List of U.S. state legislatures

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.

1 Party summary
2 Vital statistics
- 2.1 Map key
- 2.2 Notes
3 Legislative websites
4 See also
5 External links
6 Notes

[edit] Party summary

As of April 18, 2007, the party composition of the legislatures is^[1]:

23	Democratic-controlled Legislatures
14	Republican-controlled Legislatures
11	Split Legislatures
1	Officially nonpartisan(Nebraska)
50	Total

"Split" means that either the two houses have different majority parties (e.g., Democratic Senate v. Republican lower house), that a house that 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.

[edit] Vital statistics

State	Name	Lower House			Upper House
State	Name	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	Coal. 15-5	4
Arizona	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 33-27	2	Senate	R 17-13	2
Arkansas	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 75-25	2	Senate	D 27-8	4
California	State Legislature	State Assembly	D 48-32	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 107-44	2	Senate	D 24-12	2
Delaware	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 22-19	2	Senate	D 13-8	4
Florida	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 78-42	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 53-47	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 61-39	2	Senate	R 21-16 1 Ind.	4
Louisiana	Legislature	House of Representatives	D 53-50 2 Ind.	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 106-35	4	Senate	D 34-13	4
Massachusetts	General Court	House of Representatives	D 141-19	2	Senate	D 34-5 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	2, 4, 4
Mississippi	Legislature	House of Representatives	D 75-45	4	Senate	D 28-24	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	State Assembly	D 108-42	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 60-15	2	Senate	D 33-5	2
South Carolina	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 73-51	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 81-69	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 54-44 2 Ind.	2	Senate	D 21-19	4
Washington	Legislature	House of Representatives	D 63-35	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 52-47	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	Major national party; has state-level parties in each state (Minnesota and North Dakota's have names reflecting their merger with state level parties, the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party and Non-Partisan League, respectively).
	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
[None]	Constitution Party	C	National third party; has representation in Montana
[None]	Vermont Progressive Party	P	State-level third party operating only in Vermont
[None]	Governing Coalition	Coal.	A coalition of the Democratic and Republican Parties in power in the Alaska Senate
[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

All 9 of the Democrats and 6 of the Republicans in the Alaska Senate form a governing coalition with the remaining 5 Republicans in opposition.^[2]^[3]
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] Legislative websites

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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

[edit] See also

National Conference of State Legislatures

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

^ NCSL. Chalk one up for the GOP.
^ Bipartisan gang takes over Alaska state Senate. Anchorage Daily News. November 29 2006.
^ McGuire joins bipartisan coalition. Anchorage Daily News. December 20 2006.

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[edit] Party summary

[edit] Vital statistics

[edit] Map key

[edit] Notes

[edit] Legislative websites

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