SOURCE OF DATA: POLIDATA attempts to determine party control from district-by-district election results.
However, aside from the problems associated with this, party switching sometimes results in a change of
chamber control. See notes below.
MT State House, 2006: Election Results: 50 Dems, 49 GOP, 1 Other. After party switching: 49 Dems, 50 GOP, 1 Other.
GA State Senate, 2002: Election Results: 30 Dems, 26 GOP. After party switching: 26 Dems, 30 GOP.
DATA PROBLEMS: The party control data for state legislatures are often difficult to obtain and the numbers do change over time.
Actual changes may occur due to death, resignation or party switching.
Other changes may occur due to the source of the data.
Few legislative bodies or state election authorities report the aggregate counts by chamber.
This is, of course, complicated by chambers in which only a portion of the seats are up for election in any one year or which have four-year terms.
CHANGES IN TOTAL MEMBERSHIP: Following the 2000 reapportionment, several states altered the number of
members in their legislative chambers.
ND State Senate: 2001: 49 members, 2003: 47 members.
ND State House: 2001: 98 members, 2003: 94 members.
RI State Senate: 2001: 50 members, 2003: 38 members.
RI State House: 2001: 100 members, 2003: 75 members.
CHANGES AS A RESULT OF THE ELECTIONS:
A summary of changes in control resulting for selected elections can be found below.
2012 Elections:
2010 Elections:
2008 Elections:
2006 Elections:
2006 U.S. SENATE: Changes in State Delegation Control (2004-2006)
(1) CT: from D to t; (2) MO: from R to T; (3)
MT: from T to D; (4) OH: from R to T; (5) PA: from
R to T; (6) RI: from T to D; (7) VA: from R to T.
2006 U.S. HOUSE: Changes in State Delegation Control (2004-2006)
(1) AZ: from R to T; (2) CO: from R to D; (3)
CT: from R to D; (4) IN: from R to D; (5) IA: from
R to D; (6) KS: from R to T; (7) MN: from T to D;
(8) NH: from R to D; (9) NC: from R to D; (10) PA:
from R to D; (11) VT: from O to D; (12) WI: from T
to D.
2006 GOVERNORS: Changes in Control (2005-2006)
(1) AR: from R
to D; (2) CO: from R to D; (3) MD: from R to D;
(4) MA: from R to D; (5) NY: from R to D; (6) OH:
from R to D.
2006 STATE SENATES: Changes in Chamber Control (2004-2006)
(1)IA: from T to D; (2) NH: from R to D; (3) OK: from
D to T; (4) WI: from R to D.
2006 STATE HOUSES: Changes in Chamber Control (2004-2006) (1)
IN: from R to D; (2) IA: from R to D; (3) MI: from
R to D; (4) MN: from R to D; (5) MT: from T to R;
(6) NH: from R to D; (7) OR: from R to D; (8) PA:
from R to D.
NOTE: a party switch in MT resulted in GOP control.
2004 Elections:
2004 U.S. SENATE: Changes in State Delegation Control (2002-2004)
(1) CO: from R to T; (2) FL: from D to T; (3) GA:
from T to R; (4) IL: from T to D; (5) LA: from D
to T; (6) NC: from T to R; (7) SC: from T to R;
(8) SD: from D to T.
2004 U.S. HOUSE: Changes in State Delegation Control (2002-2004)
2004 GOVERNORS: Changes in Control (2003-2004)
(1) IN: from D
to R; (2) MO: from D to R; (3) MT: from R to D;
(4) NH: from R to D; (5) WA: no change with Gregoire sworn in (1/12/2005).
2004 STATE SENATES: Changes in Chamber Control (2003-2004)
(1) CO: from R to D; (2) IA: from R to T; (3) MT: from
R to D; (4) NJ: from T to D; (5) OR: from T to D;
(6) TN: from D to R; (7) WA: from R to D.
NOTE: GA Senate went from D elected to R elected.
2004 STATE HOUSES: Changes in Chamber Control (2003-2004)
(1) CO: from R to D; (2) GA: from D to R; (3) IN: from
D to R; (4) NC: from R to D; (5) OK: from D to R;
(6) VT: from r to D; (7) MT: from R to T with court decision (1/08/2005).
2003 Elections:
2003 GOVERNORS: Changes in Control (2002-2003) (1) CA: from D to
R; (2) KY: from D to R; (3) LA: from R to D; (4)
MS: from D to R.
2003 STATE SENATES: Changes in Chamber Control (2002-2003) (1) NJ:
from T to D.
2003 STATE HOUSES: Changes in Chamber Control (2002-2003). None.
2002 Elections:
2002 U.S. SENATE: Changes in State Delegation Control (2000-2002)
(1) AR: from T to D; (2) GA: from D to T; (3) MN:
from D to T; (4) MO: from T to R.
2002 U.S. HOUSE: Changes in State Delegation Control (2000-2002)
(1) CT: from T to R; (2) IL: from T to R; (3) MD:
from T to D; (4) MI: from D to R; (5) MN: from D
to T; (6) MS: from D to T; (7) NV: from T to R;
(8) TN: from R to D; (9) WI: from D to T.
2002 GOVERNORS: Changes in Control (2001-2002) (1) AL: from D to
R; (2) AK: from D to R; (3) AZ: from R to D; (4)
GA: from D to R; (5) HI: from D to R; (6) IL: from
R to D; (7) KS: from R to D; (8) ME: from O to D;
(9) MD: from D to R; (10) MI: from R to D; (11)
MN: from O to R; (12) NH: from D to R; (13) NM:
from R to D; (14) OK: from R to D; (15) PA: from R
to D; (16) SC: from D to R; (17) TN: from R to D;
(18) VT: from D to R; (19) WI: from R to D; (20)
WY: from R to D.
2002 STATE SENATES: Changes in Chamber Control (2001-2002) (1) AZ:
from T to R; (2) CO: from D to R; (3) GA: from D
to R; (4) IL: from R to D; (5) ME: from T to D;
(6) OR: from R to T; (7) WA: from D to R; (8) WI:
from D to R.
2002 STATE HOUSES: Changes in Chamber Control (2001-2002) (1) KY:
from D to R; (2) MO: from D to R; (3) NV: from D
to R; (4) NC: from D to R; (5) TX: from D to R;
(6) WA: from T to D.
2001 Elections:
2001 GOVERNORS: Changes in Control (2000-2001) (1) NJ: from R to
D; (2) VA: from R to D.
2001 STATE SENATES: Changes in Chamber Control (2000-2001) (1) NJ:
from R to T.
2001 STATE HOUSES: Changes in Chamber Control (2000-2001) (1) NJ:
from R to D.
