Composition of State Legislatures, by Political Party Affiliation statistics


			Lower House							Lower house			Upper House					Upper house
	FIPS
State	code	1990 ¹ ²		1992 ¹ ²		1994 ³		1996 ⁴		1998 ⁵		1990 ¹ ⁷		1992 ¹		1994 ³ ⁶		1996		1998 ⁷

		Dem.	Rep.	Dem.	Rep.	Dem.	Rep.	Dem.	Rep.	Dem.	Rep.	Dem.	Rep.	Dem.	Rep.	Dem.	Rep.	Dem.	Rep.	Dem.	Rep.

United States	00000	3,242	2,202	3,186	2,223	2,817	2,603	2,886	2,539	2,903	2,580	1,186	757	1,132	799	1,021	905	998	931	1,041	963

Alabama ⁸	01000	82	23	82	23	74	31	72	33	71	34	28	7	27	8	23	12	22	12	22	13
Alaska ⁹	02000	23	17	20	18	17	22	16	24	15	25	10	10	10	10	8	12	7	13	6	14
Arizona ¹⁰	04000	27	33	25	35	22	38	22	38	22	38	17	13	12	18	11	19	12	18	12	18
Arkansas ⁹	05000	90	9	88	11	88	12	86	13	86	14	31	4	30	5	28	7	28	6	28	7
California ⁹	06000	47	33	47	33	39	40	43	37	42	37	25	13	21	16	21	17	25	15	23	16
Colorado ⁹	08000	27	38	31	34	24	41	24	41	24	41	12	23	16	19	16	19	15	20	15	20
Connecticut ¹⁰	09000	87	64	85	64	90	61	97	54	96	55	20	16	19	17	17	19	19	17	19	17
Delaware ⁹	10000	17	24	18	23	14	27	14	27	13	28	15	6	15	6	12	9	13	8	13	8
Florida ⁹	11000	74	46	71	49	63	57	59	61	57	63	22	18	20	20	19	21	17	23	17	23
Georgia ¹⁰	12000	145	35	128	51	114	65	106	74	102	78	45	11	41	15	35	20	34	22	34	22
Hawaii ⁹	13000	45	6	47	4	44	7	39	12	39	12	22	3	22	3	23	2	23	2	23	2
Idaho ¹⁰	15000	28	56	20	50	13	57	11	59	11	59	21	21	12	23	8	27	5	30	5	30
Illinois ⁹	16000	72	46	67	51	54	64	60	58	60	58	31	28	27	32	26	33	28	31	28	31
Indiana ⁹	17000	52	48	55	45	44	56	50	50	50	50	24	26	22	28	20	30	19	31	19	31
Iowa ⁹	18000	55	45	49	51	36	64	46	54	46	54	29	21	27	23	27	23	21	29	22	28
Kansas ⁹	19000	63	62	59	66	45	80	48	77	48	77	18	22	13	27	13	27	13	27	13	27
Kentucky ⁹	20000	68	32	71	29	64	36	64	36	64	36	27	11	25	13	21	17	20	18	20	18
Louisiana ⁸	21000	89	16	88	16	86	17	76	28	78	27	34	5	33	6	33	6	25	14	25	14
Maine ¹⁰	22000	97	54	93	58	77	74	81	69	81	69	21	14	20	15	16	18	19	15	19	15
Maryland ⁸	23000	116	25	116	25	100	41	100	41	99	41	38	9	38	9	32	15	32	15	32	15
Massachusetts ¹⁰	24000	118	37	123	34	125	34	134	25	130	29	25	15	31	9	30	10	34	6	31	8
Michigan ⁹	25000	61	49	55	55	53	56	58	52	58	51	18	20	16	22	16	22	16	22	16	22
Minnesota ⁹	26000	78	56	85	49	71	63	70	64	70	64	46	21	45	22	43	21	42	24	42	24
Mississippi ⁸	27000	98	23	91	29	89	31	86	33	84	36	43	9	37	15	36	14	34	18	34	18
Missouri ⁹	28000	99	64	98	65	87	76	88	75	85	76	23	11	20	14	19	15	19	15	19	15
Montana ⁹	29000	61	39	47	53	33	67	35	65	35	65	29	21	30	20	19	31	16	34	16	33
Nebraska	30000	(¹¹)	(¹¹)	(¹¹)	(¹¹)	(¹¹)	(¹¹)	(¹¹)	(¹¹)	(¹¹)	(¹¹)	(¹¹)	(¹¹)	(¹¹)	(¹¹)	(¹¹)	(¹¹)	(¹¹)	(¹¹)	(¹¹)	(¹¹)
Nevada ⁹	31000	22	19	27	12	21	21	25	17	25	17	10	10	10	11	8	13	9	12	9	12
New Hampshire ¹⁰	32000	125	268	136	258	112	286	143	255	147	248	11	13	11	13	6	18	9	15	9	15
New Jersey ⁹	33000	22	58	27	53	28	52	30	50	32	48	13	27	16	24	16	24	16	24	16	24
New Mexico ⁹	34000	49	21	53	17	46	24	42	28	42	28	26	16	27	15	27	15	25	17	25	17
New York ¹⁰	35000	95	55	100	50	94	56	96	54	95	52	26	35	26	35	25	36	26	35	26	35
North Carolina ¹⁰	36000	81	39	78	42	52	68	59	61	59	61	36	14	39	11	26	24	30	20	30	20
North Dakota ⁹	37000	48	58	33	65	23	75	26	72	26	71	27	26	25	24	20	29	19	30	18	29
Ohio ⁹	38000	61	38	53	46	43	56	39	60	39	60	12	21	13	20	13	20	12	21	12	20
Oklahoma ⁹	39000	68	33	70	31	65	36	65	36	65	36	37	11	37	11	35	13	33	15	33	15
Oregon ⁹	40000	28	32	28	32	26	34	29	31	29	31	20	10	16	14	11	19	10	20	10	20
Pennsylvania ⁹	41000	107	94	105	98	101	102	99	104	99	104	24	26	24	25	21	29	20	30	20	30
Rhode Island ¹⁰	42000	89	11	85	15	84	16	84	16	84	16	45	5	39	11	40	10	41	9	42	8
South Carolina ⁹	44000	79	43	71	52	58	62	53	70	52	71	33	13	30	16	29	17	26	20	25	21
South Dakota ¹⁰	45000	25	45	28	42	24	46	23	47	22	48	17	18	20	15	16	19	13	22	13	22
Tennessee ⁹	46000	57	42	63	36	59	40	61	38	61	38	20	13	19	14	18	15	18	15	18	15
Texas ⁹	47000	93	57	91	58	89	61	82	68	82	68	22	9	18	13	17	14	14	16	14	17
Utah ⁹	48000	31	44	26	49	20	55	20	55	21	54	10	19	11	18	10	19	9	20	9	20
Vermont ¹⁰	49000	73	75	87	57	86	61	89	57	89	57	15	15	14	16	12	18	17	13	17	13
Virginia ⁹	50000	58	41	52	47	52	47	53	46	51	48	22	18	22	18	22	18	20	20	19	21
Washington ⁹	51000	58	40	65	33	38	60	45	53	41	57	24	25	28	21	25	24	23	26	23	26
West Virginia ⁹	53000	74	26	79	21	69	30	74	25	74	26	33	1	32	2	26	8	25	9	25	9
Wisconsin ⁹	54000	58	41	51	47	48	51	47	52	46	51	19	14	16	17	16	17	17	16	17	16
Wyoming ⁹	55000	22	42	19	41	13	47	17	43	17	43	10	20	10	20	10	20	9	21	9	21

1 Status as of November 11, 1993.
2 Excludes one Independent each for AR, LA, NH, SC, and VA;two Independents each for AK and MS; four Independents for VT;members of political parties other than Democratic, Republican,or Independent (one in MA, two in VT, and four in NH);one vacancy each for GA, NH, TX, and WI; two vacancies each for CT andMA; and three vacancies for NV.
3 Status as of December 7, 1994.
4 Excludes one independent each for ME, MA, SC, VT, and VA; three for MS; two for NH; onevacancy each for AR and LA; three for party other than Democratic, Republican, or Independent.
5 Excludes one Independent each for ME, MA, MO, SC, VA and VT; two each for MS and NH; andthree Progressives for VT.
6 Excludes one Independent each for CA, ME and MN; one vacancy each for AL, AR, and Tx; and49 from party other than Democratic, Republican, or Independent.
7 Excludes one Independent each in CA, ME, and MN; one vacancy each in MA, MO, and OH;and two in ND.
8 Members of both houses serve 4-year terms.
9 Upper House members serve 4-year terms and Lower House membersserve 2-year terms.
10 Members of both houses serve 2-year terms.
11 Single chamber (unicameral body) of 49 members, elected withoutparty designation.

Source: The Council of State Governments, Lexington, KY,1984, The Book of the States, biennial; 1986-90,State Elective Officials and the Legislatures, biennial, (copyright).1992 and 1994, National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, CO,unpublished data. www.NCSL.org

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469. Composition of State Legislatures, by Political Party Affiliation