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The 2022 United States state legislative elections were held on November 8, 2022, for 88 state legislative chambers in 46 states. [1] Across the fifty states , approximately 56 percent of all upper house seats and 92 percent of all lower house seats were up for election.
An election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect all 110 members to Michigan's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including governor, State Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. [2] Democrats won a majority of 56 out of 110 seats, winning control of the chamber for the first time since 2008. [3]
That would maintain the "trifecta" – the governorship and both legislative chambers – that has allowed Democrats to pass a raft of bills, including expanding abortion rights, since 2022.
Republican trifecta: 23 Democratic trifecta 15 Democratic governor/Republican legislature 5 ... 2022-2026 Alabama Legislature: November 8, 2022 (House)
In 2022, Democrats made history when Michigan voters reelected Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and flipped the state House and Senate from GOP control, delivering the first Democratic trifecta in 40 years.
But a Democratic-led state government trifecta was necessary the last two years to pass such things as gun control measures and tax policy, she said. Democrats focus on protecting reproductive rights as their pitch for keeping hold of all facets of state government even though abortion access is enshrined in the state's constitution.
With Democrats also controlling the governor’s seat, the party will have a trifecta in the state. That makes Colorado one of just 15 states with a Democrat trifecta going into 2025.
From 2017 to 2019 and since 2025 in the United States, the Republican Party has held the Senate, House of Representatives, and the presidency. [1] Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, President Donald Trump, and Vice President (President of the Senate) Mike Pence, all Republicans, are pictured during the first trifecta in the 115th United States Congress.