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  1. Political Party Control of State Legislatures, by Party:                            1961 - 1990[As of beginning of the year. Until 1972 there were twonon-partisan legislatures in Minnesota & Nebraska. Sincethen only Nebraska has had a non-partisan legislature.]                 __________Legislatures Under--___________                                   Split                 Democratic       control       Republican      Year        control         or tie         control
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  3.       1961             27            6               15
  4.       1963             25            7               16
  5.       1965             32           10                6
  6.       1967             24            8               16
  7.       1969             20            8               20
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  9.       1971             23            9               16
  10.       1973             27            6               16
  11.       1975             37            7                5
  12.       1977             36            8                5
  13.       1979             30            7               12
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  15.       1981             28            6               15
  16.       1983(1)          34            4               11
  17.       1985             27           11               11
  18.       1987             28           12                9
  19.       1988             28           12                9
  20.       1989(2)          28           13                8
  21.       1990             29           11                9
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  24. 1. Two 1984 mid-term recall elections resulted in a change in
  25.    control of the Michigan State senate. At the time of the 1984
  26.    election, therefore, Democrats controlled 33 legislatures.
  27. 2. A party change during the year by a Democratic representative
  28.    broke the tie in the Indiana House of Representatives, giving
  29.    the Republicans control of both chambers.
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  31. Source:National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, CO.
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