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Breaking the Republican stranglehold over state capitols gives Democrats an advantage in the fight for voting, abortion and LGBTQ+ rights

Pennsylvania Democrats are inches from taking control of the state House for the first time in 12 years and even if they fall short, strategists and officials say, the party defied political gravity. That’s because Harrisburg observers didn’t expect 2022 to be the year. With inflation at generational highs and

Voters indicate their biggest fear was government extremism in the right.

Defying history, Democrats won power in state capitals across the country, while Republicans deepened their control of red states.

Democrats' gains were perhaps most significant in the state legislatures where they’ve been on defense for a decade.

The only real disappointment at the state level for Republicans was Michigan where they lost both chambers of the legislature and the governorship. But the

The last time a party in the White House retained all of its state legislative majorities in a midterm year was 1934. Democrats may do that and more.

The Arizona state capitol building. / Ted Eytan via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) filter added.Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 9, 2022 / 13:36 pm (CNA).While the results of Tuesdays election are still trickling in, Democrats appear poised to take control of several state legislatures that had been in the hands of Republicans.In Michigan, Democrats are close to securing majorities in both the state Senate and the state House. While the final vote tallies are not in, Bridge Michigan reported that Democrats...

With a Supreme Court case that could give state legislative bodies nearly absolute power over federal elections, these normally overlooked races are drawing attention.

And John Fetterman receives a clean bill of health.