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 at the discretion of the individual states.

1 Party summary
2 Statistics
- 2.1 State legislatures
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References
6 External links

Party summary

The party composition of the legislatures (and party summary of the individual chambers), as of January 31, 2014, is:^[1]

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 party that controls the 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.

24	Republican-controlled governments
7	Democratic-controlled governments
4	Democratic governor/Republican-controlled legislature
6	Republican governor/Democratic-controlled legislature
1	Independent governor/Republican-controlled legislature
3	Republican governor/Split legislature
5	Democratic governor/Split legislature
50	Total

Statistics

State legislatures

As of January 2015

State	Name	Lower house			Upper house
State	Name	Name	Party strength	Term (years)	Name	Party strength	Term (years)
Alabama	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 72–33	4	Senate	R 26–8, 1 ind.	4
Alaska	Legislature	House of Representatives	R/Coalition 27(23 R, 4 D)–12 D, 1 ind.	2	Senate	R/Coalition 16(14 R, 2 D)–6 D	4
Arizona	State Legislature	House of Representatives	R 38–22	2	Senate	R 17–13	2
Arkansas	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 64–36	2	Senate	R 24–11	4
California	State Legislature^{[nb 1]}	State Assembly	D 52–28	2	State Senate	D 25–14, 1 vac.	4
Colorado	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 34–31	2	Senate	R 18–17	4
Connecticut	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 87–64	2	Senate	D 21–15	2
Delaware	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 25–16	2	Senate	D 12–9	4
Florida	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 82–37, 1 vac.	2	Senate	R 26–14	4
Georgia	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 120–59, 1 ind.	2	State Senate	R 38–18	2
Hawaii	State Legislature	House of Representatives	D 43–8	2	Senate	D 24–1	4
Idaho	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 56–14	2	Senate	R 28–7	2
Illinois	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 71–47	2	Senate	D 39–20	2 or 4
Indiana	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 70–30	2	Senate	R 40–10	4
Iowa	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 57–43	2	Senate	D 26–24	4
Kansas	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 98–27	2	Senate	R 32–8	4
Kentucky	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 54–46	2	Senate	R 26–12	4
Louisiana	State Legislature (self-designated)^{[nb 2]}	House of Representatives	R 59–44, 2 ind.	4	State Senate	R 26–13	4
Maine	Legislature	House of Representatives	D 80–69, 2 ind.	2	Senate	R 21–14	2
Maryland	General Assembly	House of Delegates	D 90–51	4	Senate	D 33–14	4
Massachusetts	General Court	House of Representatives	D 125-35	2	Senate	D 34-6	2
Michigan	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 63–47	2	Senate	R 27–11	4
Minnesota	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 72–62	2	Senate	DFL 39–28	2, 4, 4
Mississippi	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 65–57	4	State Senate	R 32–20	4
Missouri	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 119–44	2	Senate	R 25–9	4
Montana	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 59–41	2	Senate	R 29–21	4
Nebraska	Legislature (unicameral)	Legislature (unicameral)	Nonpartisan (49 members) R 30-18, 1 Ind.	4	Legislature (unicameral)	Nonpartisan (49 members) R 30-18, 1 Ind.	4
Nevada	Legislature	Assembly	R 25–17	2	Senate	R 11–10	4
New Hampshire	General Court	House of Representatives	R 239–160, 1 ind.	2	Senate	R 14–10	2
New Jersey	Legislature	General Assembly	D 48–32	2	Senate	D 24–16	2, 4, 4
New Mexico	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 37–33	2	Senate	D 25–17	4
New York	State Legislature	State Assembly	D 106-44	2	State Senate	R/Coalition 38(32 R, 6 D)-25 D	2
North Carolina	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 74–46	2	Senate	R 34–16	2
North Dakota	Legislative Assembly	House of Representatives	R 71–23	4	Senate	R 31–16	4
Ohio	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 65–34	2	Senate	R 23–10	4
Oklahoma	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 72–29	2	Senate	R 40–8	4
Oregon	Legislative Assembly	House of Representatives	D 35–25	2	State Senate	D 18–12	4
Pennsylvania	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 119–84	2	State Senate	R 30–20	4
Rhode Island	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 63–11, 1 ind.	2	Senate	D 32–5, 1 ind.	2
South Carolina	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 78–46	2	Senate	R 28–18	4
South Dakota	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 58–12	2	Senate	R 27–8	2
Tennessee	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 73-26	2	Senate	R 27–6	4
Texas	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 98–52	2	Senate	R 20–11	4
Utah	State Legislature^{[nb 3]}	House of Representatives	R 60–15	2	Senate	R 23–4, 2 vac.	4
Vermont	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 84–55, 5 Prog., 6 ind.	2	Senate	D 20–9, 1 ind.	2
Virginia	General Assembly	House of Delegates	R 68–32	2	Senate	R 21–19	4
Washington	State Legislature^{[nb 4]}	House of Representatives	D 50–47, 1 vac.	2	State Senate	R/Coalition 26(25 R, 1 D)-23 D	4
West Virginia	Legislature	House of Delegates	R 64–36	2	Senate	R 18-16	4
Wisconsin	Legislature	State Assembly	R 63–36	2	State Senate	R 19–14	4
Wyoming	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

^ ^a ^b "2014 State and Legislative Partisan Composition".

External links

National Conference of State Legislatures

Legislatures of the United States

United States Congress	United States House of Representatives United States Senate

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Other legislatures	District of Columbia American Samoa (H, S) Guam Northern Mariana Islands (H, S) Puerto Rico (H, S) U.S. Virgin Islands

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