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State legislatures in 2017

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Before the 2016 state legislative elections, Democrats controlled 30 state legislative chambers, while Republicans controlled 69. Following the elections, and going into 2017, Democrats controlled 31 chambers and Republicans controlled 68.

Partisan control

By chamber

Partisan Control of All 99 State Legislatures
Pre-election Post-election
Legislative Chamber Democratic Party Republican Party Democratic Party Republican Party
State senates 14 36 13 37
State houses 16 33 18 31
Total: 30 69 31 68

By seat

Partisan Balance of All 7,383 State Legislative Seats
Pre-election Post-election
Legislative Chamber Democratic Party Republican Party Other[1] Democratic Party Republican Party Other[1]
State senates 839 1,125 8 804 1,158 10
State houses 2,347 3,036 28 2,339 3,047 25
Total: 3,186 4,161 36 3,143 4,205 35

Chambers that flipped in 2016

Seven chambers flipped control after the November 2016 elections.

State Pre-election party in power Post-election party in power
Iowa State Senate Democratic Party Republican Party
Kentucky House of Representatives Democratic Party Republican Party
Minnesota State Senate Democratic Party Republican Party
Nevada State Senate Republican Party Democratic Party
Nevada State Assembly Republican Party Democratic Party
New Mexico House of Representatives Republican Party Democratic Party
Alaska House of Representatives[2] Republican Party Democratic Party

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Third party incumbents and vacancies.
  2. ↑ A coalition between House Democrats, three Republican representatives, and two independent representatives gave effective control of the chamber to Democrats.
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