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== [[Republican]] majority in both chambers (27)<ref>Including the ostensibly "non-partisan", unicameral [[Nebraska]].</ref> == | == [[Republican]] majority in both chambers (27)<ref>Including the ostensibly "non-partisan", unicameral [[Nebraska]].</ref> == | ||
| − | *Arizona | + | *Arizona (veto-proof majorities) |
*Florida | *Florida | ||
*Georgia | *Georgia | ||
*Idaho | *Idaho | ||
*Kansas | *Kansas | ||
| + | *Minnesota | ||
*Missouri | *Missouri | ||
*Nebraska<ref>Nebraska has only one chamber (unicameral) and is bipartisan, but it is similar to Republican in viewpoints.</ref> | *Nebraska<ref>Nebraska has only one chamber (unicameral) and is bipartisan, but it is similar to Republican in viewpoints.</ref> | ||
| + | *New Hampshire (veto-proof majorities) | ||
*North Dakota | *North Dakota | ||
*Oklahoma | *Oklahoma | ||
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*Utah | *Utah | ||
*Wyoming | *Wyoming | ||
| − | <br>please add | + | <br>please add 10 more to the above list |
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== [[Republican]] majority in only one chamber (5) == | == [[Republican]] majority in only one chamber (5) == | ||
Revision as of 02:00, November 22, 2010
State legislatures, as of the beginning of 2011, have the following compositions:[1]
| “ | Republicans control 26 state legislatures, Democrats 17, and five have split control. In New York, officials are still determining who is in charge in the state Senate. Republicans control more legislatures than they have since 1952. | ” |
Republican majority in both chambers (27)[2]
- Arizona (veto-proof majorities)
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Kansas
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska[3]
- New Hampshire (veto-proof majorities)
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Wyoming
please add 10 more to the above list
Republican majority in only one chamber (5)
Democratic majority in both chambers (17)
- Arkansas
References
- ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/20/AR2010112003695.html
- ↑ Including the ostensibly "non-partisan", unicameral Nebraska.
- ↑ Nebraska has only one chamber (unicameral) and is bipartisan, but it is similar to Republican in viewpoints.