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Democrats win full control of more state governments and the Texas House
Democrats won full control in at least five states and broke Republican supermajorities as voters pressed parties on costs and housing, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Democrats surged to win at least 330 state legislative seats, granting full control of 22 state governments and capturing the Texas House for the first time since 2002.
- These results mark the biggest single-election change of partisan power since 2010, reversing a slide where Democrats lost nearly 1,000 state legislative seats during President Barack Obama's tenure.
- In Wisconsin, the party appeared to claim its first trifecta in nearly two decades after flipping both legislative chambers, breaking a 16-year Republican majority as Democrats gain governing trifectas in five swing states.
- Lawmakers now face pressure to address rising costs of living, housing, and healthcare. "This election is about kitchen-table issues; it's about economic opportunities," said Heather Williams, president of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.
- Political science professor Mark Jones of Rice University attributed Democratic gains to "one man in the White House and his policies — Donald Trump." The party faces pressure to redraw congressional maps in Wisconsin.
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Democrats win full control of more state governments and the Texas House
Democrats made sweeping gains in state governments in the midterm elections, taking control of several legislatures and shifting the balance of power across battleground and historically Republican-leaning states.
·New York, United States
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Blue wave swamps state legislatures in red and purple states
Tuesday’s midterm elections proved to be a nightmare for Republicans, not just in Congress, where they lost both chambers, but in state legislatures across battlegrounds nationwide, marking a sweeping rebuke to red power. Democrats are set to gain governing trifectas in five swing states, where they control the governorship and both chambers of the legislature. […]
·Washington, United States
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right2Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Left, 42% Center
Bias Distribution
- 42% of the sources lean Left, 42% of the sources are Center
42% Center
L 42%
C 42%
R 16%
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