1974 United States State Legislature Elections | Game Wiki

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At a glance

Metric	Value
State chambers contested	48
DEM chambers	36 (+4)
FLP chambers	5 (-2)
GOP chambers	4 (+2)
FPUSA chambers	3 (-1)
DEM total seats	932
FLP total seats	628
FPUSA total seats	244
GOP total seats	69
C total seats	52

Overview

The 1974 state-senate chamber control map shifted decisively toward the Democratic Party, which now controls 36 of 48 chambers, a net gain of four. Farmer-Labor fell to five chambers (net -2), the GOP rose to four (net +2), and the Federalist Party of the United States slipped to three (net -1). The gain/loss map shows a broad Democratic expansion across the East, South, and Midwest, punctuated by two GOP gains in the West and two Farmer-Labor gains.

What Flipped

Ten chambers changed party control. Democrats were the main beneficiaries, flipping six chambers: Maryland and Tennessee from CUP, New Jersey, Mississippi, and West Virginia from Farmer-Labor, and Indiana from the Federalists. Farmer-Labor offset some losses by taking Alabama from CUP and Michigan from the Democrats. The GOP flipped Texas from Farmer-Labor and Montana from the Democrats. The three CUP-held chambers that flipped—Maryland, Alabama, and Tennessee—left CUP with no chamber control. The net changes across all parties sum to zero: Democrats +4, Farmer-Labor -2, GOP +2, Federalists -1, and CUP -3.

The National Picture

Aggregate state-senate seats nationally total 1,925. Democrats hold 932 seats, just under half, giving them the largest single but not an outright majority of all seats. Farmer-Labor holds 628, the Federalists 244, the GOP 69, and the C grouping 52. The seat-balance chart underscores the Democrats' structural advantage: 36 chambers controlled versus five for Farmer-Labor, four for the GOP, and three for the Federalists. The Democratic chamber-control margin is the widest of any party, and their net gain of four chambers came largely at the expense of Farmer-Labor and the now-chamberless CUP.

Chamber control by state

State	Controlling party	Seat split	Result
AL	FLP	FLP 22 – DEM 13	flip from CUP
AR	DEM	DEM 23 – FLP 12	hold
AZ	FLP	FLP 17 – FPUSA 8 – DEM 5	hold
CA	DEM	DEM 18 – FPUSA 12 – FLP 10	hold
CO	DEM	DEM 25 – FLP 10	hold
CT	DEM	DEM 18 – FLP 10 – C 8	hold
DE	DEM	DEM 12 – FLP 9	hold
FL	GOP	GOP 16 – DEM 15 – FLP 9	hold
GA	GOP	GOP 21 – DEM 14 – FPUSA 13 – FLP 8	hold
IA	DEM	DEM 35 – FLP 15	hold
ID	DEM	DEM 16 – FLP 10 – FPUSA 9	hold
IL	DEM	DEM 26 – FPUSA 17 – FLP 16	hold
IN	DEM	DEM 21 – FPUSA 18 – FLP 11	flip from FPUSA
KS	FPUSA	FPUSA 16 – DEM 13 – FLP 11	hold
KY	DEM	DEM 23 – FLP 15	hold
LA	FPUSA	FPUSA 16 – DEM 15 – FLP 8	hold
MA	DEM	DEM 17 – C 13 – FLP 10	hold
MD	DEM	DEM 25 – FLP 22	flip from CUP
ME	DEM	DEM 25 – FLP 10	hold
MI	FLP	FLP 20 – DEM 18	flip from DEM
MN	DEM	DEM 33 – FPUSA 23 – FLP 11	hold
MO	FLP	FLP 12 – FPUSA 12 – DEM 10	hold
MS	DEM	DEM 30 – FLP 22	flip from FLP
MT	GOP	GOP 22 – DEM 16 – FLP 12	flip from DEM
NC	DEM	DEM 29 – FLP 21	hold
ND	DEM	DEM 27 – FLP 20	hold
NE	DEM	DEM 27 – FLP 22	hold
NH	DEM	DEM 9 – FLP 8 – C 7	hold
NJ	DEM	DEM 14 – FLP 14 – FPUSA 12	flip from FLP
NM	FPUSA	FPUSA 17 – DEM 15 – FLP 10	hold
NV	DEM	DEM 11 – FLP 10	hold
NY	DEM	DEM 21 – FPUSA 15 – FLP 14 – C 11	hold
OH	DEM	DEM 20 – FPUSA 7 – FLP 6	hold
OK	DEM	DEM 27 – FLP 21	hold
OR	FLP	FLP 16 – DEM 14	hold
PA	DEM	DEM 33 – FLP 17	hold
RI	DEM	DEM 15 – C 13 – FLP 10	hold
SC	DEM	DEM 34 – FLP 12	hold
SD	DEM	DEM 20 – FLP 15	hold
TN	DEM	DEM 19 – FLP 14	flip from CUP
TX	GOP	GOP 10 – FLP 9 – DEM 7 – FPUSA 5	flip from FLP
UT	DEM	DEM 11 – FPUSA 11 – FLP 7	hold
VA	DEM	DEM 16 – FLP 12 – FPUSA 12	hold
VT	DEM	DEM 16 – FLP 14	hold
WA	DEM	DEM 36 – FLP 13	hold
WI	DEM	DEM 16 – FPUSA 10 – FLP 7	hold
WV	DEM	DEM 13 – FPUSA 11 – FLP 10	flip from FLP
WY	DEM	DEM 16 – FLP 14	hold