Ballotpedia Analysis: Fifteen state legislative chambers may see shifts in party control in 2018
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Ballotpedia identifies 2018 battleground chambers in 10 states
Middleton, Wis. - October 10, 2017: Ballotpedia has identified 15 state legislative battleground chambers in 2018. Heading into the 2018 elections, Democrats control nine battleground chambers and Republicans control six. Ballotpedia’s state politics team will be hosting a conference call on Thursday, October 12, at 12:00 PM CT to provide additional information. Interested readers can register here.
Battlegrounds are chambers that are expected to be more competitive than other chambers and have the potential to see significant shifts in party control. Some could even see the majority party lose power. Ballotpedia uses criteria such as the majority party's share of seats and the number of competitive races to determine if a chamber will be a battleground.
The 2018 elections are occurring in the aftermath of significant Republican gains in state legislative elections from 2010 to 2016. Heading into the 2018 elections, Republicans control 32 of the country's 50 state legislatures, Democrats control 13, and five legislatures are split between the parties.
These 15 battleground chambers in 2018 are:
- Alaska House of Representatives
- Colorado House of Representatives
- Colorado State Senate
- Connecticut House of Representatives
- Connecticut State Senate
- Delaware State Senate
- Maine House of Representatives
- Maine State Senate
- Minnesota House of Representatives
- Nevada State Senate
- New Hampshire House of Representatives
- New Hampshire State Senate
- New Mexico House of Representatives
- Washington House of Representatives
- Washington State Senate
Our state politics team is holding a conference call to provide more details and answer your questions about these battleground chambers.
Register for this informative call here.
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