List of United States state legislatures

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Each state in the United States has a legislative branch as part of its form of civil government. Most of the fundamental details of the legislature are specified in the state constitution. Forty-nine (49) state legislatures are bicameral bodies, composed of a lower house (Assembly, General Assembly, State Assembly, House of Delegates or House of Representatives) and an upper house (Senate). The Nebraska Legislature is the lone unicameral body.

The exact names, dates, term lengths, term limits, electoral districts, and other details are at the discretion of the individual states.

Contents 1 Party summary 2 Statistics 2.1 State legislatures 2.2 District of Columbia and territorial legislatures 2.3 Map key 3 See also 4 Notes 5 Notes 6 External links

Party summary

The party composition of the legislatures, as of 2011, was^[1]:

28	Republican-controlled Legislatures
15	Democratic-controlled Legislatures
6	Split Legislatures
1	Officially non-partisan (Nebraska)
50	Total

"Split" means that either the two chambers have different majority parties (e.g., Democratic Senate and Republican House), that one chamber is evenly split between parties, or that a coalition or "hung" chamber has occurred.

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.

The table below shows total state government control, which means the governor and the chamber majorities are all of the same party.

23	Republican-controlled governments
11	Democratic-controlled governments
5	Democratic Governor/Republican-controlled Legislature
3	Republican Governor/Democratic-controlled Legislature
1	Independent Governor/Democratic-controlled Legislature
2	Republican Governor/Split Legislature
4	Democratic Governor/Split Legislature
1	Republican Governor/Non-partisan Legislature (Nebraska)
50	Total

In the 2010 election, the Republican Party took control of a majority of the state legislative bodies, in which a net of 19 of the 49 partisan legislative bodies changed from Democratic Party control to Republican Party control.

Statistics

State legislatures

(After elections held on November 2, 2010.)^[2][3]

State	Name	Lower House			Upper House
		Name	Party strength	Term (Years)	Name	Party strength	Term (Years)
Alabama	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 65–40	4	Senate	R 22–12, 1 Ind.	4
Alaska	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 24–16	2	Senate	10–10	4
Arizona	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 40–20	2	Senate	R 21–9	2
Arkansas	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 54–46	2	Senate	D 20–15	4
California	State Legislature[4]	Assembly	D 52–28	2	Senate	D 25–15	4
Colorado	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 33–32	2	Senate	D 20–15	4
Connecticut	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 99–52	2	Senate	D 22–14	2
Delaware	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 26–15	2	Senate	D 14–7	4
Florida	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 81–39	2	Senate	R 28–12	4
Georgia	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 116–63, 1 Ind.	2	Senate	R 36–20	2
Hawaii	Legislature	House of Representatives	D 43–8	2	Senate	D 24–1	4
Idaho	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 57–13	2	Senate	R 28–7	2
Illinois	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 64–54	2	Senate	D 35–24	2 or 4
Indiana	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 60–40	2	Senate	R 37–13	4
Iowa	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 60–40	2	Senate	D 26–24	4
Kansas	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 92–33	2	Senate	R 32–8	4
Kentucky	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 59–41	2	Senate	R 22–15, 1 Ind.	4
Louisiana	Legislature (self-designated)[5]	House of Representatives	R 58–45, 2 Ind.	4	Senate	R 24–15	4
Maine	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 78–72, 1 Ind.	2	Senate	R 20–14, 1 Ind.	2
Maryland	General Assembly	House of Delegates	D 98–43	4	Senate	D 35–12	4
Massachusetts	General Court	House of Representatives	D 127–33	2	Senate	D 36–4	2
Michigan	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 63–47	2	Senate	R 26–12	4
Minnesota	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 72–62	2	Senate	R 37–30	4, 4, 2
Mississippi	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 64–58	4	Senate	R 31–21	4
Missouri	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 106–56, 1 Ind.	2	Senate	R 26–8	4
Montana	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 68–32	2	Senate	R 28–22	4
Nebraska	Legislature	Unicameral and non–partisan Senate with 49 members					4
Nevada	Legislature	Assembly	D 26–16	2	Senate	D 11–10	4
New Hampshire	General Court	House of Representatives	R 295–105	2	Senate	R 19–5	2
New Jersey	Legislature	General Assembly	D 48–32	2	Senate	D 24–16	2, 4, 4
New Mexico	Legislature	House of Representatives	D 36–33, 1 Ind.	2	Senate	D 27–15	4
New York	State Legislature (unofficial)[6]	Assembly	D 98–51, 1 Ind.	2	Senate	R 32–26, 4 ind. dem.	2
North Carolina	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 68–52	2	Senate	R 31–19	2
North Dakota	Legislative Assembly	House of Representatives	R 69–25	4	Senate	R 35–12	4
Ohio	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 59–40	2	Senate	R 23–10	4
Oklahoma	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 69–31, 1 vac.	2	Senate	R 31–16, 1 vac.	4
Oregon	Legislative Assembly	House of Representatives	30–30	2	State Senate	D 16–14	4
Pennsylvania	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 112–91	2	Senate	R 30–20	4
Rhode Island	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 65–10	2	Senate	D 29–8, 1 Ind	2
South Carolina	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 76–48	2	Senate	R 27–19	4
South Dakota	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 50–19, 1 Ind.	2	Senate	R 30–5	2
Tennessee	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 64–34, 1 Ind.	2	Senate	R 20–13	4
Texas	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 101–49	2	Senate	R 19–12	4
Utah	State Legislature[7]	House of Representatives	R 58–17	2	Senate	R 22–7	4
Vermont	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 94–48, 8 Ind.	2	Senate	D 22–8	2
Virginia	General Assembly	House of Delegates	R 67–32, 1 Ind	2	Senate	R 20-20	4
Washington	State Legislature[8]	House of Representatives	D 56–42	2	Senate	D 27–22	4
West Virginia	Legislature	House of Delegates	D 65–35	2	Senate	D 28–6	4
Wisconsin	Legislature	Assembly	R 59–39, 1 Ind.	2	Senate	R 17–16	4
Wyoming	State Legislature[9]	House of Representatives	R 50–10	2	Senate	R 26–4	4

Total State Representatives = 7382^[10]

District of Columbia and territorial legislatures

State	Name	Lower House			Upper House
		Name	Party strength	Term (Years)	Name	Party strength	Term (Years)
American Samoa	Fono	House of Representatives	20 Ind.	2	Senate	18 Ind.	4
District of Columbia	Council (Unicameral)	D 11, 2 Ind.					4
Guam	Legislature (Unicameral)	D 8–7					2
Northern Mariana Islands	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 12–4 Cov., Ind. 3–1 D	2	Senate	Coal. 6–3	4
Puerto Rico	Legislative Assembly	House of Representatives	NPP 32–18 PDP	4	Senate	NPP 17–9 PDP,1 Ind	4
U. S. Virgin Islands	Legislature (Unicameral)	D 9–4 ICM, 2 Ind.					2

Map key

Color	Name	Abbreviation	Notes
	Democratic Party	D	Major national party; has state-level parties in each state
	Republican Party	R	Major national party; has state-level parties in each state
	Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party	DFL	Minnesota affiliate of the Democratic Party
	North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party	D-NPL	North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party
	Constitution Party	C	National third party
	Vermont Progressive Party	P	State-level third party operating only in Vermont
	Covenant Party	Cov.	Territorial-level third party operating only in Northern Mariana Islands
	New Progressive Party	NPP	Territorial-level third party operating only in Puerto Rico
	Popular Democratic Party	PDP	Territorial-level third party operating only in Puerto Rico
	Puerto Rican Independence Party	PIP	Territorial-level third party operating only in Puerto Rico
	Independent Citizens Movement	ICM	Territorial-level third party operating only in the U.S. Virgin Islands
[None]	Governing coalition	Coal.	A coalition of members of the Democratic and Republican parties in power in the Alaska Senate or a coalition of the Covenant and Democratic parties and independents in power in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate.
	Tie	Tie	Chamber divided equally between the Republican and Democratic parties in the Oregon House of Representatives.
	Independent	Ind.	People who were elected without a party backing or people who left their party while in office
	Vacant	Vac.	Resignations, disqualifications, impeachments, expulsions and deaths

See also

• National Conference of State Legislatures
• State Legislative Sourcebook
• Comparison of U.S. state governments
• United States state legislatures' partisan trend

Notes

• All 10 of the Democrats and 6 of the Republicans in the Alaska Senate form a governing coalition with the remaining 4 Republicans in opposition.^{[11][12][13][14]}
• 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.

Notes

External links

• National Conference of State Legislatures
• State Legislatures Internet Links
• State Legislatures, State Laws, and State Regulations: Website Links and Telephone Numbers
• Legislative Session Calendars and Bill Introduction Deadlines

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