Posted on 11/06/2014 1:31:25 PM PST by forbushalltheway
Everyone is (rightfully) buzzing about Republicans' dominant victories in contested Senate, House and gubernatorial races on Tuesday, but another historic GOP accomplishment shouldn't be overlooked: When January rolls around, the Republican Party will control more legislative chambers at the state level than ever before in the history of our nation. That's no small thing. The Washington Post reported on this outcome yesterday:
Republican gains extended to state legislative chambers as well. Before Election Day, the GOP controlled 59 of 98 partisan legislative chambers across the country. On Tuesday, preliminary results showed Republicans had won control of both the Nevada Assembly and Senate, the Colorado Senate and state House chambers in Minnesota, New Mexico, Maine, West Virginia and New Hampshire. That would give the party control of 67 chambers, five more than their previous record in the modern era, set after special elections in 2011 and 2012. It also would give Republicans total control of 24 states, in which they hold the governor’s mansion and both chambers of the state legislature (Nebraska’s unicameral legislature is technically nonpartisan, but in practice Republicans control the chamber by a wide margin). Democrats, by contrast, are likely to control all three legs of the governing stool in only six states.
Since that piece was published, there have been additional updates. State Senates in Maine and West Virginia have officially gone red, meaning that the GOP will field majorities in 69 out of 98 partisan legislatures (Nebraska's state legislature is unicameral and nonpartisan). For those keeping score at home, that's 70 percent of all legislatures. And that's with Republican governors presiding over nearly two-thirds of all states. As I said yesterday, not bad for a "regional party." According to the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC), the party also broke Democratic legislative supermajorities in
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The party of Abe Lincoln reborn?
Its a good result. Disappointing in Kentucky and Iowa, but no matter.
What I am concerned about right now are the House races where they are counting provisional ballots.
It appears Democraps are trying to steal the race in Arizona where Martha McSally won on election day, and overturn John Tacchera’s win in California over Jim Costa. This would mean we only get a total of 248 seats. :(
Time for the state legislatures to do some constitutional duty/judo and neuter the fedgov.
how many will act on vote fraud?
No wonder Obama prefers to govern the populace who do not vote !
It’s a Start.....
Agree.
Even in a blue state like Minnesota where the Dems swept all of the constitutional offices and re-elected Al Franken to the Senate, the GOP managed to gain control of the state House of Represntatives!
For the next two years, we have at least a brake on Gov Dayton’s and the Dem-controlled state senate’s wild spending.
MOST representative government, in this country, SHOULD BE in the states, not Washington D.C., and until the Wilsonian “progressive era” it was.
And, while the current new numbers are impressive, the general numbers - state legislative houses and state governors - before the election were more than good enough to factually counter the lie of the GOP as a minority party.
Even Obama’s election did not diminish the “grass roots” back home base being built by the GOP in the states.
While the Dims have been dragging, more and more, all their political desires to Washington D.C. and ONLY in Washington D.C. claiming very many victories, the GOP has been doing the hard problem solving work where it needs to get done, in the states, and winning states and claiming economic progress in their states, in contrast to most of the Dim’s enclaves.
Reaganism is still alive at the state level. If the GOPe hadn’t purged it out at the federal level, they’d be dominating there, too.
Even though CT elected Dannell Mallory again, the R pick up 10 seats in the state house. It hasn’t had as many Rs since 1995.
Here in Alabama, the top 11 positions are held by republicans. The State Senate and Legislature both have SUPER MAJORITY for Republicans. Both US Senators are republicans. I think the dims only have one or two of the House positions. Conservatives, guns, and JESUS CHRIST rule here.
For decades to come Republicans will have a deep bench to draw quality candidates from. Think of this as a political farm system, not to mention the many executives in the now in governors offices from which to draw presidential candidates.
On the other hand, Democrats will be forced to rely on the few billionaires and the declining number of people who can claim a famous political name. Democrats lost a lot of political capital in these last few elections... and I'm all tore up about it.
In Minnesota, it looks like rural counties got revenge for the homosexual marriage vote which they opposed, and threw out their dem reps.
Just wish Rick Nolan would have gone down.
if you turn in computer circuits in my area not only do you have to give your car license, and they do check it, you have to hand over your id and sign a form....FOR OLD COMPUTER CIRCUITS....
Absolutely. The Democrat’s had a pretty thin bench this cycle, just look at Montana.
Electing a sitting congressman to run for senate ended in disaster in Iowa where Braley not only lost the race, but his seat went to Republican Rod Blum.
This is going to hobble Democrats for a long time. Not to mention the re-districting advantage that was at stake this cycle. The governors elected on Tuesday will be the ones in power at the time of the 2020 census.
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