State Elections

The following online and print sources contain state election results and related statistics.

Internet Resources

National Association of State Election Directors External
The National Association of State Election Directors presents a roster of state election offices that contains links to official state websites. From this roster select a specific state to find official election results from recent elections. Election results provided on each site will vary depending on the state.
National Governors Association External
The National Governors Association provides recent gubernatorial election results.
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL): State Partisan Composition External
Presents state party composition from 2009 to the present. Also contains a statewide ballot measures database that includes all statewide ballot measures in the 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, starting over a century ago.

Subscription Databases

Subscription databases marked with a padlock are available to researchers on-site at the Library of Congress. If you are unable to visit the Library of Congress in person, you may be able to access these resources through your local public or academic library.

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The Voting and Elections Collection is part of the CQ Press Library. The Voting and Elections Collection is a database of elections data, authoritative analyses, concise explanations, and historical materials to help researchers investigate and understand voting and elections in America.

CQ Press Voting and Elections Collection: State Election Returns Scope

Governor, General, State Level, 1824 to the present
Governor, General, County Level, 1968 to present
Governor, Primary, State Level, 1919 to present

Print Resources

The Almanac of State Legislative Elections by William Lilley; Laurence J. DeFranco; Mark F. Bernstein; Kari L. Ramsby
Call Number: JK1967 .A77 2008
ISBN: 9780872895515
Published/Created: 2007-08-01
Presents detailed, state-by-state, district-by-district election results for all of the nation’s state legislative districts with a wide range of socioeconomic data for each district.
American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 by Roy R. Glashan
Call Number: JK2447 .G53
ISBN: 0930466179
Published/Created: 1979-01-01
Election returns and percentages for every gubernatorial election from 1775 to 1978
American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1979-1987 by Marie Marmo Mullaney (Compiled by); Roy R. Glashan
Call Number: JK2447 .M85 1988
ISBN: 0887363164
Published/Created: 1988-01-01
Election returns and percentages for every gubernatorial election from 1979 to 1987.
America Votes: A Handbook of Contemporary American Election Statistics by Rhodes Cook
Call Number: JK1967 .A8
ISBN: 9781483383033
Published/Created: 1956-
Official, state-certified election returns and key data by county and by district for presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial elections from 1956 to the present. Published every two years.
Guide to U. S. Elections by CQ Press Staff
Call Number: JK1967 .C662 2010
ISBN: 9781604265361
Published/Created: 2009-10-20
Contains popular and electoral vote returns for president (1789-2008); presidential primary returns (1912-2008); House general election returns (1824-2008); Senate general election returns (1913-2008); Senate primary election returns (1920-2008); gubernatorial general election returns (1776-2008); and gubernatorial primary election returns (1919-2008).
A Statistical History of the American Electorate by Jerrold G. Rusk
Call Number: JK1967 .R87 2001
ISBN: 1568023642
Published/Created: 2001-01-01
Gathers data from presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial elections and examines historical voting patterns from 1788 to 1999. The material in each of the eight chapters is introduced with an essay that explains the data and its importance, and sets it all in context. Looks at election laws and suffrage, voting participation, and partisan vote percentages at the national, regional, and state level by political party.
United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. by Michael J. Dubin
Call Number: JK2447 .D83 2003
ISBN: 0786414391
Published/Created: 2003-01-10
Complete returns for gubernatorial elections by state and county for the period 1776 to 1860.
United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County by Michael J. Dubin
Call Number: JK2447 .D83 2010
ISBN: 9780786447220
Published/Created: 2010-06-11
Election results of gubernatorial races by state and county from 1861 to 1911.
Voter Turnout in the United States, 1788-2009 by Curtis Gans (Editor)
Call Number: JK1967 .G36 2011
ISBN: 9781604265958
Published/Created: 2010-10-15
Voter turnout statistics for general and primary elections for presidential, congressional, and state gubernatorial races from 1788 to 2009.

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State Elections

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