State governments set to shift toward Republicans in today's vote
November 2, 2010
By Leslie Graves
Which political party will have a dominant position in the 50 state governments after today's election? One way to measure this is by looking at partisan control in five key state government positions:
Heading into the November 2, 2010 election, the Democratic Party holds 145, or 58%, of the available 250 positions, while the Republican Party holds 95, or 38.8%. 8, or 3.2%, are "other."
However, with the Republican Party expected to pick up as many as 6 gubernatorial seats, 6 state Attorney General positions, 7 Secretary of State positions, and between 10-15 state legislative chambers, at the end of the night, the Republican Party may control about 140-145 positions, while the Democratic Party may control around 95-100.
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| State | Before November 2010 | After November 2010 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Atty Gen | Sec'y of State | State Senate | State House | Governor | Atty Gen | Sec'y of State | State Senate | State House | ||
| Alabama | |||||||||||
| Alaska | NA | NA | |||||||||
| Arizona | |||||||||||
| Arkansas | |||||||||||
| California | |||||||||||
| Colorado | |||||||||||
| Connecticut | |||||||||||
| Delaware | |||||||||||
| Florida | |||||||||||
| Georgia | |||||||||||
| Hawaii | NA | NA | |||||||||
| Idaho | |||||||||||
| Illinois | |||||||||||
| Indiana | |||||||||||
| Iowa | |||||||||||
| Kansas | |||||||||||
| Kentucky | |||||||||||
| Louisiana | |||||||||||
| Maine | |||||||||||
| Maryland | |||||||||||
| Massachusetts | |||||||||||
| Michigan | |||||||||||
| Minnesota | |||||||||||
| Mississippi | |||||||||||
| Missouri | |||||||||||
| Montana | |||||||||||
| Nebraska | NA | NA | |||||||||
| Nevada | |||||||||||
| New Hamp | Gov appt | Leg elect | |||||||||
| New Jersey | Gov appt | Gov appt | |||||||||
| New Mexico | |||||||||||
| New York | Gov appt | ||||||||||
| North Carolina | |||||||||||
| North Dakota | |||||||||||
| Ohio | |||||||||||
| Oklahoma | Gov appt | ||||||||||
| Oregon | |||||||||||
| Pennsylvania | Gov appt | Gov appt | |||||||||
| Rhode Island | |||||||||||
| South Carolina | |||||||||||
| South Dakota | |||||||||||
| Tennessee | Ct appt | Leg elect | |||||||||
| Texas | Gov appt | ||||||||||
| Utah | NA | NA | |||||||||
| Vermont | |||||||||||
| Virginia | Gov appt | ||||||||||
| Washington | |||||||||||
| West Virginia | |||||||||||
| Wisconsin | |||||||||||
| Wyoming | Gov appt | ||||||||||
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