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54.9% of state legislatures are Republican, 44.35% Democratic
Ballotpedia News ^ | 5/16/23 | Maddie Sinclair Johnson

Posted on 05/17/2023 6:14:04 AM PDT by cotton1706

At the end of April 2023, 54.9% of all state legislatures in the United States are Republican while 44.35% are Democratic. There are 7,383 state legislative seats in the country.

Democrats hold 855 state Senate seats and 2,421 state House seats, losing seven chamber seats since last month. Republicans hold 1,111 state Senate seats and 2,944 state House seats, losing three chamber seats since last month.

Independent or third-party legislators hold 26 seats across 12 different states, including 21 state House seats and five state Senate seats. There are 27 vacant state House seats and two vacant state Senate seats across 19 different states.

Compared to April 2022, Democrats have lost six state Senate seats (861 v. 855) and gained six state House seats (2,415 v. 2,421). Republicans have gained 15 state Senate seats (1,096 v. 1,111) and 27 state House seats (2,917 v. 2,944).

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections
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1 posted on 05/17/2023 6:14:04 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

For all the good it does....with Ca and NY being the varmints in the equation.


2 posted on 05/17/2023 6:17:06 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: cotton1706

This is why the progressives pushed for the 17th amendment. Easier to control the senate if you disconnect it from the state legislatures.


3 posted on 05/17/2023 6:17:41 AM PDT by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: cotton1706

They are not “Democratic”. They are “Democrat”.


4 posted on 05/17/2023 6:18:33 AM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: cotton1706
The question is:

What percentage of these legislatures are RINO?

It was RINO-controlled state legislatures that did nothing to prevent the cheat-by-mail-in ballots coming into existence in 2020 due to the SCAMdemic, and they were still widely in use again in 2022.

This is how Kari Lake's election was stolen. I pray that it will be exposed just how many of these cheat-by-mail-in ballots were used in her election. The claim is that hundreds of thousands of these mail-in ballots had either no signature or the scribble on it had no resemblance to the signature on file. Thank God Kari is a fighter.

5 posted on 05/17/2023 6:20:37 AM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: cotton1706

So what ? FDR killed Federalism, and 100% of the “Alphabet Agencies” are run by Democrats even when Republicans are president.


6 posted on 05/17/2023 6:21:02 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
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To: ProudDeplorable

By making Senators nothing more then a Congresscritter-at-Large for the state. It also introduced the partisan rancor into the Senate that the House always had. Over time this rancor has grown exponentially.

Multiple term senators are now so disconnected from their states most couldn’t find their way back to the state capitals without a GPS & a map!


7 posted on 05/17/2023 6:23:45 AM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: cotton1706

How could this be? Biden got 80 million votes, didn’t any Democrats vote down the “ballot”?


8 posted on 05/17/2023 6:29:36 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (1218 - NEVER FORGET!)
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To: cotton1706

They all need to pass:
1) Election reforms
2) School Reforms


9 posted on 05/17/2023 6:30:40 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: cotton1706

Federal law overrides State law so the GOP is sucking hind tit.


10 posted on 05/17/2023 6:31:38 AM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: cotton1706

Our state legislature...House *and* Senate...is 95% Rat. And we recently got a filthy bull dyke whore as Governor.


11 posted on 05/17/2023 6:33:33 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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To: SecondAmendment

At least 95% of those getting a US Government paycheck...or pension...(with the possible exception of military checks) are Rats.


12 posted on 05/17/2023 6:37:27 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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To: isthisnickcool

Biden didn’t get 80 million votes. They manufactured 11 million votes for the win. They also lied about Trump and the Russia involvement to help throw the Election. They should be all HUNG!!!!!! I would take my whole family to watch, just like the good old days.


13 posted on 05/17/2023 6:39:41 AM PDT by spincaster
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To: Sacajaweau

Look what just happened yesterday in North Carolina, naysayer. It DOES make a difference. Republican supermajority overrode Democrat governor veto.


14 posted on 05/17/2023 6:40:39 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: spincaster

hanged, not hung


15 posted on 05/17/2023 6:48:46 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: HandBasketHell

Paul Ryan, Mitch and Jeff Sessions hurt Trump’s Presidency. Blocked, way- laid, stalled investigations into Hillary email scandal, IRS investigation against conservative pacs, Benghazi murders, etc.

Our party holds investigations to where they lead to no prosecutions, arrests, etc.

I honestly don’t see a Republican President in WH again. They’ve perfected the cheating with absentee ballots and our party went along with it.


16 posted on 05/17/2023 7:15:57 AM PDT by Engedi
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To: HandBasketHell

Bingo on how many are RINOs.


17 posted on 05/17/2023 7:29:59 AM PDT by bgill
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To: Ge0ffrey

Abortion still allowed...tell me when they stop it.


18 posted on 05/17/2023 7:42:43 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: isthisnickcool

“How could this be? Biden got 80 million votes, didn’t any Democrats vote down the “ballot”?”

How could it be? Effective distract maps allow legislatures of the majority party to have greater representation than the population. Legislatures aren’t like parliaments with proportional representation.


19 posted on 05/17/2023 8:07:32 AM PDT by Wayne07
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To: cotton1706

This is why I want DeSantis to sit out 2024. We only recover as a nation state by state.


20 posted on 05/17/2023 8:13:16 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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