At last week’s election, it appears that at least twelve independent candidates were elected to state legislatures. This does not count the write-in candidate elected in Tennessee, because he is a Democrat, even though he wasn’t the Democratic nominee.

The two 2026 independents elected to State Senates are: David Wolk in Vermont’s Rutland County district, and Bryce Edgmon in Alaska’s district S.

The ten 2026 independents elected to State Houses are: Alaska: Rebecca Himschoot (2nd) and Alyse Galvin (14th); Maine, Shawn Saindon (44th), Clinton Collamore (45th), and Sharon Frost (58th); Massachusetts: Susannah Whipps (2nd Franklin County district); Rhode Island, Allan Fung (15th); South Dakota, Evangeline Poor Bear (27th); and Utah, Patrick Belmont (3rd) and Sergio Sotelo (38th).

In 2024, twelve independents were elected to state legislatures.