Redistricting Remedies: Virginia House 41

Redistricting Remedies: Virginia House 41

There’s reasonable suspicion that the special masters assigned by the Supreme Court of Virginia to draw this decade’s district lines are big University of Virginia fans, and avid Virginia Tech detractors. Albemarle County (a donut-shaped county with Charlottesville...
Chamber Summary: Arizona Senate

Chamber Summary: Arizona Senate

Arizona boasts highly competitive races for US Senate, Governor, and various other statewide elections, but when it comes to its state legislature, there’s a noticeable lack of interest. Even the DLCC knows this: prior to redistricting, flipping a chamber in Arizona...
Legislative Primary Preview: Michigan

Legislative Primary Preview: Michigan

This post is a guest piece by Nick Palmer, who has worked in the Michigan legislature for five years. Many eyes will fall upon Michigan this coming election season due to the state’s well-documented track record of generating unpredictable outcomes in highly...
Chamber Summaries: South Dakota Senate

Chamber Summaries: South Dakota Senate

Before the 2018 elections, there was only one state legislative chamber in the country that had a single party control 100% of the seats: the Hawaii Senate, where Democrats held 25 out of 25 seats. While impressive, the statistic would not endure; Republicans flipped...
Chamber Summaries: Alabama

Chamber Summaries: Alabama

The battle for the Alabama House and Alabama Senate has already ended. Democrats did not file candidates in a majority of either chamber, meaning that Republicans have already won flat-out majorities in both chambers. There are 58 Uncontested Republican seats in the...
Primary Postmortem: Idaho

Primary Postmortem: Idaho

This post is a guest piece by Cameron Douglas, a former Republican staffer at the Idaho House of Representatives. Well, the Idaho primaries promised drama, and they certainly did not disappoint. Of the five statewide offices with competitive Republican primaries, the...