More Statehouses with Democratic Majorities

Election 2008 was an election that showed broad increases for Democrats, and that was true also on the state level. Three states - DE, NY, and WI - now are fully Democratic, while two states - AK and MO - went from full Republican leadership to split leadership. All together, Democrats have the full control of 17 states; Republicans have control fully in eight state; and 25 have divisions in either one or more legislative houses and / or the office of governor.
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The recent elections gave Democrats a total of 29 governors with Republicans having 21, a change of one more for Democrats staring in 2009 as MO opted to go with a Democrat to replace a retiring Republican.
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States with a Democratic governor and Republican state legislatures include WY, MT, AZ, CA, NV, KS, OK, VA, TN, KY, MI, OH, and PA - a total of 13 states. States with a Republican governor and Democratic state legislatures include HI, AK, LA, MS, AL, IN, RI, CT, and MN. NE has a Republican governor and a uni-cameral non-partisan state legislature that generally takes on a Republican philosophy.
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2009 will be a year with just two gubernatorial elections - in Virginia and New Jersey. 34 states will hold elections for governor in 2010.
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http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=354086
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_Governors
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_legislatures
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