Despite that history, West’s race against Republican state Rep. Angela Stiens is on the national Democratic Party’s radar, as is the Kansas Legislature. Nationwide, more than 5,800 state legislative seats in 44 states are up election this year in the background of higher profile contests for president, Congress and governor. “Having a party in power is really important — the most import thing,” said Wesley Hussey, a political science professor at California State University, Sacramento. Gavin Newsom has vetoed numerous bills, none of which have been overridden by the Democratic legislative supermajority. But “the larger a legislative majority gets, the more factions you get within that majority, and sometimes they don’t necessarily agree.”___Lieb reported from Jefferson City, Missouri.

Source: ABC News October 13, 2024 05:41 UTC