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- ↑ "State Partisan Composition". National Conference of State Legislatures . Scroll down to latest PDF link.
- ↑ RNC site
- ↑ AL site
- ↑ AK site
- ↑ AZ site
- ↑ AR site
- ↑ CA site
- ↑ CO site
- ↑ CT site
- ↑ DE site
- ↑ FL site
- ↑ GA site
- ↑ HI site
- ↑ ID site
- ↑ IL site
- ↑ IN site
- ↑ IA site
- ↑ "KS site". Archived from the original on 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
- ↑ KY site
- ↑ LA site
- ↑ ME site
- ↑ MD site
- ↑ MA site
- ↑ MI site
- ↑ MN site
- ↑ MS site
- ↑ MO site
- ↑ MT site
- ↑ "NE site". Archived from the original on 2011-03-15. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
- ↑ NV site
- ↑ NH site
- ↑ NJ site
- ↑ NM site
- ↑ NY site
- ↑ NC site
- ↑ ND site
- ↑ OH site
- ↑ OK site
- ↑ "OR site". Archived from the original on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
- ↑ PA site
- ↑ RI site
- ↑ SC site
- ↑ SD site
- ↑ TN site
- ↑ TX site
- ↑ UT site Archived 2006-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ VT site
- ↑ "VA site". Archived from the original on 2002-08-07. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
- ↑ WA site
- ↑ WV site
- ↑ WI site
- ↑ WY site
- ↑ DC site
- ↑ PR site
- ↑ VI site
- ↑ RO site
