Republicans ended up flipping and maintaining or expanding their majorities in nearly every state legislature across the country where partisan control was at stake on Election Day.
The majority of final votes have been counted in key state House and Senate races across the country, and the results, in addition to the Republicans gaining complete control of Washington, are key to further success, and several It will likely help determine the future of the state. Hot button policy issues.
Republicans flipped their majority in the Michigan House, increased their slim majorities in the New Hampshire House and Senate, and maintained their majority in the Pennsylvania Senate, according to Associated Press projections.
In Arizona, Republicans appear poised to expand their slim majorities in the state House and Senate, but the Associated Press has not yet called enough electors to make that determination.
Democrats held a slim majority in the Minnesota state Legislature, but Republicans appear to have gained three seats, resulting in a tie in the chamber, with two close races heading for recounts. Democrats won the Minnesota Senate special election, maintaining their majority in the Legislature.
In Minnesota and Michigan, the results in the state legislatures amounted to a rebuke of the Democratic trifecta in each state. In many districts in both states, Democrats centered their message on the party’s accomplishments in power.
However, Democrats maintained a 102-101 majority in the Pennsylvania General Assembly. This was the only bright spot for the party in a state legislature where partisan control was at stake.
These results closely mirrored the national trend of near-total Republican success on Election Day.
“It is clear that the Republican Party was the clear winner across the voting spectrum in this national election,” Dee Duncan, chairman of the Republican State Leadership Committee, said in a statement. “Despite facing an unprecedented onslaught of spending from national liberal outside groups and being forced to navigate a difficult political climate, we will retain our majorities in state legislatures across the country.” I managed to achieve my goal.”
State elections are usually more local, but this year both parties leaned heavily toward national issues. Particularly because many of the most important campaigns were held in presidential battleground states.
For Democrats, that meant putting abortion rights at the forefront for many races, while Republicans emphasized the economy, immigration, crime and what they see as parental rights.
Additionally, Republicans won state legislative elections even though Democratic groups significantly outspent them.
Outside Democratic groups, including States Project, Forward Majority, and the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, have spent at least $175 million on state races in nine states this season.
NBC News predicted Wednesday that Republicans would maintain a narrow House majority.
By comparison, the RSLC spent about $50 million this cycle, with no major spending from outside Republican groups.
States Project co-founders Daniel Squadron and Adam Pritzker said in a statement that the overall outcome in Congress is “challenging,” while also saying that Democrats “have made significant progress despite a difficult political environment.” He drew attention to the fact that he was winning. The group spent $70 million on state elections this term.
The statement was in reference to the Democratic Party’s gains in Congress in two states, North Carolina and Wisconsin, in an effort to chip away at Republicans’ huge advantages.
In Wisconsin, where a new congressional map was expected to change the balance of power in the Legislature, which has been dominated by Republicans for more than a decade, Democrats won at least 10 seats in the state House and at least three seats in the state Senate. . , according to the Associated Press.
These victories eliminate the possibility of a Republican supermajority in the Legislature and allow Democrats to prevent Gov. Tony Evers’ veto from being overridden by Republicans.
And in North Carolina, Democrats won enough seats to break the Republican supermajority and give Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Stein significant veto power over the conservative Legislature.
But in Kansas, Democratic advocacy groups aimed to cut into the Republican legislative advantage, but their efforts failed. According to the Associated Press, Republicans are on track to forge a supermajority in the Kansas Legislature.
Democrats also lost their supermajorities in New York and Vermont, while Republicans gained a majority in South Carolina, according to Associated Press projections.
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