Posted on 11/07/2022 6:13:31 AM PST by cotton1706
With all eyes on marquee races for Congress and governorships, Democratic and Republican groups have poured millions of dollars into under-the-radar battles for the control of state legislatures.
The stakes this year are unusually high. A Supreme Court decision in June handed the question of abortion to state legislatures for the first time in decades, fallout from the 2020 election has pushed many states to reconsider their voting laws, and fights over whether racial and gender-based material belongs in school are being waged in a growing number of states.
Republicans are fighting to defend vulnerable majorities in Arizona, Michigan, and New Hampshire, as well as the Minnesota Senate. They’re contesting Democratic majorities in Colorado, Maine, Nevada, and Oregon, in addition to the Minnesota House, according to the Republican State Leadership Committee, the party’s state legislature campaign arm.
Like at the congressional and gubernatorial level, Oregon was not considered at-risk territory for Democratic state legislature groups until late in the midterm season.
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62 out of 99 legislative chambers (63%)
2,902 out of 5,411 state house seats (54%) - 67 vacancies
1,092 out of 1,972 state senate seats (55%) - 10 vacancies
28 out of 50 governors (56%)
would love to get nys back to r
After what the State of New York did to its citizens over the past 2 1/2 years, if they don’t throw the bums out they deserve the more of the same they’ll surely get.
Use “Republicans” sparingly, understanding that many are assistant Democrats, such as Hogan in MD and Baker in MA.
“and Baker in MA.”
Oh, tell me about it. I live in MA and will be SO glad when that miserable, droning puke is gone in January, no matter who succeeds him.
Under the original draft of the Constitution, the GOP would have 63 senators. The legislature in the original version picked their senatorial representatives.
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