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Representation elections held in cases closed
| Division and State | Total elec- tions | Number of elections in which representation rights were won by unions | Number of elec- tions in which no rep- resenta- tive was chosen | Number of em- ployees eligible to vote | Total valid votes cast | Valid votes cast for unions | Total valid votes for no union | Eligible employees in units choos- ing rep- resenta- tion | ||||||
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| Division and State | Total elec- tions | Total | AFL-CIO unions | Other national unions | Other local unions | Number of elec- tions in which no rep- resenta- tive was chosen | Number of em- ployees eligible to vote | Total valid votes cast | Total | AFL-CIO unions | Other national unions | Other local unions | Total valid votes for no union | Eligible employees in units choos- ing rep- resenta- tion |
| Mountain | 152 | 74 | 65 | 5 | 4 | 8,571 | 7,332 | 3,358 | 2,989 | 329 | 40 | 3,974 | 3,536 | |
| Washington | 127 | 86 | 81 | 1 | 4 | 5,939 | 5,059 | 3,660 | 3,223 | 5 | 539 | 2,270 | 4,868 | |
| Oregon | 47 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 2,154 | 1,820 | 1,033 | 752 | 125 | 126 | 817 | 1,274 | |
| California | 356 | 174 | 164 | 3 | 7 | 182 | 32,313 | 26,544 | 12,077 | 11,133 | 112 | 832 | 13,667 | 15,298 |
| Alaska | 34 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1,595 | 1,289 | 457 | 437 | 20 | 0 | 832 | 744 |
| Hawaii | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 4,966 | 4,396 | 1,587 | 18 | 1 | 2,829 | 48 | |
| Pacific | 593 | 306 | 284 | 8 | 14 | 287 | 45,512 | 36,007 | 18,246 | 15,855 | 1,094 | 1,297 | 17,821 | 22,548 |
| Puerto Rico | 57 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 32 | 3,562 | 2,946 | 1,248 | 419 | 0 | 829 | 1,698 | 800 |
| Virgin Islands | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 388 | 325 | 179 | 171 | 8 | 0 | 146 | 257 |
| Outlying areas | 66 | 33 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 35 | 3,950 | 3,271 | 1,427 | 596 | 8 | 829 | 1,844 | 1,057 |
| Total, all States and areas | 3,480 | 1,677 | 1,469 | 66 | 142 | 1,803 | 256,016 | 205,175 | 98,708 | 85,451 | 5,054 | 8,203 | 106,467 | 101,646 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.