Latest Gubernatorial Rating Shifts Further Raise Stakes for Legislative Races This Year
Arizona – Cook Political’s Rating Update: Gov. race toss-up → Leaning Democratic. Democrats need to pick up four seats in the House and three seats in the Senate to flip both chambers from red to blue to deliver a trifecta. If Gov. Hobbs wins reelection, state legislative majorities would allow Democratic priorities to move forward under the first Democratic trifecta in 60 years.
Ohio – Cook Political’s Rating Update: Gov. race leaning Republican → Toss-up. Democrats need to flip six seats in the House to break the GOP supermajority and gain the ability to uphold a Democratic governor’s veto of extreme legislation. The Republican supermajority has wielded their power for over a decade to pass extreme legislation, restrict voting rights, and has repeatedly worked to overturn the will of the people who voted to enshrine abortion rights in their constitution.
Maine – Cook Political’s Rating Update: Gov. race likely Democratic → Solid Democratic. Democrats need to maintain and expand their one-seat majority in the House and three-seat majority in the Senate to protect the Democratic trifecta and continue to pass legislation to lower costs for working Mainers, such as affordable and accessible childcare and free community college for recent high school grads.
New Mexico – Cook Political’s Rating Update: Gov. race likely Democratic → Solid Democratic. Democrats need to flip three House seats to deliver a supermajority and expand the power of the trifecta that has allowed them to safeguard critical programs like Medicaid from attacks from the Trump administration and help working families keep more of their hard-earned money by becoming the first state to pass universal child care.
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