Democrats expect to make major gains in state legislatures across the country, reversing years of losses that have cost them federal power and given conservatives free rein in one-time Democratic strongholds. Dhingra's November 2017 win in a Washington state Senate election won Democrats unified control of state government. From 2009 to 2014, Democrats lost over 900 state legislative seats, only beginning to rebound in 2015. A whole lot of people have found religion on state legislatures, but unfortunately they stop at gerrymandering. “A whole lot of people have found religion on state legislatures but unfortunately they stop at gerrymandering.

Source: Huffington Post November 05, 2018 18:33 UTC