Posted on 11/09/2016 9:17:42 PM PST by JediJones
The GOP successfully defended its majorities in most chambers, and also picked up chambers in Kentucky and Iowa, giving the party full control of those states.
Democrats went into this election controlling the governorship, Senate and House in just seven states...Now, they control just four states.
"In short, Republicans bested expectations,"
Republicans not only picked up the Kentucky House and the Iowa Senate, but unseated the top Democratic leaders in both...
The Kentucky House was the last chamber controlled by Democrats in the South.
Their gains in Iowa and Kentucky mean the GOP has won the trifecta in those states, controlling the governorship and both legislative chambers...next year Republicans will control all the political branches of state government in more than half the states.
That number now includes Missouri and New Hampshire, where the GOP defended its legislative majorities and won the governorships.
Democrats, by contrast, now have total control of just California, Hawaii, Oregon and Rhode Island.
Republicans pulled off ties in the state senates in both Connecticut and Delaware, which were formerly Democratic trifecta states. The victory by GOP Lt. Gov. Phil Scott in the Vermont governor's race puts a Republican check on Democratic power...
On paper, Democrats now control Washington state...
Republicans successfully defended their narrow majorities in other chambers they won in 2014, including the Colorado, New Hampshire and West Virginia senates.
What's more, Republicans maintained legislative supermajorities in Indiana and North Carolina...
In Nevada, Democrats succeeded in erasing GOP majorities in both chambers...
Democrats also picked up 13 seats in the Kansas House..."A red part of the country was moving back toward the center,"...
One oddity: Democrats picked up the sole seat held by a Republican in the Hawaii Senate. They will enjoy not just control but unanimity in that chamber.
(Excerpt) Read more at governing.com ...
Lots of whites left and went back home after the crash in 2008. Hispanics did not.
Looking at the map, it is Clark County that needs to flip. With so many unions Trump is not popular in Vegas. These are service unions so jobs can’t be exported.
Great news!
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