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470. Political Party Control of State Legislatures, by Party

[As of beginning of year. Until 1972there were two nonpartisan legislatures in Minnesota and Nebraska.Since then only Nebraska has had a nonpartisan legislature]

 
Legislatures under
Year Demo- Split Repub-
cratic control lican
control or tie control
 
1969 20 8 20
1971 23 9 16
1973 27 6 16
1975 37 7 5
1977 36 8 5
1979 30 7 12
1981 28 6 15
1983 1 34 4 11
1985 27 11 11
1987 28 12 9
1989 2 28 13 8
1990 29 11 9
1992 29 14 6
1993 25 16 8
1994 24 17 8
1995 18 12 19
1996 16 15 18
1997 20 11 18
1998 20 11 18



1 Two 1984 midterm recall elections resulted in a change in control ofthe Michigan State Senate. At the time of the 1984 election, therefore,Democrats controlled 33 legislatures.
2 A party change during the year by a Democratic representativebroke the tie in the Indiana House of Representatives,giving the Republicans control of both chambers.

Source: National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, CO,State Legislatures, periodic.http://www.ncsl.org/programs/pubs/pubs.htm

https://allcountries.org/uscensus/470_political_party_control_of_state_legislatures.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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