The September issue looks at the U.S. education achievement gap with other nations, key U.S. Supreme Court decisions affecting states, GMO labeling, a chat with NCSL's new president and much more.
Current Issue
You often hear the phrases “split control” or “divided government.” These terms relate to the party control of state legislatures or state government, which may change with each election.
Current and historic party control of state legislatures and government can be accessed below.
For consistency, the historic charts show the party control as of January in each year. (If you are looking for election results visit this page - 2014 Results for Legislative Partisan Composition | Post-Election)
(As of April 2016: Republications control 30 legislatures; Democrats control 12 legislatures, seven legislatures are split, and one legislature is unicameral non-partisan.)
(Historic charts show the party control as of January in each year.)
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2014 Legislative Partisan Composition Table
2013 Legislative Partisan Composition Table
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