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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.
Party summary
As of
April 18,
2007, the party composition of the legislatures is
[ Chalk one up for the GOP NCSL ]:
| 22 | Democratic-controlled Legislatures |
| 14 | Republican-controlled Legislatures |
| 13 | 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.
Vital statistics
Map key
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.
[1][2]
★ 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.
External links
Below are links and URL's to all 50 state legislature websites as of
January 12006. For most states the ''only'' place where the full text of the statutes are available online is the state legislature's website.
See also
★
National Conference of State Legislatures
External links
★
National Conference of State Legislatures
★
State Legislatures Internet Links
Notes
1. Bipartisan gang takes over Alaska state Senate. Anchorage Daily News. November 29 2006.
2. McGuire joins bipartisan coalition. Anchorage Daily News. December 20 2006.
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