But this too is nothing new as Democrats have also perfected this practice in the years where Democrats have found themselves in control of state government at redistricting time.
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Prior to the 1990s, the Democrats had a built-in advantage in partisan control of state legislatures because of their dominance in the South.
With a state takeover of Detroit, nearly half of the state's African-American population will live in a city under state control.
In the 2010 mid-terms Democrats lost 63 House seats, six Senate seats, six governorships and a whopping 680 seats in state legislatures, giving Republicans bicameral legislative and executive control in 15 states and the biggest tally of state legislators since 1928.
Jersey City, Paterson and Newark came under state control in a series of takeovers from 1989 to 1995, and local residents often complain that the state should have either improved the districts by now or return control to local authorities.
On Wednesday, Connecticut Senate President Donald Williams Jr called a new gun control proposal in that state, which was unveiled on Monday after weeks of negotiation, a "strong, comprehensive bill".
His retirement gave Republicans an opportunity to win his seat for the first time in 30 years and take complete control of the state's representatives in the House.
Development picked up in the past decade, fueled by a move away from state control and by billions in tourist dollars, but analysts say its gains have been unevenly distributed.
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The Democrats also have a good chance in Colorado, where they already control both state houses, the governor's mansion and one Senate seat, and in Nebraska, if they can get Bob Kerrey, a former governor and senator, to forsake academia for a return to politics.
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Just one GOP loss in those recall races would flip control of the state Senate back to Democrats, at least until the next election in November.
All reported that during the study they were able to reach their usual trance-like state during the psychography task and were in their regular state of consciousness during the control task.
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In Colorado, the Democrats somewhat surprisingly won control of the state Senate, earning them a say in redistricting in a very fast-growing state.
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They control the state governments in 21 states totaling 242 electoral votes.
Connecticut Democrat Christopher Dodd says the chief outstanding request is for 10 intelligence intercepts that Bolton requested in his arms control post at the State Department.
PAS. It has long held power in the northern state of Kelantan but in the election it also won control of neighbouring oil-rich Terengganu.
An aide said Mr. Cuomo has been focused above all in recent months on the passage of a new state budget and tougher gun-control laws in the wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
This past week, Connecticut passed what advocacy groups call the strongest gun-control legislation of any state in the country.
It is also the fact that he and the other politicians in Sacramento control only around a quarter of state spending.
Although Republicans control every aspect of redistricting in the state, even some GOP lawmakers privately say that at least two of the new seats should have a majority of Hispanic residents to avoid dilution of minority voting strength.
In December it announced that state-owned enterprises under the central government would remain in control of industrial sectors considered crucial to national security and economic welfare: military equipment, electric power, oil and petrochemicals, telecommunications, coal, aviation and shipping.
Her herd is taking part in a joint federal-state programme to control the disease (which includes culling sick cows).
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Earlier governments had sold small stakes in state enterprises, but kept management control.
Beginning in 1990, the state divested itself of control of the energy industry.
In Egypt, secular means freedom from state control of religion, not nonreligious.
And we can control the cost of health care in our state.
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Newark is one of three urban districts in New Jersey under some version of state control because schools have consistently failed to meet academic benchmarks.
The district of 30 schools, which are in one of the poorest and most violent cities in the country, has been among the worst-performing in New Jersey and a target for state control for some time.
There was growing talk of a strike, and a deal suited Randi Weingarten, head of the teachers' union, who was able to persuade her allies in state politics to agree to mayoral control of the board.
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