Battleground State Legislatures

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With so much attention being focused on the Democrats’ chances of taking back the U.S. House and Senate, Rachel Kapochunas of CQ Politics has written a tidy little piece about the party’s chances for also gaining at the state level.

Currently, Republicans control 20 state legislatures and Democrats control 19, while 10 legislatures are split. (Nebraska has a unicameral, nonpartisan legislature.) Historically, the minority party tends to gain state legislative seats in midterm elections.