List of U.S. state legislatures Totally Explained

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Each State in the United States has a legislative branch 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 an 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 at 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 January 11, 2008, the party composition of the legislatures is:

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

"Split" means that either the two houses have different majority parties (for example, Democratic Senate v. Republican lower house), that a house that's 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

State legislatures

State	Name	Lower House	Upper House
State	Name	a href=http://Party_strength.totallyexplained.com title="Party strength - Totally Explained">Party Strengths	a href=http://Term.totallyexplained.com title="Term - Totally Explained">Term (Years)	ame	arty Strengths	erm (Years)
Alabama	Legislature	House of Representatives	D 62-43	4	Senate	D 22-13	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 40-25	2	Senate	D 20-15	4
Connecticut	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 107-44	2	Senate	D 23-13	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 107-73	2	Senate	R 34-22	2
Hawaii	Legislature	House of Representatives	D 44-7	2	Senate	D 21-4	4
Idaho	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 51-19	2	Senate	R 28-7	2
Illinois	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 67-51	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 78-47	2	Senate	R 30-10	4
Kentucky	General Assembly	House of Representatives	D 64-36	2	Senate	R 21-16 1 Ind.	4
Louisiana	Legislature	House of Representatives	D 53-50 2 Ind.	4	Senate	D 23-16	4
Maine	Legislature	House of Representatives	D 90-59 2 Ind.	2	Senate	D 18-17	2
Maryland	General Assembly	House of Delegates	D 104-37	4	Senate	D 33-14	4
Massachusetts	General Court	House of Representatives	D 141-19	2	Senate	D 35-5	2
Michigan	Legislature	House of Representatives	D 58-52	2	Senate	R 21-17	4
Minnesota	Legislature	House of Representatives	DFL 85-48 1 Ind.	2	Senate	DFL 45-22	2, 4, 4
Mississippi	Legislature	House of Representatives	D 75-47	4	Senate	D 27-25	4
Missouri	General Assembly	House of Representatives	R 92-71	2	Senate	R 20-14	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 48-32	2	Senate	D 23-17	2, 4, 4
New Mexico	Legislature	House of Representatives	D 42-28	2	Senate	D 24-18	4
New York	Legislature	State Assembly	D 108-42	2	Senate	R 32-30	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 79-71	2	Senate	R 20-11	4
Utah	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 55-20	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 53-45 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

Territorial legislatures

State	Name	Lower House	Upper House
State	Name	a href=http://Party_strength.totallyexplained.com title="Party strength - Totally Explained">Party Strengths	a href=http://Term.totallyexplained.com title="Term - Totally Explained">Term (Years)	ame	arty Strengths	erm (Years)
American Samoa	Fono	House of Representatives	non-partisan (20)	2	Senate	non-partisan (18)	4
	Council	Unicameral				D 11-1 1 Ind.	2
Guam	Legislature	Unicameral				R 8-7	2
Northern Mariana Islands	Legislature	House of Representatives	R 12-1 Cov. 4-3 Ind.	2	Senate	Coal. 6-3	4
Puerto Rico	Assembly	House of Representatives	NPP 32-18 PDP PIP 1	2	Senate	NPP 17-9 PDP PIP 1	2
U. S. Virgin Islands	Legislature	Unicameral				D 9-4 ICM 2 Ind.	2

Map key

Color	Name	Abbreviation	Notes
	Democratic Party	D	Major national party; has state-level parties in each state
	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]	Governing Coalition	Coal.	A coalition of the Democratic and Republican Parties in power in the Alaska Senate or a coalition of the Covenant, Democratic, and Independents in power in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate.
	Constitution Party	C	National third party; has representation in Montana
	Vermont Progressive Party	P	State-level third party operating only in Vermont
	Covenant Party	Cov.	Territorial-level third party operating only in Northern Mariana Islands
	New Progressive Party	NPP	Territorial-level third party operating only in Puerto Rico
	Popular Democratic Party	PDP	Territorial-level third party operating only in Puerto Rico
	Puerto Rican Independence Party	PIP	Territorial-level third party operating only in Puerto Rico
	Independent Citizens Movement	ICM	Territorial-level third party operating only in the U.S. Virgin Islands
[None]	Independent	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

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