Democrats win the Arizona House, Senate and governor’s office for the first time since 1966
The party also flipped key legislative chambers nationwide as voters rebuked Donald Trump and Republicans over affordability and corruption concerns.
- On Tuesday, November 3, 2026, Democrats secured legislative trifectas in Wisconsin and Minnesota, ending long-standing Republican majorities and expanding governing power across key battlegrounds.
- The party's midterm gains mark a significant reversal of a decade-long decline, during which Democrats lost nearly 1,000 state legislative seats. This shift breaks a multi-cycle slide, restoring influence in states previously dominated by Republicans.
- Newly empowered majorities plan to pursue a 'First 100 Hours' agenda targeting revival of Affordable Care Act health care premium subsidies and reversing Medicaid cuts when sessions convene in 2027.
- Pennsylvania's state Senate flipped for the first time since 1993, while Democrats broke Republican control in North Carolina's House for the first time since 2010. These results signal widespread erosion of GOP legislative majorities across diverse states.
- Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar signaled a pragmatic governance approach, telling supporters she is not interested in "moving Minnesota to the left or the right; I want to move us forward." She warned maintaining narrow majorities requires careful political balance.
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Arizona Democratic Party Leaders Celebrate Election Wins
PHOENIX - A gaggle of Democratic politicians, union leaders and progressive activists gathered to celebrate a victory six decades in the making on Tuesday morning. The cadre of political insiders were gathered on the steps of the Arizona capitol to commemorate the Democrats’ first legislative trifecta in 60 years, with Gov. Katie Hobbs, Senate President-elect...
‘We expect them to deliver’: Arizona voters voice their needs with a new party in power
Arizona Democrats achieved a blue trifecta in the midterm election retaining control of the governor's office, and gaining control of both chambers of the state Legislature, a feat not accomplished in nearly six decades.
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Democrats will hold most legislative trifectas since 1984
Along with a dramatic change in congressional majorities on Election Day, an analysis from the National Conference of State Legislatures showed large shifts in legislative majorities around the country, flipping from a majority of Republican legislatures to majority Democratic.
Democrats finally flipped the Arizona Legislature. Now what?
The Arizona State Capitol is pictured in Phoenix on Friday, Nov. 6. Democrats, who captured both chambers of the state legislature during the midterm election, are expected to introduce changes to the state's election and voting laws following years of GOP control.
Gov. Cox comments on election 'wave,' republicans' 'historic defeat'
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 9, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) — Nearly a week after the 2026 midterm election, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox shared his reaction at the start of his monthly news conference. “Republicans suffered an historic defeat across the country, and while many of us expected a difficult election nationally, I don’t think anyone, […] The post Gov. Cox comments on election ‘wave,’ republicans’ ‘historic defeat’ first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
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