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But the most hard-fought victories may have come in purple states where chambers didn’t flip but seats did, narrowing Republican majorities. Examples include North Carolina, where, according to the DLCC, Democrats flipped 16 seats across the state House and Senate; Texas, where 14 seats went blue; and Pennsylvania, where Democrats won a total of 19 seats that had been occupied by Republicans. As of Wednesday morning, the DLCC reported that 350 seats had flipped across the country. (The Democrats lost more than 900 seats in state legislatures during Obama’s eight years in office.)
Democrats swept key state legislative and gubernatorial races across the country Tuesday, ensuring that at least 45 million more Americans will live under unified Democratic governance of their states next year and opening the door for sweeping policy changes on issues such as health care and education.
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But Democrats rode a wave of voter enthusiasm into key governorships and invested huge sums to flip control of state legislatures. As of Wednesday morning, Democrats were projected to win full control in six new states — Colorado, Illinois, Maine, New Mexico, Nevada and New York — and had broken Republicans’ grip on Kansas, Michigan, New Hampshire and Wisconsin.
Yes it is. Unfortunately we did not get the Senate which would have made for a perfect election. But 2020 should change that. I just hope Ruth Ginsburg can hold out until then. Shame on her for not retiring back when the Dems held the Senate.
- In New Hampshire, both the House and Senate flipped from Republican to Democratic control. This ended the Republican state government trifecta (where one party controls both chambers of the legislature and the governor’s office). - Incumbent GOP. Gov. Chris Sununu (R) was re-elected.
- In New York, the Senate flipped from Republican to Democratic control. This gave Democrats a trifecta, as they retained control of the House and the Democratic governor, Andrew Cuomo, won reelection. This is one of five trifectas Democrats won in 2018.
- Colorado Democrats took control of the Senate, flipping the state from divided power to trifecta control for Democrats.
- Maine Democrats won control of the Senate and the governor’s office, assuming trifecta control. Democrats retained control of the state House.
- Republicans took control of the Alaska House, retained control of the state Senate, and won the governor’s office that is currently held by an independent. This gives the Alaska GOP trifecta control.
- Minnesota replaced one Democratic governor with another, and the House changed from Republican to Democratic control. But the Senate remained in GOP hands.
So far, at least, it looks like only 1 state legislative chamber - the Alaska House - went from democrat to republican.
Why aren't there riots in the street with this news? I thought it was customary to topple and burn cars, smash windows, deface businesses when one political party doesn't get its way.
Tis is crucial and good news. Republicans have been working hard to make a one party system that can not be broached. They have been doing this with state controlled gerrymandering and appointing judicial members favorable to their plans to shut out Democrats all together.
Balancing power in the states means balanced power in DC. Something the Republicans do not want.
That is great news, but what really matters is control of legislative bodies, not seats. Before yesterday, the GOP controlled 67 bodies, and Democrats 32. That is now down to about 61-38 or thereabouts.
In my state we picked up 5-6 seats, but it may not matter since Democrats already controlled both chambers.
One of the few things Republicans still held here in NY was the State Senate which they just lost a bunch of seats and Democrats will take control. Going into the Election the GOP held 7 of 9 seats on Long Island, the Democrats picked up four of them including knocking off my State Senator (Kemp Hannon) who has been in office since 1990.
So they gained back 1/5th of what they lost. . That's not a very good showing for a mid-term.
On the other hand, many of the Republicans who lost, were Never Trumpers & Rinos and the only way to get rid of them, is to let a Democrat hold the seat for a couple of years.
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