Ten is the legislative majority needed to approve the plan, he explained, and the seven are the oversight board members.
Still, it will not control a legislative majority.
"For me, that is a significant victory even if we don't have a legislative majority."
This is the commitment of a legislative majority to two years of work.
Nieto garnered 38% of the votes and does not hold a legislative majority.
It guarantees that the Republicans will control at least 16 of the Senate's 31 seats, their first legislative majority in more than a century.
In 2012, redistricting will set Democrats back another decade unless we win more state legislative majorities.
He predicted that the prosecution would help Democratic attempts to expand their legislative majority.
He appears to be confused about the difference between a legislative majority won in an election and total control held indefinitely.
In the months that followed, the legislative majority was plagued by internal strife.