All the states that are holding partisan state legislative races this year have at least one minor party or independent legislative candidate on the November ballot.  States that have no minor party candidates (with a party label), but which do have at least one independent, are Georgia, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.  Lawsuits challenging the ballot access laws for minor parties are pending in North Dakota and Tennessee.

States that have no independent candidates for the legislature on the ballot, but which do have minor party legislative nominees on the ballot, are Arizona, California, Hawaii, Maryland, Nevada, and New Mexico.

It appears that there are more independent candidates on the ballot for state legislature, around the nation, this year, than at any time in at least ten years, although the final figures are still not exact.