The results mark a dramatic turnabout for Democrats, who had full control of just eight states prior to Tuesday’s elections. But Democrats rode a wave of voter enthusiasm into key governorships and invested huge sums to flip control of state legislatures. Full control of a state government — the trifecta of the state House, state Senate and governorship — brings huge benefits. In Colorado, Democrats flipped the state senate for trifecta control and chose as governor Jared Polis, who ran one of this cycle’s most progressive campaigns. Newly elected Democratic governors now have the power to reject these measures.

Source: Huffington Post November 07, 2018 06:21 UTC