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The length of terms of state representatives in the 49 American lower chambers is either 2 years or four years.

Representatives in five states (Alabama, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi and Due north Dakota) take a four-twelvemonth term. Representatives in 44 states take a 2-year term.

In contrast, term lengths of state senators are generally longer. State senators in just 12 states serve 2-twelvemonth terms. Thirty states accept four-year terms for state senators. In the remaining eight states, senators serve one 2-year term and two iv-year terms every ten years in the 2-four-4 term system.

See also: Length of terms of state senators

Length of terms

In the map below, the five blue states represent the lower chambers with iv-yr terms: Alabama, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi and North Dakota. The green states correspond those with two-twelvemonth terms.

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Proper noun of lower chamber # of representatives Length of term
Alabama House of Representatives 105 4
Alaska House of Representatives forty 2
Arizona House of Representatives 60 2
Arkansas House of Representatives 100 2
California State Assembly lxxx ii
Colorado House of Representatives 65 2
Connecticut Business firm of Representatives 151 2
Delaware Business firm of Representatives 41 2
Florida House of Representatives 120 2
Georgia House of Representatives 180 ii
Hawaii Firm of Representatives 51 2
Idaho House of Representatives 70 2
Illinois House of Representatives 118 ii
Indiana Firm of Representatives 100 2
Iowa House of Representatives 100 2
Kansas Firm of Representatives 125 two
Kentucky House of Representatives 100 2
Louisiana House of Representatives 105 4
Maine House of Representatives 151 2
Maryland House of Delegates 141 4
Massachusetts House of Representatives 160 2
Michigan House of Representatives 110 two
Minnesota House of Representatives 134 ii
Mississippi House of Representatives 122 4
Missouri House of Representatives 163 2
Montana House of Representatives 100 2
Nevada Land Assembly 42 2
New Hampshire House of Representatives 400 2
New Jersey General Assembly eighty 2
New Mexico House of Representatives seventy ii
New York State Assembly 150 2
Due north Carolina House of Representatives 120 2
Due north Dakota House of Representatives 94 four
Ohio Firm of Representatives 99 2
Oklahoma House of Representatives 101 2
Oregon Firm of Representatives 60 two
Pennsylvania House of Representatives 203 2
Rhode Island Firm of Representatives 75 2
Due south Carolina House of Representatives 124 ii
South Dakota Firm of Representatives lxx 2
Tennessee House of Representatives 99 2
Texas Firm of Representatives 150 two
Utah Firm of Representatives 75 two
Vermont House of Representatives 150 2
Virginia House of Delegates 100 two
Washington State Firm of Representatives 98 2
West Virginia House of Delegates 100 2
Wisconsin State Assembly 99 ii
Wyoming Business firm of Representatives 60 2

Land legislatures with term limits

Come across also: Country legislatures with term limits

In 15 state legislatures, land legislators are discipline to term limits. Voters in six additional states voted to have term limits, only to take those votes nullified. In ii cases, the state legislature voted to nullify the limits imposed by voters, while in four other states, courts nullified the voter-imposed limits, primarily for technical reasons.

States with term limits
Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Florida • Louisiana • Maine • Michigan • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • Ohio • Oklahoma • South Dakota

Lifetime versus sequent

Legislative term limits tin be either lifetime or consecutive. In the ten states where the limits are consecutive, one time a country legislator has served the maximum number of terms in function, he or she, if eligible, can run for office for the land's other legislative chamber, or get out the legislature. These states are Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, and South Dakota. Later on a menstruum of time no longer in function in a detail legislative bedroom, however, the legislator is immune to run again for function in that legislative bedchamber. The flow of time that a legislator must be out of part earlier being able to run again is normally two years.

In five of the 15 states with limits on state legislators, the limit is a lifetime limit. These states are California, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, and Oklahoma. In these states, one time a legislator has served the maximum allowable number of terms in a particular legislative sleeping room, they may never again run for or hold office in that particular chamber.[1]

Encounter also

  • Length of terms of state senators
  • State legislatures with term limits
  • State legislatures

External links

  • Search Google News for this topic
  • National Conference of State Legislatures

Footnotes

  1. ↑ National Briefing of Country Legislatures, "Nautical chart of states with term limits," accessed January 22, 2016

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