Question of the Month

November 2002
October 2002

How have the November 2002 elections affected the partisan make-up of SLC state legislatures?
Italics denote a GOP-majority chamber. Numbers valid for November 19, 2002.

State	House				Senate
	Pre-election		Post-election		Pre-election		Post-election
	Dem	Rep	Dem	Rep	Dem	Rep	Dem	Rep
Alabama	67	38	64	41	24	11	25	10
Arkansas	71	29	70	30	27	8	27	8
Florida	43	77	39	81	15	25	14	26
Georgia	106	73¹	106	73	33	23	26	30
Kentucky	66	34	65	35	18	20	17	21
Louisiana	71	34	71	34	25	14	25	14
Maryland	106	35	98	43	32	13	33	14
Mississippi	86	33²	86	33	34	17³	34	17
Missouri	85	75⁴	73	90	16	17⁴	14	20
North Carolina	62	58	59	61	35	15	28	22
Oklahoma	52	49	53	48	29	18⁵	28	20
South Carolina	53	69⁶	51	73	20	25⁶	21	25
Tennessee	57	42	54	45	18	15	18	15
Texas	78	72	62	88	15	16	12	19
Virginia	34	64⁷	34	64	17	22⁷	17	23
West Virginia	75	25	68	32	28	6	24	10

^{1 One independent serves in the Georgia House.

2 Three independents serve in the Mississippi House.

3 There is one vacant seat in the Mississippi Senate.

4 There were three vacancies in the Missouri House and one in the Senate.

5 There was one open seat in the Oklahoma Senate.

6 South Carolina had two open seats in the House and one
in the Senate.

7 Two independents serve in Virginia's House, and one seat was open in the
Senate.}