Only 1 state in the country will have a divided legislature next year

Every election season there bubbles up talk of "division" and "unity," but those buzzwords might actually have a place in 2018's post-midterm America. Beginning next year, Minnesota will be the only state in the country to have a divided legislature — every other state legislature is single-party controlled, a phenomenon that hasn't happened in 105 years:

In Minnesota, the Senate remains in Republican control while the House flipped to Democratic control. In total, five state legislative chambers flipped from Republican to Democratic on Tuesday. Democrats came out with control of 18 total state legislatures, while Republicans control a total of 31, Capital Tonight's Liz Benjamin reports.

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