Composition
Democrats hold a supermajority in the Senate.
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | Vacant | ||
| End of previous legislature | 35 | 5 | 40 | 0 |
| Begin | 36 | 4 | 40 | 0 |
| October 13, 2011 | 35 | 39 | 1 | |
| January 10, 2012 | 36 | 40 | 0 | |
| April 2, 2012 | 35 | 39 | 1 | |
| Latest voting share | 89.7% | 10.3% | ||
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Famous quotes containing the word composition:
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—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
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