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Democrats win full control of more state governments and the Texas House
Democrats flipped the Texas House and won full control in several states, marking the party’s biggest state government gains since 2010, 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 Flip Five State Governments, Expanding Control in Gun Policy Battlegrounds
Democrats made enormous gains in state-level races on Tuesday, flipping several state legislatures and governorships and securing trifectas in states where firearms laws have been hotly contested in recent years.
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