Originally published at: Midterm Math Favors Democrats in Statehouses. That’s No Reason to Relax.
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. Every election cycle, as the national narrative swirls ceaselessly around federal races, I think about a ceramic bowl in Richmond, Virginia. In 2017, the first big electoral test of Trump’s first term, Democrats flipped 15 seats in Virginia’s House of Delegates,…
NC Republicans are doing their best to lock in horrible policies even if they lose control of one ore both houses. They put constitutional amendments on the ballot that would mandate such low taxation as to make restoring funding for education and other essential services impossible. I’m hoping that Michael Whatley’s historically horrible campaign will depress GOP turnout enough to keep any of them from passing.