Blue Wave Crashes Through US State Government Races
The party won its most chambers since 2008 and is poised for new trifectas in five states, according to the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.
- On Tuesday, Democrats flipped state legislative chambers, achieving their best performance since the Watergate scandal and now controlling more than half of the nation's state legislative chambers.
- Democratic candidates secured 'trifecta' control of the legislature and governor's office in Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, ending Republican dominance in state governments that had persisted for years.
- Democrats seized control of the Arizona legislature for the first time in 60 years and the Texas House for over 20 years, while eliminating Republican supermajorities in Florida and Ohio.
- In Texas, Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated Republican Governor Greg Abbott, becoming the state's first Latina governor. "The voters have delivered a mandate for change," Hinojosa said Tuesday night.
- Political science professor Jim Battista of the University at Buffalo said states will become "fountains for lawsuits that are challenging things that Trump is doing." Michael Berkman of Penn State University called the results "very significant" for future US elections.
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Blue wave crashes through US state government races
By Julia Harte Nov 4 (Reuters) - Democrats' takeover of the US Congress on Tuesday was replicated at the state level, with the party flipping Republican-held governors' offices in at least five states and poised to seize full control of state governmen...
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In blue wave, Democrats flipped legislatures, won trifectas and toppled GOP supermajorities
Democrats seized more power over state governments than the party has had in years after the party swept races up and down the ballot in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
After the Midterms, the Democrats for the first time since 2010 represent the majority of governors. Their candidates were also able to prevail in Republican strongholds.
Democratic opposition has achieved something the legend could not achieve since the end of 2010: it will govern most states of the USA
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