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Unlike in many State Legislatures , there is no clear "aisle" to cross per se, as members of both parties sit partially segregated in five sections, which is then put on the legislator's license plate (chairpersons and party leaders in Green, non-chairs in red). Party seating location is not enforced as seating is often decided on the personal preference of the legislator except in the case of the sixth section, which is the speaker's seat at the head of the hall. Historically, the House was dominated by the Republican Party, which held at the end of the 2004-6 session a 249–151 majority. However, even with this 98-vote majority, the Republicans were often divided between the more conservative Republican House Alliance and moderates known as the Main Street Republicans. The division was approximately 141 voting with along RHA lines and 110 voting along Main Street lines if the difference is considered to be the 50% line of the RHA's 2004 scorecard. However, in the 2006 election, the Democrats swept into control of the chamber for the fist time since 1923 and currently hold a wide majority of seats in the House. It is as yet unclear if divisions between the RHA and Main Street Republicans will remain while in the minority. The new Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives as of January 2007 is Democrat Terie Norelli , the second woman speaker of that body, and first Democratic speaker in eighty-four years. Make-up of the House of Representatives |
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