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Table 1 State By State Qualification Standards for United States Legislative Offices

States	Party Candidates (Signatures)	Independent (Signatures)	Filing	Candidacy Exclusions
Alabama	Party primaries	1 % statewide 1 % district	Up to 2% of 1 year salary of office may be set by party rules	None
Alaska	Senate - 1 % statewide	Senate - 1 % statewide	$ 100 for primaries. Indigents may have fee waived	None
	House - 1 % district	House - 1 % district
Arizona	Senate - .05%statewide (from at least 3 counties)	Senate - 3% statewide	None	None
	House - .05% district	House - 3% district
Arkansas	Senate - party pledge only	Senate - 3% or 10,000	Party ballot fees only	Defeated primary candidates ineligible
	House - party pledge only	House - 3% or 2,000
California	Senate - 10,000	Senate - 1 % statewide	2% of 1 st year salary (Sen) or 1 % (House) in lieu of signatures	Defeated primary candidates ineligible
	House - 3,000	House - 3% district
Colorado	Senate - 2% statewide	Senate - 2% or 1,000	None	Defeated ineligible except to replace
	House - 1,000 district signatures	House - 2% or 500
Connecticut	Party conventions	1% or 7,500 signatures	None	None
Delaware	Party conventions	1% of statewide registered voters	Set by political parties not to exceed l%of total term of office salary	Must be non - party for 3 prior months
District of Columbia	Non - voting representation in House	1.5% or 3,000 signatures	None	None
Florida	Senate - 3% of registered party members	Senate - 3% statewide	7.5% of annual salary of office sought in lieu of signatures	None
	House - 3% of district registered members	House - 3% district
Georgia	Senate - .25% statewide	Senate - 1 % statewide	3% of annual salary of office sought (but affidavit of inability to pay must be filed)	Defeated primary candidates ineligible
	House - 1 % district	House - 5% district
Guam	Delegate to House only - 500 signatures	500 signatures	$100 filing fee	None
Hawaii	Senate - 25 signatures	Senate - 25 signatures	$75 filing fee or petition with .50% signatures	Must first be in primary as independent
	House - 25 signatures	House - 25 signatures
Idaho	Senate - 1,000 signatures	Senate - 1,000 signatures	$250	None
	House - 500 signatures	House - 500 signatures	$150
Illinois	Senate - 5,000 signatures	Senate - 1 % statewide vote or 25,000 signatures	None	None
	House - .50% party members registered in district	House - 5% district vote
Indiana	Senate - 5,000 signatures, 500+ from each district	Senate - 2% statewide	None	None
	House - not specified	House - 2% district
Iowa	Senate - 250 signatures from at least 25 counties	Senate - 1 ,500 signatures from at least 1 0 counties	None	None
	House - 50 signatures from at least 1/2 counties in distr.	House - 300 signatures
Kansas	Senate - 5,000 signatures or 1 % of party members	Senate - 5,000 signatures	None	None
	House - 2% of party members	House - 4% of registered district voters
Kentucky	Senate - Party primary or convention	Senate - 5,000 signatures	None	Defeated primary candidates ineligible
	House - Party primary or convention	House - 400 signatures
Louisiana	Senate - 5,000 signatures, 500+ from each district	5,000 signatures, 500+ from each district	$600 in lieu of signatures	None
	House - 1,000 signatures
Maine	Senate - 2,000 signatures	Senate - 4,000 signatures	None	None
	House - 1,000 signatures	House - 2,000 signatures
Maryland	Senate - Party primary	Senate - 3% of eligible voters	Senate - $290	Defeated primary candidate ineligible
	House - Party primary	House - 3% of eligible voters	House - $100
Massachusetts	Senate - 10,000 signatures	Senate - 1 0,000 signatures	None	None
	House - 2,000 signatures	House - 2,000 signatures
Michigan	Senate - 1 % of party votes for Mich. secretary of state	Senate - Signatures of 1 % of vote for governor	None	None
	House - 1 % of party votes in district for that office	House - Signatures of 2% of district vote as above
Minnesota	Senate - 2,000 signatures	Senate - 1% of voters in last election or 2,000 signatures	Senate - $400 in lieu of signatures	Defeated primary candidate ineligible
	House - 1,000 signatures	House - 5% of voters in last election (district) or 1,000 signatures	House - $300 in lieu of signatures
Mississippi	Senate - Party primary	Senate - 1 ,000 voters	Senate - $300	None
	House - Party primary	House - 1 ,000 voters	House - $200
Missouri	Senate - .05% signatures of votes in last election	Senate - 10,000 signatures	Senate - $200	None
	House - 1 % signatures of district votes in last election	House - 10,000 signatures or 2% of district votes in last election	House - $100 (can be waived if unable to pay)
Montana	Party primary or signatures of 5% of votes cast for winner of last governor race	5% signatures, as for party candidates, both Senate and House	1 % of annual salary of office	None
Nebraska	Candidate statement or signature of 25 electors, both Senate and House	Senate - 2,000 signatures	1 % of annual salary of office	Defeated primary candidate ineligible
		House - 20% of last vote in district, or 2,000
Nevada	Party primary	Signatures of 1 % of state's voters, both Sen and House	Senate - $500	None
			House - $300
New Hampshire	Senate - 2,000 signatures	Senate - 3,000 signatures	Senate - $ 1 00 in lieu of signatures	None
	House - 1 ,000 signatures	House - 1 ,500 signatures	House - $50 in lieu of signatures
New Jersey	Senate - 1 ,000 party voters	Senate - Lesser of 2% of vote or 800 signatures	None	None
	House - 200 party voters	House - Lesser of 2% of district vote or 1 00 signatures
New Mexico	Convention of primary status with 2% signatures or 4% signatures of party vote, both Senate and House	Minor parties - 1 % signatures, independents - 4% signatures	None	None
New York	Senate - 15,000 signatures or 5% of party voters	Senate - 1 5,000 voters, at least 100 from half of districts	None	None
	House - 5% of party voters in district, not more than 1,250	House - 5% of district vote for governor (up to 3 ,500)
North Carolina	Senate - 10,000 signatures of party members	Senate - 2% of registered voters in state	Filing fee of 1 % of annual salary of office	Defeated primary candidate excluded
	House - 10% of registered party voters in district or 200	House - 4% of registered voters in district
North Dakota	3% of party vote in last election, or 300 signatures, both Senate and House	Senate - 1 ,000 signatures	None	None
		House - 2% of district population, or 300 signatures
Ohio	Senate - signatures of 1 ,000 party voters	Senate - 5,000 signatures	Senate - $100	Defeated primary candidate excluded
	House - signatures of 50 party voters	House - 1 % signatures	House - $50
Oklahoma	Senate - signatures of 5% of eligible registered voters	Senate - 5% of registered voters	Fee alternatives: Senate $ 1,000 House $750 (refundable)	None
	House - signatures of 5% of district voters	House - 5% of district voters
Oregon	Senate - 1 ,000 signatures, or 2% (from at least 7 counties)	signatures of 1 % of voters in last presidential race (Sen and House)	Senate - $150	None
	House - 1 ,000 signatures or 2% (from at least 7 counties)		House - $100
Pennsylvania	Senate - 2,000 signatures of party voters	Senate - Signatures of 2% of highest last vote total	Senate - $200	None
	House - 1 ,000 signatures of district party voters	House - Signatures of 2% of highest district vote	House - $150
Rhode Island	Senate - 1 ,000 signatures	Senate - 1 ,000 signatures	None	Defeated primary candidates ineligible
	House - 500 signatures	House - 500 signatures
South Carolina	Party primaries	Signatures of 5% of registered voters, both Senate and House, not to exceed 10,000	1 % of salary for term of office	None
South Dakota	Signatures of 1 % of party voters, both Senate and House	Signatures of 1 % of voters in district	None	Defeated primary candidates ineligible
Tennessee	Party primaries	Signatures of 25 voters, both Senate and House	None	Defeated primary candidates ineligible
Texas	Senate - 5,000 signatures	Senate - signatures of 1 % of votes in last governor vote	Senate - $4,000 in lieu of signatures	None
	House - signatures of 2% of voters in district in last governor vote	House - signatures of 5% of district vote, or 500	House - $2,500 in lieu of signatures
Utah	Party primaries	If less than 2% of last statewide vote, petition with 500 signatures - the primary or convention	Filing fee of 1/8 of 1% of office salary plus signatures (Senate - 300, House - 100)	None
Vermont	Primary allowed if vote statewide 5%, with signatures of 500 voters	1 ,000 signatures	None	Candidate of party can't also run as independent
Virginia	Senate - signatures of .5% of registered voters, at least 200 in each district	Senate - signatures of .5% of registered voters, at least 200 in each district	2% of annual salary of office	None
	House - signatures of .5% of district voters	House - signatures of .5% of district voters
Virgin Islands	Non - voting Delegate party primaries	signatures of 50 voters from each of 2 districts	None	None
Washington	Party primaries	Must hold primary meeting and receive 1 % of votes cast for all primary candidates	1% of office annual salary or signatures equal in dollars	None
West Virginia	Signatures of 4 voters times each dollar of filing fee, both Senate and House	Signatures of 1 % of voters of district, both Senate and House	1% of office annual salary, may be waived if indigent	None
Wisconsin	Senate - 2,000 signatures	Senate - 2,000 signatures	None	Defeated primary candidate ineligible
	House - 1 ,000 signatures	House - 1 ,000 signatures
Wyoming	Party primaries or conventions	Signature of 5% of total number of voters for House in last election	$200	Defeated primary candidate ineligible

Note: Write-in votes are sometimes permitted in primaries and almost always in the general election, though often with specified advance notice to election officials

Information Derived from recent Ballot Access publications, due to different interpretations by newly elected politicians or legal officials and new laws or court rulings in a jurisdiction, the situation in any state may change.

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