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Many Republicans running for state legislature in Virginia have previously said they want to go farther on abortion than Glenn Youngkin's proposed 15-week ban.

Abortion and the future of elections are at stake in the battle for the Michigan legislature.

A new independent redistricting commission erased a GOP gerrymander, fueling Democratic optimism that they can flip one — and maybe both — state legislative chambers.

Of the 99 state legislative chambers across the country, Republicans control 62. Democrats control 37.

While it lobbied to kneecap federal voting rights reform, Heritage Action helped write a host of state-level voter suppression bills.

Democrats conceded the majority to the GOP, which will take control of a legislature that had aggressively advanced progressive priorities on abortion, voting rights and other issues.

Democrats conceded the majority to the GOP, which will take control of a legislature that had aggressively advanced progressive priorities on abortion, voting rights and other issues.