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Hundreds of state legislative districts that backed President Donald Trump in 2024 turned blue in last week’s midterm elections - showing the whopping scale of the nation’s turning on his policies.
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee highlighted the gains as evidence that Democrats’ success extended well beyond Washington, D.C., where the party reclaimed control of both the House and Senate in Congress.
“As results continue rolling in, the DLCC and state legislative Democrats have flipped more than 400 seats in districts that voted for Trump in 2024,” the organization said in a release.
“For the first time in a generation, Democrats now control the majority of legislative chambers, the majority of legislative seats, and hold the power to shape the future for the majority of the country’s population,” the committee added.
The campaign organization framed the wins as the culmination of a years-long effort to rebuild Democratic power at the state level following Trump’s first election.
“In early 2017, Democrats held just 29 statehouse majorities and five trifectas, but after a decade of progress, DLCC’s national strategy and victories have won Democrats at least 51 statehouse majorities and helped establish 22 governing trifectas,” the DLCC said.
