List of United States state legislatures

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Each state in the United States has a legislature as part of its form of civil government. 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, 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 determined by the individual states' laws.

Party summary

The party composition of the legislatures (and party summary of the individual legislative chambers), as of January 2015, is:

31	Republican-controlled legislatures
11	Democratic-controlled legislatures
8	Split legislatures
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 political party that controls the legislature is not the one that usually wins the state in Presidential elections. Also note that, due to the workings of politics, a party with a numerical majority in a chamber may be forced to share power with other parties due to informal coalitions or may cede power outright because of divisions.

The table below shows total state government control in 31 states, which means that the Governor and the legislative-chamber majorities are all of the same political party.

23	Republican-controlled governments
7	Democratic-controlled governments
7	Democratic governor/Republican-controlled legislature
4	Republican governor/Democratic-controlled legislature
1	Independent governor/Republican-controlled legislature
4	Republican governor/Split legislature
4	Democratic governor/Split legislature
50	Total

Statistics

State legislatures

As of January 2015

State	Governor	Name	Lower house			Upper house
State	Governor	Name	Name	Party strength	Term (years)	Name	Party strength	Term (years)
Alabama	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 72–33	4	Senate	R 26–8, 1 Ind.	4
Alaska	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	R/Coalition 27(23 R, 4 D)–12 D, 1 Ind.	2	Senate	R/Coalition 15(14 R, 1 D)–5 D	4
Arizona	Governor	State Legislature	House of Representatives	R 36–24	2	Senate	R 18–12	2
Arkansas	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 64–35, 1 Ind.	2	Senate	R 24–11	4
California	Governor	State Legislature^{[nb 1]}	State Assembly	D 52–28	2	State Senate	D 26–14	4
Colorado	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 34–31	2	Senate	R 18–17	4
Connecticut	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 87–64	2	Senate	D 21–15	2
Delaware	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 25–16	2	Senate	D 12–9	4
Florida	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 81–39	2	Senate	R 26–14	4
Georgia	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 118–61, 1 Ind.	2	State Senate	R 39–17	2
Hawaii	Governor	State Legislature	House of Representatives	D 44–7	2	Senate	D 24–1	4
Idaho	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 56–14	2	Senate	R 28–7	2
Illinois	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 71–47	2	Senate	D 39–20	2 or 4
Indiana	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 71–29	2	Senate	R 40–10	4
Iowa	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 57–43	2	Senate	D 26–24	4
Kansas	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 97–28	2	Senate	R 32–8	4
Kentucky	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 50–46, 4 vac.	2	Senate	R 27–11	4
Louisiana	Governor	State Legislature (self-designated)^{[nb 2]}	House of Representatives	R 61–42, 2 Ind.	4	State Senate	R 25–14	4
Maine	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	D 78–69, 4 ind.	2	Senate	R 20–15	2
Maryland	Governor	General Assembly	House of Delegates	D 91–50	4	Senate	D 33–14	4
Massachusetts	Governor	General Court	House of Representatives	D 125-35	2	Senate	D 34-6	2
Michigan	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 61–45, 4 vac.	2	Senate	R 27–11	4
Minnesota	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 73–61	2	Senate	DFL 39–28	2, 4, 4
Mississippi	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 74–48	4	State Senate	R 32–20	4
Missouri	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 117–45, 1 Ind.	2	Senate	R 24–8, 2 vac.	4
Montana	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 59–41	2	Senate	R 29–21	4
Nebraska	Governor	Legislature (unicameral)	Legislature (unicameral)	Nonpartisan (49 members) R 35-13, 1 Ind.	4	Legislature (unicameral)	Nonpartisan (49 members) R 35-13, 1 Ind.	4
Nevada	Governor	Legislature	Assembly	R 24–17, 1 Lib.	2	Senate	R 11–10	4
New Hampshire	Governor	General Court	House of Representatives	R 239–160, 1 Ind.	2	Senate	R 14–10	2
New Jersey	Governor	Legislature	General Assembly	D 52–28	2	Senate	D 24–16	2, 4, 4
New Mexico	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 37–33	2	Senate	D 24–18	4
New York	Governor	State Legislature	State Assembly	D 106-44	2	State Senate	R/Coalition 38(32 R, 6 D)-25 D	2
North Carolina	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 74–45, 1 Ind.	2	Senate	R 34–16	2
North Dakota	Governor	Legislative Assembly	House of Representatives	R 71–23	4	Senate	R 32–15	4
Ohio	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 65–34	2	Senate	R 23–10	4
Oklahoma	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 71–30	2	Senate	R 39–9	4
Oregon	Governor	Legislative Assembly	House of Representatives	D 35–25	2	State Senate	D 18–12	4
Pennsylvania	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 118–82, 3 vac.	2	State Senate	R 30–19, 1 vac.	4
Rhode Island	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 63–11, 1 Ind.	2	Senate	D 32–5, 1 Ind.	2
South Carolina	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 78–46	2	Senate	R 28–18	4
South Dakota	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 58–12	2	Senate	R 27–8	2
Tennessee	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 73-26	2	Senate	R 28–5	4
Texas	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 99–51	2	Senate	R 20–11	4
Utah	Governor	State Legislature^{[nb 3]}	House of Representatives	R 63–12	2	Senate	R 24–5	4
Vermont	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 85–53, 6 Prog., 6 Ind.	2	Senate	D 18–9, 3 Prog.	2
Virginia	Governor	General Assembly	House of Delegates	R 66–34	2	Senate	R 21–19	4
Washington	Governor	State Legislature^{[nb 4]}	House of Representatives	D 50–48	2	State Senate	R/Coalition 26(25 R, 1 D)-23 D	4
West Virginia	Governor	Legislature	House of Delegates	R 64–36	2	Senate	R 18-16	4
Wisconsin	Governor	Legislature	State Assembly	R 63–36	2	State Senate	R 19–14	4
Wyoming	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 51–9	2	Senate	R 26–4	4

Total state legislators = 7383^[1]

Notes

↑ The Constitution of California names it the "California Legislature", but the Legislature brands itself as the "California State Legislature".
↑ The Constitution of Louisiana vests legislative authority in "a legislature, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives," and refers to it as "the legislature" throughout, without officially designating a term for the two houses together. However, the two bodies do use the term "Louisiana State Legislature" in official references to itself.
↑ The Constitution of Utah names it the "Legislature of the State of Utah", but the Legislature brands itself as the "Utah State Legislature".
↑ The Constitution of Washington names it "the legislature of the state of Washington", but the Legislature brands itself as the "Washington State Legislature".

References

↑ "2014 State and Legislative Partisan Composition" (PDF). National Conference of State Legislatures. January 31, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2014.

External links

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