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Pre-General Election Legislative Breakdown

2008 Pre-General Election Legislative Party Breakdowns

D = Democrat, R = Republican, O = Other, V = Vacancy

50 State Comparative Table

Post-General Election Legislative Party Breakdowns

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Alabama

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	35	23 D / 12 R	None	None
House	105	62 D / 43 R	None	None

Alaska

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	20	9 D / 11 R	10	4 D / 6 R
House	40	17 D / 23 R	40	17 D / 23 R

American Samoa

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	18	Nonpartisan	None	None
House	20	Nonpartisan	Data not available	Data not available

Arizona

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	30	13 D / 17 R	30	13 D / 17 R
House	60	27 D / 33 R	60	27 D / 33 R

Arkansas

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	35	27 D / 8 R	18	12 D / 5 R
House	100	75 D / 25 R	100	75 D / 25 R

California

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	40	25 D / 15 R	20	11 D / 9 R
House	80	48 D / 32 R	80	48 D / 32 R

Colorado

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	35	20 D / 15 R	19	12 D / 7 R
House	65	40 D / 25 R	65	40 D / 25 R

Connecticut

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	36	23 D / 13 R	36	23 D / 13 R
House	151	107 D / 44 R	151	107 D / 44 R

Delaware

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	21	13 D / 8 R	10	4 D / 6 R
House	41	19 D / 22 R	41	19 D / 22 R

District of Columbia

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Total # of Legislators

Party Breakdown

Total Seats up for Election

Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election

Senate

(D.C. Council )

11 D / 1 R / 1 O

House

No house

Florida

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	40	14 D / 26 R	21	8 D / 13 R
House	120	43 D / 77 R	120	43 D / 77 R

Georgia

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	56	22 D / 34 R	56	22 D / 34 R
House	180	73 D / 107 R	180	73 D / 107 R

Guam

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	15	7 D / 8 R	15	7 D / 8 R
House	Unicameral Legislature

Hawaii

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	25	21 D / 4 R	12	10 D / 2 R
House	51	44 D / 7 R	51	44 D / 7 R

Idaho

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	35	7 D / 28 R	35	7 D / 28 R
House	70	19 D / 51 R	70	19 D / 51 R

Illinois

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	59	37 D / 22 R	39	24 D / 15 R
House	118	67 D / 51 R	118	67 D / 51 R

Indiana

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	50	17 D / 33 R	25	6 D / 19 R
House	100	51 D / 49 R	100	51 D / 49 R

Iowa

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	50	30 D / 20 R	25	11 D / 14 R
House	100	53 D / 47 R	100	53 D / 47 R

Kansas

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	40	10 D / 30 R	40	10 D / 30 R
House	125	47 D / 78 R	125	47 D / 78 R

Kentucky

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	38	14 D / 22 R / 1 O / 1 V	19	9 D / 9 R / 1 V
House	100	62 D / 36 R / 2 V	100	62 D / 36 R / 2 V

Louisiana

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	39	23 D / 16 R	None	None
House	105	53 D / 50 R / 2 O	None	None

Maine

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	35	18 D / 17 R	35	18 D / 17 R
House	151	90 D / 59 R / 2 O	151	90 D / 59 R / 2 O

Maryland

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	47	33 D / 14 R	None	None
House	141	104 D / 37 R	None	None

Massachusetts

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	40	35 D / 5 R	40	35 D / 5 R
House	160	141 D / 19 R	160	141 D / 19 R

Michigan

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	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	38	17 D / 21 R	None	None
House	110	58 D / 52 R	110	58 D / 52 R

Minnesota

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	67	45 D / 22 R	2	1D/1R
House	134	85 D / 48 R / 1 O	134	85 D / 48 R / 1 O

Mississippi

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	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	52	27 D / 25 R	None	None
House	122	75 D / 47 R	None	None

Missouri

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	34	13 D / 20 R / 1 V	17	6 D / 10 R / 1 V
House	163	70 D / 89 R / 4 V	163	70 D / 89 R / 4 V

Montana

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	50	26 D / 24 R	25	17 D / 8 R
House	100	49 D / 50 R / 1 O	100	49 D / 50 R / 1 O

Nebraska

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	49	Nonpartisan	25	Nonpartisan
House	Unicameral Legislature

Nevada

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	21	10 D / 11 R	10	5 D / 5 R
House	42	27 D / 15 R	42	27 D / 15 R

New Hampshire

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	24	14 D / 10 R	24	14 D / 10 R
House	400	236 D / 159 R / 1 O / 4 V	400	236 D / 159 R / 1 O / 4 V

New Jersey

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	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	40	23 D / 17 R	None	None
House	80	48 D / 32 R	None	None

New Mexico

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	42	24 D / 18 R	42	24 D / 18 R
House	70	42 D / 28 R	70	42 D / 28 R

New York

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	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	62	29 D / 31 R / 2V	62	29 D / 31 R / 2V
House	150	105 D / 41 R / 4V	150	105 D / 41 R / 4V

North Carolina

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	50	31 D / 19 R	50	31 D / 19 R
House	120	68 D / 52 R	120	68 D / 52 R

North Dakota

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	47	21 D / 26 R	23	7 D / 16 R
House	94	33 D / 61 R	46	13 D / 33 R

Northern Mariana Islands

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	9	2 D / 3 R / 4 O	None	None
House	20	1 D / 12 R / 7 O	None	None

Ohio

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	33	12 D / 21 R	16	3 D / 13 R
House	99	46 D / 53 R	99	46 D / 53 R

Oklahoma

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	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	48	24 D / 24 R	24	11 D / 13 R
House	101	44 D / 57 R	101	44 D / 57 R

Oregon

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	30	19 D / 11 R	16	9 D / 7 R
House	60	31 D / 29 R	60	31 D / 29 R

Pennsylvania

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	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	50	21 D / 29 R	25	11 D / 14 R
House	203	102 D / 101 R	203	102 D / 101 R

Puerto Rico

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	27	17 NPP / 9 PDP / 1 PIP	27
House	51	32 NPP / 19 PDP / 1 PIP	51

Rhode Island

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	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	38	33 D / 5 R	38	33 D / 5 R
House	75	61 D / 14 R	75	61 D / 14 R

South Carolina

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	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	46	19 D / 27 R	46	19 D / 27 R
House	124	51 D / 73 R	124	51 D / 73 R

South Dakota

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	35	15 D / 20 R	35	15 D / 20 R
House	70	20 D / 50 R	70	20 D / 50 R

Tennessee

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	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	33	16 D / 16 R / 1 O	16	9 D / 6 R / 1 O
House	99	53 D / 46 R	99	53 D / 46 R

Texas

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	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	31	11 D / 20 R	15	6 D / 9 R
House	150	71 D / 79 R	150	71 D / 79 R

U.S. Virgin Islands

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	15	9 D / 6 O	15	9 D / 6 O
House	Unicameral Legislature

Utah

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	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	29	8 D / 21 R	14	3 D / 11 R
House	75	20 D / 55 R	75	20 D / 55 R

Vermont

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	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	30	23 D / 7 R	30	23 D / 7 R
House	150	93 D / 49 R / 8 O	150	93 D / 49 R / 8 0

Virginia

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	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	40	21 D / 19 R	None	None
House	100	45 D / 53 R / 2 O	None	None

Washington

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	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	49	32 D / 17 R	26	15 D / 11 R
House	98	63 D / 35 R	98	63 D / 35 R

West Virginia

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	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	34	23 D / 11 R	17	10 D / 7 R
House	100	72 D / 28 R	100	72 D / 28 R

Wisconsin

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	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	33	18 D / 15 R	16	8 D / 8 R
House	99	47 D / 52 R	99	47 D / 52 R

Wyoming

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Pre-General Election Counts

	Total # of Legislators	Party Breakdown	Total Seats up for Election	Party Breakdown of Seats up for General Election
Senate	30	7 D / 23 R	16	2 D / 14 R
House	60	17 D / 43 R	60	17 D / 43 R

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