title: Alaska House of Representatives
Upper house
Nevada Legislature
Nebraska House of Representatives
Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Minnesota House of Representatives
Hawaii State Legislature
Kathy Tingelstad
California State Assembly
West Virginia Legislature
sentences: The Alaska House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska.
 The House is composed of 40 members, each of whom represents a district of approximately 17,756 people per 2010 Census figures.
 Members serve two-year terms without term limits.
 With 40 representatives, the Alaska House is the smallest state legislative lower house in the United States.
An upper house, sometimes called a Senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature (or one of three chambers of a tricameral legislature), the other chamber being the lower house.
 The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller, and often has more restricted power, than the lower house.
 Examples of upper houses in countries include the UK's House of Lords, India's Rajya Sabha, Russia's Federation Council, Ireland's Seanad, Germany's Bundesrat and the United States Senate.
The Nevada Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Nevada.
 The Legislature is a bicameral body, consisting of the lower house Nevada Assembly, with 42 members, and the upper house Nevada Senate, with 21 members.
 All 63 members of the Legislature are elected from an equal amount of constituent districts across the state.
 The Legislature is the third smallest bicameral state legislature in the United States (the Alaska Legislature is the smallest bicameral, with only 60 members and the Delaware General Assembly has 62 members).
The Nebraska House of Representatives was the lower house of the Nebraska Legislature from 1867 until 1936.
 In 1934, Nebraska voters amended the state constitution to reconfigure the Nebraska State Legislature to a unicameral system—this system became effective for the 1937 legislative session.
 Beginning as a territorial lower house in 1854, it had 26 members; this number was raised to 39 members at the time of the first state constitution's promulgation in 1866, and the second state constitution in 1875 limited membership in the House at 100 members, a limit which would be filled by 1881.
 The last representatives were elected to a two-year term in 1934 and began their service with the final House of Representatives session in 1935.
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Karnataka state in southern India.
 Karnataka is one of the seven states in India, where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses.
 The two houses are the "Vidhana Sabha" (lower house) and the "Vidhana Parishat" (upper house).
The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house of the Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota.
 There are 134 members, twice as many as the Minnesota Senate.
 Floor sessions are held in the north wing of the State Capitol in Saint Paul.
The Hawaii State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Hawaii.
 The state legislature is a bicameral body consisting of a lower house, the Hawaii State House of Representatives, with 51 representatives, and an upper house, the 25-member Hawaii State Senate.
 There are a total of 76 representatives in the legislature, each representing single member districts across the islands.
 The powers of the legislature are granted under Article III of the Constitution of Hawaii.
Kathy Tingelstad (born March 21, 1958) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 49B, which primarily includes portions of the cities of Andover and Coon Rapids in Anoka County in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
 Prior to the 2002 legislative redistricting, the area was known as District 50B.
 A Republican, she is also a business consultant.
The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature.
 It consists of 80 members, with each member representing at least 465,000 people.
 Due to the state's large population and relatively small legislature, the State Assembly has the largest population-per-representative ratio of any state lower house and second largest of any legislative lower house in the United States after the federal House of Representatives.
 As a result of Proposition 140 in 1990 and Proposition 28 in 2012, members elected to the legislature prior to 2012 are restricted by term limits to three two-year terms (six years), while those elected in or after 2012 are allowed to serve 12 years in the legislature in any combination of four-year state senate or two-year state assembly terms.
The West Virginia Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of West Virginia.
 A bicameral legislative body, the Legislature is split between the upper Senate and the lower House of Delegates.
 It was established under Article VI of the West Virginia Constitution following the state's split from Virginia during the American Civil War in 1863.
 As with its neighbor and former constituent Virginia General Assembly, the legislature's lower house is also referred to as a "House of Delegates."

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 The Alaska House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska.
 The House is composed of 40 members, each of whom represents a district of approximately 17,756 people per 2010 Census figures.
 Members serve two-year terms without term limits.
 With 40 representatives, the Alaska House is the smallest state legislative lower house in the United States. 

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 An upper house, sometimes called a Senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature (or one of three chambers of a tricameral legislature), the other chamber being the lower house.
 The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller, and often has more restricted power, than the lower house.
 Examples of upper houses in countries include the UK's House of Lords, India's Rajya Sabha, Russia's Federation Council, Ireland's Seanad, Germany's Bundesrat and the United States Senate. 

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 The Nebraska House of Representatives was the lower house of the Nebraska Legislature from 1867 until 1936.
 In 1934, Nebraska voters amended the state constitution to reconfigure the Nebraska State Legislature to a unicameral system—this system became effective for the 1937 legislative session.
 Beginning as a territorial lower house in 1854, it had 26 members; this number was raised to 39 members at the time of the first state constitution's promulgation in 1866, and the second state constitution in 1875 limited membership in the House at 100 members, a limit which would be filled by 1881.
 The last representatives were elected to a two-year term in 1934 and began their service with the final House of Representatives session in 1935. 

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 The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house of the Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota.
 There are 134 members, twice as many as the Minnesota Senate.
 Floor sessions are held in the north wing of the State Capitol in Saint Paul. 

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 The Hawaii State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Hawaii.
 The state legislature is a bicameral body consisting of a lower house, the Hawaii State House of Representatives, with 51 representatives, and an upper house, the 25-member Hawaii State Senate.
 There are a total of 76 representatives in the legislature, each representing single member districts across the islands.
 The powers of the legislature are granted under Article III of the Constitution of Hawaii. 

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 Kathy Tingelstad (born March 21, 1958) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 49B, which primarily includes portions of the cities of Andover and Coon Rapids in Anoka County in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
 Prior to the 2002 legislative redistricting, the area was known as District 50B.
 A Republican, she is also a business consultant. 

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 The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature.
 It consists of 80 members, with each member representing at least 465,000 people.
 Due to the state's large population and relatively small legislature, the State Assembly has the largest population-per-representative ratio of any state lower house and second largest of any legislative lower house in the United States after the federal House of Representatives.
 As a result of Proposition 140 in 1990 and Proposition 28 in 2012, members elected to the legislature prior to 2012 are restricted by term limits to three two-year terms (six years), while those elected in or after 2012 are allowed to serve 12 years in the legislature in any combination of four-year state senate or two-year state assembly terms. 

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 The West Virginia Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of West Virginia.
 A bicameral legislative body, the Legislature is split between the upper Senate and the lower House of Delegates.
 It was established under Article VI of the West Virginia Constitution following the state's split from Virginia during the American Civil War in 1863.
 As with its neighbor and former constituent Virginia General Assembly, the legislature's lower house is also referred to as a "House of Delegates." 

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Answer: Minnesota House of Representatives