Party Control
(The party control table shows the balance of power after each recent general election. The preceding Makeup table includes results of special elections since the last general election.)
| Years | Democrats | Republicans | Independents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–2000 | 50 | 49 | 1 |
| 2000–2002 | 47 | 52 | 1 |
| 2002–2004 | 34 | 64 | 2 |
| 2004–2006 | 37 | 61 | 2 |
| 2006–2008 | 40 | 57 | 3 |
| 2008–2010 | 44 | 54 | 2 |
| 2010–2012 | 39 | 59 | 2 |
| 2012–2014 | 32 | 67 | 1 |
- Republican Delegate Katherine Waddell became an Independent during the 2006-2008 session and did not caucus with either party. Independent Delegates Lacey Putney and Watkins Abbitt, Jr. continued to caucus with the Republicans. Waddell was defeated by G. Manoli Loupassi in 2007.
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“At the moment when a man openly makes known his difference of opinion from a well-known party leader, the whole world thinks that he must be angry with the latter. Sometimes, however, he is just on the point of ceasing to be angry with him. He ventures to put himself on the same plane as his opponent, and is free from the tortures of suppressed envy.”
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