3 5 8 32.00% Pa. House 98 103 100 0 53 31 84 41.38%
Pa. Senate 02 16 9 0 4 2 6 24.00% Pa. House 02 111 92 0 42 41 83 40.89%
-1 1 0 -1 3 2 8.00% -8 8 0 11 -10 1 0.49%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
RI Senate 98 8 42 0 5 30 35 70.00% RI House 98 13 86 1 3 65 68 68.00%
RI Senate 02 6 32 0 2 13 15 39.47% RI House 02 11 63 1 6 35 41 54.67%
2 10 0 3 17 20 30.53% 2 23 -3 30 27 13.33%
            South Carolina Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
  0 0 0 0 0 0 1998 68 56 0 53 36 89 71.77%
0 0 0 0 0 0 2002 73 51 0 52 38 90 72.58%
0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 5 0 1 -2 -1 -0.81%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
SD Senate 98 22 13 0 9 3 12 34.29% SD House 98 51 19 0 21 6 27 38.57%
SD Senate 02 25 10 0 15 2 17 48.57% SD House 02 49 21 0 22 1 23 32.86%
-3 3 0 -6 1 -5 -14.29% 2 -2 0 -1 5 4 5.71%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Tenn. Senate 98 11 6 1 5 4 9 52.94% Tenn. Rep. 98 40 59 0 27 36 63 63.64%
Tenn. Senate 02 10 7 0 3 3 6 35.29% Tenn. Rep. 02 45 54 0 25 20 45 45.45%
1 -1 1 2 1 3 17.65% -5 5 0 2 16 18 18.18%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps Unopposed Dems Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps Unopposed Dems Total Unopposed
Tx. Senate 98 9 7 0 5 5 10 62.50% Tx. House 98 72 78 0 52 45 97 64.67%
Tx. Senate 02 19 12 0 10 9 19 61.29% Tx. House 02 86 64 0 44 37 81 54.00%
-10 -5 0 -5 -4 -9 1.21% -14 14 0 8 8 16 10.67%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Utah Sen. 98 8 7 0 1 2 3 20.00% Utah Rep. 98 54 21 0 17 3 20 26.67%
Utah Sen. 02 10 6 0 5 1 6 37.50% Utah Rep. 02 54 21 0 27 1 28 37.33%
-2 1 0 -4 1 -3 -17.50% 0 0 0 -10 2 -8 -10.67%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Unopposed Inds. Total Unopposed
Vt. Senate 98 13 17 0 3 1 4 13.33% Vermont House98 66 79 5 26 22 3 51 34.00%
Vt. Senate 02 11 19 0 4 1 5 16.67% Vermont House02 73 70 7 33 25 1 59 38.67%
2 -2 0 -1 0 -1 -3.33% -7 9 -2 -7 -3 2 -8 -4.67%
Wash. Senate Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Washington Reps. Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
1998 11 13 0 2 5 7 29.17% 1998 50 48 0 15 15 30 30.61%
2002 12 12 0 6 7 13 54.17% 2002 45 53 0 17 12 29 29.59%
-1 1 0 -4 -2 -6 -25.00% 5 -5 0 -2 3 1 1.02%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
W.Va. Sen. 98 2 15 0 0 4 4 23.53% W.Va. House 98 25 75 0 6 43 49 49.00%
W.Va. Sen. 02 6 11 0 0 5 5 29.41% W.Va. House 02 32 68 0 5 30 35 35.00%
-4 4 0 0 -1 -1 -5.88% -7 7 0 1 13 14 14.00%
WisconsinSenate Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Wisconsin House Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
1998 8 9 0 2 2 4 23.53% 1998 55 44 0 26 17 43 43.43%
2002 11 6 0 2 3 5 29.41% 2002 59 40 0 29 23 52 52.53%
-3 3 0 0 -1 -1 -5.88% -4 4 0 -3 -6 -9 -9.09%
Legislature Republicans Democrats Independents Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed Republicans Democrats Independent Unopposed Reps. Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Wy. Senate 98 10 5 0 9 0 9 60.00% Wy. Rep. 98 43 15 0 26 5 31 53.45%
Wy. Senate 02 10 5 0 9 2 11 73.33% Wy. Rep. 02 45 15 0 27 4 31 51.67%
0 0 0 0 -2 -2 -13.33% -2 0 0 -1 1 0 1.78%
Total 98 557 663 2 202 229 431 35.27% 2398 2620 7 1012 1111 2126 42.31%
Total 02 634 669 2 211 241 452 34.64% 2509 2435 14 953 978 1933 38.99%
-77 -6 0 -9 -12 -21 0.63% -111 185 -7 53 144 188 3.32%
Legislature Non-partisan Legislature Independent Unopposed Unopposed Dems. Total Unopposed
Nebraska 98 25 0 0 7 0 7 28.00%
Nebraska 02 28 0 0 12 0 12 42.86%
-3 0 0 -5 0 -5 -14.86%
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