Democrats outline strategy to flip more statehouses over several years

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Source: CBS News

February 26, 2024 / 12:00 PM EST


The national Democratic campaign arm funding state legislative candidates unveiled a multi-cycle strategy Monday laying out its plan to gain control of more than half of the country's legislative chambers by 2030.

A memo first shared with CBS News outlines the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committees long term targets including chambers in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Georgia — three presidential battleground states — as well as North Carolina and Kansas.

"We can't just get caught up in the places where we can flip majorities today, because we also have to build for the future," DLCC President Heather Williams told CBS. Republicans currently control 57 chambers to Democrats 41, which includes Michigan, a state that is currently split due to two vacancies but has a Democratic House Speaker. Nebraska's nonpartisan legislature is not included.

The first step Democrats outlined is breaking up Republican supermajorities in states where the party controls the governor's mansion, including Kansas, North Carolina and Wisconsin. A supermajority means one party has enough members in a state legislature to override a governor's veto without any votes from the minority party. Breaking through this cycle will be an uphill battle for Democrats.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrats-statehouse-strategy-flip/

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Link to DLCC PRESS RELEASE - NEW: DLCC Unveils Multi-Cycle Strategy Memo to Win 50 State Legislatures This Decade

Link to DLCC document (PDF) - https://dlcc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2024_02_22_DLCC-Multi-cycle-strategy-memo-v2.pdf

DLCC Strategy document (with PDF reader) also at OP link.

[ificandream]

1. Almost hate to see them put this out ...

... but the Repughs probably had it figured out anyway.

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3. Well I think whether it was publicly announced

or "leaked", it would be out there anyway. The "proof is in the pudding" and being able to fundraise/canvass enough to get it done.

I know I have seen posts over the years where DUers bemoaned about how the DNC (or at least an associated organization as part of it) wasn't putting money/time into many of the (R) seats that could be competitive and flipped (i.e., you had many state legislative seats with no (D) at all even bothering to run). So gotta start somewhere!

[et tu]

2. they have their long game

and we must have ours~

[PortTack]

4. I'm confused...last paragraph..WI has a dem governor...anyone?

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5. Evers is in his 2nd term (as of 2022)

and given there are no gubernatorial term limits there, I think they are looking to continue to support him (or any other Democrat) for the 2026 election.