On the last Wednesday of April, as Donald Trump reveled on cable talk shows over his Acela primary sweep the night before, some 60 Democratic state legislative campaign operatives from around the country gathered in a boutique hotel ballroom just off Scott Circle in Washington to kick-start the final six months of the election cycle—and figure out how to take advantage of Trump’s presence on the ballot.
Lurking just below the dominant question of Trump’s viability against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is the unknown effect the real-estate mogul will have on Republicans’ control of Congress. Zoom in on the map even further, and there are the 80 percent of state legislative seats up for grabs, and the keys to Democrats’ multi-cycle effort to position the party for redistricting following the 2020 census.
The Obama era has not been kind to down-ballot Democrats, as two dismal midterm cycles resulted in a net loss of more than 900 state legislative seats, putting the party in a historic hole as it works to come back at both the legislative and congressional levels. They are inextricably linked, as the party’s hopes for House control could come down to what happens at the state level over the next three election cycles.
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Lurking just below the dominant question of Trump’s viability against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is the unknown effect the real-estate mogul will have on Republicans’ control of Congress. Zoom in on the map even further, and there are the 80 percent of state legislative seats up for grabs, and the keys to Democrats’ multi-cycle effort to position the party for redistricting following the 2020 census.
The Obama era has not been kind to down-ballot Democrats, as two dismal midterm cycles resulted in a net loss of more than 900 state legislative seats, putting the party in a historic hole as it works to come back at both the legislative and congressional levels. They are inextricably linked, as the party’s hopes for House control could come down to what happens at the state level over the next three election cycles.
https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/626463?unlock=2YIRFNO0QHBS5YYY&mref=homepage-free
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