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THE SUNDAY TAKE Dan Balz
The Republican takeover in the states
he intense focus onthe coming struggles between PresidentObama and
congressionalRepublicans obscures one of themost important andunderreported results of themidtermelections: theGOPtakeover inthe states. Republicanspickedupat least
675 state legislative seatsNov. 2. Aswiththe increases inthe House, that gainis the biggest any partyhasmade instate legislative seats since 1938 andis far larger thantheGOP’s tally inits 1994 landslide.Giventhedistribution of those gains,Republicanshave thepower towork theirwill inthe states inways they can’t beginto think aboutdoing inWashington. Before themidtermelections,
Democrats controlled27 state legislatures outright.Republicans were incharge in14 states, and eight stateswere split. (Nebraska, whichhas a single legislative chamber, is officially nonpartisan).Today,Republicans control 26 state legislatures, Democrats 17, andfivehave split control. InNewYork, officials are stilldeterminingwho is incharge inthe state Senate.Republicans control sevenmore legislatures outright thantheydidafter 1994 andthemost since 1952. Addthe results inthe
gubernatorial races, andthe picture brightens evenmore for theRepublicans.Before the midterms,Republicans controlledthe governor’s mansionandbothlegislative chambers inonlynine states. Today it is 21 states.Democrats are infull commandin11 states, downfrom16, according to the NationalConference of State Legislatures. The changes came insome
unlikelyplaces.The conference says onitsWeb site that Alabama’s legislature is in Republicanhands for the first time sinceReconstruction. RepublicansholdtheNorth Carolina Senate for the first time since 1870andtheMinnesota Senate for the first time ever. Theheavy lossesObama and
theDemocrats sufferedin congressional races across the industrialheartlandwere matchedor exceededby losses in state legislative races. Republicans control legislatures inPennsylvania,Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,Wisconsinand Minnesota.Those states alsonow haveRepublicangovernors, exceptMinnesota,where the contesthasn’t beencalled (althoughDemocratMark Daytonis leading). Democrats are still incharge in
many states along the coasts, includingCalifornia,Washington, Massachusetts,Vermont and Maryland.ButMaine’s legislature andgovernor’smansionflipped fromDemocrat toRepublican.
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Rep. JohnA. Boehner (R-Ohio), right, and RepublicanMajority Transition Chairman GregWalden (Ore.) benefited from the midterm elections, butGOPgains go much deeper.
WhereDemocratsholdlegislative power inthe interior, it is oftenin placeswhere they are farmore conservative thanthenational party, suchasArkansas, Mississippi andWestVirginia. Republicansdidn’t takepower
inthe states by incremental gains. The shifts inmanyplaceswere trulydramatic.Republicans gainedmore than100 seats in NewHampshire (whichhas the largest stateHousedelegationat 400), just four years after ahuge Democraticwavehit there. InMichigan, the stateHouse
flippedfrom64-42Democratic to 63-47Republican. InMinnesota, the stateHousewent from87-47 Democratic to 72-62Republican. InIowa,Republicanswent froma 12-seatdeficit inthe stateHouse to a 20-seatmajority. InTexas,Republicanswillhave
at least 98 seats inthenewstate House, according to conference figures.That is a gainof at least 23.TexasMonthly’sPaulBurka, whohas followedstatepolitics for more thanthreedecades, called the results of themidterm elections intheLone Star State “anannihilationbordering on political genocide.”Democrats maynot be a factor instate politics for adecade,hewrote ina columnfor themagazine’s December edition. The impact of thisRepublican
tidalwave inthe stateswill be felt ina variety ofways, startingwith redistricting. Instateswhere the power lies inthehands of legislators andgovernors, Republicans are ina strong positiontodrawcongressional andlegislative boundaries that willhelplock intheir gains for future elections.Republicans couldn’thave timedtheir big victory any better. The shifts inpower also could
have a significant effect onthe 2012presidential election.The
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electoralmapthatObamawas able to expandin2008will probably lookmore conventional in2012,withsome of theunlikely victorieshe engineered— Indiana,NorthCarolina and Virginia among them—more difficult toduplicate.But beyond that,Obamawill beupagainst Republicangovernors invirtually all of the traditional battlegrounds, includingOhio, Pennsylvania,Michigan, WisconsinandFlorida. Withheftymajorities intheir
state legislatures,Republican governorswillnowhave the opportunity to showwhat they cando if they are incharge—a precursor to thedebate thatwill takeplacenationally inthe 2012 presidential campaignwhen Republicanswill be asking for full authority inWashington. The first challengemanywill
face is adeephole intheir budgets causedby the recession. Republicans inCongress ranon promises to cut federal spending, but theywillhave only limited power towork theirwill. Republicangovernorswillhave significantlymorepower todo what theywant. NewJerseyGov.ChrisChristie
alreadyhas become ahero to manyRepublicans forhis tough approachto state spending and battles againstpublic employee unions—andwithaDemocratic legislature to contendwith.Many newRepublicangovernorswill try todo the same, aidedby strong legislative support. Republicangovernors,withthe
backing of their legislatures, couldthrowuproadblocks to implementationofObama’s health-care law.Already there are grumblings fromthe states that the implementationdeadlines are unrealistic, suggesting therewill be resistance tomeeting them. That is inadditionto state-
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sponsoredlawsuits trying to overturnthe law. Whatwillplay out inthe states
over thenext two yearswillnot be onemodel ofRepublican governance butmany. IndianaGov.MitchDaniels, a
possibleGOPpresidential candidate,has aneducation reformagenda topushinhisnew legislature to go alongwiththe fiscal andeconomicpolicieshe hasput inplace already. MississippiGov.HaleyBarbour, whohas aDemocratic legislature, is anotherprospective Republicanpresidential candidatewho canusehis legislative sessionto burnishhis national credentials. TexasGov.RickPerry,who says
he isnot running forpresident, has become anational figurewith his crusade to challenge the powers of the federal government andreturnpower to the states. OhioGov.-elect JohnKasich, a
formerHouseBudgetCommittee chairman,has anopportunity to showwhetherRepublican policieswill bemore effective in creating jobs inahard-hitRust Belt state.Nearby inMichigan, Gov.-electRick Snyder, a businessmanandmoderate Republican,will offerhismodel for boosting one of thenation’s hardest-hit economies.Another businessman,Rick Scott, is the newly electedRepublican governor ofFlorida, a statehurt by the foreclosure crisis. IfRepublicans inthe states
prove successful, theGOP’s presidentialnomineewillhave a compelling story toput before the voters in2012. If theydon’t, they will be askedwhy, just asObama andtheDemocratswere this month.That’s goodreasontopay asmuchattentiontowhat’s happening inthe states as to the battles inside theBeltway.
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TALK SHOWS
Guests to be interviewed Sunday on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY WTTG, 9 a.m.: Sen. Jim DeMint (R- S.C.), White House senior adviser David Axelrod and actor-activist Jeff Bridges.
STATE OF THE UNION CNN, 9 a.m.: Sens. John Cornyn (R- Tex.) and MarkWarner (D-Va.); Reps. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.); Anita Dunn, former White House communications director; and former representative Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.).
THISWEEK ABC,WJLA, 10 a.m.: Former secretary of state Madeleine K. Albright; Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (R- S.C.) and Kent Conrad (D-N.D.); and David Cote, chairman and chief executive of Honeywell International.
NEWSMAKERS C-SPAN, 10 a.m.: Rep. GregWalden (R-Ore.), chairman of the Republican Transition Team.
FACE THE NATION CBS,WUSA, 10:30 a.m.: Sen.-elect Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.).
MEET THE PRESS NBC,WRC, 10:30 a.m.: Axlerod; Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.); former representative Harold E. Ford Jr. (D- Tenn.); former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.); and former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan.
WASHINGTONWATCH TV One, 11 a.m.: Clyburn and Russlynn Ali, assistant secretary for civil rights at the Department of Education.
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