List of U.S. state senators

This is a list of U.S. state senators.

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State	State executive	Legislature name	Lower house				Upper house
State	State executive	Legislature name	Name	Size ^[1]	Party strength	Term (yrs.)	Name	Size ^[1]	Party strength	Term (yrs.)
Alabama	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	105	R 76–29	4	Senate	35	R 27–8	4
Alaska	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	40	MC 23–16, 1 NCR^{[nb 1]}	2	Senate	20	Coal. 17–0, 3 NCR^{[nb 2]}	4
Arizona	Governor	State Legislature	House of Representatives	60	R 31–29	2	Senate	30	R 16–14	2
Arkansas	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	100	R 82–18	2	Senate	35	R 29–6	4
California	Governor	State Legislature^{[nb 3]}	State Assembly	80	D 62–18	2	State Senate	40	D 31–9	4
Colorado	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	65	D 46–19	2	Senate	35	D 23–12	4
Connecticut	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	151	D 98–53	2	State Senate	36	D 24–12	2
Delaware	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	41	D 26–15	2	Senate	21	D 15–6	4
Florida	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	120	R 84–36	2	Senate	40	R 28–12	4
Georgia	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	180	R 102–78	2	State Senate	56	R 33–23	2
Hawaii	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	51	D 45–6	2	Senate	25	D 23–2	4
Idaho	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	70	R 59–11	2	Senate	35	R 28–7	2
Illinois	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	118	D 78–40	2	Senate	59	D 40–19	2 or 4
Indiana	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	100	R 70–30	2	Senate	50	R 40–10	4
Iowa	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	100	R 64–36	2	Senate	50	R 34–16	4
Kansas	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	125	R 85–40	2	Senate	40	R 28–11, 1 ind.	4
Kentucky	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	100	R 80–20	2	Senate	38	R 31–7	4
Louisiana	Governor	Legislature^{[nb 4]}	House of Representatives	105	R 73–32	4	State Senate	39	R 28–11	4
Maine	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	151	D 75–73, 2 ind.^{[nb 5]}	2	Senate	35	D 20–15	2
Maryland	Governor	General Assembly	House of Delegates	141	D 102–39	4	Senate	47	D 34–13	4
Massachusetts	Governor	General Court	House of Representatives	160	D 134–25, 1 ind.	2	Senate	40	D 36–4	2
Michigan	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	110	D 56–54	2	Senate	38	D 20–18	4
Minnesota	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	134	DFL 70–64	2	Senate	67	DFL 34–33	2, 4, 4
Mississippi	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	122	R 79–41, 2 ind.	4	State Senate	52	R 36–16	4
Missouri	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	163	R 111–52	2	Senate	34	R 24–10	4
Montana	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	100	R 68–32	2	Senate	50	R 34–16	4
Nebraska	Governor	Legislature	(Unicameral)				Legislature^{[nb 6]}	49	R 33–15, 1 ind.^{[nb 7]}	4
Nevada	Governor	Legislature	Assembly	42	D 28–14	2	Senate	21	D 13–8	4
New Hampshire	Governor	General Court	House of Representatives	400	R 202–195, 3 ind.	2	Senate	24	R 14–10	2
New Jersey	Governor	Legislature	General Assembly	80	D 52–28	2	Senate	40	D 25–15	2, 4, 4
New Mexico	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	70	D 45–25	2	Senate	42	D 27–15	4
New York	Governor	State Legislature	State Assembly	150	D 102–48	2	State Senate	63	D 42–21	2
North Carolina	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	120	R 72–48	2	Senate	50	R 30–20	2
North Dakota	Governor	Legislative Assembly	House of Representatives	94	R 82–12	4	Senate	47	R 43–4	4
Ohio	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	99	R 67–32	2	Senate	33	R 26–7	4
Oklahoma	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	101	R 81–20	2	Senate	48	R 40–8	4
Oregon	Governor	Legislative Assembly	House of Representatives	60	D 35–25	2	State Senate	30	D 17–12, 1 ind.	4
Pennsylvania	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	203	D 102–101	2	State Senate	50	R 28–22	4
Rhode Island	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	75	D 65–9, 1 ind.	2	Senate	38	D 33–5	2
South Carolina	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	124	R 88–36	2	Senate	46	R 30–15, 1 ind.	4
South Dakota	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	70	R 63–7	2	Senate	35	R 31–4	2
Tennessee	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	99	R 75–24	2	Senate	33	R 27–6	4
Texas	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	150	R 87–63	2	Senate	31	R 19–12	4
Utah	Governor	State Legislature^{[nb 8]}	House of Representatives	75	R 61–14	2	State Senate	29	R 23–6	4
Vermont	Governor	General Assembly	House of Representatives	150	MC 112–38^{[nb 9]}	2	Senate	30	MC 23–7^{[nb 10]}	2
Virginia	Governor	General Assembly	House of Delegates	100	D 51–49	2	Senate	40	D 21–19	4
Washington	Governor	State Legislature^{[nb 11]}	House of Representatives	98	D 58–40	2	State Senate	49	D 29–20	4
West Virginia	Governor	Legislature	House of Delegates	100	R 89–11	2	Senate	34	R 31–3	4
Wisconsin	Governor	State Legislature	State Assembly	99	R 64–35	2	Senate	33	R 22–11	4
Wyoming	Governor	Legislature	House of Representatives	62	R 57–5	2	Senate	31	R 29–2	4

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[N 1]
The majority in the Alaska House of Representatives is held by a coalition of 20 Republicans, 2 Democrats and 1 Independent. The minority consists of 11 Democrats, 4 Independents and 1 Republican. There is also 1 Republican part of neither group.
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The majority in the Alaska Senate is held by a coalition of 9 Democrats and 8 Republicans. There are 3 Republicans outside the caucus.
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The Constitution of California names it the "California Legislature", but the legislature brands itself as the "California State Legislature".
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The Constitution of Louisiana vests legislative authority in "a legislature, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives," and refers to it as "the legislature" throughout, without officially designating a term for the two houses together. However, the two bodies do use the term "Louisiana State Legislature" in official references to itself.
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There are 3 additional non-voting seats allocated to sovereign tribal nations within Maine. Since 2018, only one seat (belonging to the Passamaquoddy) is filled; the current tribal representative is a non-partisan/independent but is not counted in this total.
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When Nebraska switched to a unicameral legislature in 1937, the lower house was abolished. All current Nebraskan legislators are referred to as "Senators", as the pre-1937 senate was the retained house.
[N 7]
Nebraska's legislature is de jure nonpartisan but senators' political affiliations are publicly known and voting often happens along party lines; the de facto composition is given here.
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The Constitution of Utah names it the "Legislature of the State of Utah", but the legislature brands itself as the "Utah State Legislature".
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The majority in the Vermont House of Representatives is held by a coalition of 105 Democrats, 4 Vermont Progressives and 3 independents. The minority consists of 37 Republicans and 1 Libertarian.
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The majority in the Vermont Senate is held by a coalition of 22 Democrats and 1 Vermont Progressive. 7 Republicans make up the minority.
[N 11]
The Constitution of Washington names it "the legislature of the state of Washington", but the legislature brands itself as the "Washington State Legislature".

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From the 50 state legislatures in the United States, the following superlatives emerge:

Largest legislature: New Hampshire General Court (424 members)
Smallest legislature: Nebraska Legislature (49 members)
Largest upper house: Minnesota Senate (67 senators)
Smallest upper house: Alaska Senate (20 senators)
Largest lower house: New Hampshire House of Representatives (400 representatives)
Smallest lower house: Alaska House of Representatives (40 representatives)

There are a total of 1,972 state senators nationwide, with the average state senate having 39 members.

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Nebraska has a unicameral legislature.

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District	Senator	Party affiliation	Residence	Took office
1	Julie Slama	Republican	Peru	2019^[2]
2	Robert Clements	Republican	Elmwood	2017
3	Carol Blood	Democratic	Bellevue	2017
4	Robert Hilkemann	Republican	Omaha	2015
5	Mike McDonnell	Democratic	Omaha	2017
6	Machaela Cavanaugh	Democratic	Omaha	2019
7	Tony Vargas	Democratic	Omaha	2017
8	Megan Hunt	Democratic	Omaha	2019
9	John Cavanaugh	Democratic	Omaha	2021
10	Wendy DeBoer	Democratic	Bennington	2019
11	Terrell McKinney	Democratic	Omaha	2021
12	Steve Lathrop	Democratic	Omaha	2019^[a]
13	Justin Wayne	Democratic	Omaha	2017
14	John Arch	Republican	LaVista	2019
15	Lynne Walz	Democratic	Fremont	2017
16	Ben Hansen	Republican	Blair	2019
17	Joni Albrecht	Republican	Thurston	2017
18	Brett Lindstrom	Republican	Omaha	2015
19	Rob Dover	Republican	Norfolk	2022^[3]
20	John S. McCollister	Republican	Omaha	2015
21	Mike Hilgers	Republican	Lincoln	2017
22	Mike Moser	Republican	Columbus	2019
23	Bruce Bostelman	Republican	Brainard	2017
24	Mark Kolterman	Republican	Seward	2015
25	Suzanne Geist	Republican	Lincoln	2017
26	Matt Hansen	Democratic	Lincoln	2015
27	Anna Wishart	Democratic	Lincoln	2017
28	Patty Pansing Brooks	Democratic	Lincoln	2015
29	Eliot Bostar	Democratic	Lincoln	2021
30	Myron Dorn	Republican	Adams	2019
31	Kathleen Kauth	Republican	Omaha	2022^[4]
32	Tom Brandt	Republican	Plymouth	2019
33	Steve Halloran	Republican	Hastings	2017
34	Curt Friesen	Republican	Henderson	2015
35	Ray Aguilar	Republican	Grand Island	2021
36	Matt Williams	Republican	Gothenburg	2015
37	John Lowe	Republican	Kearney	2017
38	Dave Murman	Republican	Glenvil	2019
39	Lou Ann Linehan	Republican	Omaha	2017
40	Tim Gragert	Republican	Creighton	2019
41	Tom Briese	Republican	Albion	2017
42	Mike Jacobson	Republican	North Platte	2022
43	Tom Brewer	Republican	Gordon	2017
44	Dan Hughes	Republican	Venango	2015
45	Rita Sanders	Republican	Bellevue	2021
46	Adam Morfeld	Democratic	Lincoln	2015
47	Steve Erdman	Republican	Bayard	2017
48	John Stinner	Republican	Gering	2015
49	Jen Day	Democratic	Gretna	2021

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Lathrop previously served from 2007–2015, being term-limited in 2015.

[1]
The Book of the States (53 ed.). The Council of State Governments. January 7, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
[2]
"Gov. Ricketts Appoints Slama in LD1 | Office of Governor Pete Ricketts". governor.nebraska.gov. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
[3]
Don Walton (22 July 2022). "Ricketts appoints Norfolk real estate agent to Flood's legislative seat". journalstar.com. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
[4]
Don Walton (7 June 2022). "Business owner chosen to fill legislative seat in Omaha". journalstar.com. Retrieved 2022-06-07.

"Partisan Composition of State Legislatures". Ballotpedia.

[2] [N 1]
The majority in the Alaska House of Representatives is held by a coalition of 20 Republicans, 2 Democrats and 1 Independent. The minority consists of 11 Democrats, 4 Independents and 1 Republican. There is also 1 Republican part of neither group.

[3] [N 2]
The majority in the Alaska Senate is held by a coalition of 9 Democrats and 8 Republicans. There are 3 Republicans outside the caucus.

[4] [N 3]
The Constitution of California names it the "California Legislature", but the legislature brands itself as the "California State Legislature".

[5] [N 4]
The Constitution of Louisiana vests legislative authority in "a legislature, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives," and refers to it as "the legislature" throughout, without officially designating a term for the two houses together. However, the two bodies do use the term "Louisiana State Legislature" in official references to itself.

[6] [N 5]
There are 3 additional non-voting seats allocated to sovereign tribal nations within Maine. Since 2018, only one seat (belonging to the Passamaquoddy) is filled; the current tribal representative is a non-partisan/independent but is not counted in this total.

[7] [N 6]
When Nebraska switched to a unicameral legislature in 1937, the lower house was abolished. All current Nebraskan legislators are referred to as "Senators", as the pre-1937 senate was the retained house.

[8] [N 7]
Nebraska's legislature is de jure nonpartisan but senators' political affiliations are publicly known and voting often happens along party lines; the de facto composition is given here.

[9] [N 8]
The Constitution of Utah names it the "Legislature of the State of Utah", but the legislature brands itself as the "Utah State Legislature".

[10] [N 9]
The majority in the Vermont House of Representatives is held by a coalition of 105 Democrats, 4 Vermont Progressives and 3 independents. The minority consists of 37 Republicans and 1 Libertarian.

[11] [N 10]
The majority in the Vermont Senate is held by a coalition of 22 Democrats and 1 Vermont Progressive. 7 Republicans make up the minority.

[12] [N 11]
The Constitution of Washington names it "the legislature of the state of Washington", but the legislature brands itself as the "Washington State Legislature".

[14] Lathrop previously served from 2007–2015, being term-limited in 2015.

[List_of_United_States_state_legislatures_Book_of_the_States-1] [1]
The Book of the States (53 ed.). The Council of State Governments. January 7, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2022.

[13] [2]
"Gov. Ricketts Appoints Slama in LD1 | Office of Governor Pete Ricketts". governor.nebraska.gov. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

[15] [3]
Don Walton (22 July 2022). "Ricketts appoints Norfolk real estate agent to Flood's legislative seat". journalstar.com. Retrieved 2022-07-22.

[16] [4]
Don Walton (7 June 2022). "Business owner chosen to fill legislative seat in Omaha". journalstar.com. Retrieved 2022-06-07.

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Arizona

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California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

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Louisiana

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New Mexico

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Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

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Rhode Island

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Wisconsin

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