Count puts Democrats ahead in US state legislatures 24–22
The tally leaves Alaska and Georgia pending and North Carolina and Texas divided. If Republicans win control in both pending states, the count would be tied 24–24.
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The tally leaves Alaska and Georgia pending and North Carolina and Texas divided. If Republicans win control in both pending states, the count would be tied 24–24.
Democrats control both legislative chambers in 24 states, while Republicans control 22 state legislatures, Fox News said in its post-election tally. Races remain pending in Alaska and Georgia, while North Carolina and Texas have divided legislatures.
Before the election, Republicans controlled 28 of the 49 two-chamber state legislatures, Democrats controlled 18 and three were divided. State lawmakers set election rules, draw congressional maps and approve budgets, so control gives parties influence over those decisions.
Fox’s Republican total includes Nebraska, whose single-chamber legislature is officially nonpartisan but has a Republican majority. The Democratic total is a lead over Republicans, not a majority of the 50 states. If Republicans take both pending states, the tally would be tied, although Fox says they would still trail.
In Wisconsin, Democrats captured both legislative chambers and also hold the governorship. The party flipped both chambers in New Hampshire and won majorities in both Arizona chambers.
Democrats flipped the House in Michigan and Minnesota while retaining their Senate majorities, expanding their majority in Michigan. In Pennsylvania, they flipped the Senate and kept the House. They also gained the House in Georgia, North Carolina and Texas, though Fox classifies Georgia as pending and the other two states as divided.
Heather Williams, president of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, said Democrats now hold more than half of state legislative seats nationwide. That is a separate measure from the number of state legislatures controlled by each party.
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