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Political Profiles of State Legislatures Decision 2016 POLITICAL PROFILES OF STATE LEGISLATURES DECISION 2016 32 Republican 13 Democrat 3 Split WA 1 Unicameral ME MT ND MA MN VT 1 Not Decided OR NH RI ID SD WI NY WY MI CT IA PA NJ NE NV OH DE UT IL IN CO WV CA MD KS MO VA KY DC NC TN OK AZ NM AR SC LA MS AL GA TX LA TX AK FL HI 22 9 Political Trifectas: Republican Democrat POLITICAL PROFILES OF STATE LEGISLATURES DECISION 2016 NEXT SENATE HOUSE NEXT SENATE HOUSE PARTY PARTY STATE GOVERNOR GOV. STATE GOVERNOR GOV. COUNTROL COUNTROL RACE D R Other Vacant D R Other Vacant RACE D R Other Vacant D R Other Vacant Alabama Robert Bentley 2018 8 26 1 31 73 1 Republican Montana Steve Bullock 2020 18 32 40 57 3u Republican Alaska Bill Walker (IND) 2018 6 14 17 21 2 Republican Nebraska Pete Ricketts 2018 12 35 2 – – – – Unicameral Arizona Doug Ducey 2018 13 17 26 34 Republican Nevada Brian Sandoval 2019 11 10 27 15 Democrat Arkansas Asa Hutchinson 2018 9 26 27 73 Republican New Hampshire Chris Sununu 2020 10 14 174 222 4u Republican California Jerry Brown 2018 25 14 1u 55 25 Democrat New Jersey Chris Christie 2017 24 16 52 28 Democrat Colorado John Hickenlooper 2018 17 18 37 28 Split New Mexico Susana Martinez 2018 26 16 38 32 Democrat Connecticut Dannel Malloy 2018 18 18 79 72 Split New York Andrew Cuomo 2018 31 31 1u 107 42 1u Not Decided Delaware John Carney 2020 11 10 25 16 Democrat North Carolina Roy Cooper (RECOUNT) 2020 15 34 1u 46 74 Republican Florida Rick Scott 2018 15 25 40 79 1u Republican North Dakota Doug Burgum 2020 9 38 13 80 1u Republican Georgia Nathan Deal 2018 18 38 62 118 Republican Ohio John Kasich 2018 9 24 33 66 Republican Hawaii David Ige 2018 25 0 45 6 Democrat Oklahoma Mary Fallin 2018 6 42 26 75 Republican Idaho Butch Otter 2018 6 29 10 60 Republican Oregon Kate Brown 2020 17 12 1u 33 25 2u Democrat Illinois Bruce Rauner 2018 37 22 67 51 Democrat Pennsylvania Tom Wolf 2018 16 34 81 122 Republican Indiana Eric Holcomb 2020 9 41 30 70 Republican Rhode Island Gina Raimondo 2018 33 5 63 11 Democrat Iowa Terry Branstad 2018 19 28 1; 1u 1 41 59 Republican South Carolina Nikki Haley 2018 18 28 44 80 Republican Kansas Sam Brownback 2018 9 31 40 85 Republican South Dakota Dennis Daugaard 2018 6 29 10 60 Republican Kentucky Matt Bevin 2019 11 27 36 64 R Republican Tennessee Bill Haslam 2018 5 28 25 73 1u Republican Louisiana John Bel Edwards 2019 14 25 42 60 3 Republican Texas Greg Abbott 2018 11 20 56 94 Republican Maine Paul LePage 2018 17 18 76 72 2; 1u Split Utah Gary Herbert 2020 5 24 15 60 Republican Maryland Larry Hogan 2018 33 14 90 51 Democrat Vermont Phil Scott 2020 21 7 2 84 52 14 Democrat Massachusetts Charlie Baker 2018 34 6 125 35 Democrat Virginia Terry McAuliffe 2017 18 21 1 32 66 2 Republican Michigan Rick Snyder 2018 11 27 47 63 Republican Washington Jay Inslee 2020 25 24 51 45 2u Democrat Minnesota Mark Dayton 2018 33 34 57 76 1u Republican West Virginia Jim Justice 2020 12 22 37 63 Republican Mississippi Phil Bryant 2018 20 32 48 72 2 Republican Wisconsin Scott Walker 2018 12 20 1u 35 64 Republican Missouri Eric Greitens 2020 9 25 46 117 Republican Wyoming Matt Mead 2018 3 27 9 51 Republican Political Trifectas: 22 Republican 9 Democrat State Control by: 32 Republican 13 Democrat 3 Split 1 Unicameral 1 Not Decided .
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