Flipping more state legislative chambers in 2020?

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“Democrats have gained massive ground in their battle for state legislatures since an overview in early May.

— There will likely be a Democratic net gain in state legislative chambers, breaking a few Republican trifectas and creating a new Democratic trifecta.

— The continuing electoral realignment between rural and suburban areas is present in state legislative races, as most Democratic flips are in the suburbs and most Republican flips are in rural areas.”
https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/dems-poised-to-make-leg-gains/

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Uuuugh.
“On Wednesday morning, the results were not yet final, but the National Conference of State Legislatures, which tracks state-level races, estimated that only four chambers would flip, the lowest number since 1946, said Tim Storey, an expert at N.C.S.L. Those chambers were the Arizona House and Senate, which the Democrats will now control, and the New Hampshire House and Senate, control of which Republicans wrested away from Democrats, he said.

“This is crazy in that almost nothing has changed,” Mr. Storey said. “It really jumps off the page.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/us/election-state-house-legislature-governors.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

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Anonymous wrote:

That aged well

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I was so sad to hear Dems didn’t flip state legislatures. Especially with redistricting. Add it to the sadness from not flipping the Senate and losing House seats. Fingers crossed Biden stays on the trend to winning!

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Anonymous wrote:Uuuugh.
“On Wednesday morning, the results were not yet final, but the National Conference of State Legislatures, which tracks state-level races, estimated that only four chambers would flip, the lowest number since 1946, said Tim Storey, an expert at N.C.S.L. Those chambers were the Arizona House and Senate, which the Democrats will now control, and the New Hampshire House and Senate, control of which Republicans wrested away from Democrats, he said.

“This is crazy in that almost nothing has changed,” Mr. Storey said. “It really jumps off the page.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/us/election-state-house-legislature-governors.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

Tells me there was a lot of vote splitting going on for R's rejecting Trump but sticking with local gov.

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Surprise victory as a Dem flips a +26 safe GOP seat in Michigan

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2022/05/democrat-lands-upset-victory-over-controversial-republican-for-state-houses-74th-district-in-kent-county.html%3FoutputType%3Damp

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Anonymous wrote:Surprise victory as a Dem flips a +26 safe GOP seat in Michigan

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2022/05/democrat-lands-upset-victory-over-controversial-republican-for-state-houses-74th-district-in-kent-county.html%3FoutputType%3Damp

Yay! One race at a time