2007 State Elections

Five states had statewide elections this year. These states held elections for the following offices:

Kentucky Governor Lt. Governor Secretary of State Attorney General	Louisiana Governor Lt. Governor Secretary of State Attorney General State Senate State House	Mississippi Governor Lt. Governor Secretary of State Attorney General State Senate State House	New Jersey State Senate State House	Virginia State Senate State House

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A yellow background indicates the winner or the party with majority.

Kentucky

Executive

Office	Republican candidate	Democratic candidate
Governor (Governor and Lt. Governor run together as a ticket)	Ernie Fletcher (incumbent) with Robbie Rudolph for Lt. Governor	Steve Beshear with Dan Mongiardo for Lt. Governor
Secretary of State	C.M. "Trey" Grayson (incumbent)	S. Bruce Hendrickson
Attorney General	Stan Lee	Jack Conway

Louisiana

Open elections were held on October 20, 2007. In races where no candidate received a majority, a runoff election will be held on November 17, 2007.

Executive

Office	Republican candidate	Democratic candidate
Governor	Bobby Jindal	Jindal won the open election on 10/20/07.
Lt. Governor	Landrieu won the open election on 10/20/07.	Mitch Landrieu
Secretary of State	Jay Dardenne	Dardenne won the open election on 10/20/07.
Attorney General	Royal Alexander	James "Buddy" Caldwell

Legislative

	Republican seats		Democratic seats		Independent seats
Office	Pre-election	Post-election	Pre-election	Post-election	Pre-election	Post-election	Undecided*
State Senate (39)	14	15	25	24	1	0	0
State House (105)	44	50	60	53	0	2	0

* The undecided seats will be decided in the runoff election on November 17.

Mississippi

Executive

Office	Republican candidate	Democratic candidate
Governor	Haley Barbour (incumbent)	John Arthur Eaves Jr.
Lt. Governor (Incumbent not seeking reelection)	Phil Bryant	James "Jamie" R. Franks
Secretary of State (Incumbent not seeking reelection)	Delbert Hosemann	Robert "Rob" H. Smith
Attorney General	Al Hopkins	Jim Hood (incumbent)

Legislative

	Republican seats		Democratic seats
Office	Pre-election	Post-election	Pre-election	Post-election
State Senate (52)	27	24	25	28
State House (122)	47	48	74	74

New Jersey

Legislative

	Republican seats		Democratic seats
Office	Pre-election	Post-election	Pre-election	Post-election
State Senate (40)	18	17	22	23
State House (80)	31	32	49	48

Statehouse Leadership

On November 7, 2007, Statehouse members elected their leadership for the upcoming session.

Chamber	Republicans	Democrats
House	House Minority Leader: Alex DeCroce (re-elected)	House Speaker: Joseph Roberts (re-elected)
	House Conference Leader: Peter Biondi (re-elected)	House Majority Leader: Bonnie Watson Coleman (re-elected)
Senate	Senate Minority Leader: Tom Kean, Jr. (Elected over Leonard Lance)	Senate President: Richard Codey (re-elected)
		Senate Majority Leader: Stephen Sweeney (Elected over Paul Sarlo)

Virginia

Legislative

	Republican seats		Democratic seats		Independent seats
Office	Pre-election	Post-election	Pre-election	Post-election	Pre-election	Post-election
State Senate* (40)	23	18	17	22	0	0
State House (100)	57	54	40	44	3	2

* In Senate District 37, a canvass was completed on Nov. 8 concluding that Sen. Ken Cuccinelli held a 92-vote lead over Janet Oleszek. Oleszek has until Dec. 6 to decide whether to request a state-funded recount.