Partisan Control of State Legislatures, 1938-98

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Election Year	Democrats	Republicans	Split
1938	21	19	6
1940	21	17	8
1942	19	24	3
1944	19	24	3
1946	17	25	4
1948	19	16	11
1950	19	21	6
1952	16	26	4
1954	19	20	7
1956	22	19	5
1958	30	7	11
1960	27	15	6
1962	25	17	6
1964	32	6	10
1966	23	16	9
1968	20	20	8
1970	23	16	9
1972	26	16	7
1974	37	4	8
1976	35	4	10
1978	31	11	7
1980	29	15	5
1982	34	11	4
1984	26	11	12
1986	28	9	12
1988	29	8	12
1990	30	6	13
1992	25	8	16
1994*	18	19	12
1996	20	18	11
1998, Pre-Election	20	19	10
* The 1994 legislative elections triggered significant partisan turnover. * All columns do not add up to 50 because of Nebraska’s nonpartisan, unicameral legislature; before 1972, Minnesota’s legislature was also nonpartisan. Legislatures in Alaska and Hawaii are first counted in 1958. SOURCE: National Conference of State Legislatures