All you smart mouth democrats take a look and I will supply the crying towels. 2012 will be even better for Republicans. All from Ballotpedia.
"Incumbents in both parties dominated the polls. Early analysis shows that 96.6 percent of incumbents who ran November 8 won re-election. Out of the 353 incumbents who ran, only 14 - 11 Democrats and 3 Republicans - were defeated.
170 incumbents faced no major party opposition, all but guaranteeing them re-election.
Incumbents defeated in 2011 legislative elections |
Party | Senate | House | Total |
Democratic | 4 | 7 | 11 |
Republican | 0 | 3 | 3 |
TOTALS | 4 | 10 | 14 |
The numbers tell a more nuanced story when looking at seats where an incumbent did not run. Unofficial results are that of the 84 open seats, Republicans won 62 (73.8%) of them. In
2010, Republicans won 61.9% of the
open seat races.
Open Seat Winners in 2011 legislative elections |
Party | Senate | House | Total |
Democratic | 8 | 14 | 22 |
Republican | 23 | 39 | 62 |
TOTALS | 31 | 53 | 84 |
A total of 108 new legislators will be welcomed into state chambers. Republicans again dominated, electing 79 new legislators to Democrats' 29.
New Legislators after the 2011 legislative elections |
Party | Senate | House | Total |
Democratic | 7 | 22 | 29 |
Republican | 26 | 53 | 79 |
TOTALS | 33 | 75 | 108 |
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