That is the number of State legislative seats the GOP picked up on Tuesday – from National Journal:
While the Republican gains in the House and Senate are grabbing the most headlines, the most significant results on Tuesday came in state legislatures where Republicans wiped the floor with Democrats.
Republicans picked up 680 seats in state legislatures, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures — the most in the modern era. To put that number in perspective: In the 1994 GOP wave, Republicans picked up 472 seats. The previous record was in the post-Watergate election of 1974, when Democrats picked up 628 seats.
The GOP gained majorities in at least 14 state house chambers. They now have unified control — meaning both chambers — of 26 state legislatures…
This means, by and large, that we’re in charge of re-districting – and this is the first time we have this sort of dominance in this area since after the 1920 census. In practical terms, the chances of the Democrats taking back the House before the 2020 elections just got a lot smaller.
But even better than that, by re-drawing the districts to better reflect the center/right majority of the American people, we’ll be able to get a stronger representation of small government, low tax, pro-family legislators, thus changing the whole tone of our debate. We won’t be forever arguing idiot Democrat programs but, instead, advancing programs and principles to make America an ever more perfect union.
This is the re-alignment, good people – we’ve been working on it for 30 years and never got past 2nd base in the effort..now we’re rounding third. So, let’s not blow it, ok?
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