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State State executive Legislature name Lower house Upper house Name Size [2] Party strength Term ... Gov. Party State Control Alabama 140 35 8 27 105 28 76 1v Rep
This chart shows the trends in the partisan composition of the various state legislatures in the United States. In most cases the data point for each year is July 1, a time when few elections are scheduled. Most states hold legislative elections in the even numbered years, so the data points below are near the end of the term for most states.
Map of relative party strengths in each U.S. state after the 2020 presidential election. Political party strength in U.S. states is the level of representation of the various political parties in the United States in each statewide elective office providing legislators to the state and to the U.S. Congress and electing the executives at the state (U.S. state governor) and national (U.S ...
The 2024 United States state legislative elections were held on November 5, 2024, for 85 state legislative chambers in 44 states. Across the fifty states , approximately 65 percent of all upper house seats and 85 percent of all lower house seats were up for election.
State State executive Legislature name Lower house Upper house Name Size [1] Party strength Term (yrs.) Name Size [1] Party strength Term (yrs.) Alabama: Governor: Legislature: House of Representatives: 105 R 76–29: 4: Senate: 35: R 27–8: 4 Alaska: Governor: Legislature: House of Representatives: 40 MC 23–16, 1 NCR [nb 1] 2: Senate: 20 ...
The 2025 United States state legislative elections will be held on November 4, 2025, for 2 state legislative chambers in 2 states. Across the fifty states , 3 percent of all lower house seats will be up for election, with no upper house having regularly scheduled elections.
The Oregon Legislative Assembly [a] is the state legislature for the U.S. state of Oregon.The Legislative Assembly is bicameral, consisting of an upper and lower house: the Senate, whose 30 members are elected to serve four-year terms; and the House of Representatives, with 60 members elected to two-year terms.
A legislature generally performs state duties for a state in the same way that the United States Congress performs national duties at the national level. Generally, the same system of checks and balances that exists at the federal level also exists between the state legislature, the state executive officer (governor) and the state judiciary.