JANUARY 13, 2020: Two years ago, in the midterm elections, most of the attention was focused on races for the U.S.Senate and House of Representatives. However, there were also 6,073 state legislative elections ([link removed]) held that year. Most were not all that competitive and the average margin of victory was 26 percentage points.[1] ([link removed])
But there were a few significant exceptions where every vote really mattered. Two elections ([link removed]) were decided by just a single vote: Alaska House of Representatives District 1 and Kentucky House of Representatives District 13.
Another 14 races ([link removed]) were won by 10 votes or fewer. On top of that were another 72 races where the leading candidates were separated by less than half a percentage point.[1] ([link removed])
Looking ahead to the 2020 elections, there will be nearly 5,000 state legislative seats up for election.
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