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All United States states are required to possess a legislative branch. Most of the fundamental details of the legislature are specified in the state constitution. 49 state legislatures are bicameral bodies, composed of a lower house Assembly, House of Delegates, or House of Representatives and a upper house Senate. The Nebraska Legislature is the lone unicameral body.

The exact names, dates, term limits (if any), term lengths, electoral districts, and other details are left up to the discretion of the individual states. The following shows the state, names, membership, parties and terms of each state's legislature.

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[edit] Party summary

As of November 16, 2006, the party composition of the legislatures is[1]:

21 Democratic-controlled Legislatures
15 Republican-controlled Legislatures
13 Split Legislatures
1 Nonpartisan Legislature (Nebraska)
50 Total

"Split" means that the two houses have different majorities (EG. Democratic Senate v. Republican lower house), or an even seated house is split between parties exactly.

In several states, the party that controls the state legislature may not be the one that usually wins the state in presidential elections. Also note that due to politics, a party with a numerical majority in a chamber may be forced to share power with other parties due to informal coalitions, or outright cede power due to divisions.

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State Name Lower House Upper House
Name Party
Strengths
Term
(Years)
Name Party
Strengths
Term
(Years)
Alabama Legislature House of Representatives D 62-43 4 Senate D 23-12 4
Alaska Legislature House of Representatives R 23-17 2 Senate R 11-9 4
Arizona Legislature House of Representatives R 32-28 2 Senate R 18-12 2
Arkansas General Assembly House of Representatives D 75-25 2 Senate D 27-8 4
California Legislature State Assembly D 47-33 2 Senate D 25-15 4
Colorado General Assembly House of Representatives D 39-26 2 Senate D 20-15 4
Connecticut General Assembly House of Representatives D 106-45 2 Senate D 24-12 2
Delaware General Assembly House of Representatives R 23-18 2 Senate D 13-8 4
Florida Legislature House of Representatives R 79-41 2 Senate R 26-14 4
Georgia General Assembly House of Representatives R 106-74 2 Senate R 34-22 2
Hawaii Legislature House of Representatives D 43-8 2 Senate D 20-5 4
Idaho Legislature House of Representatives R 51-19 2 Senate R 28-7 2
Illinois General Assembly House of Representatives D 66-52 2 Senate D 37-22 2 or 4
Indiana General Assembly House of Representatives D 51-49 2 Senate R 33-17 4
Iowa General Assembly House of Representatives D 54-46 2 Senate D 30-20 4
Kansas Legislature House of Representatives R 77-48 2 Senate R 30-10 4
Kentucky General Assembly House of Representatives D 62-38 2 Senate R 21-16
1 Ind.
4
Louisiana Legislature House of Representatives D 60-40
1 Ind.
3 Vac.
4 Senate D 24-15 4
Maine Legislature House of Representatives D 89-60
2 Ind.
2 Senate D 18-17 2
Maryland General Assembly House of Delegates D 108-33 4 Senate D 34-13 4
Massachusetts General Court House of Representatives D 139-19
2 Vac.
2 Senate D 35-5
1 Vac.
2
Michigan Legislature House of Representatives D 58-52 2 Senate R 21-17 4
Minnesota Legislature House of Representatives DFL 85-49 2 Senate DFL 44-23 4
Mississippi Legislature House of Representatives D 76-46 4 Senate R 27-25 4
Missouri General Assembly House of Representatives R 92-71 2 Senate R 21-13 4
Montana State Legislature House of Representatives R 50-49
1 C
2 Senate D 26-24 4
Nebraska Legislature [Unicameral, non-partisan] (49) 4
Nevada Legislature Assembly D 27-15 2 Senate R 11-10 4
New Hampshire General Court House of Representatives D 239-161 2 Senate D 14-10 2
New Jersey Legislature General Assembly D 49-31 2 Senate D 22-18 2, 4, 4
New Mexico Legislature House of Representatives D 41-28
1 Vac.
2 Senate D 24-18 4
New York Legislature Assembly D 105-45 2 Senate R 33-29 2
North Carolina General Assembly House of Representatives D 68-52 2 Senate D 31-19 2
North Dakota Legislative Assembly House of Representatives R 61-33 4 Senate R 26-21 4
Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives R 53-46 2 Senate R 21-12 4
Oklahoma Legislature House of Representatives R 57-44 2 Senate D 24-24* 4
Oregon Legislative Assembly House of Representatives D 31-29 2 Senate D 18-11
1 Ind.
4
Pennsylvania General Assembly House of Representatives D 102-101 2 Senate R 29-21 4
Rhode Island General Assembly House of Representatives D 61-14 2 Senate D 33-5 2
South Carolina General Assembly House of Representatives R 74-50 2 Senate R 26-20 4
South Dakota Legislature House of Representatives R 50-20 2 Senate R 20-15 2
Tennessee General Assembly House of Representatives D 53-46 2 Senate R 16-16*
1 Ind.
4
Texas Legislature House of Representatives R 85-65 2 Senate R 20-11 4
Utah Legislature House of Representatives R 56-19 2 Senate R 21-8 4
Vermont General Assembly House of Representatives D 93-49
6 P 2 Ind.
2 Senate D 23-7 2
Virginia General Assembly House of Delegates R 57-40
3 Ind.
2 Senate R 23-17 4
Washington Legislature House of Representatives D 62-36 2 Senate D 32-17 4
West Virginia Legislature House of Delegates D 72-28 2 Senate D 23-11 4
Wisconsin Legislature State Assembly R 53-46 2 Senate D 18-15 4
Wyoming Legislature House of Representatives R 43-17 2 Senate R 23-7 4

[edit] Map key

Color Name Abbreviation Notes
      Democratic party D Has state level parties in each state
      Republican party R Has state level parties in each state
      Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party DFL Minnesota's state Democratic party
[None] Constitution Party C National third party
[None] Vermont Progressive Party P Third party running at state level in Vermont
[None] Independent (politics) Ind. People who were elected without a party backing or people who left their party while in office
[None] Vacant Vac. Resignations, disqualifications, impeachments, expulsions and deaths

[edit] Notes

  • The two nonvoting members of the Maine House of Representatives, elected by the Penobscot Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe respectively, are not counted in the above table, as they are not counted in similar tabulations in State Government web sites.
  • The Oklahoma Senate is tied between Democrats and Republicans, so the tie-breaking vote belongs to the state's Lieutenant Governor, Jari Askins, a Democrat.
  • The Tennessee Senate is tied at 16 Republicans and 16 Democrats after a GOP Senator left the party to become an independent. However, he only left the Republican Party after the election of the Speaker, so the Republicans still have organisational control.

[edit] External links

      Democratic majorities      Republican majorities      Pluralities      Nebraskan non-partisan legislature
     Democratic majorities      Republican majorities      Pluralities      Nebraskan non-partisan legislature

Below are links and URL's to all 50 state legislature websites as of January 1, 2006. For most states the only place where the full text of the statutes are available online is the state legislature's website.

State name Abbr URL (without "http://")
Alabama AL www.legislature.state.al.us
Alaska AK w3.legis.state.ak.us
Arizona AZ www.azleg.state.az.us
Arkansas AR www.arkleg.state.ar.us
California CA www.legislature.ca.gov
Colorado CO www.leg.state.co.us
Connecticut CT www.cga.ct.gov
Delaware DE www.legis.state.de.us
Florida FL www.leg.state.fl.us
Georgia GA www.legis.state.ga.us
Hawaii HI www.capitol.hawaii.gov
Idaho ID www.legislature.idaho.gov
Illinois IL www.ilga.gov
Indiana IN www.state.in.us/legislative
Iowa IA www.legis.state.ia.us
Kansas KS www.kslegislature.org
Kentucky KY www.lrc.state.ky.us
Louisiana LA www.legis.state.la.us
Maine ME janus.state.me.us/legis/
Maryland MD mlis.state.md.us
Massachusetts MA www.mass.gov/legis/
Michigan MI www.legislature.mi.gov
Minnesota MN www.leg.state.mn.us
Mississippi MS www.ls.state.ms.us
Missouri MO www.moga.state.mo.us
Montana MT leg.state.mt.us
Nebraska NE www.leg.ne.gov
Nevada NV www.leg.state.nv.us
New Hampshire   NH gencourt.state.nh.us
New Jersey NJ www.njleg.state.nj.us
New Mexico NM legis.state.nm.us
New York NY State Senate: www.senate.state.ny.us
State Assembly: assembly.state.ny.us
North Carolina NC www.ncleg.net
North Dakota ND www.legis.nd.gov
Ohio OH www.legislature.state.oh.us/
Oklahoma OK www.lsb.state.ok.us
Oregon OR www.leg.state.or.us
Pennsylvania PA www.legis.state.pa.us
Rhode Island RI www.rilin.state.ri.us
South Carolina SC www.scstatehouse.net
South Dakota SD legis.state.sd.us
Tennessee TN www.legislature.state.tn.us
Texas TX www.capitol.state.tx.us
Utah UT www.le.state.ut.us
Vermont VT www.leg.state.vt.us
Virginia VA legis.state.va.us
Washington WA www1.leg.wa.gov/legislature
West Virginia WV www.legis.state.wv.us
Wisconsin WI www.legis.state.wi.us
Wyoming WY legisweb.state.wy.us

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ NCSL. Chalk on up for the GOP.


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