The Washingtron Post takes a look at this important political area that the media tends to NOT focus on….
To get elected in America?
You neede to win States…
NOT the Popular Vote…
President Biden and former president Donald Trump will spend the next eight months battling over six states that are likely to determine the presidential election: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Several of those states are also at the center of a battleground that’s gotten much less attention: the fight for control of state legislatures.
- Democrats are trying to flip the state House and Senate in Arizona after Democrat Katie Hobbs won the governorship in 2022, giving the party control of state government.
- In Pennsylvania, Republicans are working to flip a single seat to retake the state House, which Democrats won in 2022.
- And Republicans are seeking to recapture the state House and state Senate in Michigan, which Democrats won in 2022, allowing Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to pass her agenda through the legislature…..
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Democrats are prioritizing state legislatures after gerrymandering helped Republicans win unified control of the governorship and the legislature in 23 states by 2014, while Democrats controlled only seven. Republicans still control 23 state capitals, but Democrats are in control in 17 states now. (Nine state capitals are under divided control, while Nebraska’s legislature is nonpartisan.)
Along with races in swing states, Democrats’ top targets this cycle are holding on to their majorities in the Minnesota House and retaking control of both chambers in New Hampshire. They’re also seeking to break Republicans’ veto-proof legislative majorities in Kansas and North Carolina, both of which have Democratic governors, and make gains in Georgia and other states….