Democrats will hold most legislative trifectas since 1984

Along with a dramatic change in congressional majorities on Election Day, an analysis from the National Conference of State Legislatures showed large shifts in legislative majorities around the country, flipping from a majority of Republican legislatures to majority Democratic. Democrats also now hold a large number of trifectas, said the conference’s Katy Owens Hubler, meaning they control both chambers of the state legislature alongside a Democratic governor. Heading into the elections, Republicans held 23 trifectas nationwide, and that was cut down to 17. Democrats now will have 22 trifectas beginning in January. “This is a high point for Democratic trifectas going back to before 1984,” said Owens Hubler, director of the elections and redistricting program at the organization. NCSL, the nonpartisan organization that represents and supports state legislatures nationwide, held a press event on Friday to discuss the election results.

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