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PARTY COMPOSITION (SEE MAP)


As of January 13 , 2006 , the party composition of the 50 State Legislature s is:
  •   A legislature is "split" when the upper and lower houses are controlled by different political parties, or one house is split between parties exactly.


  • --- In some states, the party that controls the State Legislature may not be the one that usually wins the state in Presidential elections. Hence, many heavily conservative and Republican states such as Mississippi or Alabama have their legislature controlled by Democrats.



LEGISLATURE NAME, LOCATION, STRUCTURE, PARTY STRENGTHS, OFFICE TERM



Notes:

  • The Party Strengths column indicates the number of seats belonging to the two largest parties, Democratic Party and the Republican Party . "D" indicates a Democratic majority, while "R" indicates a Republican one. "DFL" indicates the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party , affiliated with the national Democratic Party. In Maine and Iowa, where no party has a majority in one of the chambers, the number of seats belonging to the Democrats and the Republicans is listed after the "D" and the "R" respectively.

  • In the few cases where minor parties are represented, the following abbreviations are used: "Green" ( Green Party ), "Prog." ( Vermont Progressive Party ), "IPM" ( Independence Party Of Minnesota ) and "Ind." (Independent or Unaffiliated). Furthermore "Vac." indicates a vacancy.

  • Nebraska's single-body legislature is non-partisan; the state Senators do not officially affiliate with political parties. Additionally, while the house's official name is "Legislature," it is usually referred to as the "Unicameral." Its members refer to themselves as "Senators," however.

  • 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.

  • New Jersey's Senatorial terms are staggered so that the election year will fall on the same year as the United States Census and redistricting.

  • Similarly, Illinois State Senators are divided into three groups. One or two of these groups are elected every two years for either a two or four year term.



STATE LEGISLATURE WEBSITES

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 is available on-line is the state legislature's website.


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