GOP Continues Legislative Dominance, Breaks Democratic Trifectas

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-07 00:41:23 | Updated at 2024-11-07 02:57:47 2 hours ago

GOP Continues Legislative Dominance, Breaks Democratic Trifectas
Governing ^ | 11/6/24 | Alan Greenblatt

Posted on 11/06/2024 4:30:20 PM PST by cotton1706

Republicans took control of the Michigan House and will share power in the Minnesota House, blocking the home-state agenda of Gov. Tim Walz.

Republicans have ended Democratic trifectas in Michigan and Minnesota, putting the brakes on progressive bills in those states.

Republicans also took control of the Pennsylvania House.

They did not lose a single chamber, although Democrats may have forced a tie in the Arizona House.

Republicans have dominated state politics since 2010 and now have full control of 23 states, compared to 15 for Democrats.

Running for vice president raised Tim Walz’s national profile, but now he has to return to his day job as governor of Minnesota. He’s going to find the next two years a lot more frustrating than the last two.

Since Democrats took full control of the Legislature in 2022, Walz has been able to sign any number of progressive bills on issues including abortion and transgender rights, as well as major spending increases for education and transit. But on Tuesday, Republicans won three additional seats in the state House, throwing that chamber into a tie and bringing the governor’s legislative agenda to a screeching halt.

“I would argue that Gov. Walz is dramatically weakened as a governor as a result of this,” says David Schulz, a political scientist at Hamline University in St. Paul. “His star, I think, is dramatically diminished.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: elections

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1 posted on 11/06/2024 4:30:20 PM PST by cotton1706

To: cotton1706

2 posted on 11/06/2024 4:33:31 PM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)

To: cotton1706

There was great news for the Demorats in North Dakota: they gained one state senate seat. It was 43 Republicans and 4 Democrats now it will be 42 Republicans and 5 Democrats.
I believe I read that the Republicans hold all of the state-wide elected offices.

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